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Armchair Traveling: Books Set in Every U.S. State
The United States of America is an awfully big place. Sensibly, we chopped it into states a long time ago. This simplifies things—taxes, mapmaking, sports team allegiances—and it makes for an interesting way to divvy up the million-and-one stories that constitute American literature.
This time around, we’ve added another little twist. The 50 books below (51, actually, counting D.C.) have all been published within the last ten years. While many states have older books that are more readily identified with them individually, this list represents a kind of 21st-century survey of American reading.
This collection represents popular contemporary books set in each state, from Alabama to Wyoming. Our carefully curated list also covers a wide range of genres: contemporary “serious” literature, but also outstanding thrillers, comic novels, young adult, science fiction, mystery, historical fiction, and even a splash of nonfiction and biography, auto- and otherwise.
Scroll over the covers below to learn more about each book, and be sure to add those that pique your interest to your Want to Read shelf! Happy reading, America!
Alabama
A critical and commercial smash in 2020, author Yaa Gyasi’s deeply moving novel profiles a family of Ghanaian immigrants in Alabama. Young medical student Gifty, motivated by her family’s problems with depression and addiction, turns to science to try to solve the eternal mysteries of faith, suffering, and love. Bonus trivia: Gyasi is also the author of the celebrated 2016 novel Homecoming.
Alaska
From the author of The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone peers deeply into the wild and enduring appeal of Alaska, America’s last real frontier. When Vietnam veteran Ernt Allbright moves his family to a remote corner of the state, they find themselves in a land of transcendent beauty, enduring communities, and persistent danger.
Arizona
A piercing and personal account of life in the borderlands, Francisco Cantú’s acclaimed 2018 book combines elements of autobiography, memoir, history, and investigative reporting. As a Border Patrol agent in the scrublands of southern Arizona, Cantú has experienced firsthand the corrosive nature of failed public policy and the violence that seems to be tragically endemic to borderland areas throughout history.
Arkansas
Born and raised in small-town Arkansas, Garrard Conley was deeply and enthusiastically involved in church life. But when he came out as gay, this son of a Baptist pastor had to make a choice: agree to a church-supported “conversion therapy” program, or risk losing his connections to friends, family, and the God of his understanding. Conley’s memoir is a complex meditation on faith, family, and forgiveness.
California
Author Tommy Orange’s ambitious 2018 novel follows 12 characters from Native communities who travel to the Big Oakland Powwow in the San Francisco Bay Area—all of whom are connected in ways they have yet to discover. Orange’s poignant stories represent a kind of cultural cross-stitching, a gradually unfurling tapestry depicting the experience of urban Native Americans in contemporary America.
Colorado
Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School explores the conflicts that emerge when a very exclusive school for exceptional children opens in the community. The novel tracks four families as competition and the pursuit of academic prestige rattle marriages, careers, sibling relationships, and family dynamics. Being the smart kid in class brings its own set of problems.
Connecticut
Veteran storyteller Jodi Picoult centers her insightful 2016 novel on a hospital in Connecticut where labor and delivery nurse Ruth Jefferson finds herself in a situation so twisty and tragic that it eventually puts her square in the middle of the national media spotlight. Picoult’s smart and empathic story tackles thorny issues of race, privilege, and justice in modern America.
Delaware
Initially published in 2014, Cristina Henriquez’s heartrending novel stakes out new territory in the proud tradition of American immigrant stories. In a cinder-block complex off a highway in Delaware, the Rivera family is desperately hoping for a new future in the United States. Teenage daughter Maribel is recovering from a near-fatal accident, but the help she needs is blocked by language and cultural barriers.
Florida
As dedicated readers know, Colson Whitehead is constitutionally incapable of writing anything but great books. Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, The Nickel Boys is based on the real story of a reform school in Florida that operated for more than 100 years and left behind a grim legacy of corruption and abuse. Whitehead’s classic book ensures that this history shall not be forgotten.
Georgia
Set in Georgia and the dubiously progressive environs of the “New South,” Tayari Jones’ hit novel tells the tale of newlyweds Celestial and Roy, whose relationship is shattered when Roy is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. An American Marriage has been widely heralded as a masterpiece of storytelling and a kind of sustained gaze into the past, present, and future of the country.
