Midwest Books

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My Ántonia My Ántonia (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.85 — 149,575 ratings — published 1918
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Gilead (Gilead, #1) Gilead (Gilead, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.85 — 127,287 ratings — published 2004
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Kitchens of the Great Midwest Kitchens of the Great Midwest (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.81 — 53,585 ratings — published 2015
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The Lager Queen of Minnesota The Lager Queen of Minnesota (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.00 — 48,052 ratings — published 2019
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Winesburg, Ohio Winesburg, Ohio (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.83 — 37,387 ratings — published 1919
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.00 — 769,961 ratings — published 2003
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Stoner Stoner (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.35 — 269,563 ratings — published 1965
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Gone Girl Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,496,912 ratings — published 2012
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This Tender Land This Tender Land (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.39 — 226,719 ratings — published 2019
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In Cold Blood In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.09 — 742,081 ratings — published 1966
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A Thousand Acres A Thousand Acres (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.83 — 73,124 ratings — published 1991
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Little Fires Everywhere Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,331,240 ratings — published 2017
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Tom Lake Tom Lake (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.93 — 518,848 ratings — published 2023
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O Pioneers! O Pioneers! (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.90 — 59,540 ratings — published 1913
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.94 — 852,675 ratings — published 2009
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Ordinary Grace Ordinary Grace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.27 — 200,364 ratings — published 2013
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.07 — 629,882 ratings — published 2014
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Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.21 — 288,310 ratings — published 1932
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Peace Like a River Peace Like a River (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.03 — 103,439 ratings — published 2001
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Middlesex Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.04 — 667,841 ratings — published 2002
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Funny Story Funny Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,358,917 ratings — published 2024
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Eleanor & Park Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,269,655 ratings — published 2012
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Beach Read Beach Read (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,695,647 ratings — published 2020
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.13 — 310,602 ratings — published 1970
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.83 — 509,522 ratings — published 2016
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.47 — 116,090 ratings — published 2016
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The Art of Fielding The Art of Fielding (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.99 — 116,391 ratings — published 2011
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Virgil Wander Virgil Wander (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,099 ratings — published 2018
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Main Street Main Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.78 — 27,059 ratings — published 1920
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The Corrections The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.85 — 200,704 ratings — published 2001
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Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.61 — 32,007 ratings — published 2023
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The Lincoln Highway The Lincoln Highway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.22 — 318,991 ratings — published 2021
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Shotgun Lovesongs Shotgun Lovesongs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.78 — 19,869 ratings — published 2014
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Fangirl Fangirl (ebook)
by (shelved 20 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.93 — 785,261 ratings — published 2013
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The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.78 — 425,357 ratings — published 1993
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Everything I Never Told You Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.83 — 618,591 ratings — published 2014
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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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.76 — 16,744 ratings — published 2018
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes The Death and Life of the Great Lakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.34 — 11,699 ratings — published 2017
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Orphan Train Orphan Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.20 — 467,800 ratings — published 2013
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So Long, See You Tomorrow So Long, See You Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.85 — 18,406 ratings — published 1980
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.66 — 106,571 ratings — published 2008
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A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.35 — 50,594 ratings — published 2023
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Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1) Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.30 — 207,172 ratings — published 2021
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Real Life Real Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.78 — 37,800 ratings — published 2020
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Ohio Ohio (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.88 — 16,291 ratings — published 2018
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Universal Harvester Universal Harvester (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.17 — 20,143 ratings — published 2017
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The House on Mango Street The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.68 — 241,950 ratings — published 1984
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Freedom Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as midwest)
avg rating 3.80 — 176,394 ratings — published 2010
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Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
by (shelved 17 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.21 — 303,785 ratings — published 1935
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Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as midwest)
avg rating 4.04 — 81,121 ratings — published 1999
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Jane Smiley
“Rosie and Mary had taken only a 10 percentage of this privilege - they were three minutes late leaving their room and took the second bus that went past rather than the first just so they could feel themselves standing at a bus stop in Manhattan, New York, surrounded by people who were short, dark and voluble rather than tall, blond and silent. The fatal part was the bus they got on. They, of course stood, because they had been taught to do so, out of respect to everyone else in the whole world - they were from the Midwest and deference was their habit and their training.

......."Did you see that?"

"What?" replied Mary

"That woman."

"God, she was rude," said Mary.

And from that statement Rosalind knew that Mary would live the rest of her life in the Midwest, which she did.”
Jane Smiley

Elin Hilderbrand
“She had lived in eight different countries growing up and had visited dozens of others. To most people, this sounded cool, and in some ways, Ayers knows, it was cool, or parts of it were. But since humans are inclined to want what they don't have, she longed to live in America, preferably the solid, unchanging, undramatic Midwest, and attend a real high school, the kind shown in movies, complete with a football team, cheerleaders, pep rallies, chemistry labs, summer reading lists, hall passes, proms, detentions, assemblies, fund-raisers, lockers, Spanish clubs, marching bands, and the dismissal bell.”
Elin Hilderbrand, Winter in Paradise

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