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Books about Seattle

This is a selected list of nonfiction books about the city of Seattle in the United States.

Books

  • Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition by Shauna O'reilly (Arcadia, 2009)[1]
  • Apartments by Anhalt by Lawrence Kreisman (1978)[2]
  • Architects and Landscape Architects of Seattle, 1876 to 1959 by Duane Dietz (1994)[3]
  • Art Deco Seattle by Lawrence Kreisman (1979)[2]
  • Before Seattle Rocked by Kurt E. Armbruster (2011)[4]
  • The Best Party of Our Lives: Stories of Gay Weddings and True Love to Inspire Us All by Sarah Galvin (2015)[1]
  • Biking Uphill in the Rain: the Story of Seattle From Behind the Handlebars by Tom Fucoloro (University of Washington Press, 2023)[5]
  • Buddy Does Seattle by Peter Bagge (2005)[6]
  • Building Together: A Memoir of Our Lives in Seattle by William J. Bain Sr. and Mildred C. Bain (1991)[3]
  • Building Tradition: Pan-Asian Seattle and Life in the Residential Hotels by Marie Rose Wong (2018)[7]
  • Campus Guide University of Washington by Werner Weidert (Princeton Architectural Press, 2001)[3]
  • The Cayton Legacy – An African American Family by Richard S. Hobbs[7]
  • Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name by David M. Buerge (2017)[8]
  • Crossing Puget Sound: From Black Ball Steamer to Washington State Ferries by Steven J. Pickens (2019)[7]
  • Deciding to See: The View from Nathan's Bus by Nathan Vass (2025)[5]
  • Denny's Knoll: A History of the Metropolitan Tract of the University of Washington by Neal O. Hines (University of Washington Press, 1980)[3]
  • Distant Corner: Seattle Architects and the Legacy of H. H. Richardson by Jeffrey Karl Ochsner and Dennis Alan Andersen (University of Washington Press, 2003)[3][7]
  • Early Seattle Profiles by Henry Broderick (1959)[3]
  • Eccentric Seattle by J. Kingston Pierce (2003)[6]
  • Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle by Matthew Klingle (Yale University Press, 2007)[3][8]
  • Emerald Street: A History of Hip Hop in Seattle by Daudi Abe (2020)[4][7]
  • Filmlandia! by David Schmader (2023)[5]
  • The Forging of A Black Community Seattle's Central District, From 1870 Through the Civil Rights Era by Quintard Taylor (University of Washington Press, 2022)[7][5]
  • The Fountain and the Mountain by Norman Johnston (University of Washington, 1995)[3]
  • The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World's Fair and Its Legacy by Paula Becker and Alan J. Stein (2011)[9]
  • The Gang of Four: Four Leaders. Four Communities. One Friendship by Bob Santos (2015)[7]
  • Gay Seattle by Gary Atkins (2003)[4][7][1]
  • Ghosts of Seattle Past – An Anthology curated by author/editor Jaimee Garbacik (2017)[7]
  • The Good Rain by Timothy Egan (1990)[7]
  • A Guide to Seattle Architecture 1850–1953 by Victor Steinbrueck (1953)[3][2]
  • Guide to Architecture in Washington State by Sally Woodbridge and Roger Montgomery (University of Washington Press, 1980)[3]
  • Heartbreak City: Seattle Sports and the Unmet Promise of Urban Progress by Shaun Scott (University of Washington Press, 2023)[5]
  • High Voltage Women Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light by Ellie Belew (2019)[7]
  • Hill with a Future: Seattle's Capitol Hill 1900-1946 – by Jacqueline B. Williams (2001)[7]
  • Historic Preservation in Seattle by Lawrence Kreisman (1985)[3]
  • The History and Development of the Present Campus Plan for the University of Washington by John Paul Jones (1940)[2]
  • History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Clarence B. Bagley (1916)[3]
  • A History of Variety – Vaudeville in Seattle from the Beginning to 1914 by Eugene Clinton Elliott (University of Washington Press, 1944)[3]
  • Homes and Gardens of the Pacific Coast. Vol. 1. edited by Frank Calvert (1913, reprinted 1974)[2]
  • I Sing the Salmon Home: Poems From Washington State by Rena Priest (2023)[5]
  • I'm Down by Mishna Wolff (2009)[7]
  • Impressions of Imagination: Terra-Cotta Seattle (1986)[3]
  • J.P. Patches, Northwest Icon by Julius Pierpont Patches (Chris Wedes pen name) and Bryan Johnston (2002)[6]
  • Jackson Street After Hours: the Roots of Jazz in Seattle by Paul De Barros (1993)[7][1]
  • The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant by Dan Savage (1999)[6]
  • King County and Its Emerald City: Seattle by James R. Warren (1997)[3]
  • Lamestains by Nicholas William James Attfield (2023)[5]
  • Limitless: Stories From the Neighborhood That Shaped Seattle by Jill Freidberg and Inye Wokoma (2025)[5]
  • Loser: The Real Seattle Music Story by Clark Humphrey (2016)[6]
  • Lost Seattle by Rob Ketcherside (2013)[7]
  • Making It: An Intimate Documentary of the Seattle Indie, Rock & Punk Scene, 1992-2008 by Bootsy Holler (2025)[5]
  • Maritime Seattle (Arcadia, 2002)[1]
  • Market Sketchbook by Victor Steinbrueck (University of Washington Press, 1968)[2]
  • Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City by Jane Wong (2023)[5]
  • Mud Ride: a Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion by Steve Turner (2023)[5]
  • My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain by Aaron Dixon[7][1]
  • My Unforgotten Seattle by Ron Chew (University of Washington Press, 2025)[7]
  • Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place by Coll Thrush (2007)[4][7][1][8][a]
  • Nisei Daughter by Monica Sone (1953)[7]
  • Norwegian Seattle by Kristine Leander (Arcadia, 2008)[1]
  • Notoriously Bad Character by Hanna Brooks Olsen (2024)[5]
  • Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City by Jennifer Ott (University of Washington Press, 2019)[7]
  • On Human Ecology by Roderick D. McKenzie (University of Chicago Press, 1968)[2]
  • One Week to Change the World: An Oral History of the 1999 WTO Protests by D. W. Gibson (2024)[5]
  • Outcasts & Innocents: Photographs of the Northwest by Alice Wheeler Greve (2015)[1]
  • Overground Railroad: The Green Book and The Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy Taylor[7]
  • The Pacific Slope by Earl S. Pomeroy (University of Washington Press, 1965)[2]
  • Parks, Playgrounds, and Boulevards of Seattle, Washington (1909)[2]
  • Portrait of a Market: Photographs of Seattle's Pike Place Market by John Stamets (1987)[3]
  • Protest on Trial: The Seattle 7 Conspiracy by Kit Bakke (2018)[4]
  • Pugetopolis: A Mossback Takes on Growth Addicts, Weather Wimps, and the Myth of Seattle Nice by Knute Berger (2008)[11]
  • Revolutionary Feminists: the Women's Liberation Movement in Seattle by Barbara Winslow (Duke University Press, 2023)[5]
  • Rising Tides and Tailwinds: the Story of the Port of Seattle by Casey McNerthney (2024)[5]
  • The River That Made Seattle A Human and Natural History of the Duwamish by BJ Cummings[7]
  • Roadside Geology of Washington by David D. Alt (1984)[1]
  • Seattle and the Orient by Alfred Bowen (1900)[3]
  • Seattle Architecture: A Walking Guide to Downtown by Maureen R. Elenga (2007)[3]
  • The Seattle Book: the Weekly's Guide to Seattle by David Brewster and Rebecca Earnest (1978)[2]
  • Seattle City of Literature: Reflections From a Community of Writers edited by Ryan Boudinot (2015)[1]
  • Seattle Cityscape and Seattle Cityscape #2 by Victor Steinbrueck (University of Washington Press, 1962)[3][2]
  • Seattle Cocktails by Neil Ratliff (2022)[5]
  • Seattle Curiosities by Steve Pomper (2009)[3]
  • Seattle Illustrated (1890)[3]
  • Seattle in Black and White by Joan Singler, Jean C. Durning, Bettylou Valentine, and Martha J. Adams (2011)[4][1]
  • Seattle in the Great Depression: a History of Business, Labor, and Politics Drawn From Local Chronicles by Bruce A. Ramsey (Washington State University Press, 2025)[5]
  • Seattle Justice: the Rise and Fall of the Police Payoff System in Seattle by Christopher T. Bayley (2015)[1]
  • Seattle Now and Then by Paul Dorpat; Jean Sherrard (2018)[8]
  • Seattle, Past to Present by Roger Sale (University of Washington Press, 1976)[2]
  • Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners and Graft in the Queen City by Brad Holden (2019)[4][7]
  • Seattle Samurai: a Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American Perspective by Kelly Goto (2024)[5]