Hawaii
In 1995, off the coast of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a strange miracle occurs. Seven-year-old Nainoa Flores is saved from a watery death by—of all things—a school of sharks. Kawai Strong Washburn’s story moves to the strange rhythms of magical realism as the Flores family experiences further encounters with the numinous. Maybe those old Hawaiian gods are still around, after all.
Idaho
Tara Westover’s startling 2018 memoir begins in the wild and remote mountains of Idaho, where she was raised in a community of radical survivalists. Westover never saw a school classroom—or a doctor, for that matter—until she was 17 years old. Her determination to engage with the real world eventually takes her to Brigham Young University, then Harvard and Cambridge, England. Educated is a coming-of-age story unlike any other.
Illinois
Set in the art scene of Chicago during the 1980s, The Great Believers documents the personal and societal ravages of the AIDS epidemic at a time when much of the country was deliberately looking away. Later contemporary passages in Paris put the era into unique historical perspective through two intertwining story lines.
Indiana
Returning home to the ravaged and despairing Indiana factory town where she was raised, African American engineer Ruth Tuttle finds that her Ivy League education cannot save her from the shadows of her past. When she befriends Midnight, a young white boy in trouble, the two discover that rural Indiana is just another microcosm for the nation’s abiding trauma.
Iowa
Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson returns to the town of Gilead in this heralded 2014 novel set in the heartland of Iowa. After spending her childhood on the run, a young woman named Lila takes shelter in a small-town church. Lila’s life takes a series of hard turns as she tries to reconcile her new situation with her desperate past.
Kansas
Author Ben Lerner’s 2019 novel, shortlisted for several major awards, chronicles the fate of the Gordon family in Topeka, Kansas. Married couple Jane and Jonathan work at the Foundation, a famous psychiatric clinic that attracts patients and caregivers from around the world. When their son Adam befriends the loner Darren Eberheart, The Topeka School becomes an insightful investigation of family, identity, and toxic masculinity.
Kentucky
In Depression-era rural Kentucky, five courageous women sign on for an ambitious project: taking books and literacy to nooks and crannies of America. Based on actual events, British author Jojo Moyes’ novel brings an outsider’s perspective to American historical fiction with the amazing story of the Packhouse Librarians of Kentucky.
Louisiana
Raised in a small Louisiana Black community, the Vignes twins ran away at age(s) 16 to chase their dreams. One sister ultimately elects to stay in the South and now lives with her daughter. The other sister goes north and, passing for white, discovers an entirely different experience of America. Brit Bennett’s deeply thoughtful story examines themes of race and history, memory and dreams.
Maine
This 2020 Goodreads Choice nominee for Debut Novel tells the story of Maine teenager Vanessa Wye, who falls into a relationship with her 40-year-old English teacher. Seventeen years later, Vanessa is persuaded to revisit her adolescence and make a difficult decision. My Dark Vanessa explores complex issues of consent, complicity, and victimhood.
Maryland
In a delightfully original mystery that might be termed "Maryland noir," veteran scribe Laura Lippman takes readers back in time to Baltimore in the 1960s with a story that combines elements of psychological suspense, historical fiction, and crime story. Recovering housewife Maddie Schwartz has forged a new life as an investigative journalist, and she’s determined to solve the city’s latest murder case.
Massachusetts
It’s 1997 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Casey Peabody is in crisis. Running away from mounting debt, a recent breakup, and her mother’s death, Casey is making one last stand in an effort to finish her novel and live a life less ordinary. Massachusetts native Lily King (Euphoria) has won a loyal readership due to her stubborn insistence on writing books with insight, humor, and heart.
Michigan
After a 20-plus-year career as a journalist, author Anissa Gray made her fiction debut in 2019 with this portrait of an American family in trouble. Sisters Viola and Lillian return to the Michigan house of their childhood to help eldest sister Althea as she awaits trial for a crime no one seems to quite understand. Caring for Althea’s teenage daughters, the sisters rediscover that abiding truism: Blood is thicker than anything.
Minnesota
Funny and moving, this playful family saga from author J. Ryan Stradal (Kitchens of the Great Midwest) has its priorities in order. It’s about family, mostly. But it’s also about beer, and it’s hard to argue with that. Two sisters raised on a Minnesota farm go in different directions in life, until they don’t. Their reconciliation may determine the fate of the most successful light brewery in the country.
Mississippi
Author Jesmyn Ward is the only woman—and the only African American—to win the National Book Award for fiction twice. One of those prestigious awards went to Sing, Unburied, Sing, her engaging and resonant 2017 novel about the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the plight of 21st-century rural families, and the still-unfolding saga of America herself. Ward’s writing has been compared with Toni Morrison’s and William Faulkner’s, and that’s pretty good company.
Missouri
In the event you’ve been in a coma and/or recently returned from space, Gone Girl is a true blockbuster of a novel, one of the most successful books of the decade. Gillian Flynn’s 2012 thriller is set in the town of North Carthage, Missouri, and you’re better off going into this one with no other advance details. Flynn puts plot twists on her plot twists, so avoid spoilers at all costs.
Montana
Social worker Pete Snow is in deep. After helping a nearly feral 11-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, Pete confronts the boy’s father, a disturbed survivalist with visions of Armageddon. Smith Henderson’s debut is squarely in the tradition of Big American Novels, with its weighty themes addressing the fundamental character of the nation.
Nebraska
The often strange and always intense world of pop culture fandom provides the backdrop for this acclaimed 2013 YA novel, which tracks two Nebraska sisters and their enduring love of the fictional Simon Snow. Author Rainbow Rowell delivers a new kind of coming-of-age story for the fast-moving, multimedia, increasingly weird 21st century.
Nevada
If you’ve ever longed for a page-turning story about handsome Nevada ranch hands, wealthy heiresses, amateur aviatrixes, and divorce laws in 1930s Reno—well, we have surprisingly good news. Julia Claiborne Johnson (Be Frank with Me) delivers a genre-busting novel about money, friendship, love, class, and the improvised families we make in life.
New Hampshire
Joe Hill is a marquee name in contemporary horror fiction and, thanks to recent events, The Fireman may be his single most terrifying premise. A bizarre plague is causing victims to spontaneously combust, resulting in violence, panic, and rather effective contemporary allegory. But a mysterious stranger, patrolling the ruins of New Hampshire, may have some answers.
New Jersey
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is New Jersey’s biggest celebrity booster and surely its most favorite son. His long-awaited and critically acclaimed 2016 memoir chronicles his unparalleled career in the music business, and also offers a unique perspective on the culture and history of New Jersey itself. Springsteen’s emotional eloquence translates just fine to prose, it turns out, and this book is a must-read for any serious fan.
New Mexico
In the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, unemployed 33-year-old Amadeo Padilla has been issued the part of Jesus in the annual Good Friday procession. But when his 15-year-old daughter shows up on his doorstep, everything changes. Author Kirstin Valdez Quade’s debut novel details one unforgettable year among five generations of a singular New Mexico family.
New York
Hanya Yanagihara’s celebrated novel—a Booker Prize nominee and a National Book Award finalist—follows four friends as they make their way in the urban wilds of 21st-century New York City. An actor, a painter, an architect, and a lawyer walk wide-eyed into the city that never sleeps, and things get dark in a hurry. A Little Life is a notoriously heavy read but an ultimately rewarding experience.
North Carolina
This remarkable 2018 historical mystery novel proved to be that rarest of literary phenomena: the book that comes almost literally out of nowhere to win over millions of readers worldwide. Delia Owens’ tale of the “Marsh Girl” brings readers into the swamps and estuaries of coastal Carolina for a historical murder mystery with deep ecological themes. Every good thing you’ve heard about this book is true; go ahead and believe the hype.
North Dakota
A member of the Anishinaabe Nation, author Louise Erdrich has been called one of the most significant writers in the literary movement known as the Native American Renaissance. Her acclaimed 2020 novel, The Night Watchman, weaves together multiple story lines concerning family, public policy, and Native American dispossession in 1950s rural North Dakota. Bonus trivia: The story is based in part on the life of Erdrich’s grandfather.
Ohio
Named Book of the Year by a dozen major media outlets, Little Fires Everywhere is set in the staid and ordered Cleveland suburbs of Shaker Heights. When Mia Warren and her teenage daughter Pearl rent a house with the Richardson family, issues emerge that upset the slow flow of the status quo. Celeste Ng’s insanely popular book explores themes of art, identity, and the cancerous nature of old secrets.
Oklahoma
The scope of David Grann’s riveting true-crime epic is suggested in the subtitle: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. The book digs deeply into a sickening chapter of American history, wherein dozens—and maybe hundreds—of Indigenous people were murdered in pursuit of oil profits. The book is also a fascinating depiction of the quasi-frontier territories of Osage County, Oklahoma, in the 1920s. Bonus trivia: A film adaptation by Martin Scorsese is in the works.
