Nebraska Authors and their Works for Bookshelf
Thank you for your interest in recording a book for the RTBN program Bookshelf. Please peruse the list of Nebraska authors and their works below to find something that peaks your interest. There are fiction and nonfiction options. If you'd like to learn more about the authors or the books, please feel free to explore further before making a decision.
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FICTION
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Jonis Agee
Sweet Eyes
Strange Angels
South of Resurrection
The Weight of Dreams
The River Wife -
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Mother Mason
The Rim of the Prairie
The Cutters
Miss Bishop
Spring Came On Forever
The Man Who Caught the Weather
Song of Years
The Drum Goes Dead
The Lieutenant's Lady
Journey into Christmas
The Collected Short Works, 1907–1919
The Collected Short Works, 1920–1954 -
Sean Doolittle
Dirt
Burn
The Cleanup
Safer
Lake Country
Kill Monster -
Lydia Kang
A Beautiful Poison
The Impossible Girl
Control (YA)
Catalyst (YA)
The November Girl (YA)
Toxic (YA)Yuna and the Wall in Color Outside the Lines: Stories about Love (short stories)
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Alex Kava
One False Move
WhitewashMaggie O'Dell Series:
Split Second
The Soul Catcher
A Necessary Evil
Black Friday
Damaged
Fireproof
StrandedRyder Creed Series:
Breaking Creed
Silent Creed
Reckless Creed
Desperate Creed
Hidden Creed -
Tosca Lee
A Single Light
The Line Between
Firstborn
The Progeny
The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen
Ismeni
Havah: The Story of Eve
Demon: A Memoir -
Chigozie Obioma
The Fishermen
An Orchestra of Minorities -
Ladette Randolph
Private Way
Leaving the Pink House
Haven's Wake
Sandhill Ballad
This Is Not the Tropics -
John Rector
Broken
The Ridge
Ruthless
Out of the Black
Already Gone
The Cold Kiss
The Grove -
Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park
Wayward Son
Pumpkin Heads
Any Way the Wind Blows
Kindred Spirits
Almost Midnight -
Ivy Ruckman
Who Needs Rainbows?
Encounter
Melba the Brain
The Hunger Scream
In a Class By Herself
What's an Average Kid Like Me Doing Way up Here ?
This Is Your Captain Speaking
No Way Out
Who Invited the Undertaker ?
Melba the Mummy
In Care of Cassie Tucker -
Mari Sandoz
Slogum House
Capital City
The Tom Walker
Winter Thunder
The Horsecatcher
The Story Catcher -
Timothy Schaffert
The Perfume Thief
The Swan Gondola
The Coffins of Little Hope
Devils in the Sugar Shop
The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters -
Theodore Wheeler
In Our Other Lives
King of Broken Things
Bad Faith: collection of short fiction
NONFICTION
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Leia Baez
A Star for Stella: A Mother's Journey to Overcome
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Garry Clark
Unlikely Viking: From the DC Projects to Rural Nebraska
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Ted Genoways
The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of our Food
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Alex Haley
The Autobiography of Malcom X as told to Alex Haley
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Ali S. Khan
The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
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Laurence Leamer
King of Night: the Life of Johnny Carson
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Ruth Marimo
OUTsider: Crossing Borders, Breaking Rules, Gaining Pride
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Tom Osborne
On Solid Ground
Faith in the Game: Lessons on Football, Life and Work -
Carol Miles Petersen
Bess Streeter Aldrich: The Dreams are All Real
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Mary Pipher
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families to Enrich Our Lives
Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders
Letters to a Young Therapist
The Middle of Everywhere: The World's Refugees Come to our Town
Writing to Change the World
Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World
The Green Boat: Reviving Ourselves in our Capsized Culture -
Dr. Donna Mays Polk
Black Men and Women of Nebraska
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Mari Sandoz
Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas
The Buffalo Hunters
The Cattlemen: from the Rio Grande..
Some of the Gamblin' Man: The Youth of an Artist
Love Song to the Plains
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Cheyenne Autumn -
Joe Starita
The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge
A Day in the Life: The Fans of Memorial Stadium
I Am a Man: Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice
A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche…. -
Helen Winter Stauffer
Mari Sandoz: Story Catcher of the Plains
