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Set in the Pacific Northwest

Members: 8 participating members (show all)

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1
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
22,116 members, 283 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (1), ahef1963 (1), Mechan1c (10)

2
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
16,186 members, 419 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), ahef1963 (2)

3
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
12,170 members, 179 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (2), ahef1963 (3)

4
Small Sacrifices
by Ann Rule
1,010 members, 15 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), ahef1963 (12)

6
Passage to Juneau
by Jonathan Raban
790 members, 19 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: Mechan1c (1), oregonobsessionz (77)

7
Green River, Running Red
by Ann Rule
1,101 members, 16 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (3), ahef1963 (14)

11
Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle
by Murray Morgan
227 members, 5 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: Mechan1c (5), oregonobsessionz (51)

12
The Journals of Lewis and Clark {abridged, 1953}
by Meriwether Lewis
1,213 members, 8 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: Mechan1c (6), oregonobsessionz (47)

13
Sometimes a Great Notion
by Ken Kesey
2,590 members, 40 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: Mechan1c (7), oregonobsessionz (40)

Explanations:

oregonobsessionz (40): Kesey at his best, and a great story about a logging family in Oregon's Coast Range

14
Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,898 members, 19 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1)

19
The Natural History of Puget Sound Country
by Arthur R. Kruckeberg
88 members, 0 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: Mechan1c (13), oregonobsessionz (44)

20
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
10,573 members, 766 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11), oregonobsessionz (114)

21
The Egg and I
by Betty MacDonald
1,142 members, 35 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2)

22
Dead by Sunset
by Ann Rule
662 members, 10 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3)

23
Boneshaker
by Cherie Priest
3,464 members, 213 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4)

25
Lust Killer
by Ann Rule
327 members, 5 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: dara85 (4)

26
The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up
by Ann Rule
369 members, 2 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: dara85 (5)

28
Cataclysms on the Columbia
by John Eliot Allen
115 members, 2 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (6)

31
A Death-Struck Year
by Makiia Lucier
223 members, 21 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: dara85 (7)

33
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
by Sherman Alexie
1,214 members, 13 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9)

34
This Was Logging
by Ralph W. Andrews
56 members, 1 review
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (9)

35
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
by Margaret Craven
1,990 members, 34 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10)

38
Oregon coast
by Ray Atkeson
33 members, 0 reviews
1.5 stars (1.5 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (12)

41
Death of Celilo Falls
by Katrine Barber
27 members, 0 reviews

Lists: oregonobsessionz (14)

42
Challenge of the North Cascades
by Fred Beckey
32 members, 0 reviews
2 stars (2 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (15)

54
Washington: A Bicentennial History
by Norman H. Clark
18 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (28)

56
Of Men and Mountains
by William O. Douglas
125 members, 1 review
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (30)

58
My wilderness: the Pacific West
by William O. Douglas
76 members, 4 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (33)

59
Fire and Ice : The Cascade Volcanoes
by Stephen L. Harris
80 members, 0 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (34)

61
Atlas of the Pacific Northwest
by Oregon State University.
69 members, 0 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (38)

65
The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
by Gary Krist
275 members, 11 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (43)

Explanations:

oregonobsessionz (43): 1910 Wellington Avalanche

68
The Garden in Bloom
by Ann Lovejoy
37 members, 1 review
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (48)

69
The Weather of the Pacific Northwest
by Cliff Mass
84 members, 2 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (49)

70
Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest
by Bruce McCune
53 members, 0 reviews
5 stars (5 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (50)

71
The Last Wilderness (Washington Papers)
by Murray Morgan
69 members, 1 review
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (53)

76
Clearcut
by Nina Shengold
61 members, 1 review
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (58)

80
Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
by Steve Trudell
81 members, 0 reviews
4.9 stars (4.9 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (62)

82
The Year in Bloom
by Ann Lovejoy
72 members, 1 review
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (66)

83
The Big Sky
by Jr. A. B. Guthrie
1,014 members, 22 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (68)

85
Terrible Trail: The Meek Cutoff, 1845
by Keith Clark
19 members, 2 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (70)

Explanations:

oregonobsessionz (70): Story of a pioneering party that took an alternate to the established Oregon Trail, with disastrous results.

87
The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake
by Samuel Bawlf
248 members, 5 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (72)

88
100 Hikes in Washington's Alpine Lakes
by Ira Spring
89 members, 0 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (73)

93
Atlas of Oregon
by William G. Loy
72 members, 1 review
4.7 stars (4.7 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (79)

96
Skyjack: The Hunt for D. B. Cooper
by Geoffrey Gray
152 members, 6 reviews
3.27 stars (3.27 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (82)

97
True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa
by Michael Finkel
258 members, 11 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (83)

99
Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910
by Stephen J. Pyne
137 members, 6 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (85)

Explanations:

oregonobsessionz (85): The story of the 1910 fires covered by Timothy Egan in The Big Burn , with a generous dose of the author's political opinions.

100
Honey in the Horn
by H.L. Davis
213 members, 4 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: oregonobsessionz (86)

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Started by: sturlington (September 2013)

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