Oregon
Squarely in the tradition of incisive, forward-facing speculative fiction, Leni Zumas’ Red Clocks imagines an America in which abortion is illegal, in vitro fertilization is banned, and every embryo has the rights of full personhood. The book tracks the stories of five women in Oregon, each providing a different perspective on the issues at hand. Set about five minutes into the future, potentially, Red Clocks is state-of-the-art social science fiction.
Pennsylvania
In the upper-class environs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Black babysitter is wrongly accused of kidnapping while babysitting for a white family. Things go downhill from there. Author Kiley Reid’s insightful 2019 novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize and has been heralded for spotlighting the everyday racial biases that plague so many. Bonus trivia: Reid’s book was inspired by her own adventures in babysitting.
Rhode Island
Born in London, raised in Rhode Island, and known for her stories of the Indian immigrant experience, Jhumpa Lahiri is truly an international storyteller. Her 2013 novel, The Lowland, follows its characters around the world but is largely set in Rhode Island, where Calcutta-born Subhash Mitra pursues a scientific career. Bonus trivia: Lahiri won a Pulitzer Prize for her debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies.
South Carolina
Set in 19th-century Charleston, South Carolina, Sue Monk Kidd’s revered historical novel follows the fate of two resourceful women: Sarah Grimke, the headstrong daughter of a wealthy Southern family, and the enslaved Hetty “Handful” Grimke, Sarah’s childhood handmaiden. Kidd’s unflinching narrative follows the two women’s amazing journey over four decades in pursuit of abolition and women’s rights.
South Dakota
A unique kind of crime thriller with about a dozen clever twists, Winter Counts introduces the character of Virgil Wounded Horse, freelance enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When bad guys slip through the cracks of the legal system, whether federal or tribal, Virgil is the last line of defense and/or retribution. Author Weiden’s debut novel offers a new spin on the old mystery thriller.
Tennessee
From the author of First Comes Love and Something Borrowed comes a dramatic story of scandal among the privileged and not-so-privileged in Nashville, Tennessee. Emily Giffin’s novel was a Goodreads Choice nominee for fiction in 2018 and continues to earn praise for its treatment of class resentments, family dynamics, and the dangers of drinking and clicking.
Texas
Recently back in circulation due to the excellent film adaptation with Tom Hanks, Paulette Jiles’ News of the World is a thrilling update to the classic western genre. In the aftermath of the Civil War, retired officer Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd makes his living wandering between deep Texas towns, reading the latest newspapers to desperate, often illiterate pioneer communities. Then a ten-year-old orphan girl changes everything.
Utah
A unique memoir from conservationist and activist Terry Tempest Williams, When Women Were Birds finds the author reflecting on her childhood among a large Mormon clan in northern Utah. By way of a curious detail concerning her mother’s own journals, Williams’ autobiography explores themes of feminism, environmentalism, and the concept of absence—in art, in life, and in Utah.
Vermont
Deep in the woods of Vermont, restoration expert Maggie Holt is moving to a ramshackle Victorian estate named, rather excellently, Baneberry Hall. Twenty-five years earlier, Maggie’s parents fled the same house in the dead of night, driven out by a spectral malevolence. And it just gets creepier from there. Author Riley Sager (Final Girls) has earned a devoted following with his high-octane thrillers. Close those closet doors before you start reading.
Virginia
Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me) makes his novel-length fiction debut with The Water Dancer, an ambitious blend of historical fiction, magical realism, and thrilling escape story. Set in the dark days leading up to the Civil War, Coates’ book details an underground war between slavers and enslaved—and confirms the abiding power of love. Click here for a Q&A with the author.
Washington
After years of living a life in Seattle that she never really wanted, Bernadette Fox has vanished. For her daughter Bee, there’s no other option: She must solve the mystery herself. By wading through an ocean of email, invoices, and other clues, Bee discovers that Mom has been hiding a secret past. Bonus trivia: Author Maria Semple is a former staff writer for TV’s immortal Arrested Development.
Washington, D.C.
Generally acknowledged as one of the true genius writers of his generation, author George Saunders made a giant splash with his 2017 debut novel. Set in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the Civil War, this phantasmagoric epic features Abraham Lincoln, Tibetan mysticism, and characters both historical and invented. It also breaks just about every rule on how novels are supposed to behave. Highly recommended.
West Virginia
Set in the misty mountain hollers of West Virginia, Amy Jo Burns’ lyrical Appalachian novel takes place in the appropriately named town of Trap, where 15-year-old Wren Bird and her mother are forced to live in seclusion by preacher patriarch Briar Bird. Wren’s quest for escape drives a powerful novel about family, hope, faith, snake handlers, moonshiners, and heartbreak.
Wisconsin
In the small Wisconsin town of Little Wing, childhood friends Hank, Leland, Kip, and Ronny have returned to their roots in an effort to find their futures. So what do a farmer, a commodities trader, a rodeo stud, and a rock star have in common? The past, that’s what. Nickolas Butler’s heartfelt novel explores the age-old question of whether you can ever really come home again.
Wyoming
Author C.J. Box has won a devoted following with his Joe Pickett series, which chronicles the adventures of a Wyoming game warder named, not coincidentally, Joe Pickett. Dark Sky finds Pickett squaring off against a wily assassin in the treacherous wilderness of Wyoming’s farthest reaches. Box provides readers with another great story that straddles the divide between crime fiction and classic western.
Now it's your turn! Which books do you think best represent your state? Tell us in the comments below!
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I love this! Lists and travel plans for the USA via books. We gather as many lists as we can on The BookTrail with maps for each of the books - these are going on there next. Suggestions always welcome!
I've collated all the books into a challenge on The Storygraph website if anyone is interested in joining. On The Storygraph I am artbreakerbookclub and if you search challenges for Read The States Challenge. Or check out my instagram artbreaker.bookclub for more details. Thanks
Awesome, I need 5 more states for my 50.
For Washington State my choice is Hollow Kingdom.
I think that A Land Remembered is a much more representative book of Florida than the Nickel Boys because it provides the history of Florida cowboys, their background and their interaction with the native Americans - Seminoles- in Florida.
How did I know that the New Jersey pick would be the Springsteen memoir? Was hoping for a better pick. Springsteen is overrated!
Joy wrote: "This would make for a fun reading challenge. I'd also want to add books from Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, because, why not?"AGREED
Evelin wrote: "That's fun, next one should be for Europe :)"Definitely! it would be interesting to read stories from around the world.
Lisa of Hopewell wrote: "I completed the 50 states read last year, but am excited to see a new book for North Dakota! I had to research that state and Rhode Island and Delaware. Now, why didn't you select Bookwoman of Trou..."I agree completely! It's kind of disheartening to see a book set in Kentucky being featured by an author who doesn't even reside in the United States. Kim Michele Richardson's novel is wonderful and she's local to the area. I would have preferred to see her book featured.
I love travel, roads trips, and following this thread. For the Illinois book choice, I had read The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai and it was a 5 * read. As secondary reads for Illinois, I have 2 other recommendations: Although I haven't read these in a while, I am a big fan of the Sara Paretsky mystery novels, which give you a woman detective, solving crimes all over the city of Chicago. The other recommendation: A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck is one that I read to my daughter and we both loved it. He won a Newbery Honor in 1999 for this story with 2 children who visit their grandparents (in the country) for the summer. I also recommended it to my 3rd-4th grade students who also loved it. His writing is BEAUTIFUL and transports you back in time to gentler days and wonderful childhood memories.
Evelin wrote: "That's fun, next one should be for Europe :)"Yeeeeeeees :D
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate is an amazing book that I would include for Tennessee. The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne is a beautiful book reminiscent of Where the Crawdad's Sing but with more violence set in Michigan.
We love to travel, and I have long sought out a book set in our current destination. This is a great feature — THANKS for making it so easy this time!
I'm in love with this idea! Please make more of such selections, involving different countries, different centuries of publication, different genres at the same time... :)
For New Mexico, I'd also recommend Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya. I had to read it for a college Hispanic lit class...I read it in one sitting. I kept saying, "Just one more chapter," or "I have to know what happens next!" It's one of my favorites of all time.For Wyoming, read the Longmire series.
Sara wrote: "Nice idea. You should do Europe next, although it might be difficult to find specific countries. Maybe historical fiction"Why would that be difficult? Every country produces novels.
This is super cool! One for Canada would be awesome?
