Lily King’s Maine Reading List

Read Your Way Around the World is a New York Times series exploring the globe through books. In the July 26th, 2023 issue of the Times, beloved local author Lily King recommended fiction, nature writing, memoirs, children’s books and inspiration for writers.

Read her recommendations here, and browse the books below!

Night of the Living Rez By Morgan Talty Cover Image

Night of the Living Rez (Paperback)

By Morgan Talty
$16.95
ISBN: 9781953534187
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Published: Tin House Books - July 5th, 2022
When We Were The Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine By Monica Wood Cover Image

When We Were The Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine (Paperback)

By Monica Wood
$15.99
ISBN: 9780544002326
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Published: Mariner Books - June 11th, 2013
Olive Kitteridge: Fiction By Elizabeth Strout Cover Image

Olive Kitteridge: Fiction (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Strout
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812971835
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - September 30th, 2008
One Man's Meat By E B. White Cover Image

One Man's Meat (Paperback)

By E B. White
$16.95
ISBN: 9780884481928
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Published: Tilbury House Publishers - June 1st, 2003
Charlotte's Web: A Newbery Honor Award Winner By E. B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator), Kate DiCamillo Cover Image

Charlotte's Web: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Paperback)

By E. B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator), Kate DiCamillo
$8.99
ISBN: 9780064400558
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Published: HarperCollins - April 10th, 2012
Call Me American: A Memoir By Abdi Nor Iftin Cover Image

Call Me American: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Abdi Nor Iftin
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525433026
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Published: Vintage - May 7th, 2019
Landslide: A novel By Susan C. Conley Cover Image

Landslide: A novel (Paperback)

By Susan C. Conley
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984898005
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Published: Vintage - September 13th, 2022
Empire Falls (Vintage Contemporaries) By Richard Russo Cover Image

Empire Falls (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Richard Russo
$18.00
ISBN: 9780375726408
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Published: Vintage - April 12th, 2002
More Than You Know: A Novel By Beth Gutcheon Cover Image

More Than You Know: A Novel (Paperback)

By Beth Gutcheon
$13.99
ISBN: 9780060959357
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - May 3rd, 2005
'Salem's Lot By Stephen King Cover Image

'Salem's Lot (Paperback)

By Stephen King
$20.00
ISBN: 9780345806796
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Published: Anchor - September 24th, 2013
Bag of Bones: A Novel By Stephen King Cover Image

Bag of Bones: A Novel (Mass Market)

By Stephen King
$11.99
ISBN: 9781668018088
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Published: Pocket Books - May 23rd, 2023
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft By Stephen King Cover Image

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Paperback)

By Stephen King
$18.00
ISBN: 9781982159375
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Published: Scribner - June 2nd, 2020
The Beans of Egypt, Maine By Carolyn Chute Cover Image

The Beans of Egypt, Maine (Paperback)

By Carolyn Chute
$18.00
ISBN: 9780802143594
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Published: Grove Press - September 1st, 2008
The Maine Woods (Classic, Nature, Penguin) By Henry David Thoreau, Edward Hoagland (Introduction by) Cover Image

The Maine Woods (Classic, Nature, Penguin) (Paperback)

By Henry David Thoreau, Edward Hoagland (Introduction by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780140170139
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Published: Penguin Classics - September 1st, 1988
Temple Stream: A Rural Odyssey By Bill Roorbach Cover Image

Temple Stream: A Rural Odyssey (Paperback)

By Bill Roorbach
$15.95
ISBN: 9781608933938
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Published: Down East Books - December 1st, 2014
Writing Life Stories: How To Make Memories Into Memoirs, Ideas Into Essays And Life Into Literature By Bill Roorbach Cover Image

Writing Life Stories: How To Make Memories Into Memoirs, Ideas Into Essays And Life Into Literature (Paperback)

By Bill Roorbach
$17.99
ISBN: 9781582975276
Availability: Backordered and/or In Reprint - May Not Be Available for Some Time
Published: Writer's Digest Books - July 1st, 2008
Rachel Carson: The Sea Trilogy (LOA #352): Under the Sea-Wind / The Sea Around Us / The Edge of the Sea By Rachel Carson, Sandra Steingraber (Editor) Cover Image

Rachel Carson: The Sea Trilogy (LOA #352): Under the Sea-Wind / The Sea Around Us / The Edge of the Sea (Hardcover)

By Rachel Carson, Sandra Steingraber (Editor)
$40.00
ISBN: 9781598537055
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Published: Library of America - December 21st, 2021
Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch By Erin French Cover Image

Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch (Hardcover)

By Erin French
$30.00
ISBN: 9781250312341
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Published: Celadon Books - April 6th, 2021
The Lost Kitchen: Recipes and a Good Life Found in Freedom, Maine: A Cookbook By Erin French Cover Image

The Lost Kitchen: Recipes and a Good Life Found in Freedom, Maine: A Cookbook (Hardcover)

By Erin French
$35.00
ISBN: 9780553448436
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Published: Clarkson Potter - May 9th, 2017
Evening (Vintage Contemporaries) By Susan Minot Cover Image

Evening (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Susan Minot
$15.95
Currently Unavailable.
ISBN: 9780375700262
Published: Vintage - September 7th, 1999
One Morning in Maine By Robert McCloskey Cover Image

One Morning in Maine (Hardcover)

By Robert McCloskey
$19.99
ISBN: 9780670526277
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers -
Blueberries for Sal By Robert McCloskey Cover Image

Blueberries for Sal (Hardcover)

By Robert McCloskey
$19.99
ISBN: 9780670175918
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers -
Miss Rumphius By Barbara Cooney Cover Image

Miss Rumphius (Paperback)

By Barbara Cooney
$8.99
ISBN: 9780140505399
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Published: Puffin Books - November 6th, 1985
How To Write An Autobiographical Novel: Essays By Alexander Chee Cover Image

How To Write An Autobiographical Novel: Essays (Paperback)

By Alexander Chee
$15.99
ISBN: 9781328764522
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Published: Mariner Books - April 17th, 2018
And Then Something Happened: Essays on Fiction Writing By Debra Spark Cover Image

And Then Something Happened: Essays on Fiction Writing (Paperback)

By Debra Spark
$18.95
ISBN: 9781938126468
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This book cannot be returned.
Published: Engine Books - July 29th, 2020