State Authors

[Genevieve]

AI identified the most famous author born in every state. AI said though Identifying the "most famous" author from each state is subjective, as fame can be measured by literary acclaim, sales, or cultural influence. Based on popularity and recognition, here is a list of authors often associated with each US state and Washington, D.C.

For each author/state you have to either read a book by the author, find the first letter of each title word in the authors name (Three word minimum) or where the authors initials can be found in the name of the state.
Read one book for each author/state. For states which have 2 authors pick ONE.

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

TASKS
Alabama: Harper Lee.
Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Arkansas: John Grisham.
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.
Colorado: Ken Kesey.
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Georgia: Alice Walker.
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King.
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
Nevada: Charles Bock.
New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
New Jersey: Philip Roth.
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
New York: James Baldwin.
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
Pennsylvania: John Updike.
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
South Carolina: Peggy Parish.
South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Utah: Thomas Savage.
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Virginia: Willa Cather.
Washington: Debbie Macomber.
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

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[Michele]

Very cool challenge.
AI identified the most famous author born in every state. AI said though Identifying the "most famous" author from each state is subjective, as fame can be measured by literary acclaim, sales, or cultural influence. Based on popularity and recognition, here is a list of authors often associated with each US state and Washington, D.C.

For each author/state you have to either read a book by the author, find the first letter of each title word in the authors name (Three word minimum) or where the authors initials can be found in the name of the state.
Read one book for each author/state. For states which have 2 authors pick ONE.

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?
32/51

TASKS. For each author/state, read a book where the author's initials can be found in the name of the state.


✅Alabama: Harper Lee. letters M and A
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama. Read 9/6/25
✅Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson. Read 7/14/25 Title words in Author's name
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
✅Arkansas: John Grisham. author intials A R and S
Nora, Nora by Anne Rivers Siddons
Read 8/10/25
✅California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck. Letters C and N
The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn. Read 8/30/25
✅Colorado: Ken Kesey. Author's initials D and A
Owl Be Home for Christmas by Donna Andrews. Read 8/12/25
✅Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe. author's intiaisl T and C
A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community, and Mission Around the Table by Tim Chester. Read 8/18/25
✅Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas Read 7/17/25 Author's initials in state-E and A
✅Florida: Carl Hiaasen. Letters L and F
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Read 11/30/25
✅Georgia: Alice Walker. Letters A and R
Miss Julia's Marvelous Makeover by Ann B. Ross. Read 9/2/25
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
✅Illinois: Ernest Hemingway. Letters L and O in state
The Memory of Love by Linda Olsson Read 7/17/25
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
✅Kansas: William Inge. Letters N and S
Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks. Read 10/26/25
✅Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson. Letters E and C
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano. Read 9/14/25
✅Louisiana: Anne Rice. Letters L and U
In the Blood by Lisa Unger Read 11/11/25
✅Maine: Stephen King. N and E
The Measure by Nikki Erlick Read 10/4/25
✅Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy. Author name initals R and M
Winterland by Rae Meadows
Read 8/2/25
✅Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne. Author intials A and T
Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler Read 8/11/25
✅Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides. Author name letters: G and H
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks Read 7/22/25
✅Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Letters S and T
These Tangled Threads by Sarah Loudin Thomas. Read 9/26/25
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
✅Missouri: Maya Angelou. letters M and R
Crazy To Leave You by Marilyn Simon Rothstein Read 8/25/25
✅Montana: Maile Meloy. M and A
Twice by Mitch Albom Read 11/20/25
✅Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks. Letters in state E and B
Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg Read 7/20/25
✅Nevada: Charles Bock. Author's intials V and D
Body on Baker Street by Vicki Delany. Read 11/6/25
✅New Hampshire: Dan Brown. Letters S and W
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham Read 8/21/25
✅New Jersey: Philip Roth. Letters E and S
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25
✅New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya. M and E
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry Read 11/26/25
✅New York: James Baldwin. K and R
The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay. Read 9/22/25
✅North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe. Letters R and R
Chances Are... by Richard Russo Read 8/28/25
✅North Dakota: Louis L'Amour. letters N and H
Cowboy SEAL Homecoming by Nicole Helm Read 9/17/25
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
✅Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison. O and K
The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel Read 7/18/25
✅Oregon: Beverly Cleary. letters G and O
Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home by Gregg Olsen. Read 9/4/25
✅Pennsylvania: John Updike. V AND S
The Edge of Summer by Viola Shipman Read 8/22/25
✅Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy. Author's initals D and R
Dog Day Afternoon by David Rosenfelt Read 8/12/25
✅South Carolina: Peggy Parish. Initial's T and R
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Read 12/12/25
✅South Dakota: Adam Johnson. S and D
Little Souls by Sandra Dallas Read 9/12/25
✅Tennessee: Peter Taylor. S and T
The Librarians by Sherry Thomas. Read 11/23/25
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Utah: Thomas Savage.
✅Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill. Letters T and O
Highland Hearts Holiday Bookshop by Tricia O'Malley. Read 11/3/25
Virginia: Willa Cather.
✅Washington: Debbie Macomber. S and O
The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler Read 10/4/25
✅West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle. Author's initials T and R
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Read 11/13/25
✅Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder. Letters S and L
Overwhelming Odds by Susan O'Leary Read 11/16/25
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
✅Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon Letters H and C
The Stranger by Harlan Coben Read 9/13/25
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[Mary]

