Kansas Notable Books 2018 - 2020

1.
That Is My Dream!
That Is My Dream! 4.46 avg rating — 617 ratings
2.
Eisenhower: Becoming the Leader of the Free World
Eisenhower: Becoming the Leader of the Free World 3.71 avg rating — 42 ratings
3.
A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools
A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools 4.10 avg rating — 241 ratings
4.
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth 3.76 avg rating — 16,288 ratings
5.
Bad Kansas: Stories (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction)
Bad Kansas: Stories (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction) 4.19 avg rating — 209 ratings
6.
Cricket in the Thicket: Poems about Bugs
Cricket in the Thicket: Poems about Bugs 4.15 avg rating — 240 ratings
7.
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West 3.81 avg rating — 4,238 ratings
8.
Feet of the Messenger: poems
Feet of the Messenger: poems 4.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
9.
Fireflies in the Gathering Dark
Fireflies in the Gathering Dark 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
10.
Headlights on the Prairie: Essays on Home
Headlights on the Prairie: Essays on Home 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings
11.
Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy
Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy 3.96 avg rating — 228 ratings
12.
Kansas Baseball, 1858-1941
Kansas Baseball, 1858-1941 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
13.
Kansas guidebook 2: for explorers
Kansas guidebook 2: for explorers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
14.
The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery 3.47 avg rating — 9,167 ratings
15.
Midnight at the Electric
Midnight at the Electric 3.91 avg rating — 6,274 ratings
16.
The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity
The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity 4.18 avg rating — 2,420 ratings
17.
Stark Mad Abolitionists: Lawrence, Kansas, and the Battle over Slavery in the Civil War Era
Stark Mad Abolitionists: Lawrence, Kansas, and the Battle over Slavery in the Civil War Era 3.90 avg rating — 122 ratings
18.
To the Stars Through Difficulties
To the Stars Through Difficulties 3.70 avg rating — 950 ratings
19.
American Heart
American Heart 3.58 avg rating — 981 ratings
20.
Brown Enough: a tale of a mixed-race baseball team, summer of '56
Brown Enough: a tale of a mixed-race baseball team, summer of '56
by: Ken Ohm
3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
21.
Buried in the Suburbs: poems
Buried in the Suburbs: poems 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
22.
The Deepest Roots
The Deepest Roots 3.92 avg rating — 1,293 ratings
23.
The Diaries of Reuben Smith, Kansas Settler and Civil War Soldier
The Diaries of Reuben Smith, Kansas Settler and Civil War Soldier 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
24.
Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River
Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River
by: Max McCoy
4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings
25.
Night Out
Night Out 3.66 avg rating — 592 ratings
26.
No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas
No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas 4.25 avg rating — 124 ratings
27.
No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas
No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas 3.98 avg rating — 348 ratings
28.
The Pastor Wears a Skirt: Stories of Gender and Ministry
The Pastor Wears a Skirt: Stories of Gender and Ministry 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
29.
The Saint of Wolves and Butchers
The Saint of Wolves and Butchers 3.81 avg rating — 1,822 ratings
30.
Seafire (Seafire, #1)
Seafire (Seafire, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 10,571 ratings
31.
A Constellation of Roses
A Constellation of Roses 4.12 avg rating — 2,084 ratings
32.
A Perfect Silhouette
A Perfect Silhouette 4.02 avg rating — 386 ratings
33.
Birds, Bones, and Beetles: The Improbable Career and Remarkable Legacy of University of Kansas Naturalist Charles D. Bunker
Birds, Bones, and Beetles: The Improbable Career and Remarkable Legacy of University of Kansas Naturalist Charles D. Bunker 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
34.
Crumbled! (The Misadventures of Nobbin Swill Book 1)
Crumbled! (The Misadventures of Nobbin Swill Book 1) 3.96 avg rating — 53 ratings
35.
Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town: Based on the History of the African American Pioneer Settlement
Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town: Based on the History of the African American Pioneer Settlement
by: A. LaFaye
4.01 avg rating — 121 ratings
36.
Headwinds: a memoir
Headwinds: a memoir liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
37.
How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together
How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together
by: Dan Kois
3.71 avg rating — 1,886 ratings
38.
Journey to a Promised Land: A Story of the Exodusters
Journey to a Promised Land: A Story of the Exodusters 4.12 avg rating — 49 ratings
39.
Kansas City Chiefs Legends: The Greatest Coaches, Players and Front Office Execs in Chiefs History
Kansas City Chiefs Legends: The Greatest Coaches, Players and Front Office Execs in Chiefs History 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
40.
Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills
Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
41.
The Reckless Oath We Made
The Reckless Oath We Made 3.99 avg rating — 14,105 ratings
42.
Steel Tide (Seafire, #2)
Steel Tide (Seafire, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 3,415 ratings
43.
The Topeka School
The Topeka School 3.51 avg rating — 27,642 ratings
44.
What Color Is Night?
What Color Is Night? 3.97 avg rating — 968 ratings