All Mountain & Prairie Podcast Recommended Books

1.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,990 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,920 ratings
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Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival 4.09 avg rating — 12,326 ratings
4.
The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History
The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History 4.11 avg rating — 1,694 ratings
5.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,705 ratings
6.
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West 4.29 avg rating — 19,126 ratings
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Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon 4.24 avg rating — 64,211 ratings
8.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,681 ratings
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,838 ratings
10.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,974 ratings
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,791 ratings
12.
Something of Value
Something of Value 4.31 avg rating — 636 ratings
13.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating — 158,445 ratings
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier 4.23 avg rating — 66,333 ratings
15.
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 — 7,237 ratings
16.
Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)
Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 15,548 ratings
17.
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 299,213 ratings
18.
Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847 (Yale Western Americana Paperbound, Yw-3.)
Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847 (Yale Western Americana Paperbound, Yw-3.) 3.59 avg rating — 223 ratings
19.
Prodigal Summer
Prodigal Summer 4.05 avg rating — 123,754 ratings
20.
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis 4.11 avg rating — 9,933 ratings
21.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,582 ratings
22.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,504 ratings
23.
Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1)
Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 25,560 ratings
24.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,315 ratings
25.
For the Love of Land: Global Case Studies of Grazing in Nature's Image
For the Love of Land: Global Case Studies of Grazing in Nature's Image really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
26.
Claiming Ground
Claiming Ground 3.94 avg rating — 1,004 ratings
27.
August
August 3.66 avg rating — 1,551 ratings
28.
Breaking Clean
Breaking Clean 3.87 avg rating — 1,583 ratings
28.
Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making
Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making 4.26 avg rating — 157 ratings
30.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,633 ratings
30.
Breath
Breath 3.91 avg rating — 24,820 ratings
32.
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic 4.19 avg rating — 3,530 ratings
33.
The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food 4.28 avg rating — 7,198 ratings
34.
Meditations
Meditations 4.28 avg rating — 320,718 ratings
35.
Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park
Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park 3.72 avg rating — 5,132 ratings
36.
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America 4.14 avg rating — 17,867 ratings
36.
The Shepherd's Hut
The Shepherd's Hut 4.05 avg rating — 11,267 ratings
38.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,916 ratings
39.
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder 3.93 avg rating — 14,733 ratings
40.
The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers 4.17 avg rating — 96,949 ratings
41.
Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 30,586 ratings
41.
This Much Country
This Much Country 4.30 avg rating — 1,661 ratings
43.
Jefferson's America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation
Jefferson's America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation 3.87 avg rating — 315 ratings
43.
Temperance Creek: A Memoir
Temperance Creek: A Memoir 4.24 avg rating — 931 ratings
43.
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
by: Bob Drury
4.14 avg rating — 6,290 ratings
46.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,458 ratings
46.
The Snow Leopard
The Snow Leopard 4.07 avg rating — 19,812 ratings
48.
Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,629 ratings
48.
Corn Among the Indians of the Upper Missouri
Corn Among the Indians of the Upper Missouri really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
48.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating — 61,307 ratings
48.
Being Caribou
Being Caribou 4.24 avg rating — 736 ratings
52.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl 4.06 avg rating — 60,121 ratings
52.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,680 ratings
52.
The River Why
The River Why 4.22 avg rating — 12,390 ratings
52.
Illumination in the Flatwoods: A Season With The Wild Turkey
Illumination in the Flatwoods: A Season With The Wild Turkey
by: Joe Hutto
4.48 avg rating — 543 ratings
56.
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon 4.31 avg rating — 10,053 ratings
56.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,970 ratings
56.
Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto 4.13 avg rating — 4,029 ratings
56.
The Rum Diary
The Rum Diary 3.85 avg rating — 64,704 ratings
60.
Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West 3.44 avg rating — 6,880 ratings
60.
God Is Red: A Native View of Religion
God Is Red: A Native View of Religion 4.15 avg rating — 2,223 ratings
60.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,349 ratings
60.
Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa 3.54 avg rating — 12,907 ratings
64.
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West 4.05 avg rating — 4,163 ratings
64.
Mitakuye Oyasin: We Are All Related
Mitakuye Oyasin: We Are All Related 4.10 avg rating — 144 ratings
64.
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber and Other Stories
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber and Other Stories 4.01 avg rating — 3,118 ratings
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River of Traps: A Village Life
River of Traps: A Village Life 4.41 avg rating — 117 ratings
68.
Sweet Promised Land
Sweet Promised Land 4.27 avg rating — 326 ratings
68.
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival 4.23 avg rating — 63,067 ratings
68.
Indian Why Stories
Indian Why Stories 3.58 avg rating — 81 ratings
68.
Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World's Most Alluring Fish
Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World's Most Alluring Fish 4.16 avg rating — 353 ratings
68.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating — 46,668 ratings
73.
Winter: Notes from Montana
Winter: Notes from Montana
by: Rick Bass
4.07 avg rating — 2,287 ratings
73.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 19,433 ratings
73.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,908 ratings
76.
Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s
Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s 3.79 avg rating — 895 ratings
76.
Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations
Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations 4.06 avg rating — 194 ratings
76.
It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays 4.39 avg rating — 330 ratings
79.
Roughing It
Roughing It 3.88 avg rating — 10,054 ratings
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"I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War
"I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War 4.23 avg rating — 523 ratings
79.
The Old Man and the Boy
The Old Man and the Boy 4.45 avg rating — 1,318 ratings
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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations 4.05 avg rating — 1,564 ratings
83.
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West 4.02 avg rating — 1,137 ratings
83.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories 4.19 avg rating — 29,559 ratings
83.
The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health 4.28 avg rating — 946 ratings
86.
Half Broke Horses
Half Broke Horses 4.09 avg rating — 171,096 ratings
86.
Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder
Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder 4.39 avg rating — 6,517 ratings
86.
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web 4.21 avg rating — 1,994,096 ratings
89.
An American Idea: The Making of the National Parks
An American Idea: The Making of the National Parks 3.79 avg rating — 39 ratings
89.
Knowledge Rich Ranching
Knowledge Rich Ranching really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
89.
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Travels with Charley: In Search of America 4.08 avg rating — 103,298 ratings
92.
Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks
Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks 4.14 avg rating — 1,573 ratings
92.
No Risk Ranching: Custom Grazing on Leased Land
No Risk Ranching: Custom Grazing on Leased Land
by: Greg Judy
4.49 avg rating — 68 ratings
92.
Youth, a Narrative
Youth, a Narrative 3.67 avg rating — 3,738 ratings
92.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,479 ratings
92.
Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food
Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food
by: Bob Quinn
4.60 avg rating — 267 ratings
97.
Young Men and Fire
Young Men and Fire 4.04 avg rating — 7,072 ratings
97.
Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works
Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works 4.15 avg rating — 463 ratings
97.
Typhoon
Typhoon 3.64 avg rating — 4,238 ratings
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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living 4.37 avg rating — 47,764 ratings
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