Books About Cleveland

The following is a list of books about Cleveland, Ohio and some of the various ethnic groups who settled in Cleveland. You may find some of these in your local library, and if not, you can try to order them via inter-library loan. We have also included website addresses for those books that are available for download or viewing.  Where available, click the hyper link on the title of the book to be taken directly to the book.

Helpful Sites for Finding Books

Internet Archive here

Hathi Trust here

 

Cleveland Books

Part 1 – Includes Ashtabula, Austinburg, Burton, Chester, Cleveland East, Deerfield, Denmark, Dorset, Dover, Fitchville, Garrettsville, Geneva, Green, Harpersfield, Hartsgrove, Hiram, Hudson, Jefferson, La Grange, Lenox, Mentor, Mesopotamia, Middlebury, Monroe, New Haven, Orwell, Painesville, Palmyra, Penfield, Perry, Plymouth, Ravenna, Ridgeville, Richfield, Sandusky, Saybrook, Sheffield, Springfield, Tallmadge, Troy, Warren, Warrensville, Wayne, Willoughby, & Windham.   

Part 2 – Includes Amherst, Andover, Bainbridge, Berea (Middleburg), Braceville, Champion, Cleveland West Side, Edinburg, Farmington, Grafton, Gustavus, Harrisville, Hartford, Madison, Madison, Mayfield, Mecca, Middleburg (Berea), Monroeville (Ridgefield), Oberlin (Russia), Olmsted, Peru, Poland, Ridgefield (Monroeville, Ripley, Rockport, Rome, Rootstown, Russia (Oberlin), Spencer, Stow, Thompson, Trumbull, Vernon, Wadsworth, Wellington, & York. 

Part 3 – Includes Atwater, Auburn, Aurora, Berlin, Black River, Brighton, Bronson, Canfield, Chagrin Falls, Chardon, Eaton, Euclid, Fowler, Huron, Huntington, Huntsburg, Kingville, Kinsman, Lordstown, Mantua, Milan, Montville, Morgan, Norton, Northfield, Randolph, Solon, Strongsville, Townsend, Wakeman, Williamsfield, Windsor, & Youngstown. 


Part 4 – Includes Ashtabula (additional), Avon, Bath, Bedford, Bloomfield, Brecksville, Brunswick, Carlisle, Chatham, Cleveland West Side (additional), Colebrook, Fairfield, Florence, Greenfield, Greenwich, Hartland, Hinckley, Homer, Howland, Kent, Kirtland, Le Roy, Liverpool, Lyme, Newbury, New London, New Lyme, Norwalk, Orange, Parma, Ravenna (additional), Shalersville, Southington, Streetsboro, Twinsburg, Vermilion, Vienna, Warren (additional), & Weathersfield.


Hathi Trust - Most Annals are HERE

Internet Archive - Annals of Cleveland.   Each year has its own link.  Click the year.

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GREATER CLEVELAND BOOKS - ARCADIA PUBLISHING

TRANSPORTATION

FICTIONAL BOOKS ABOUT CLEVELAND OR BASED ON CLEVELAND

To find more fictional books about Cleveland, search the Cuyahoga County Public Library catalog with the following search terms:  "Cleveland (Ohio) Fiction." There are 100 fiction books about Cleveland. Some of the authors are listed below, but there were many others:

Lisa Black

Greg Cielec

Max Allan Collins

Casey Daniels

Raymond DeCapite

Christine Petrell Kallevig

Michael Koryta

Laurie Loveman

Richard Ondo

Les Roberts

Tavorris Robinson

David Stephens

EMIGRATION

ETHNIC

GERMANS

POLAND

SIENKIEWICZ, HENRYK, A Trilogy:


PRUSSIA

SLOVAKS


UPDATED July 13, 2024