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Gilead (Gilead, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.85 — 131,459 ratings — published 2004
A Thousand Acres (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.83 — 74,244 ratings — published 1991
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.56 — 46,550 ratings — published 2013
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.88 — 63,524 ratings — published 2008
The Bridges of Madison County (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.73 — 110,688 ratings — published 1992
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.94 — 69,334 ratings — published 2006
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.74 — 6,872 ratings — published 2007
Some Luck (Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.63 — 21,099 ratings — published 2014
The Weight of Silence (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.95 — 51,067 ratings — published 2008
The Overnight Guest (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as iowa)
avg rating 4.02 — 172,238 ratings — published 2022
The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.38 — 12,529 ratings — published 2009
Grasshopper Jungle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.63 — 19,194 ratings — published 2014
Shoeless Joe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.97 — 17,239 ratings — published 1982
Ashfall (Ashfall, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.99 — 26,962 ratings — published 2011
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as iowa)
avg rating 4.10 — 17,886 ratings — published 1991
The Late Americans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.33 — 9,299 ratings — published 2023
Universal Harvester (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.17 — 20,656 ratings — published 2017
Alice's Tulips (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.82 — 4,492 ratings — published 2000
Arrowood (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.76 — 8,648 ratings — published 2016
These Things Hidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.87 — 41,976 ratings — published 2011
One Breath Away (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.99 — 19,335 ratings — published 2012
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.70 — 6,956 ratings — published 2009
In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as iowa)
avg rating 4.37 — 171,873 ratings — published 2019
Growing Up Country: Memories of an Iowa Farm Girl (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as iowa)
avg rating 4.14 — 813 ratings — published 2008
Kitchens of the Great Midwest (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.81 — 54,524 ratings — published 2015
Everything We Didn't Say (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.74 — 33,086 ratings — published 2021
This Is How I Lied (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.82 — 29,557 ratings — published 2020
The Year We Left Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.39 — 6,729 ratings — published 2011
Moo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.47 — 8,699 ratings — published 1995
Before She Was Found (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.90 — 23,305 ratings — published 2019
Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,008 ratings — published 2000
Heartbreaker (Buchanan-Renard, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as iowa)
avg rating 4.07 — 29,758 ratings — published 2000
The Banned Books Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.71 — 9,148 ratings — published 2024
Stars Over Clear Lake (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as iowa)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,398 ratings — published 2017
Storm Lake: A Chronicle of Change, Resilience, and Hope from a Heartland Newspaper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as iowa)
avg rating 4.10 — 488 ratings — published 2018
The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as iowa)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,934 ratings — published 2016
Bottomland (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,281 ratings — published 2016
The Magician's Lie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.66 — 12,442 ratings — published 2015
Midnight Assassin: A Murder In America's Heartland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.53 — 1,151 ratings — published 2005
The Oxford Project (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as iowa)
avg rating 4.16 — 783 ratings — published 2008
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.80 — 65,974 ratings — published 1989
The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.47 — 10,022 ratings — published 2017
Not a Sound (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.90 — 20,219 ratings — published 2017
Missing Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.77 — 15,016 ratings — published 2016
The Princesses of Iowa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as iowa)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,273 ratings — published 2012
“History is full of decapitations, and Iowa is no exception.”
― Grasshopper Jungle
― Grasshopper Jungle
“Mrs. Clinton, speaking to a black church audience on Martin Luther King Day last year, did describe President George W. Bush as treating the Congress of the United States like 'a plantation,' adding in a significant tone of voice that 'you know what I mean ...'
She did not repeat this trope, for some reason, when addressing the electors of Iowa or New Hampshire. She's willing to ring the other bell, though, if it suits her. But when an actual African-American challenger comes along, she rather tends to pout and wince at his presumption (or did until recently).”
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She did not repeat this trope, for some reason, when addressing the electors of Iowa or New Hampshire. She's willing to ring the other bell, though, if it suits her. But when an actual African-American challenger comes along, she rather tends to pout and wince at his presumption (or did until recently).”
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