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

For each author/state you have to either read a book by the author, find the first letter of each title word in the authors name (Three word minimum) or where the authors initials can be found in the name of the state.

TASKS

Alabama: Harper Lee.- HappyLand B.C. Lienesch 07/16 (State) BL
Alaska: Sidney Huntington.=Operation Caldera: PNR/Special Forces/Military MM Fiction Annabella Stone 08/02 (State) AS
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.-The Lost OnesAce Atkins 10/24 (State AA)
Arkansas: John Grisham. - The Barman and the SEALR.J. Scott 08/28 (STATE RS)
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck. - The Killing FloorLee Child 07/06 (State LC)
Colorado: Ken Kesey. - Pink Frosting PassionColbie Dunbar 09/13
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.=Hidden in DarknessAlice Winters 08/27 (State AW)
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.- Code RedIan Loome 12/13 (State IL)
Georgia: Alice Walker-Naughty Elf: EvanAria Grace 08/31(State AG)
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings. - Lord Edwin FallsAdella J. Harris 12/12 9(State AH)
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King.-The Life We BuryAllen Eskens10/23 (State AE)
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy. - Salvation RowMark Dawson 07/05 (State MD)
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.- Once Upon a Mistletoe KissSammi Cee 08/19 (State SC)
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides. - Espresso for His OmegaHarper B. Cole 08/21 (State HC)
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.-You Got ScroogedA.J. Truman 08/27 (STATE AT)
Mississippi: William Faulkner. - Rattler Road: A Danny Devlin ThrillerPatrick McNulty 12/09 (STATE PM)
Missouri: Maya Angelou.-Good Girl, Bad GirlMichael Robotham 10/25 (STATE MR)
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks. - Inevitable IRemington Kane 09/06 (State RK)
Nevada: Charles Bock.
New Hampshire: Dan Brown. - Murder in Shades of Pink and Yellow: DS Charlie Rees 5Ripley Hayes 09/02 (State RH)
New Jersey: Philip Roth. - The Girl at the Deep End of the LakeSam Lee Jackson 09/08 (State SJ)
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.- BlackE.E. Isherwood 12/12 (STATE EI)
New York: James Baldwin.- Iron LakeWilliam Kent Krueger 10/19 (State- WK)
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe. Looking for TroubleRiley Hart 11/06(STATE RH)
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour. - Year of the RabbitT.D. Donnelly 09/06 (State TD)
Ohio: Toni Morrison. - Fated: Harpy and the MouseHawke Oakley 12/16 9STATE OH)
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison. - Marzipan MagicLeyla Hunt09/06 (State LH)
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
Pennsylvania: John Updike.
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.-Wild CardLogan Ryles 0727 STATE LR
South Carolina: Peggy Parish. - Papa Bear for DariusLorelei M. Hart 07/09 STATE LH
South Dakota: Adam Johnson. - Soft TargetStephen Hunter 09/09 (State= SH)
Tennessee: Peter Taylor. Manny To The Rescue Trina Solet 09/30 (State- TS)
Texas: Colleen Hoover.- ZenkoAnnabella Stone12/18 (State- AS)
Utah: Thomas Savage.-The Marquess of Gorsewall ManorAdella J. Harris 11/06 (STATE AH)
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill. - IsolatedMatt Rogers 12/11 (State MR)
Virginia: Willa Cather.
Washington: Debbie Macomber. -Whisker Me Away: Love Sync Mates Season TwoToby Wise (State TW)
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder. -Lemon Meringue LoveSummer Chase 09/22 (State SC)
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon-Dead Man RunningSteve Hamilton 10/18 (State SH)

[JoAnne]

A lot of authors I have not heard of.

