Reading Road Trip: The Complete Book List
Written on February 23, 2021
Our reading road trip has ventured to all four corners of the United States, featuring reading selections and travel experiences from each region of the country.
You can explore this blog series in its entirety here, and use this list for reference as you read through all fifty states.
The Reading List
Alabama: The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson
Alaska: The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah
Arizona: The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Arkansas: True Grit by Charles Portis
California: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Colorado: Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Connecticut: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Delaware: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez
Florida: Tourist Season by Carl Hiassen
Georgia: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Hawaii: Moloka’i and Honolulu by Alan Brennert
Idaho: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Illinois: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Indiana: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Iowa: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Kansas: the novels of Gillian Flynn
Kentucky: Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Louisiana: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Maine: Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Maryland: Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman
Massachusetts: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (we also featured a spotlight on Nantucket with the novels of Elin Hilderbrand)
Michigan: The Dollmaker by Harriet Arnow
Minnesota: Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy
Mississippi: We are all Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg
Missouri: the novels of Gillian Flynn
Montana: Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson
Nebraska: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Nevada: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
New Hampshire: A Separate Peace by John Knowles
New Jersey: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
New Mexico: Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford
New York: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
North Carolina: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
North Dakota: The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Ohio: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Oklahoma: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Oregon: Mink River by Brian Doyle
Pennsylvania: Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Rhode Island: My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Piccoult
South Carolina: Beach Music by Pat Conroy
South Dakota: By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder (book 6-book 9 of the series take place in South Dakota)
Tennessee: The Firm by John Grisham
Texas: No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Utah: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Vermont: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Virginia: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Washington: Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
West Virginia: Snakehunter by Chunk Kinder
Wisconsin: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Wyoming: Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
For further reading:
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Best Products: Popular Books That Take Place in Each State
