Set in the Pacific Northwest

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
26,649 members
320 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
20,137 members
485 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
13,888 members
198 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Small Sacrifices
by Ann Rule
1,274 members
22 reviews
4
2 Members
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Passage to Juneau
by Jonathan Raban
913 members
20 reviews
4
2 Members
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Green River, Running Red
by Ann Rule
1,442 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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The Northwest Coast: Or, Three Years' Residence in Washington Territory
by James G. Swan
88 members
1 review
4
2 Members
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10
Puget's Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound
by Murray Morgan
102 members
2 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
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11
Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle
by Murray Morgan
293 members
4 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
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The Journals of Lewis and Clark {abridged, 1953}
by Meriwether Lewis
1,274 members
7 reviews
4
2 Members
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Sometimes a Great Notion
by Ken Kesey
3,065 members
50 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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Explanations
oregonobsessionz: Kesey at his best, and a great story about a logging family in Oregon's Coast Range
Mechan1c: Without a doubt my favorite Kesey title.
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Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin
2,510 members
22 reviews
3.9
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The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest
by Timothy Egan
491 members
16 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Natural History of Puget Sound Country
by Arthur R. Kruckeberg
100 members
3.8
2 Members
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21
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
13,242 members
823 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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The Egg and I
by Betty MacDonald
1,363 members
48 reviews
3.8
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23
Dead by Sunset
by Ann Rule
819 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
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24
Boneshaker
by Cherie Priest
3,979 members
231 reviews
½ 3.5
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26
Lust Killer
by Ann Rule
449 members
7 reviews
3.8
Member
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27
The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up
by Ann Rule
459 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
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28
Simon Benson: Northwest Lumber King.
by Alice Benson Allen
7 members
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29
Snow Creek
by Gregg Olsen
174 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
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30
Cataclysms on the Columbia
by John Eliot Allen
153 members
3 reviews
4
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31
Undaunted Courage
by Stephen E. Ambrose
8,563 members
89 reviews
4.1
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32
A Death-Struck Year
by Makiia Lucier
265 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
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33
Pioneer Square: Seattle's Oldest Neighborhood
by Mildred Tanner Andrews
19 members
3
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34
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
by Sherman Alexie
1,415 members
13 reviews
3.9
Member
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35
This Was Logging
by Ralph W. Andrews
70 members
1 review
3.8
Member
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36
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
by Margaret Craven
2,442 members
44 reviews
3.9
Member
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37
Skookum: An Oregon Pioneer Family's History and Lore
by Shannon Applegate
68 members
4.1
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Orphan Road: The Railroad Comes to Seattle, 1853-1911
by Kurt E Armbruster
21 members
4
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39
Oregon coast
by Ray Atkeson
38 members
½ 1.5
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40
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
by John Vaillant
1,209 members
48 reviews
4
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Northwest heritage: the Cascade Range
by Ray Atkeson
36 members
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42
Death of Celilo Falls
by Katrine Barber
34 members
½ 3.5
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43
Challenge of the North Cascades
by Fred Beckey
37 members
2
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46
On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak
by Jon Bell
55 members
1 review
½ 3.3
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47
Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899
by Pierre Berton
611 members
12 reviews
4.2
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55
Washington: A Bicentennial History
by Norman H. Clark
20 members
4
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56
The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier
by Jim Davidson
173 members
10 reviews
4
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57
Of Men and Mountains
by William O. Douglas
170 members
1 review
½ 3.6
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58
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
by Timothy Egan
1,634 members
77 reviews
4
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Eclipse
by Stephenie Meyer
47,875 members
872 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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60
My Wilderness: The Pacific West
by William O. Douglas
91 members
5 reviews
4.1
Member
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61
Fire and Ice : The Cascade Volcanoes
by Stephen L. Harris
95 members
4.2
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62
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America
by Linda Hunt
572 members
26 reviews
½ 3.5
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63
Atlas of the Pacific Northwest
by Oregon State University.
89 members
½ 3.5
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64
The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest
by Alvin M. Josephy Jr.
163 members
4
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65
Cascade Alpine Guide Climbing and High Routes, Vol. 2: Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass
by Fred Beckey
72 members
1 review
½ 4.3
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66
Cascade Alpine Guide Climbing and High Routes, Vol. 3: Rainy Pass to Fraser River
by Fred Beckey
72 members
2 reviews
½ 4.7
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67
The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
by Gary Krist
359 members
15 reviews
4
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Explanations
oregonobsessionz: 1910 Wellington Avalanche
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Land of Giants: Drive to the Pacific Northwest, 1750-1950
by David Lavender
120 members
4.1
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70
The Garden in Bloom
by Ann Lovejoy
40 members
1 review
4
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71
The Weather of the Pacific Northwest
by Cliff Mass
119 members
2 reviews
4.1
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72
Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest
by Bruce McCune
70 members
5
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73
The Last Wilderness
by Murray Morgan
95 members
3 reviews
3.8
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74
Month-By- Month Gardening in Washington & Oregon
by Mary Robson
35 members
5
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75
Truman of St. Helens : The Man & His Mountain
by Shirley Rosen
32 members
4
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77
Clearcut
by Nina Shengold
69 members
1 review
½ 3.6
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81
Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
by Steve Trudell
126 members
1 review
4.9
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82
Fire at Eden's Gate: Tom McCall & the Oregon Story
by Brent Walth
64 members
1 review
½ 3.7
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83
The Year in Bloom: Gardening for All Seasons in the Pacific Northwest
by Ann Lovejoy
81 members
1 review
4.1
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84
The Big Sky
by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
1,257 members
28 reviews
4.1
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85
Untamed Olympics: The Story of a Peninsula
by Ruby El Hult
37 members
1 review
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86
Terrible Trail: The Meek Cutoff, 1845
by Keith Clark
24 members
2 reviews
4
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Explanations
oregonobsessionz: Story of a pioneering party that took an alternate to the established Oregon Trail, with disastrous results.
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Wildmen, Wobblies & Whistle Punks: Stewart Holbrook's Lowbrow Northwest
by Stewart H. Holbrook
76 members
3 reviews
3.9
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88
The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake
by Samuel Bawlf
328 members
6 reviews
3.8
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89
100 Hikes in Washington's Alpine Lakes
by Ira Spring
103 members
½ 4.4
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90
100 Hikes in Washington's North Cascades National Park Region
by Ira Spring
75 members
½ 4.6
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91
Mountain Fever: Historic Conquests of Rainier
by Aubrey L. Haines
23 members
½ 3.3
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92
River of the West: A Chronicle of the Columbia
by Robert Clark
58 members
1 review
3.9
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94
Atlas of Oregon
by William G. Loy
91 members
1 review
½ 4.6
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A Woman Alone: Mona Bell, Sam Hill and the Mansion on Bonneville Rock
by John A. Harrison
7 members
1 review
½ 3.5
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97
Skyjack: The Hunt for D. B. Cooper
by Geoffrey Gray
194 members
7 reviews
3.1
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98
True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa
by Michael Finkel
346 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
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99
Oregon Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival (Disasters Series)
by Rachel Dresbeck
25 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
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100
Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910
by Stephen J. Pyne
170 members
6 reviews
3.8
Member
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Explanations
oregonobsessionz: The story of the 1910 fires covered by Timothy Egan in The Big Burn , with a generous dose of the author's political opinions.