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?
Read: 51/51

For each author/state:
Read a book by the author OR
Find the first letter of each title word in the author's name (Three word minimum)
Where the author's initials can be found in the name of the state


TASKS
1. Alabama
LA Murder Comes to Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/4/25

2. Sidney Huntington
THD Track Her Down Melinda Leigh 7/4/25

3. Jeannette Walls
TSW The Silent Wife Karin Slaughter 8/18/25

4. John Grisham
NSH Neanderthal Seeks Human Penny Reid 7/23/25

5. California
LA The Ghosts of Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/10/25

6. Colorado
CD American Sky Carolyn Dasher 7/5/25

7. Harriet Beecher Stowe
OHW On Her Watch Melinda Leigh 7/2/25

8. Christopher Castellani
TSS These Summer Storms Sarah MacLean 7/9/25

9. Florida
LF Knot on the Market Lena Foxwood 7/22/25

10. Georgia
AR Christmas Romance on Plum Island Amy Rafferty 8/19/25

11. Kaui Hart Hemmings
HIG Harmony Island Gazette Anne-Marie Meyer 8/15/25

12. Vardis Fisher
SAS Scandal Above Stairs Jennifer Ashley 9/12/25

13. Illinois
LS Starting Over in Sedona Lynne M. Spreen 7/20/25

14. Kurt Vonnegut
TNG The Next Grave Kendra Elliot 9/11/25

15. Bill Bryson
BSB Burn So Bad J.H. Croix 8/15/25

16. Kansas
SS Pecan Pie for Breakfast Susan Schild 7/8/25

17. Kentucky
KE Echo Road Kendra Elliot 7/3/25

18. Louisiana
LS The Last Second Chance Lucy Score 10/26/25

19. Maine
AM The Inn on Harmony Island Anne-Marie Meyer 8/12/25

20. Maryland
LM Seaside Manor Bed and Breakfast Lilly Mirren 7/28/25

21. Massachusetts
TT When Stars Fall at Midnight Tess Thompson 7/7/25

22. Michigan
CM The One for Me Corinne Michaels 7/24/25

23. F. Scott Fitzgerald
TGC The Guest Cottage Lori Foster 7/12/25

24. Mississippi
SS Sunset Sharon Sala 9/30/25

25. Maya Angelou
OML On Moonberry Lake Holly Varni 8/4/25

26. Montana
AM The Shop Around the Corner Anne-Marie Meyer 8/12/25

27. Nebraska
BN The Summer That Changed Everything Brenda Novak 7/3/25

28. Nevada
VD Shattered Valerie Davisson 9/24/25

29. New Hampshire
AM Apple Blossom B&B Anne-Marie Meyer 8/13/25

30. New Jersey
RY Full Measures Rebecca Yarros 8/19/25

31. New Mexico
CM Stay for Me Corinne Michaels 8/25/25

32. James Baldwin
BDL Bones Don't Lie Melinda Leigh 8/27/25

33. North Carolina
LC Rage Linda Castillo 7/10/25

34. North Dakota
TT Grumpy Moon Tess Thompson 7/26/25

35. Toni Morrison
STM Surrender To Me K.A. Tucker 9/19/25

36. Oklahoma
LA Loving and Dying in Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/11/25

37. Oregon
EO Every Now and Then Erin Olivier 10/27/25

38. Pennsylvania
LE Royal Haze L.J. Evans 8/22/25

39. Rhode Island
RH Time for You Renee Harless 8/17/25

40. South Carolina
CN Some Girls Bite Chloe Neill 7/12/25

41. South Dakota
TT Clashing Moon Tess Thompson 7/26/25

42. Tennessee
NS Two Truths and a Marriage Nicole Snow 9/22/25

43. Colleen Hoover
COOL Cottage on Oceanview Lane Lilly Mirren 7/27/25

44. Thomas Savage
TME Tell Me Everything Minka Kelly 8/30/25

45. Ralph Nading Hill
HLG Her Last Goodbye Melinda Leigh 7/6/25

46. Virginia
NR Hidden Nature Nora Roberts 10/2/25

47. Washington
WG Fated Love with You Whitney G. 8/21/25

48. Mary Lee Settle
STL Someone to Love Michelle Major 7/31/25

49. Wisconsin
CN The Beach Shack Cindy Nichols 8/5/25

50. Wyoming
WG Wasted Love with You: Season 1 Whitney G. 8/2/25

51. Washington, D.C.:
NH Vanishing Point Nicole Helm 7/30/25

[Frankie]

