Great Reads from Great Places2023

Given by Library of Congress Center for the Book

Other Names: Alabama Great Reads, Arkansas Center for the Book Great Reads, Texas Great Read
112 Works 33,235 Books 1,534 Reviews 4.0
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
Unloose My Heart: A Personal Reckoning with the Twisted Roots of My Southern Family Tree by Marcia E. Herman-Giddens
Alabama, Adults2023
A Girl Like Me by Angela Johnson
Alabama, Kids2023
Sivulliq: Ancestor by Lily H Tuzroyluke
Alaska, Adults2023
Berry Song by Michaela Goade
Alaska, Kids2023
PICTURES of CHANGE in PARADISE in American Samoa (circa 1910) by John Enright
American Samoa, Adults2023
Tasi of American Samoa by downmarilyn
American Samoa, Kids2023
Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona by Tom Zoellner
Arizona, Adults2023
Raulito: El Primer Gobernador Latino De Arizona/ the First Latino Governor of Arizona (Spanish and English Edition) by Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford
Arizona, Kids2023
US history in 15 foods by Anna Zeide
Arkansas, Adults2023
House Finds a Home by Katy Duffield
Arkansas, Kids2023
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
California, Adults2023
Wake, Sleepy One: California Poppies and the Super Bloom by Lisa Kerr
California, Kids2023
Black Smoke (Agent of Mercy, Book One) by Robin Leigh Miller
Colorado, Adults2023
Rise of the Red Hand (1) (The Mechanists) by Olivia Chadha
Colorado, Kids2023
Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi
Connecticut, Adults2023
Soul Food Sunday by Winsome Bingham
Connecticut, Kids2023
A Little Hope by Ethan Joella
Delaware, Adults2023
Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly
Delaware, Kids2023
Dreams in the New Century: Instant Cities, Shattered Hopes, and Florida’s Turning Point by Gary R. Mormino
Florida, Adults2023
The Bluest Sky by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Florida, Kids2023
Bress 'n' Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer by Matthew Raiford
Georgia, Adults2023
Mama's Home by Shay Youngblood
Georgia, Kids2023
The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks
Guam, Adults2023
Good Night Guam: A sleepy bedtime rhyme by Mary Aflague
Guam, Kids2023
Island Wisdom: Hawaiian Traditions and Practices for a Meaningful Life by Annie Daly
Hawaii, Adults2023
Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Hawaii, Kids2023
The Beadworkers: Stories by Beth Piatote
Idaho, Adults2023
The Bright Side by Chad Otis
Idaho, Kids2023
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Illinois, Adults2023
Love the Baby by Steven L. Layne
Illinois, Kids2023
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
Indiana, Adults2023
Grace and Box by Kim Howard
Indiana, Kids2023
The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken
Iowa, Adults2023
Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous by Suzanne Park
Iowa, Kids2023
The Monster's Bones: the Discovery of T. Rex and How it Shook Our World by David K. Randall
Kansas, Adults2023
Cabby Potts, Duchess of Dirt by Kathleen Wilford
Kansas, Kids2023
Lark Ascending by Silas House
Kentucky, Adults2023
A Is for Affrilachia by Frank X. Walker
Kentucky, Kids2023
The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Louisiana, Adults2023
Nowhere Better Than Here by Sarah Guillory
Louisiana, Kids2023
Lungfish by Meghan Gilliss
Maine, Adults2023
The Secret Pool by Kimberly Ridley
Maine, Kids2023
Kings of B'more by R. Eric Thomas
Maryland, Adults2023
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Maryland, Kids2023
Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau by Ben Shattuck
Massachusetts, Adults2023
Dream Street by Tricia Elam Walker
Massachusetts, Kids2023
Tin Camp Road by Ellen Airgood
Michigan, Adults2023
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Michigan, Kids2023
Seven Aunts by Staci Lola Drouillard
Minnesota, Adults2023
So Much Snow by Kristen Schroeder
Minnesota, Kids2023
The Weeds: A Novel by Katy Simpson Smith
Mississippi, Adults2023
Liberty's Civil Rights Road Trip by Michael W. Waters
Mississippi, Kids2023
The Last Children of Mill Creek by Vivian Gibson
Missouri, Adults2023
The Rhino Suit by Colter Jackson
Missouri, Kids2023
Holding Fire: A Reckoning with the American West by Bryce Andrews
Montana, Adults2023
Elk Morning at the Battle of Arrow Creek by A.J. Otjen
Montana, Kids2023
