Dust Bowl Books

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The Four Winds The Four Winds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 118 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.30 — 929,939 ratings — published 2021
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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 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 77 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.06 — 60,786 ratings — published 2005
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.02 — 979,686 ratings — published 1939
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Out of the Dust Out of the Dust (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.77 — 79,028 ratings — published 1997
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West With Giraffes West With Giraffes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.33 — 188,592 ratings — published 2021
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Whose Names Are Unknown Whose Names Are Unknown (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,490 ratings — published 2004
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The Great American Dust Bowl: A Graphic Novel The Great American Dust Bowl: A Graphic Novel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,290 ratings — published 2013
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The Storm in the Barn The Storm in the Barn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.72 — 3,766 ratings — published 2009
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Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,757 ratings — published 1997
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Rainwater Rainwater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.13 — 21,228 ratings — published 2009
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Midnight at the Electric Midnight at the Electric (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.91 — 6,295 ratings — published 2017
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If It Rains If It Rains (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,957 ratings — published 2021
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I Will Send Rain I Will Send Rain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.72 — 2,937 ratings — published 2016
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Lila (Gilead, #3) Lila (Gilead, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.95 — 35,369 ratings — published 2014
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The Dust Bowl: An Illustrated History The Dust Bowl: An Illustrated History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.35 — 703 ratings — published 2012
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Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards (Dear America) Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards (Dear America)
by (shelved 6 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,423 ratings — published 2002
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Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.92 — 298 ratings — published 2009
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The Antidote The Antidote (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.92 — 8,605 ratings — published 2025
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.39 — 356,109 ratings — published 2013
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Blue Willow Blue Willow (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,885 ratings — published 1940
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House of Earth House of Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.18 — 1,589 ratings — published 2013
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The Practice House The Practice House (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.89 — 11,752 ratings — published 2017
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Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,021 ratings — published 2017
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The Dust Bowl Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Helped Remedy a National Disaster The Dust Bowl Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Helped Remedy a National Disaster (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.17 — 146 ratings — published 2009
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The Journal of C.J. Jackson: A Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935 (My Name Is America) The Journal of C.J. Jackson: A Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935 (My Name Is America)
by (shelved 4 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.98 — 246 ratings — published 2002
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A Cup of Dust (Pearl Spence, #1) A Cup of Dust (Pearl Spence, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,769 ratings — published 2015
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Quail Crossings Quail Crossings (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,590 ratings — published 2012
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,779,815 ratings — published 1937
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Voices of the Dust Bowl (Voices of History) Voices of the Dust Bowl (Voices of History)
by (shelved 4 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.30 — 44 ratings — published 2012
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Where Only Storms Grow Where Only Storms Grow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.62 — 78 ratings — published 2025
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Three Strike Summer Three Strike Summer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.28 — 706 ratings — published 2022
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The Peach Rebellion The Peach Rebellion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,522 ratings — published 2022
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Letters from the Dust Bowl Letters from the Dust Bowl (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.12 — 134 ratings — published 2001
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Dagen van zand Dagen van zand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,132 ratings — published 2021
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Ruby's Hope: A Story of How the Famous “Migrant Mother” Photograph Became the Face of the Great Depression Ruby's Hope: A Story of How the Famous “Migrant Mother” Photograph Became the Face of the Great Depression (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.28 — 162 ratings — published
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A Tale Magnolious A Tale Magnolious (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.21 — 168 ratings — published 2019
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Stormy Weather Stormy Weather (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.75 — 3,390 ratings — published 2007
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All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,145 ratings — published 2011
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Dust to Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930s Dust to Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.77 — 66 ratings — published 2004
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Cat Running Cat Running (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.76 — 357 ratings — published 1994
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Farming the Dust Bowl: A First-Hand Account from Kansas Farming the Dust Bowl: A First-Hand Account from Kansas (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.92 — 48 ratings — published 1986
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The Buffalo Are Back The Buffalo Are Back (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.16 — 341 ratings — published 2010
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Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.25 — 138 ratings — published 2024
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Stars of Alabama Stars of Alabama (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,138 ratings — published 2019
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The Edge of Nowhere The Edge of Nowhere (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.18 — 377 ratings — published 2016
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Breaking Blue: A True Crime Book Breaking Blue: A True Crime Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,414 ratings — published 1992
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Now in November Now in November (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 3.72 — 2,240 ratings — published 1934
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Children of the Great Depression Children of the Great Depression (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.06 — 514 ratings — published 2005
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Like Dust, I Rise Like Dust, I Rise (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as dust-bowl)
avg rating 4.65 — 210 ratings — published 2021
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Susie Finkbeiner
“That was when I learned that kindness could break a heart just as sure as meanness. The difference was the kindness made that broken heart softer. Meanness just made the heart want to be hard.”
Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust

“There was an alchemy in this noise and exultation: spellbound in the sorcery of these songs, I became we, me became us. For there was an empowerment in this empathy, a catharsis in this energy, as if each man gathered the bare bones of his personal circumstances and was banging a rhythm out of them, a rhythm that sang with the ferocious energy of survival, a heartbeat that said they weren’t beat. Because singing was breathing and dancing was moving, and breathing and moving were for the quick and not the dead. And suddenly, the air was full of wet — damp with breath and sweat. Face were dripping, arms were flailing, kids were kissing, Pas were cussing, and Mas were laughing, and all were swaying in a way that had something to do with the homebrew, something to do with the music, with the way things are, with the way they should be, and the way they have always been.”
Nick Hayes, Woody Guthrie and the Dust Bowl Ballads

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