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Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
679 books — 239 voters
East by Edith PattouSun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day GeorgeIce by Sarah Beth DurstEast o' the Sun and West o' the Moon by Peter Christen AsbjørnsenThe Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
75 books — 184 voters

Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyThe Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward AbbeySkinwalkers by Tony HillermanDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherThe Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols
Four Corners Country
330 books — 139 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellWest With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
52 Book Club 2025: #34 - Direction In The Title
313 books — 106 voters

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls WilderBy the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Children's Frontier Fiction
304 books — 59 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueEast of Eden by John SteinbeckNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellNorthern Lights by Philip PullmanBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Cardinal Directions in Titles
822 books — 49 voters

Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt StewartTomboy Bride by Harriet Fish BackusWe Pointed Them North by E.C. "Teddy Blue" AbbottDoc Susie by Virginia CornellA Bride Goes West by Nannie T. Alderson
The Old West in First Person
266 books — 46 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryRiders of the Purple Sage by Zane GreyThe Time It Never Rained by Elmer KeltonThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
My 10 Favorite Westerns
93 books — 38 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellEsperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanBy the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid FleischmanOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaSeeds of Hope by Kristiana Gregory
Children's Historical Fiction set in California
193 books — 34 voters
Ice Cowboy by Rachelle VaughnMcKettrick's Heart by Linda Lael MillerMcKettrick's Luck by Linda Lael MillerFrontier Woman by Joan JohnstonLone Star Trouble by Autumn Piper
Best Western/Cowboy Romance PB Books
42 books — 29 voters

The Daily Coyote by Shreve StocktonGod's Dog by Hope RydenCoyote America by Dan FloresMoon Called by Patricia BriggsNew Coyote by Michael Bergey
Books about Coyotes
68 books — 25 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenEast of Eden by John SteinbeckNorthern Lights by Philip PullmanWest Side Story by Irving Shulman
Looking for Direction
153 books — 20 voters

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Lonesome Dove Chronicles by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisLittle Big Man by Thomas BergerMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Books About The West
181 books — 16 voters
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettThe Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Amelia WildeBeards and Babies by Heather LaurenThe Breathe Me Duet by C.R. JaneNever Say Never by Mayra Statham
Compass Covers
10 books — 8 voters

PaperQuake by Kathryn ReissEarthquake in the Early Morning by Mary Pope OsborneEarthquake at Dawn Rev Pa by Kristiana GregoryAftershocks by William LavenderThe Wakefield Legacy by Francine Pascal
1906 San Francisco Earthquake in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
27 books — 7 voters
Cadillac Desert by Marc ReisnerA Story That Stands Like a Dam by Russell MartinDead Pool by James Lawrence PowellUpstream by Langdon CookBeyond the Hundredth Meridian by Wallace Stegner
Western water
86 books — 7 voters

True Grit by Charles PortisO Pioneers! by Willa CatherMy Ántonia by Willa CatherWho Was Annie Oakley? by Stephanie SpinnerThe Colonel and Little Missie by Larry McMurtry
Women Heroes of the West
82 books — 3 voters
U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersAristophanes by John ClaughtonLysistrata by AristophanesApology by PlatoCrito (Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Greek) by Plato
To Read: Great Books of the Western World--Year 1
25 books — 2 voters

The Vintage Springtime Club by Beatrice MeierThe Haunted Vintage by Marjorie BowenThe Witch of Cologne by Tobsha LearnerA Small Town in Germany by John le CarréPassenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie
Germany by State: North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse & Thuringia
70 books — 2 voters
Gettysburg to Great Salt Lake by John Gary Maxwell
Great Basin History
1 book — 1 voter

A Lone Star Christmas by William W. JohnstoneAn Arizona Christmas by William W. JohnstoneA Big Sky Christmas by William W. JohnstoneA Colorado Christmas by William W. JohnstoneA Death Valley Christmas by William W. Johnstone
Holiday Westerns by William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone
11 books — 1 voter
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham JonesPrairie Edge by Conor KerrJonny Appleseed by Joshua WhiteheadAmerican Buffalo by Steven RinellaTenacious Beasts by Christopher J. Preston
Bison / Buffalo Covers
6 books — 1 voter

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