The Mystery of Hunting's End by Mignon G. Eberhart
Nebraska, Adults2023
Rhinos in Nebraska: The Amazing Discovery of the Ashfall Fossil Beds by Alison Pearce Stevens
Nebraska, Kids2023
Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish by Zeb Hogan
Nevada, Adults2023
Nudi Gill: Poison Powerhouse of the Sea by Bonnie Kelso
Nevada, Kids2023
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
New Hampshire, Adults2023
Inky's Amazing Escape: How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home by Sy Montgomery
New Hampshire, Kids2023
Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet by Robert Pinsky
New Jersey, Adults2023
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
New Jersey, Kids2023
Shutter by Ramona Emerson
New Mexico, Adults2023
Tumble by Celia C. Pérez
New Mexico, Kids2023
Every Man a King by Walter Mosley
New York, Adults2023
The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber
New York, Kids2023
The Kudzu Queen by Mimi Herman
North Carolina, Adults2023
When Sea Becomes Sky by Gillian McDunn
North Carolina, Kids2023
Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land by Taylor Brorby
North Dakota, Adults2023
Josie Dances by Denise Lajimodiere
North Dakota, Kids2023
Saipan A Brief History by Don Farrell
Northern Marianas, Adults2023
Bweletáál Wischiirá, eew kkol Refaluwasch / The Stick Dance, A Carolinian Tradition by Jude Litulumar
Northern Marianas, Kids2023
Stay and Fight by Madeline Ffitch
Ohio, Adults2023
When Grandma Gatewood Took a Hike by Michelle Houts
Ohio, Kids2023
For Those Who Are Lost: A Novel by Julia Bryan Thomas
Oklahoma, Adults2023
Mary Had a Little Plan by Tammi Sauer
Oklahoma, Kids2023
The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America by Anita Hannig
Oregon, Adults2023
Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case
Oregon, Kids2023
Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence by Sonja Thomas
Oregon, Kids2023
Bellefonte by Marsha Ann Tate
Pennsylvania, Adults2023
A Poem Grows Inside You by Katey Howes
Pennsylvania, Kids2023
Clemente! by Willie Perdomo
Puerto Rico, Kids2023
Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
Rhode Island, Kids2023
The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth by Elizabeth Rush
Rhode Islands, Adults2023
The Blue Line Down by Maris Lawyer
South Carolina, Adults2023
Indigo Dreaming by Dinah Johnson
South Carolina, Kids2023
We Are the Stars: Colonizing and Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition (Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies) by Sarah Hernandez
South Dakota, Adults2023
A Place for Harvest: The Story of Kenny Higashi by Lauren R. Harris
South Dakota, Kids2023
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Tennessee, Adults2023
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Tennessee, Kids2023
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Texas, Adults2023
Nell Plants a Tree by Anne Wynter
Texas, Kids2023
Monster in the Middle: A Novel by Tiphanie Yanique
U.S. Virgin Islands, Adults2023
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
U.S. Virgin Islands, Kids2023
West: A Translation by Paisley Rekdal
Utah, Adults2023
Ole's Dark Sky Journey by Marsted Melissa
Utah, Kids2023
What Is Otherwise Infinite: Poems by Bianca Stone
Vermont, Adults2023
The Night Wild by Zoë Tilley Poster
Vermont, Kids2023
The White Mosque: A Memoir by Sofia Samatar
Virginia, Adults2023
Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith
Virginia, Kids2023
WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration by Frank Abe
Washington, Adults2023
Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejide
Washington, D.C., Adults2023
Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon by Kelly Starling Lyons
Washington, D.C., Kids2023
Maurice by Jessixa Bagley
Washington, Kids2023
Strange as this Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake
West Virginia, Adults2023
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker
West Virginia, Kids2023
The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang
Wisconsin, Adults2023
The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale by Charly Palmer
Wisconsin, Kids2023
In a Land of Awe: Finding Reverence in the Search for Wild Horses by Chad Hanson
Wyoming, Adults2023
The Day the Earth Rose Up by Alfreda Beartrack-algeo
Wyoming, Kids2023

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