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025, Open Ended

For each author/state:
Read a book by the author OR
Find the first letter of each title word in the author's name (Three word minimum)
Where the author's initials can be found in the name of the state

49/51 Completed

TASKS
1. Alabama: Harper Lee:State:Allison Brennan-You'll Never Find Me 7/02/25
2. Alaska: Sidney Huntington:Author:The Summer Guests-Tess Gerritsen 7/09/25
3. Arizona: Jeannette Walls:State:A. Zavarelli-Contempt 7/03/25
4. Arkansas: John Grisham:State:Karla Sorensen-The Best of All 7/20/25
5. California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck:State:Lilly Atlas-Rocket 7/07/25
6. Colorado: Ken Kesey:State:Robert Dugoni-A Dead Draw7/17/25
7. Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe:Author:That Secret Crush-Meghan Quinn 7/28/25
8. Delaware: Christopher Castellani:State:Willow Aster-Reckless Love 7/06/25
9. Florida: Carl Hiaasen:State:Adriana Locke-Fling 7/03/25
10. Georgia: Alice Walker:Author:Crazy in Love-Laura Pavlov 11/03/25
11. Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings:Author:Take My Name-Brooke Montgomery 11/07/25
12. Idaho: Vardis Fisher:State:Amy Daws-Seven Year Itch 7/18/25
13. Illinois: Ernest Hemingway:Author:If You Stayed-Brittainy C. Cherry 7/16/25
14. Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut:State:Ace Atkins-The Ranger 11/15/25
15. Iowa: Bill Bryson
16. Kansas: William Inge:State:Kristen Ashley-Golden Trail 7/14/25
17. Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson:State:Claire Kingsley-Rewriting the Stars 7/23/25
18. Louisiana: Anne Rice:State:Audrey Alden-Espresso Shots & Murder Plots 7/13/25
19. Maine: Stephen King:State:Natasha Madison-Buried Dreams 7/15/25
20. Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy:State:Rebecca Yarros-Beyond What is Given 8/10/25
21. Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne:State:Melanie Harlow-Slap Shot Surprise 8/25/25
22. Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides:State:Michael Connelly-The Law of Innocence 9/21/25
23. Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald:Author:State of Retribution-Marie Force 8/02/25
24. Mississippi: William Faulkner:State:Sheldon Siegel-Incriminating Evidence 7/24/25
25. Missouri: Maya Angelou:State:M. Robinson-She Was Mine First 7/11/25
26. Montana: Maile Meloy:State:Traci Andrighetti-Valpolicella Violet 7/09/25
27. Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks:State:Kelly Elliott-Playing with Words 8/22/25
28. Nevada: Charles Bock:Author:Hope After Loss-Amber Kelly 8/23/25
29. New Hampshire: Dan Brown:State:Mary Stone-Shadow's Flame 7/07/25
30. New Jersey: Philip Roth:State:Elsie Silver-Wild Card 10/10/25
31. New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya:State:Corinne Michaels-Against All Odds 8/21/25
32. New York: James Baldwin:State:Willow Rose-The Girl in the Closet 9/26/25
33. North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe:State:Linda Castillo-Rage 7/30/25
34. North Dakota: Louis L'Amour:State:The Graveyard Girls-Rita Herron 9/02/25
35. Ohio: Toni Morrison:State:Olivia Hayle-Think Outside the Boss 9/20/25
36. Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison:State:Lena Hendrix-Just Between Us 7/17/25
37. Oregon: Beverly Cleary
38. Pennsylvania: John Updike:State:Lani Lynn Vale-Time to Bounce 8/02/25
39. Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy:State:Alexandria House-Holding 7/18/25
40. South Carolina: Peggy Parish:State:Rachel Caine-Darkwater Lane 7/18/25
41. South Dakota: Adam Johnson:State:Toni Anderson-Cold Truth 10/27/25
42. Tennessee: Peter Taylor:Author:Toast and Treachery-Constance Barker 9/13/25
43. Texas: Colleen Hoover:Colleen Hoover-Ugly Love 11/10/25
44. Utah: Thomas Savage:Thomas Savage-The Power of the Dog 9/28/25
45. Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill:State:Ofelia Martinez-Hiding in the Smoke 9/09/25
46. Virginia: Willa Cather:Author:Everything to Lose-Harlow James 9/11/25
47. Washington: Debbie Macomber:State:Tia Williams-Seven Days in June 7/19/25
48. West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle:State:Tess Gerritsen-Ice Cold 9/19/25
49. Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder:State:Samantha Christy-Tiny Precious Secrets 9/11/25
50. Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan:State:Isabella Maldonado-The Grave Artist 10/17/25
51. Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon:State:Nicholas Harvey-Stolen Sommer 9/22/25

