500 books to help you feel at home in the Heart of America

• North Dakota Book List
  Compiled by David Martinson, Lecturer, English, North Dakota State University, and Thomas Isern, Professor History, North Dakota State University

• South Dakota Book List
  Compiled by Charles Woodard, Distinguished Professor of English, South Dakota State University

• Nebraska Book List
  Compiled by Michael Tate, Professor of History and Native American Studies, University of Nebraska-Omaha

• Kansas Book List
  Compiled by Tom Averill, Associate Professor, English, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, and Amy Fleury, Assistant Professor, English, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas

• Oklahoma Book List
  Compiled by Danney G. Goble, Professor of Classics, University of Oklahoma

Periodically, the Alliance staff will update the list with new books, always retaining an accessible archive of past titles. Recommendations of new titles might come from the state editors, Alliance partners, or viewers of the site, but state editors and Alliance staff will make the final determination of books to be included.

Consulting Editor:
Ted Kooser, Poet
Department of English, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress