A Book From Every State
Alabama: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Alaska: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Arizona: Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko
Arkansas:
California: Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Colorado:
Connecticut: The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Delaware:
Florida:
Georgia: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Hawaii: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Idaho: The Stand by Stephen King / Educated by Tara Westover
Illinois: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair / Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Indiana: The Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn
Iowa:
Kansas: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Kentucky: / My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
Louisiana: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Maine: The Taker by Alma Katsu / It by Stephen King
Maryland: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler / The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Massachusetts: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri / The Witches by Stacy Schiff
Michigan:
Minnesota: History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
Mississippi: The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Missouri: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Montana: The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Nebraska: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay / The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
Nevada:
New Hampshire: The Virgins by Pamela Erens
New Jersey: Drown by Junot Diaz / Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona
New Mexico: Hearts of the Missing by Carol Potenza
New York: Just Kids by Patti Smith / Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
North Carolina: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
North Dakota: The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Ohio: Beloved by Toni Morrison / American Splendor by Harvey Pekar
Oklahoma: Flowers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Oregon: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Pennsylvania: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Allison Bechdel
Rhode Island:
South Carolina:
South Dakota:
Tennessee:
Texas: Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros / The Liars' Club by Mary Karr
Utah: Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Vermont: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Virginia: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Washington: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
West Virginia: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls / The Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam Jr.
Wisconsin: American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar
Wyoming:
Alaska: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Arizona: Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko
Arkansas:
California: Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Colorado:
Connecticut: The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Delaware:
Florida:
Georgia: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Hawaii: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Idaho: The Stand by Stephen King / Educated by Tara Westover
Illinois: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair / Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Indiana: The Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn
Iowa:
Kansas: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Kentucky: / My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
Louisiana: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Maine: The Taker by Alma Katsu / It by Stephen King
Maryland: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler / The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Massachusetts: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri / The Witches by Stacy Schiff
Michigan:
Minnesota: History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
Mississippi: The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Missouri: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Montana: The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Nebraska: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay / The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
Nevada:
New Hampshire: The Virgins by Pamela Erens
New Jersey: Drown by Junot Diaz / Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona
New Mexico: Hearts of the Missing by Carol Potenza
New York: Just Kids by Patti Smith / Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
North Carolina: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
North Dakota: The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Ohio: Beloved by Toni Morrison / American Splendor by Harvey Pekar
Oklahoma: Flowers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Oregon: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Pennsylvania: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Allison Bechdel
Rhode Island:
South Carolina:
South Dakota:
Tennessee:
Texas: Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros / The Liars' Club by Mary Karr
Utah: Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Vermont: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Virginia: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Washington: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
West Virginia: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls / The Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam Jr.
Wisconsin: American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar
Wyoming: