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Oregon Authors Book Guide
Beverly Cleary's Ramona the Pest is one of 40 Oregon books featured in this section.
About Oregon books
The following *selected* books represent a wide range of Oregon writing styles and subject matter in both fiction and non-fiction form. The books are written by authors with strong ties to Oregon but the subject matter may or may not pertain to Oregon. While the styles and topics vary greatly, the books share a common characteristic in that their influence has extended beyond the borders of Oregon, helping to shape American cultural life.
Many of these are Google books complete scans of works that are in the public domain and can be read in their entirety. Others are Google books previews in which generous portions are available to read. Preference was given to those books for which at least previews were available.
Warning
Some books may include content that is objectionable to some readers. Discretion is advised.
Alphabetical by author name
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Jean Auel—The Clan of the Cave Bear
Frederic Homer Balch—The Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of Indian Oregon
James Beard—James Beard Delights and Prejudices
Richard Brautigan—Trout Fishing in America
Beverly Cleary—Ramona the Pest
Thomas Condon—The Two Islands and What Came of Them
Homer Davenport—The Country Boy: The Story of His Own Early Life
Abigail Scott Duniway—From the West to the West: Across the Plains to Oregon
Katherine Dunn—Geek Love
Molly Gloss—The Jump-Off Creek
Hazel Hall—Curtains
Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins—Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims
E.R. Jackman and R.A. Long—The Oregon Desert
"Katharine" (Louise Stephens)—Letters from an Oregon Ranch
Ken Kesey—One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey—Sometimes a Great Notion
Jane Kirkpatrick—A Sweetness to the Soul
William Kittredge—Hole in the Sky: A Memoir
Jon Krakauer—Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer—Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Ursula K. Le Guin—Lavinia
Ursula K. Le Guin—The Lathe of Heaven
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark—Lewis & Clark Journals
Barry Lopez, Barry Holstun Lopez—Of Wolves and Men
Joaquin Miller—Life Amongst the Modocs
Joaquin Miller—Songs of the Sierras
Edward T. Miyakawa—Tule Lake
Chuck Palahnuik—Choke, a Novel
Chuck Palahnuik—Fight Club
Jarold Ramsey—Coyote Was Going There: Indian Literature of the Oregon Country
John Reed—Insurgent Mexico
John Reed—Ten Days that Shook the World
Gary Snyder—Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems
Kim Stafford—Having Everything Right: Essays of Place
James Gilchrist Swan—The Northwest Coast: Or, Three Years' Residence in Washington Territory
Willy Vlautin—Lean on Pete
Opal Whiteley—The Story of Opal: The Journal of An Understanding Heart
Theodore Winthrop—The Canoe and the Saddle: Adventures Among the Northwestern Rivers and Forests and Isthmania
Virginia Euwer Wolff—Bat 6
C.E.S. Wood—The Poet in the Desert