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Alaska Books
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The Great Alone (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 650 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,317,490 ratings — published 2018
The Snow Child (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 501 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.02 — 181,711 ratings — published 2012
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 391 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,217,425 ratings — published 1996
To The Bright Edge of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 226 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.12 — 24,291 ratings — published 2016
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 206 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.09 — 19,641 ratings — published 1993
The Call of the Wild (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 194 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.92 — 484,293 ratings — published 1903
Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 160 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.18 — 17,438 ratings — published 1988
A Cold Day for Murder (Kate Shugak #1)
by (shelved 145 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.76 — 18,142 ratings — published 1992
Coming Into the Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,766 ratings — published 1977
The Simple Wild (Wild, #1)
by (shelved 144 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.28 — 154,955 ratings — published 2018
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Hardcover)
by (shelved 129 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.72 — 81,567 ratings — published 2007
Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 129 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.33 — 11,404 ratings — published 1976
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
by (shelved 120 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.84 — 61,932 ratings — published 1972
If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.73 — 6,526 ratings — published 2005
The Smell of Other People's Houses (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 95 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.93 — 18,331 ratings — published 2016
Black Woods Blue Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.72 — 24,004 ratings — published 2025
Travels in Alaska (Library Binding)
by (shelved 90 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,642 ratings — published 1915
One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,864 ratings — published 1973
The Tourist Attraction (Moose Springs, Alaska, #1)
by (shelved 86 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.49 — 41,869 ratings — published 2020
Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,753 ratings — published 2013
The Sun is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.27 — 7,993 ratings — published 2019
Ordinary Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,611 ratings — published 2004
White Fang (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.03 — 210,699 ratings — published 1906
Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,123 ratings — published 2018
A Fatal Thaw (Kate Shugak, #2)
by (shelved 67 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,368 ratings — published 1993
Two in the Far North (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,368 ratings — published 1957
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.29 — 9,013 ratings — published 1994
Wild at Heart (Wild, #2)
by (shelved 60 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.14 — 66,951 ratings — published 2020
Fire and Ice (Liam Campbell, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.86 — 6,068 ratings — published 1998
Dead in the Water (Kate Shugak, #3)
by (shelved 56 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.15 — 6,822 ratings — published 1993
Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.11 — 519 ratings — published 2008
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,829 ratings — published 2003
Drop City (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.83 — 15,388 ratings — published 2003
City Under One Roof (Cara Kennedy, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.54 — 7,477 ratings — published 2023
Whisper to the Blood (Kate Shugak, #16)
by (shelved 52 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,984 ratings — published 2009
Starry Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.71 — 23,258 ratings — published 2013
Northern Lights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.06 — 50,869 ratings — published 2004
Play With Fire (Kate Shugak, #5)
by (shelved 51 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,210 ratings — published 1995
The Unsinkable Greta James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.83 — 37,812 ratings — published 2022
Braving It: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,401 ratings — published 2016
Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir (Volume 57) (Sun Tracks)
by (shelved 49 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.89 — 632 ratings — published 2006
A Night Too Dark (Kate Shugak, #17)
by (shelved 49 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,367 ratings — published 2010
A Cold-Blooded Business (Kate Shugak, #4)
by (shelved 49 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,748 ratings — published 1994
The Woman Who Married a Bear (Cecil Younger, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.46 — 1,770 ratings — published 1992
Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.40 — 894 ratings — published 1993
Murder on the Iditarod Trail (Alex Jensen / Jessie Arnold, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as alaska)
avg rating 3.95 — 4,730 ratings — published 1991
A Deeper Sleep (Kate Shugak, #15)
by (shelved 48 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,048 ratings — published 2006
Breakup (Kate Shugak, #7)
by (shelved 47 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,367 ratings — published 1997
Blood Will Tell (Kate Shugak, #6)
by (shelved 46 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.15 — 6,850 ratings — published 1996
Winter Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as alaska)
avg rating 4.28 — 478,134 ratings — published 2010
“But why Alaska?' I asked her.
'Well, later, I found out what it means. It's from an Aleut word, Alyeska. It means 'that which the sea breaks against,' and I love that. But at the time, I just saw Alaska up there. And it was big, just like I wanted to be.”
― Looking for Alaska
'Well, later, I found out what it means. It's from an Aleut word, Alyeska. It means 'that which the sea breaks against,' and I love that. But at the time, I just saw Alaska up there. And it was big, just like I wanted to be.”
― Looking for Alaska
“Matrona felt too old to be a grandmother, an irony that made her laugh when she said it. The girls didn’t listen, and half defeated her each time she tried to give an order. Nonetheless, for one feeling the power of symbols, something was afoot in the landing of the whale. Her own grandmother told history in terms of such visits from strangers. Things usually didn’t turn out well. The story of conquests was old yet powerful.
“Something will change now,” she told the girls, working a needle through the canvas.”
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“Something will change now,” she told the girls, working a needle through the canvas.”
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