100 Books Across America

1.
The Devil's Highway: A True Story
The Devil's Highway: A True Story 4.11 avg rating — 17,929 ratings
2.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,408 ratings
3.
South to a Very Old Place
South to a Very Old Place 3.84 avg rating — 90 ratings
4.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating — 166,441 ratings
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The Last Light Breaking: Living Among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos
The Last Light Breaking: Living Among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos
by: Nick Jans
4.19 avg rating — 172 ratings
6.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 3,132 ratings
7.
The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks
The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks 3.89 avg rating — 958 ratings
8.
Boy Erased
Boy Erased 3.62 avg rating — 21,382 ratings
9.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,397 ratings
10.
Take This Man: A Memoir
Take This Man: A Memoir 3.74 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
11.
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 78,110 ratings
12.
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River 3.93 avg rating — 3,218 ratings
13.
Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright
Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright 4.06 avg rating — 933 ratings
14.
Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England's Stone Walls
Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England's Stone Walls 3.99 avg rating — 243 ratings
15.
The Book of Unknown Americans
The Book of Unknown Americans 3.89 avg rating — 45,534 ratings
16.
And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer
And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer
by: Ann Rule
4.12 avg rating — 9,038 ratings
17.
Ninety-two in the Shade
Ninety-two in the Shade 3.73 avg rating — 1,864 ratings
18.
The Orchid Thief
The Orchid Thief 3.67 avg rating — 21,223 ratings
19.
Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating — 11,323 ratings
20.
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place 4.35 avg rating — 2,817 ratings
21.
Shark Dialogues
Shark Dialogues 4.10 avg rating — 2,951 ratings
22.
Unfamiliar Fishes
Unfamiliar Fishes 3.64 avg rating — 15,299 ratings
23.
Train Dreams
Train Dreams 3.90 avg rating — 29,240 ratings
24.
In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country
In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country 3.86 avg rating — 607 ratings
25.
The Coast of Chicago: Stories
The Coast of Chicago: Stories 4.05 avg rating — 2,663 ratings
26.
The Book of My Lives
The Book of My Lives 4.18 avg rating — 3,433 ratings
27.
Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories
Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories 3.80 avg rating — 2,731 ratings
28.
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana 3.80 avg rating — 37,393 ratings
29.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,034 ratings
30.
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid 3.94 avg rating — 67,459 ratings
31.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,461 ratings
32.
And Hell Followed with It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado
And Hell Followed with It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado 4.42 avg rating — 182 ratings
33.
The Sport of Kings
The Sport of Kings 3.57 avg rating — 3,754 ratings
34.
Clear Springs
Clear Springs 3.94 avg rating — 388 ratings
35.
A Kind of Freedom
A Kind of Freedom 3.79 avg rating — 5,837 ratings
36.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital 3.93 avg rating — 39,335 ratings
37.
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 259,671 ratings
38.
We Took to the Woods
We Took to the Woods 4.22 avg rating — 2,152 ratings
39.
The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor 4.12 avg rating — 7,626 ratings
40.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 4.08 avg rating — 10,972 ratings
41.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,673 ratings
42.
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City 3.80 avg rating — 11,799 ratings
43.
The Turner House
The Turner House 3.63 avg rating — 17,808 ratings
44.
Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis
Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis 3.84 avg rating — 2,074 ratings
45.
History of Wolves
History of Wolves 3.40 avg rating — 29,102 ratings
46.
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir 4.17 avg rating — 8,418 ratings
47.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,398 ratings
48.
One Writer's Beginnings
One Writer's Beginnings 4.07 avg rating — 4,047 ratings
49.
Enemy Women
Enemy Women 3.76 avg rating — 8,329 ratings
50.
Bettyville: A Memoir
Bettyville: A Memoir 3.74 avg rating — 8,203 ratings
51.
Fools Crow
Fools Crow 4.04 avg rating — 5,160 ratings
52.
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
by: Ivan Doig
4.28 avg rating — 7,238 ratings
53.
Dalva
Dalva 4.16 avg rating — 4,399 ratings
54.
Old Jules
Old Jules 3.90 avg rating — 636 ratings
55.
Battleborn
Battleborn 4.12 avg rating — 5,354 ratings
56.
Vegas: A Memoir Of A Dark Season
Vegas: A Memoir Of A Dark Season 3.85 avg rating — 140 ratings
57.
The Virgins
The Virgins 3.50 avg rating — 1,865 ratings
58.
Kookooland
Kookooland 4.10 avg rating — 1,391 ratings
59.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,991 ratings
60.
The Pine Barrens
The Pine Barrens 4.20 avg rating — 4,027 ratings
61.
Bless Me, Ultima
Bless Me, Ultima 3.82 avg rating — 36,622 ratings
62.
Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History
Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History 4.17 avg rating — 174 ratings
63.
Speedboat
Speedboat 3.76 avg rating — 7,259 ratings
64.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating — 333,785 ratings
65.
Serena
Serena
by: Ron Rash
3.55 avg rating — 36,786 ratings
66.
Klansville, U.S.A.: The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan
Klansville, U.S.A.: The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan 3.62 avg rating — 118 ratings
67.
The Grass Dancer
The Grass Dancer 3.97 avg rating — 3,334 ratings
68.
The Horizontal World: Growing Up in the Middle of Nowhere: A Memoir
The Horizontal World: Growing Up in the Middle of Nowhere: A Memoir 3.79 avg rating — 538 ratings
69.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,045 ratings
70.
American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar 4.03 avg rating — 6,938 ratings
71.
True Grit
True Grit 4.17 avg rating — 68,508 ratings
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 4.14 avg rating — 426,113 ratings
73.
Little Century
Little Century 3.46 avg rating — 1,095 ratings
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Hole in the Sky: A Memoir
Hole in the Sky: A Memoir 3.77 avg rating — 376 ratings
75.
An American Childhood
An American Childhood 3.91 avg rating — 10,427 ratings
76.
The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick 3.22 avg rating — 18,131 ratings
77.
Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder
Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder 4.03 avg rating — 1,125 ratings
78.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,997 ratings
79.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,867 ratings
80.
Skins
Skins 3.88 avg rating — 157 ratings
81.
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman 3.97 avg rating — 8,730 ratings
82.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,566 ratings
83.
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story 4.23 avg rating — 12,767 ratings
84.
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories 4.05 avg rating — 11,126 ratings
85.
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating — 71,047 ratings
86.
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
by: Zane Grey
3.75 avg rating — 14,363 ratings
87.
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place 4.18 avg rating — 10,619 ratings
88.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,922 ratings
89.
Bag Balm and Duct Tape
Bag Balm and Duct Tape 3.36 avg rating — 86 ratings
90.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,327 ratings
91.
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family 4.02 avg rating — 6,803 ratings
92.
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven 4.09 avg rating — 26,665 ratings
93.
This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life 3.97 avg rating — 30,192 ratings
94.
John Henry Days
John Henry Days 3.63 avg rating — 3,370 ratings
95.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,846 ratings
96.
American Dervish
American Dervish 3.71 avg rating — 9,386 ratings
97.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City 4.47 avg rating — 109,975 ratings
98.
Cowboys and East Indians
Cowboys and East Indians 4.21 avg rating — 452 ratings
99.
The Solace of Open Spaces
The Solace of Open Spaces 4.11 avg rating — 7,206 ratings