  • Seattle Then & Now by James Madison Collins (2000)[3]
  • Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City by David B. Williams (University of Washington Press, 2017)[3][5]
  • Seattle's Beacon Hill by Frederica Merrell (Arcadia, 2003)[1]
  • Seattle's Women Teachers of the Interwar Years: Shapers of a Livable City by Doris Hinson Pieroth[7]
  • Seattleness: A Cultural Atlas by Tera Hatfield, Jenny Kempson, and Natalie Ross (2022)[7]
  • Shaper of Seattle: Reginald Heber Thomson's Pacific Northwest by William H. Wilson (Washington State University Press, 2009)[3]
  • Shaping Seattle Architecture Second Edition by Jeffrey Karl Ochsner (University of Washington Press, 2014)[3]
  • Shaping the Public Good: Women Making History in the Pacific Northwest by Sue Armitage (Oregon State University Press, 2015)[8]
  • Shared Walls: Seattle Apartment Buildings 1900–1939 by Diana James[7]
  • Signs of Vanishing Seattle by Cynthia Brothers (2024)[5]
  • Silent Stars on the Stages of Seattle by Eric L. Flom (2009)[3]
  • Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle by Murray Morgan (1951)[6][4][7][1][2]
  • Sons of the Profits by Bill Speidel (1967)[6][7]
  • The Sound of Seattle by Eva Walker (2024)[5]
  • Stomp and Shout by Peter Blecha (University of Washington Press, 2023)[5]
  • Story of Seattle's Early Theatres by Howard F. Grant and Ethel Austin Grant (University Book Store, 1934)[3]
  • Street Trees of Seattle: An Illustrated Walking Guide by Taha Ebrahimi (2024)[5]
  • Tent City, Seattle: Refusing Homelessness and Making a Home by Tony Sparks (University of Washington Press, 2024)[5]
  • Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography by David Williams (University of Washington Press, 2015)[7]
  • Tradition and Change on Seattle's First Hill: Propriety, Profanity, Pills, and Preservation by Lawrence Kreisman[7]
  • Uncle Rico's Encore by Peter Bacho (2022)[5]
  • Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885–1915 by Charles Pierce Le Warne (University of Washington Press, 1975)[2]
  • Vanishing Seattle by Clark Humphrey (Arcadia, 2006)[1][3]
  • Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest by Marc Arsell Robinson (New York University Press, 2023)[5]
  • Way Home: Journeys through Homelessness by Josephine Ensign (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024)[5]
  • While the City Slept: a Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent Into Madness by Eli Sanders (2016)[1]
  • Wild in Seattle: Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature by David Williams (2025)[5]
  • Women In Pacific Northwest History edited by Karen J. Blair (University of Washington Press, 1989 first ed./2001 second ed.)[7]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Crossing-over place" is a translation of the Coast Salish name for Seattle before settlement, Dzidzilalich, found abandoned by the Denny Party.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q The Stranger 2016
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Woodbridge and Montgomery 1980
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Pacific Coast Architecture Database 2026
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Seattle Met 2025
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Seattle Public Library 2025
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Not for Tourists 2016
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Historic Seattle 2021
  8. ^ a b c d e Library of Congress
  9. ^ "New Book on the Seattle World's Fair Released and Other Next Fifty Announcements", Official website, Historic Seattle, October 26, 2011, retrieved May 10, 2026
  10. ^ Jennifer Ott (November 10, 2014), "Dzidzilalich (Little Crossing-Over Place)", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
  11. ^ Robin Lindley, "Pugetopolis – A Mossback Takes on Growth Addicts, Weather Wimps, and the Myth of Seattle Nice", History News Network (Capsule description and interview), University of Richmond

Sources

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