[Bridget]

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?
For each author/state you have to either read a book by the author, find the first letter of each title word in the authors name (Three word minimum) or where the authors initials can be found in the name of the state.
Read one book for each author/state. For states which have 2 authors pick ONE.

TASKS - 30/51
✔Alabama: Harper Lee.
A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure by Angela Bell (9/16/25) - state
Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
✔Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
The Wishing Season by Denise Hunter (7/17/25)
✔Arkansas: John Grisham.
An Improper Gentleman by Audra Wells (8/16/25)
✔California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.
The Juliet Code by Pepper Basham (8/8/25)
✔Colorado: Ken Kesey.
Beneath a Peaceful Moon by Debby Lee (10/30/25) - state
✔Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The Illusionist's Apprentice by Kristy Cambron (7/6/25)
✔Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Some Like It Scot by Pepper Basham (8/20/25)
✔Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
An Improper Agreement by Audra Wells (8/11/225)
Georgia: Alice Walker.
✔Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
An Improper Scheme by Audra Wells(8/22/25)
✔Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Barefoot Summer by Denise Hunter (7/7/25) - state
✔Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
The Warrior Maiden by Melanie Dickerson (8/30/25)
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
✔Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Her Holiday Fireman by Kathleen Y'Barbo (9/6/25) - state
✔Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin (7/29/25) - state
✔Maine: Stephen King.
The Paris Housekeeper by Renee Ryan (11/5/25)
✔Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.
A Cross-Country Christmas by Courtney Walsh (9/4/25)
✔Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Marrying Mandy by Melanie D. Snitker (9/11/25) - state
✔Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
My Fake Relationship With the Popular Boy: A YA Sweet Romance by Clara Nielsen (11/22/25) - state
✔Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Famous for a Living by Melissa Ferguson (10/17/25)
✔Mississippi: William Faulkner.
The Hope of Christmas Past by Stephenia H. McGee (11/1/8/25) - state
✔Missouri: Maya Angelou.
An Overdue Match by Sarah Monzon (12/3/25)
✔Montana: Maile Meloy.
Manila Marriage App by Jan Elder (10/21/25)
✔Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
Secrets She Kept by Cathy Gohlke (8/5/25)
✔Nevada: Charles Bock.
Brothers at Bat by Audrey Vernick (10/2/25) - state
New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
New Jersey: Philip Roth.
✔New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
Just for the Summer by Melody Carlson (7/17/25) - state
✔New York: James Baldwin.
Their Unexpected Love by Kathleen Y'Barbo (9/18/25) - state
✔North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
Kissing My Christmas Bos by Audrey Carnes (9/19/25) - state
✔North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Married 'til Monday by Denise Hunter(7/22/25) - state
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
✔Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
His Promise by Shelley Shepard Gray (11/21/25)
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
Pennsylvania: John Updike.
✔Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
Love, Unscripted by Denise Hunter (9/4/25) - state
✔South Carolina: Peggy Parish.
Lily of the Valley in May by Clare Revell (10/8/25) - state
South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
✔Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Lessons on Love by Susanne Dietze (9/27/25)
✔Utah: Thomas Savage.
The Starlet Spy by Rachel Scott McDaniel (7/25/25)
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Virginia: Willa Cather.
✔Washington: Debbie Macomber.
Check Me Out by Becca Wilhite (10/15/25)
✔West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
The Elusive Miss Ellison by Carolyn Miller (10/16/25)
✔Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
An Appalachian Summer by Ann H. Gabhart (9/1/25)
✔Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
An Improper Proposal by Audra Wells (8/25/25)
✔Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon
Not Happy Campers by Ash Keller (7/13/25)

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

0/51

TASKS

Alabama: Harper Lee.
Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Arkansas: John Grisham.
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.
Colorado: Ken Kesey.
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Georgia: Alice Walker.



Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King.
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.


Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
Nevada: Charles Bock.
New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
New Jersey: Philip Roth.


New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
New York: James Baldwin.
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
Pennsylvania: John Updike.
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
South Carolina: Peggy Parish.


South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Utah: Thomas Savage.
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Virginia: Willa Cather.
Washington: Debbie Macomber.
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.

Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Denise]

What a great use of AI. I am doing a similar challenge that involves reading any book from any author born in each state and some I could not find (looking at you Wyoming). As a teacher all I ever see AI used for is cheating, I appreciate finding examples of good uses of it

TASKS
📚Alabama: Harper Lee.
60 Songs That Explain the '90s Rob Harvilla 12 Nov
📚Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Ducks, Newburyport Lucy Ellmann 25 Jul
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Arkansas: John Grisham.
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.
📚Colorado: Ken Kesey.
How Proust Can Change Your Life Alain de Botton 22 Jul
📚Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The Razor’s Edge W. Somerset Maugham 25 Jul
📚Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Douglas Adams 17 Jul
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Georgia: Alice Walker.
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
📚Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
The Humans Matt Haig 11 Aug
Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King.
📚Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.
The Correspondent Virginia Evans 12 Aug
📚Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Hitch 22: A Memoir Christopher Hitchens 24 Jul
📚Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams 21 Jul
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
📚Nevada: Charles Bock.
Honey and Clover, Vol. 1 Chica Umino 11 Oct
📚New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
Impulse Ellen Hopkins 2 Jul
New Jersey: Philip Roth.
📚New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf Emily Midorikawa 22 Nov
New York: James Baldwin.
📚North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid
📚North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Before We Forget Kindness Toshikazu Kawaguchi 26 Oct
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
📚Pennsylvania: John Updike:
James Percival Everett 16 Jul
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
📚South Carolina: Peggy Parish.
The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros 27 Jul
📚South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton 12 Oct
📚Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
The Portrait of a Lady Henry James 14 Nov
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
📚Utah: Thomas Savage.
The Missing Half Ashley Flowers 4 Aug
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
📚Virginia: Willa Cather.
My Ántonia Willa Cather 14 Aug
📚Washington: Debbie Macomber.
Three Days in June Anne Tyler 30 Aug
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
📚Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Sandwich Catherine Newman 22 Sep
📚Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan
A Passage to India E.M. Forster 15 Jul
📚Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon
Knickerbocker's History of New York Washington Irving 26 Oct

[Melissa A]

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 -

Choose one author (if more than one is listed) and one option for each state & DC.

For each author/state:

A. Read a book by the author

B. Or Find the first letter of each title word in the author's name (Three word minimum)

C. Or Where the author's initials can be found in the name of the state.

0/51 Completed

TASKS
1. Alabama: Harper Lee
2. Alaska: Sidney Huntington
3. Arizona: Jeannette Walls
4. Arkansas: John Grisham
5. California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck
6. Colorado: Ken Kesey
7. Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe
8. Delaware: Christopher Castellani
9. Florida: Carl Hiaasen
10. Georgia: Alice Walker
11. Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings
12. Idaho: Vardis Fisher
13. Illinois: Ernest Hemingway
14. Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut
15. Iowa: Bill Bryson
16. Kansas: William Inge
17. Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson
18. Louisiana: Anne Rice
19. Maine: Stephen King
20. Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy
21. Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne
22. Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides
23. Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald
24. Mississippi: William Faulkner
25. Missouri: Maya Angelou
26. Montana: Maile Meloy
27. Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks
28. Nevada: Charles Bock
29. New Hampshire: Dan Brown
30. New Jersey: Philip Roth
31. New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya
32. New York: James Baldwin
33. North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe
34. North Dakota: Louis L'Amour
35. Ohio: Toni Morrison
36. Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison
37. Oregon: Beverly Cleary
38. Pennsylvania: John Updike
39. Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy
40. South Carolina: Peggy Parish
41. South Dakota: Adam Johnson
42. Tennessee: Peter Taylor
43. Texas: Colleen Hoover
44. Utah: Thomas Savage
45. Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill
46. Virginia: Willa Cather
47. Washington: Debbie Macomber
48. West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle
49. Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder
50. Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan
51. Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Olivermagnus]

State Authors
July 1, 2025 - Open

23 of 51 Complete

For each author/state:
Read a book by the author OR
Find the first letter of each title word in the author's name (Three word minimum)
Where the author's initials can be found in the name of the state