Lydia wrote: "Washington D. C. is not a state (maybe should be pointed out in the relevant headline, for accuracy?)."It was pointed out right away that even DC was included insinuating its not a state.
Pennsylvania: Long Bright River by Liz Moore. She nails the sense of place in NE Philly.Long Bright River
Can I get an international version of this post if I say pretty please? Because pretty please.
For Indiana, a must read would be The Girl of Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter. Epic, historical storytelling amidst Indiana’s beautiful landscapes.
Publius wrote: "A better choice for Ohio: Finding Cristina. At Amazon (kindle, paperback, large print)."From the publisher's excerpt, it sounds like this one is set in Rio de J. - is it really Ohio?
Kay wrote: "Awesome, I need 5 more states for my 50."I guess I need to count mine!!!
Go figure the only Kansas book is one about a tornado.
I'd love to see a list of books from the 50 states and the territories too.
I would like to see a list like that with more Fantasy and Sci-fi books and another list for Europe/Asia/Africa/South America and so on...
Leticia wrote: "I would like to see a list like that with more Fantasy and Sci-fi books and another list for Europe/Asia/Africa/South America and so on..."Most sci-fi/fantasy books are not set in US states specifically. Usually they're some sort of amalgam of states like in The Hunger Games and Divergent.
MJ wrote: "I'd love to see a list of books from the 50 states and the territories too."Read the comments. Territories have been commented.
Snonono wrote: "Can I get an international version of this post if I say pretty please? Because pretty please."Read the comments
Ohio is a big state! For a Southwest Ohio contemporary romance book, I might recommend my debut novel Animal Attraction, The Eller Series Book 1 - Animal Attraction. I hear it's a good one ;)
Thank you all for the recommendations! =) I posted on List Challenges the Goodreads list plus as many as your recommendations as I could find (with a limit of three book per state and no more than one book per author per state) and then filled it out from other lists, hopefully resulting in an interesting variety:https://www.listchallenges.com/books-...
In case it is of interest, this is a list I put together a while ago, trying to include all Pulitzer-winners, classics, etc., and no limit per state:
https://www.listchallenges.com/best-b...
I would love to see books of other countries, including by states and provinces of other countries, so long as the authors are from the respective country (for instance, seeing faux Asian Orientalism like Memoirs of a Geisha listed for Japan makes me... unhappy).I had a go at putting together a list of books set in each province and territory of Canada (most are by Canadian authors but a few are not).
https://www.listchallenges.com/books-...
I also put together a list of African literature by country:
https://www.listchallenges.com/litera...
Apologies for any oversights, errors, or omissions, but I hope you may enjoy perusing the lists and better yet, find a book to enjoy! :)
Erin wrote: "I would love to see books of other countries, including by states and provinces of other countries, so long as the authors are from the respective country (for instance, seeing faux Orientalism lik..."These are great, thanks for sharing, Erin!
Erin wrote: "Thank you all for the recommendations! =) I posted on List Challenges the Goodreads list plus as many as your recommendations as I could find (with a limit of three book per state and no more than ..."ERIN, This site is really cool. Love the state quarters as the intro to each new state. I'm unfamiliar with the platform. Is there a way to click on the book/photo to get a link to the book intro. information somewhere? If not, not a biggie.
Thanks for sharing this!
Colleen
Thank you, Elyse and Colleen! I’m glad you enjoyed the lists! =)Colleen, there’s an encircled “i” on each item but for books, unfortunately, it has no information but only search links for Amazon and Google. The info for movies generally contains a brief synopsis and quite a few more links.
I love this idea!! There are a couple states I will do some research to substitute the books for another they're just not my cup of tea but I'm looking forward!
Would have been nice to have a list with a wider world view. Canada, Britain, Central America.
Andrea wrote: "Would have been nice to have a list with a wider world view. Canada, Britain, Central America."See the comments. People have posted some really great lists for worldwide!
Elyse wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Would have been nice to have a list with a wider world view. Canada, Britain, Central America."See the comments. People have posted some really great lists for worldwide!"
Here you are! A world list: https://www.listchallenges.com/a-lite...
I dug through my bookshelves as well as those of my GR friends and consulted lists of new books, translated books, most popular books by country -- whew! I'm sure there are many great books I missed or simply didn't have room to include, but I have already spent more time on this than I shall confess! XD
I definitely agree with that!