Great Reads from Great Places2022

Given by Library of Congress Center for the Book

Other Names: Alabama Great Reads, Arkansas Center for the Book Great Reads, Texas Great Read
90 Works / 92 Items 40,328 Books 1,678 Reviews 4.1
Every year, a list of books representing the literary heritage of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands is distributed by the Library of Congress’s show more Center for the Book during the National Book Festival. Each book is selected by a local Center for the Book or state library and most are for children and young readers. Books may be written by authors from the state, take place in the state, or celebrate the state’s culture and heritage. Why not read the book suggested for your state or district and then learn, through these books, about the other places that interest you? show less
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WorkCategoryYear
African Town by Charles Waters
Alabama2022
A Thousand Trails Home: Living with Caribou by Seth Kantner
Alaska, Adults2022
Recess at 20 Below by Cindy Aillaud
Alaska, Kids2022
Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling
Arizona2022
Remote Access: Small Public Libraries in Arkansas (The Arkansas Character) by Sabine Schmidt
Arkansas, Adults2022
Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray
Arkansas, Kids2022
Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman
California2022
Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Colorado, Adults2022
Cow Boy Is NOT a Cowboy by Gregory Barrington
Colorado, Kids2022
Sea Wife by Amity Gaige
Connecticut, Adults2022
The All-Together Quilt by Lizzy Rockwell
Connecticut, Kids2022
A Little Hope by Ethan Joella
Delaware, Adults2022
Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly
Delaware, Kids2022
Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers by Celia C. Pérez
Florida2022
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker by Alice Walker
Georgia, Adults2022
Impossible Moon by Breanna J. McDaniel
Georgia, Kids2022
Inclusion: How Hawai‘i Protected Japanese Americans from Mass Internment, Transformed Itself, and Changed America by Coffman
Hawaii, Adults2022
Leilani Blessed and Grateful by Greg Bowman
Hawaii, Kids2022
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Idaho, Adults2022
The Stories Behind the Stories: The Remarkable True Tales Behind Your Favorite Kid’s Books by Danielle Higley
Idaho, Kids2022
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
Illinois, Adults2022
Verify by Joelle Charbonneau
Illinois, Kids2022
Zorrie by Laird Hunt
Indiana, Adults2022
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Indiana, Kids2022
Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous by Suzanne Park
Iowa2022
The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell'Antonia
Kansas, Adults2022
A Vote for Susanna: The First Woman Mayor (She Made History) by Karen M. Greenwald
Kansas, Kids2022
The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
Kentucky, Adults2022
Fly by Brittany J. Thurman
Kentucky, Kids2022
Economy Hall : the hidden history of a free Black brotherhood by Fatima Shaik
Louisiana, Adults2022
When I was an alligator by webregayle
Louisiana, Kids2022
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran
Maine, Adults2022
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Maine, Kids2022
Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
Maryland, Adults2022
I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer by Carole Boston Weatherford
Maryland, Kids2022
Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh
Massachusetts, Adults2022
Wherever I Go by Mary Wagley Copp
Massachusetts, Kids2022
RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford
Michigan2022
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
Minnesota, Adults2022
How to Apologize by David LaRochelle
Minnesota, Kids2022
The Age of Discovery and Other Stories (The Journal Non/Fiction Prize) by Becky Hagenston
Mississippi, Adults2022
Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Mississippi, Kids2022
Growing Up with the River: Nine Generations on the Missouri by Dan & Connie Burkhardt
Missouri2022
Thunderous by M. L. Smoker
Montana2022
The Bones of Paradise by Jonis Agee
Nebraska, Adults2022
Letters from Space by Clayton Anderson
Nebraska, Kids2022
On the Trail of the Jackalope: How a Legend Captured the World's Imagination and Helped Us Cure Cancer by Michael P. Branch
Nevada, Adults2022
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
Nevada, Kids2022
Some Returned: The Stories of Henniker Men Who Fought for the Union by fetzersusanj
New Hampshire, Adults2022
The Civil War diary of Freeman Colby by Marek Bennett
New Hampshire, Kids2022
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
New Jersey, Adults2022
The Singer and the Scientist by Lisa Rose
New Jersey, Kids2022
The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade
New Mexico, Adults2022
Shaped By Her Hands: Potter Maria Martinez (She Made History) by Anna Harber Freeman
New Mexico, Kids2022
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
New York, Adults2022
Children of the Longhouse by Joseph Bruchac
New York, Kids2022
The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
North Carolina, Adults2022
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
North Carolina, Kids2022
The Farmer's Lawyer: The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm by Sarah Vogel
North Dakota, Adults2022
The Rise of Greg by Chris Rylander
North Dakota, Kids2022
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf
Ohio, Adults2022
Jenny Mei Is Sad by Tracy Subisak
Ohio, Kids2022
In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
Pennsylvania, Adults2022
Night Creatures: Animals That Swoop, Crawl, and Creep while You Sleep by Rebecca E. Hirsch
Pennsylvania, Kids2022
Deuda Natal (Ambroggio Prize) (Spanish and English Edition) by Mara Pastor
Puerto Rico, Adults2022
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise
Puerto Rico, Kids2022
Zorrie by Laird Hunt
Rhode Island, Adults2022
Wherever I Go by Mary Wagley Copp
Rhode Island, Kids2022
The Islanders by Mary Alice Monroe
South Carolina2022
Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes
South Dakota, Adults2022
A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard by Julia Lyon
South Dakota, Kids2022
Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South by Margaret Renkl
Tennessee, Adults2022
Needlework by Julia Watts
Tennessee, Kids2022
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Texas, Adults2022
Indelible Ann: The Larger-Than-Life Story of Governor Ann Richards by Meghan P. Browne
Texas, Kids2022
Fireburn The Screenplay: A story of passion ignited, based on the history of St. Croix by Angela Golden Bryan
US Territories, Adults2022
The Fundamental Issues Affecting the Northern Mariana Islands by Jose S. Dela Cruz
US Territories, Adults2022
Good Night Guam: A sleepy bedtime rhyme by Mary Aflague
US Territories, Kids2022
James and the Fireburn: An Anti-bullying and Human Rights Story Inspired by Caribbean History by Angela Golden Bryan
US Territories, Kids2022
Tasi of American Samoa by downmarilyn
US Territories, Kids2022
I Duendis: The Duendis by Cielo Citlalli Gutierrez Long
US Territories, Kids2022
When I Was Red Clay: A Journey of Identity, Healing, and Wonder by Jonathan T. Bailey
Utah2022
The Most Costly Journey stories of migrant farmworkers in vermont, drawn by new england cartoonists by Marek Bennett
Vermont2022
Manatee's Best Friend by Sylvia Liu
Virginia2022
Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha Lapointe
Washington, Adults2022
Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker Harvey
Washington, D.C.2022
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Washington, Kids2022
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
West Virginia, Adults2022
Frankenslime by Joy Keller
West Virginia, Kids2022
Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee’s Childhood Story of Survival by Pao Lor
Wisconsin, Adults2022
Peace by Miranda Paul
Wisconsin, Kids2022
My Ranch, Too: A Wyoming Memoir by Mary Budd Flitner
Wyoming, Adults2022

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