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Collection Bibliographies
These bibliographies highlight books from the collections of the Washington State Library. Most contain a mixture of fiction and non-fiction titles.
For a complete list of titles on any subject, please search our online catalog.
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Children & Young Adult
Fiction
Genealogy
Lewis & Clark
Pacific Northwest History, People & Places
Children & Young Adult
- Children's Picture Books Set in the Northwest
- Go West Young Reader
- A Kids' Whodunit in Washington
- Romp with Pomp, Books for Kids about the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Whitman and Sager Stories for the Young Reader
Fiction
- Fiction Set in the Northwest
- Romances Set in the Northwest
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Set in the Northwest
- Westerns Set in the Northwest
- Whodunit in Spokane
- Whodunit in the San Juan Islands
- Whodunit in Washington State
Lewis & Clark
- 100 Books, 200 Years "The one hundred most significant books about the Lewis and Clark Expedition"
- 150 Books, 200 Years In Honor of The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
- 200 Books, 200 Years a Lewis and Clark Expedition Bibliography
- Romp with Pomp, Books for Kids about the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Pacific Northwest History, People & Places
- African Americans in the Pacific Northwest: A Select Bibliography
- All About Washington Territory: The Pennsylvania of the West
- Brooding Heron Press and Jawbone Press
- First Peoples of Washington State
- Northwest Winters
- Outstanding & Fun books with Pacific Northwest Settings
- Pacific Northwest Reads
- Pullman Primer, 1911
- A Sampling of Books About Washington
- Selected Indexes, Union Lists, Catalogues and Bibliographies for Western Americana and Pacific Northwest Research
- St. Paul's School for Girls
- Washington Territory Treaties Sesquicentennial: A Selected Bibliography
- Washington's Counties, Yesterday & Today: A Selected Bibliography
- Ye Galleon Press