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Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonSometimes a Great Notion by Ken KeseyThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieWild by Cheryl StrayedHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Pacific Northwest Books
914 books — 610 voters
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Novels Set in California
919 books — 367 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloA Land Remembered by Patrick D. SmithThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsSwamplandia! by Karen Russell
Best Books Set in or About Florida
810 books — 334 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryHoles by Louis SacharAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy11/22/63 by Stephen KingIsaac's Storm by Erik Larson
Books Set in Texas
954 books — 329 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerWhite Fang by Jack LondonThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahThe Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Alaska Tales
366 books — 306 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThis I Know by Eldonna EdwardsStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelA Cold Day in Paradise by Steve HamiltonFirekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Books Set in Michigan
590 books — 260 voters

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman MacleanPaper Targets by Steve S. SaroffThe Whistling Season by Ivan DoigThis House of Sky by Ivan DoigDancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan Doig
Best Montana Books
410 books — 232 voters
The Cider House Rules by John IrvingCarrie by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingEmpire Falls by Richard RussoThe Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
Books Set in Maine
686 books — 223 voters

Ordinary Grace by William Kent KruegerEsme Dooley by Jane DonovanOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls WilderRules of Prey by John SandfordShiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Books Set in Minnesota
545 books — 193 voters
The Bean Trees by Barbara KingsolverAnimal Dreams by Barbara KingsolverPigs in Heaven by Barbara KingsolverThese Is My Words by Nancy E. TurnerThe Wild Birds by Emily Strelow
Novels Set in Arizona
518 books — 192 voters

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherThe Blessing Way by Tony HillermanBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo AnayaHearts of the Missing by Carol PotenzaThe Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols
Books Set in New Mexico
626 books — 167 voters
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanPopulation by Michael PerryDairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert MurdockThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Books Set in Wisconsin
397 books — 162 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTwilight by Stephenie MeyerLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Around the US in 50 Books
789 books — 155 voters
Plainsong by Kent HarufThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingCentennial by James A. MichenerFather and I Were Ranchers by Ralph Moody
Colorado
412 books — 147 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonMidwives by Chris BohjalianRobert Frost's Poems by Robert FrostHoudini Heart by Ki LongfellowCrossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
Books Set in Vermont
389 books — 139 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggForrest Gump by Winston GroomNew Yesterdays by Jim L. WrightLooking for Alaska by John Green
Alabama Books
266 books — 131 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerChristy by Catherine MarshallBeard in Mind by Penny ReidBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateBatter of Wits by Karla Sorensen
Books Set in Tennessee
489 books — 128 voters
Goddess of Light by P.C. CastSingle Dad Next Door by Winter RenshawShine Not Burn by Elle CaseyLeaving Las Vegas by John O'BrienFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Las Vegas Books
136 books — 127 voters

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Great Brain by John D. FitzgeraldThe Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
Books Set in Utah
292 books — 126 voters
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHaleInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisCane River by Lalita Tademy
Books Set in Louisiana
447 books — 120 voters

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyLowcountry Boil by Susan M. BoyerSouth of Broad by Pat ConroyThe House on Tradd Street by Karen White
Books Set in South Carolina
446 books — 114 voters
Ghost Tamer by Meredith R. LyonsThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerGhost Hand by Ripley PattonThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Books Set in Illinois
335 books — 112 voters

The Last MacKlenna by Katherine Lowry LoganThe Ruby Brooch by Katherine Lowry LoganThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonThe Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Books Set in Kentucky
368 books — 111 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsWhere the Heart Is by Billie LettsKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Books Set in Oklahoma
314 books — 111 voters

Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite HenryThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonMeet Felicity by Valerie TrippShe's My Dad by Iolanthe Woulff
Books Set in Virginia
420 books — 108 voters
Lick by Kylie ScottGoddess of Light by P.C. CastShine Not Burn by Elle CaseyKnot So Lucky by Trilina PucciWhat I Did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Love in Las Vegas: Best Romances Set in Las Vegas
203 books — 104 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtCold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann BurnsThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Books Set in Georgia (USA)
450 books — 100 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenThe Wide Game by Michael WestIndy Writes Books by M. Travis DiNicolaWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Books Set in Indiana
240 books — 94 voters

Brokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxOpen Season by C.J. BoxThe Cold Dish by Craig JohnsonDeath Without Company by Craig JohnsonWinterkill by C.J. Box
Books Set in Wyoming
322 books — 91 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettA Time to Kill by John GrishamThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerClub Dead by Charlaine HarrisRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Books Set in Mississippi
401 books — 91 voters

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