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1	The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 182,674 ratings score: 893, and 9 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	The Call of the Wild by Jack London 3.92 avg rating — 486,885 ratings score: 495, and 5 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	The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears by Nick Jans 3.79 avg rating — 1,023 ratings score: 282, 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
4	Dead Reckoning: Navigating a Life on the Last Frontier, Courting Tragedy on Its High Seas by Dave Atcheson (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 185 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
5	Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen 4.29 avg rating — 9,071 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	To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 24,452 ratings score: 197, 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	Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis 4.09 avg rating — 19,885 ratings score: 193, 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
8	Crude Awakening: Money, Mavericks, and Mayhem in Alaska by Amanda Coyne 3.93 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 189, 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
9	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: 183, 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
10	Caribou Island by David Vann (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 3,680 ratings score: 181, 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
11	The Raven's Gift by Don Rearden (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 907 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
11	True North by Kimberly Kafka (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 189 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
11	Drop City by T. Coraghessan Boyle (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 15,443 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
14	Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 2,629 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
14	The Boy in the Snow (Edie Kiglatuk Mystery, #2) by M.J. McGrath 3.51 avg rating — 1,495 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
16	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
16	Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 3,933 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
18	Sukkwan Island: A Novella from Legend of a Suicide by David Vann (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 3,506 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
18	My One Square Inch of Alaska by Sharon Short (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 810 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
20	The Devil's Share by Kris Farmen (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 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
21	On the Edge of Nowhere by James Huntington 4.30 avg rating — 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
22	A Distant Enemy by Deb Vanasse (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 19 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	Turn Again, A Novel by Kris Farmen (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 40 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	Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska by Velma Wallis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 899 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
25	The Accidental Explorer: Wayfinding in Alaska by Sherry Simpson 3.92 avg rating — 83 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 Way Winter Comes by Sherry Simpson 4.32 avg rating — 109 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 Last Light Breaking: Living Among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos by Nick Jans 4.20 avg rating — 184 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
28	A Place Beyond: Finding Home in Arctic Alaska by Nick Jans 4.12 avg rating — 116 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