Reading Books Set in Every State | 50 States Reading List
I love a reading challenge, as anyone that has read this blog for any length of time will know. I’m also a fan of reading books in other geographical locations, apart from the United Kingdom. However, I still have a lot of work to do in that regard, so I’ve decided to try and read books set in every state of America.
Below is a list of all of the United States of America, and next to some of them are the books I’ve read that are based in that location. There are still quite a few states where I’ve read nothing set in that location. To be remedied!
50 States Reading List
- Alabama – Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden
- California – Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia – The Colour Purple by Alice Walker, Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois – The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Indiana – The Fault in our Stars by John Green
- Iowa
- Kansas – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland – Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- Massachusetts – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- Michigan – Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel,
- Minnesota
- Mississippi – The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska – Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey – The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
- New Mexico
- New York – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Neon In Daylight by Hermione Hoby, All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg, Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters,
- North Carolina – A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma – The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island – My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- South Carolina – The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd,
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas – Holes by Louis Sachar
- Utah
- Vermont – The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
- Virginia – Bridge to Terabithia by Katerina Paterson, The Raven Boys by Maggie Steifvater
- Washington – Twilight by Stephanie Meyer,
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin – The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
- Wyoming – Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
If you have any recommendations for books set in the states that I’ve yet to read, let me know in the comments below. I look forward to the day when I can share that I’ve read multiple books set in every state of America.
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