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Little Pretty Things by Lori Rader-DayThis I Know by Eldonna EdwardsThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThey Call Me Crazy by Kelly Stone Gamble
Midwest Authors
297 books — 184 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Around the US in 50 Books
801 books — 156 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Best Bill Bryson Books
19 books — 106 voters
From the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean DalyDewey by Vicki MyronA Thousand Acres by Jane SmileyShoeless Joe by W.P. KinsellaThe Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
Books Set in Iowa
277 books — 93 voters

Hawaii by James A. MichenerLooking for Alaska by John GreenA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingThe Colorado Kid by Stephen King
States
636 books — 60 voters
Stolen Children by Peg KehretDeep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing HahnThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMarley by John GroganIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Iowa Children's Choice nominees 2010-2011
38 books — 36 voters

Stars Over Clear Lake by Loretta EllsworthMy Ántonia by Willa CatherThis I Know by Eldonna EdwardsThe Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria RussellMary, Everything by Cassandra Yorke
Historical Fiction - The American Midwest
100 books — 35 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
The United States of Books
69 books — 30 voters

Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing HahnThe Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren WrightAmong the Hidden by Margaret Peterson HaddixEscaping the Giant Wave by Peg KehretThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Iowa Children's Choice Past Winners
30 books — 28 voters
Hawaii by James A. MichenerIndiana by George SandStanding in the Light by Mary Pope OsborneLetters from Hawaii by Mark TwainStories of Hawaii by Jack London
Name of State (USA) in Title: D-I
256 books — 24 voters

Carry the Ocean by Heidi CullinanNothing Like Paris by Amy Jo CousinsThe Quality of Mercy by J.S. CookDistant Rumblings by John GoodeLone by Rowan McBride
M/M Romance Set in Iowa
30 books — 10 voters
Scat by Carl HiaasenThe Compound by S.A. BodeenNotes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan SonnenblickA Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. BunceThe Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
Iowa Teen Book Award Nominees 2010-2011
16 books — 9 voters

Ninja at First Sight by Penny ReidSolomon The Accountant by Edward M. KraussWinning Love by Abby NilesHard Time by Cara McKennaEleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Contemporary Romance Novels with Midwestern Leads
64 books — 8 voters
Digging to America by Anne TylerThe Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise ErdrichSplendid Solution by Jeffrey KlugerGilead by Marilynne RobinsonPeace Like a River by Leif Enger
All Iowa Reads
10 books — 7 voters

Country Ham by Steve CoomesThe Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen by Sean ShermanThe New Midwestern Table by Amy ThielenLife of Cheese by Heather PaxsonSavoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland by Beth Dooley
Regional Foodways & Cuisine: The Midwest
33 books — 7 voters
Crushing It by Erin BeckerMonarch by Candice WuehleThe Late Americans by Brandon TaylorThe Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick BurdDon't Forget the Girl by Rebecca McKanna
Queer Books Set in Iowa
7 books — 6 voters

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Nix by Nathan HillA Constellation of Roses by Miranda AsebedoAshen Winter by Mike MullinEleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
North Central Zone
24 books — 3 voters
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyFuzzy Mud by Louis SacharCrenshaw by Katherine ApplegateSerafina's Promise by Ann E. BurgEllie's Story by W. Bruce Cameron
Iowa Children's Choice 2017-18
22 books — 3 voters

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie RyanThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherAfter by Amy EfawAfter Ever After by Jordan SonnenblickThe Assist by Neil Swidey
Battle Of The Books 2012-2013
29 books — 2 voters
Little Dog, Lost by Marion Dane BauerThe Fast and the Furriest by Andy BehrensThe Year of the Book by Andrea ChengThe Ghost of Graylock by Dan PoblockiLiar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Iowa Children's Choice 14-15
16 books — 2 voters

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