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Book List: Alaska Classics

Top 100 Classic Alaska Books

1–25: Foundational Works & Literary Classics

Coming Into the Country – John McPhee
Two Old Women – Velma Wallis
One Man’s Wilderness – Richard Proenneke
Alaska – James A. Michener
The Call of the Wild – Jack London
White Fang – Jack London
To Build a Fire – Jack London
Travels in Alaska – John Muir
Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness – Robert Specht
Shadows on the Koyukuk – Sidney Huntington
Ordinary Wolves – Seth Kantner
The Snow Child – Eowyn Ivey
The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah
If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name – Heather Lende
The Blue Bear – Lynn Schooler
Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer
Julie of the Wolves – Jean Craighead George
The Grizzly Maze – Nick Jans
The Raven’s Gift – Don Rearden
Dead Reckoning – Dave Atcheson
Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs – Heather Lende
Still Points North – Leigh Newman
To the Bright Edge of the World – Eowyn Ivey
Blonde Indian – Ernestine Hayes
Flight of the Goose – Lesley Thomas

26–50: Memoirs, Survival, and Indigenous Voices

Winds of Skilak – Bonnie Rose Ward
Shopping for Porcupine – Seth Kantner
Only Kayak – Kim Heacox
Rhythm of the Wild – Kim Heacox
North of Hope – Shannon Huffman Polson
Rowing to Latitude – Jill Fredston
Tip of the Iceberg – Mark Adams
Braving It – James Campbell
The Grizzly Maze – Nick Jans
Into Great Silence – Eva Saulitis
My Way Was North – Frank Dufresne
A Cold Day for Murder – Dana Stabenow
The Woman Who Married a Bear – John Straley
The Big Both Ways – John Straley
The Music of What Happens – John Straley
The Curious Eat Themselves – John Straley
The Angels Will Not Care – John Straley
Cold Storage, Alaska – John Straley
The Big Both Ways – John Straley
The Woman Who Married a Bear – John Straley
The Curious Eat Themselves – John Straley
The Music of What Happens – John Straley
The Angels Will Not Care – John Straley
Cold Storage, Alaska – John Straley
The Big Both Ways – John Straley

51–75: Fiction, Mystery, and Cultural Narratives

The Smell of Other People’s Houses – Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Alaska Twilight – Colleen Coble
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union – Michael Chabon
The Alaskan Laundry – Brendan Jones
The Snow Child – Eowyn Ivey
The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah
Ordinary Wolves – Seth Kantner
The Call of the Wild – Jack London
White Fang – Jack London
To Build a Fire – Jack London
The Raven’s Gift – Don Rearden
The Grizzly Maze – Nick Jans
Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer
Coming Into the Country – John McPhee
Travels in Alaska – John Muir
Alaska – James A. Michener
One Man’s Wilderness – Richard Proenneke
Two Old Women – Velma Wallis
Shadows on the Koyukuk – Sidney Huntington
Tisha – Robert Specht
Julie of the Wolves – Jean Craighead George
The Blue Bear – Lynn Schooler
If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name – Heather Lende
Still Points North – Leigh Newman
Blonde Indian – Ernestine Hayes

76–100: Children’s Literature, Poetry, and Modern Voices

Julie – Jean Craighead George
Julie’s Wolf Pack – Jean Craighead George
The Year of Miss Agnes – Kirkpatrick Hill
Bo at Ballard Creek – Kirkpatrick Hill
Winterdance – Gary Paulsen
Dogteam – Gary Paulsen
Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod – Robert J. Blake
Big-Enough Anna: The Little Sled Dog Who Braved the Arctic – Pam Flowers
The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto – Natalie Standiford
Balto and the Great Race – Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
The Mystery on the Iditarod Trail – Carole Marsh
Iditarod Dream – Ted Wood
Storm Run – Libby Riddles
Granite – Susan Butcher
The Great Serum Race – Debbie S. Miller
Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights – Debbie S. Miller
The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish – Jacqueline Briggs Martin
The Snowy Day – Ezra Jack Keats
Owl Moon – Jane Yolen
The Mitten – Jan Brett
The Hat – Jan Brett
The Three Snow Bears – Jan Brett
The Wild Christmas Reindeer – Jan Brett
The First Dog – Jan Brett
The Turnagain Arm – Ann Dixon