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1	Still Points North: One Alaskan Childhood, One Grown-up World, One Long Journey Home by Leigh Newman (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 1,179 ratings score: 274, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Cabin: An Alaska Wilderness Dream by Eric Wade 4.21 avg rating — 365 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 24,528 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North by Lesley Thomas (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 155 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Know the Mother (Made in Michigan Writer Series) by Desiree Cooper 4.07 avg rating — 368 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Rinn's Crossing by Russell Heath (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 1,360,779 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Rough Waters: Alaska to Oregon by Nancy Danielson Mendenhall (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Surviving the Island of Grace: A Memoir of Alaska by Leslie Leyland Fields (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 223 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Plants That We Eat: Nauriat Nigiñaqtaut - From the traditional wisdom of the Iñupiat Elders of Northwest Alaska by Anore Jones 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Upstream: In the Alaska Wilderness by Eric Wade 4.41 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska by Seth Kantner (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 519 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Raven's Gift by Don Rearden (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 909 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River by Sidney Huntington 4.41 avg rating — 909 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir (Volume 57) (Sun Tracks) by Ernestine Hayes (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 635 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 183,160 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness by Robert Specht 4.33 avg rating — 11,573 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather Lende (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 6,576 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 2,636 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis 4.09 avg rating — 20,033 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Homestead Girl: The View From Here by Chantelle Pence 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska by Velma Wallis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 902 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Secrets of Eskimo Skin Sewing by Edna Wilder 4.64 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Menadelook: An Inupiat Teacher's Photographs of Alaska Village Life, 1907-1932 by Eileen Norbert 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	On the Edge of Nowhere by James Huntington 4.30 avg rating — 574 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Swallowed by the Great Land: And Other Dispatches From Alaska's Frontier by Seth Kantner (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 181 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People by William L. Iġġiaġruk Hensley 4.04 avg rating — 742 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Two in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie 4.21 avg rating — 1,381 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River by Velma Wallis 4.06 avg rating — 342 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Conflicting Landscapes: American Schooling/Alaska Natives by Clifton Bates really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	My Name Is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson 3.64 avg rating — 2,155 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Island Within by Richard K. Nelson 4.26 avg rating — 385 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Make Prayers to the Raven: A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest by Richard K. Nelson 4.04 avg rating — 213 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement by Daniel T. O'Neill 4.18 avg rating — 296 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Hunters of the Northern Forest: Designs for Survival among the Alaskan Kutchin by Richard K. Nelson 4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Winter Walk: A Century-Old Survival Story from the Arctic by Loretta Outwater Cox 4.05 avg rating — 106 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Windows to the Land, An Alaska Native Story Vol. I Alaska Native Land Claims Trailblazers by Judy Ferguson 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Windows to the Land, An Alaska Native Story Vol. Two: Iditarod and Alaska River Trails by Judy Ferguson 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Storytellers' Club: The Picture-Writing Women of the Arctic by Loretta Outwater Cox 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Caribou Island by David Vann (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 3,680 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being by Harold Napoleon 4.35 avg rating — 164 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Kids from Nowhere by George Guthridge 4.08 avg rating — 374 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Gaining Daylight: Life on Two Islands (The Alaska Literary Series) by Sara Loewen 4.21 avg rating — 112 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Chills and Fever: Health and Disease in the Early History of Alaska by Robert Fortuine 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Amazing Pipeline Stories: How Building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Transformed Life in America's Last Frontier by Dermot Cole 3.61 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground: An Ethnography of Climate Change in Shishmaref, Alaska by Elizabeth Marino (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 125 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich by Annie Boochever (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 268 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	A GLIMPSE FROM AAPA by Tariek Oviuk liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Slaves of the Harvest by Barbara Boyle Torrey (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Pribilof Islands: A Guide to St. Paul, Alaska by Susan Hackley Johnson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Under Nushagak Bluff by Mia C. Heavener (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 71 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait by Bathsheba Demuth 4.31 avg rating — 728 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars