This area is full of "good reads" and it's difficult to single one out. Three favorites among Alaskans are Raising Ourselves by Velma Wallis, winner of a 2003 American Book Award; Sisters, by Samme & Aileen Gallaher, an amazing word-of-mouth bestseller in the Copper River Valley; and On the Edge of Nowhere, by James Huntington, as told to Lawrence Elliott

Also on the shelf:

Accidental Adventurer (hardbound edition) by Barbara Washburn
Accidental Adventurer (trade paperback edition) by Barbara Washburn
Alone Across the Arctic by Pam Flowers with Ann Dixon
Arctic Bush Pilot by Jim Rearden
Art and Eskimo Power by Lael Morgan
Cheechako Goes to the Klondike by Charles W. Adams
Chips from the Chopping Block by Jay Hammond
Crude Dreams by Jack Roderick
Ernie Boffa by Florence Whyard
Exploring the Unknown (hardbound edition) by Bradford Washburn
Exploring the Unknown (trade paperback edition) by Bradford Washburn
Fearess Men and Fabulous Women by Stanton H. Patty
Flying Cold by Robert Merrill MacLean
Frank Barr by Dermot Cole
George Carmack by James Albert Johnson
Iditarod Classics by Lew Freedman
Iditarod Dreams by Lew Freedman
In the Shadow of Eagles by Rudy Billberg
Johnny's Girl by Kim Rich
Mercy Pilot by Dirk Tordoff
North to Wolf Country by James W. Brooks
One Second to Glory by Lew Freedman
Pay Dirt by Otis Hahn
Spirit of the Wind by Lew Freedman
Through Yup'ik Eyes by Colin Chisholm
Tundra Teacher by John Foley
Two in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie