Challenge: Reading a Book Set in Each State in the U.S.

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

Nebraska:

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: