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.

Some books may include content that is objectionable to some readers. Discretion is advised.

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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

Tom Spanbauer—The Man who Fell in Love with the Moon: A Novel

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