Books by US State

Line map of the USA and the states with the words Read Around the USA with Me
I thought it might be fun to read a book from every US state or from every country around the world. I will be cross referencing my Reading List with this list of the US states and with THIS list of countries. Some books may have settings in more than one state or country and thus you may see them listed more than once. Others may not have a clear setting or the setting may be irrelevant to the story. This is not an exhaustive list of all the books I have ever read. It only includes books I've read since beginning this blog in 2016.
A few books on the list may be listed under a particular state due to subject matter or theme rather than actual setting.


Alabama

  • In the Shadow of Alabama by Judy Reene Singer
  • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
  • Girl Boss by Sophia Amoruso
  • Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
  • The Mothers by Brit Bennett
  • Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
  • A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
  • Maman's Homesick Pie by Donia Bijan
  • Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale
  • The Crooked Staircase by Dean Koontz
  • Pancakes in Paris by Craig Carlson
  • Less by Andrew Sean Greer
  • The Year She Left Us by Kathryn Ma
  • Dragonfish by Vu Tran
  • Know My Name by Chanel Miller
  • The Next Thing on My List by Jill Smolinski
  • Sway with Me by Syed M. Massood
  • Goodbye, Vitamin by Rahcel Khong
  • Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
  • A Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey
  • Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins
  • Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
  • Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
  • Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
  • Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto
  • Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
  • You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto
  • The Circle by Dave Eggers
  • The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Colorado
Connecticut
  • A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
  • The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Delaware
Florida
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
  • The Whistler by John Grisham
Georgia
  • An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
  • Tumble and Blue by Cassie Beasley
  • Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
  • Gamelife: A Memoir by Michael Clune
  • Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
  • The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
  • Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
  • I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
Indiana
Iowa
  • The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Kansas
Kentucky
  • The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Louisiana
  • How Lulu Lost Her Mind by Rachel Gibson
Maine
  • The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters 
  • Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
  • The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Maryland
Massachusetts
  • No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib
  • Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals that Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor
  • The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
  • Larry and the Meaning of Life by Janet Tashjian
  • The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
  • We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
  • The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
Michigan
Minnesota
  • Banana Cream Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
  • State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
  • The Book Haters Book Club by Gretchen Anthony
Mississippi
  • Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
  • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Missouri
Montana
  • Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson
Nebraska
  • We are all Damaged by Matthew Norman
  • Happily Never After by Lynne Painter
Nevada
  • Crank by Ellen Hopkins
  • Dragonfish by Vu Tran
New Hampshire
New Jersey
  • Memory Piece by Lisa Ko
New Mexico
  • Crank by Ellen Hopkins
  • Sister Eve, Private Eye by Lynne Hinton
New York
  • A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 
  • The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
  • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
  • In the Shadow of Alabama by Judy Reene Singer
  • We are all Damaged by Matthew Norman
  • The Perefct Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT by Debbie Stier 
  • Tinderbox by Lisa Gornick
  • Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
  • The Call of the Farm by Rochelle Bilow
  • Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
  • The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
  • No Other World by Rahul Mehta
  • The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
  • Saturday Night Widows by Becky Aikman
  • Less by Andrew Sean Greer
  • The Reykjavik Assignment by Adam Lebor
  • The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
  • The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani
  • Pym by Matt Johnson
  • The Leavers by Lisa Ko
  • Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
  • Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
  • Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
  • Memory Piece by Lisa Ko
  • By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
  • Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.
  • Wonder by A.J. Palacios
  • Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
  • The Night Garden by Lisa Van Allen
  • Thirteen by Steven Cavanagh
North Carolina
  • A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
  • Women of a Promiscuous Nature by Donna Everhart
North Dakota
Ohio
  • How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky by Lydia Netzer
  • Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Oklahoma
  • The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
  • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  • Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Oregon
  • The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
  • Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
Pennsylvania
  • A Farm Dies Once a Year by Arlo Crawford
  • What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons
  • Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
  • The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
Rhode Island 
  • Know My Name by Chanel Miller
South Carolina
  • The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
  • Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
South Dakota
Tennessee
  • So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park
Texas
  • Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
  • Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger by Beth Harbison
Washington
  • The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
  • Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
  • The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
  • Darkhearts by James L. Sutter
  • The Sea in Winter by Christine Day
West Virginia
Wisconsin
  • The Drifter by Nick Petrie
  • The End of Temperance Dare by Wendy Webb
Wyoming
Washington, D.C.
  • DC Trip by Sara Benincasa
  • That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam
  • When In Doubt, Add Butter by Beth Harbison

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico
  • Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
US Virgin Islands

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