Books about Milwaukee (30 books)

Books set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, including fiction, biographies, histories of the city, histories of businesses, and more

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1	The Making of Milwaukee by John Gurda 4.44 avg rating — 142 ratings score: 400, and 4 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	Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 114,264 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
2	Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold by Nancy Smirl Jorgensen (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 355 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
4	Milwaukee Then and Now by Sandra Ackerman 4.02 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 199, 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
4	Milwaukee's Bronzeville: 1900-1950 by Paul H. Geenen 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 199, 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
6	The Selma of the North: Civil Rights Insurgency in Milwaukee by Patrick D. Jones 4.34 avg rating — 103 ratings score: 188, 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
7	You Gotta Be Dirty: The Outlaws Motorcycle Club In & Around Wisconsin by Michael Grogan 3.52 avg rating — 46 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
7	At the End of the World, Turn Left by Zhanna Slor (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 345 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
7	All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 20,782 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
10	City Government: The Record of the Milwaukee Experiment by Daniel Webster Hoan liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating 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
10	Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied by Roger Hinterthuer 4.14 avg rating — 14 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	A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop by Rembert G. Weakland 4.04 avg rating — 74 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
12	Missing Milwaukee: the Lost Buildings of Milwaukee by Yance Marti 3.80 avg rating — 5 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
12	Psychic Reprieve: Deception Reality, A Crime Novel by Mitchell Nevin 4.29 avg rating — 7 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
15	Byron Kilbourn and the Development of Milwaukee by Goodwin F. Berquist 2.67 avg rating — 3 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
15	The Cozen Protocol by Mitchell Nevin 4.67 avg rating — 6 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
17	The Chronicles of Milwaukee (Wisconsin): being a narrative history of the town from its earliest period to the present: : being a narrative history of the town from its earliest period to the present by Alwyne C. Wheeler liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 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
17	The Healthiest City: Milwaukee and the Politics of Health Reform by Judith Walzer Leavitt 4.55 avg rating — 20 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
19	Cream City Chronicles: Stories of Milwaukee's Past by John Gurda 4.18 avg rating — 136 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
20	Allis-Chalmers Tractors (Motorbooks International Farm Tractor Color History) by Charles H. Wendel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 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
21	The Wealth Of Cities: Revitalizing The Centers Of American Life by John O. Norquist 3.85 avg rating — 53 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
22	Black Milwaukee: The Making of an Industrial Proletariat, 1915-45 by Joe William Trotter Jr. 3.85 avg rating — 41 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
23	The Milwaukee Murders: Nightmare in Apartment 213: the Twisted True Story of the "Real-life Hannibal Lecter" by Don Davis 3.84 avg rating — 3,537 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
24	Hard Water: Politics and Water Supply in Milwaukee, 1870-1995 (History of Technology Series) by Kate Foss-Mollan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 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
25	The Miller Beer Barons: The Frederick Miller Family and Its Brewery by Tim John 2.90 avg rating — 10 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
26	The Milwaukee Road: Its First Hundred Years by August Derleth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 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
27	The Turk and My Mother by Mary Helen Stefaniak 3.49 avg rating — 394 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
28	In the Richness of the Earth: A History of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, 1843-1958 (Urban Life Series) by Steven M. Avella 4.40 avg rating — 5 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
29	Heroes in the Night: Inside the Real Life Superhero Movement by Tea Krulos (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 86 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
30	The History of Wisconsin, Volume IV: The Progressive Era, 1893-1914 by John D. Buenker 3.80 avg rating — 5 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