TASKS
1. Alabama: Harper Lee
Sinners Retreat - Lauren Biel - 2 Stars - 7/22/25
2. Alaska: Sidney Huntington
3. Arizona: Jeannette Walls
Sacred Sins - Nora Roberts - 3.5 Stars - 7/27/25
4. Arkansas: John Grisham.
5. California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck
6. Colorado: Ken Kesey
A Dead Draw - Robert Dugoni - 5 Stars - 7/14/25
7. Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Heartsick - Chelsea Cain - 4 Stars - 7/7/25
8. Delaware: Christopher Castellani
9. Florida: Carl Hiaasen
The Stolen Queen - Fiona Davis - 4 Stars - 7/24/25
10. Georgia: Alice Walker
The Last Remains - Elly Griffiths - 5 Stars - 7/16/25
11. Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings
12. Idaho: Vardis Fisher
13. Illinois: Ernest Hemingway
Ransomed Jewels - Laura Landon - 3 Stars - 7/13/25
14. Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut
15. Iowa: Bill Bryson
16. Kansas: William Inge
17. Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson
18. Louisiana: Anne Rice
19. Maine: Stephen King
20. Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy
Blue Smoke - Nora Roberts - 4 Stars - 7/2/25
21. Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith - 4 Stars - 7/6/25
22. Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie - 4.5 Stars - 7/20/25
23. Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald
24. Mississippi: William Faulkner
25. Missouri: Maya Angelou
The Duke Who Despised Christmas - Scarlett Scott - 3 Stars - 7/17/25
26. Montana: Maile Meloy

27. Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks
The Girl in the Ice - Robert Bryndza - 4 Stars - 7/12/25
28. Nevada: Charles Bock
Valley of the Lost - Vicki Delany - 4 Stars - 7/1/25
29. New Hampshire: Dan Brown -
Perfect Storm - Paige Shelton - 3.5 Stars - 7/6/25
30. New Jersey: Philip Roth
Or the Bull Kills You - Jason Webster - 4 Stars - 7/16/25
31. New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya
32. New York: James Baldwin
33. North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe
34. North Dakota: Louis L'Amour
Nights of Awe - Harri Nykänen - 4 Stars - 7/28/25
35. Ohio: Toni Morrison
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri - 4 Stars - 7/2/25
36. Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison
37. Oregon: Beverly Cleary
The Poppy Fields - Nikki Erlick - 5 Stars - 7/11/25
38. Pennsylvania: John Updike
Heaven, Texas - Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 2 Stars - 7/3/25
39. Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy
Summer of '69 - Elin Hilderbrand - 4 Stars - 7/15/25
40. South Carolina: Peggy Parish
A Trace Of Smoke - Rebecca Cantrell - 4.5 Stars - 7/19/25
41. South Dakota: Adam Johnson
42. Tennessee: Peter Taylor
43. Texas: Colleen Hoover
44. Utah: Thomas Savage
45. Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill
66º North - Michael Ridpath - 4 Stars - 7/18/25
46. Virginia: Willa Cather
47. Washington: Debbie Macomber
For the Wolf - Hannah F. Whitten - 3 Stars - 7/8/25
48. West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle
49. Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder
50. Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan
51. Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Kimberly]

State Authors
Duration: open ended, begin July 1, 2025

For each author/state:
Find the first letter of each title word in the author's name (Three word minimum)
Where the author's initials can be found in the name of the state

*shots in the dark

TASKS
1. Alabama: Harper Lee

2. Alaska: Sidney Huntington
Title words - SITD - Shots in the Dark - Allyson K. Abbott - 12/20/25

3. Arizona: Jeannette Walls

4. Arkansas: John Grisham

5. California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck
Author's initials - AC - Abby Collette - A Killer Sundae - 10/22/25

6. Colorado: Ken Kesey
Author's initials - LC - Laurie Cass - Wrong Side of the Paw - 10/29/25

7. Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe

8. Delaware: Christopher Castellani
Author's initials - RW - Robby Weber - What Is This Feeling? - 9/19/25

9. Florida: Carl Hiaasen
Author's initials - AF - Amanda Flower - Gingerbread Danger - 12/11/25

10. Georgia: Alice Walker
Author's initials - AE - Alex Erickson - A Purrfect Date - 8/20/25

11. Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings

12. Idaho: Vardis Fisher

13. Illinois: Ernest Hemingway

14. Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut

15. Iowa: Bill Bryson

16. Kansas: William Inge

17. Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson

18. Louisiana: Anne Rice
Titles words - RAC - Rhythm and Clues - Olivia Blacke - 11/21/25

19. Maine: Stephen King

20. Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy

21. Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author's initials - AMS - Angela M. Sanders - Witch and Famous - 10/19/25

22. Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides

23. Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author's initials - AMS - Angela M. Sanders - Witch Upon a Star - 10/26/25

24. Mississippi: William Faulkner
Author's initials - SM - Sarah Morgenthaler - Mistletoe and Mr. Right - 12/14/25

25. Missouri: Maya Angelou

26. Montana: Maile Meloy

27. Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks
Title words - SIHP - Sleep in Heavenly Pizza - Mindy Quigley - 11/24/25

28. Nevada: Charles Bock
Author initial's - VD - Vicki Delany - Silent Night, Deadly Night - 11/30/25

29. New Hampshire: Dan Brown

30. New Jersey: Philip Roth
Author's initials - SY - Samara Yew - Murder by the Seashore - 9/2/25

31. New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya

32. New York: James Baldwin

33. North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe
Author's initials - CH - Cynthia Hand - My Calamity Jane - 10/14/25

34. North Dakota: Louis L'Amour
Author's initials - KD - Krista Davis - Murder Outside the Lines - 10/9/25

35. Ohio: Toni Morrison

36. Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison

37. Oregon: Beverly Cleary
Author's initials - RG - Rosie Genova - A Dish Best Served Cold - 9/29/25

38. Pennsylvania: John Updike
Author's initials - SP - Sajni Patel - First Love, Take Two - 9/16/25

39. Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy

40. South Carolina: Peggy Parish
Author's initials - LC - Laurie Cass - Booking the Crook - 11/4/25

41. South Dakota: Adam Johnson
Title words - ADOS - A Doomful of Sugar - Catherine Bruns - 11/20/25

42. Tennessee: Peter Taylor

43. Texas: Colleen Hoover
Author's initials - AE - Ashley Elston - 10 Blind Dates - 12/15/25

44. Utah: Thomas Savage
Author's initials - TH - Traci Hall - Murder at the Scottish Games - 11/15/25

45. Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill

46. Virginia: Willa Cather
Author's initials - AV - Arriel Vinson - Under the Neon Lights - 9/7/25

47. Washington: Debbie Macomber
Author's initials - TW - Traci Wilton - Mrs. Morris and the Ghost - 10/31/25

48. West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle
Author's initials - GR - Gretchen Rue - Death by a Thousand Sips - 9/28/25

49. Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder

50. Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan
Title words - TAP - Tide and Punishment - Bree Baker - 12/12/25

51. Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Lali & Michelle]

State Authors: 0/51
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

51/51

Alabama: Harper Lee - [[book:The Undermining of Twyla and Frank|149187311] by Megan Bannen 9/8/25 (State MB)
Alaska: Sidney Huntington - What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella 8/5/25 (State SK)
Arizona: Jeannette Walls - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 8/20/25 (Author STTL)
Arkansas: John Grisham - Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie 9/5/25 (State SR)
California: Joan Didion - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 8/16/25
Colorado: Ken Kesey - The Stand-In by Lily Chu 7/20/25 (State LC)
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe - The Christmas Book Hunt by Jenny Colgan 8/27/25 (Author TCBH)
Delaware: Christopher Castellani - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia 7/6/25 (State RW)
Florida: Carl Hiaasen - Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower 7/7/25 (State AF)
Georgia: Alice Walker - Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews 8/30/25 (State IA)
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings - Magic Steals by Ilona Andrews 8/5/25 (State IA)
Idaho: Vardis Fisher - Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir by Alba Donati 8/8/25 (State AD)
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway - Death of a Bachelorette by Laura Levine 8/6/25 (State LL)
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut - For Duck's Sake by Donna Andrews 9/11/25 (State DA)
Iowa: Bill Bryson - A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende 9/25/25 (State IA)
Kansas: William Inge - The Golden Hour by Niki Smith 7/23/25 (State NS)
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson - Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost 8/3/25 (Author STTS)
Louisiana: Anne Rice - Books, Cooks, and Crooks by Lucy Arlington 9/19/25 (State LA)
Maine: Stephen King - A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams 7/17/25 (State EA)
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy - Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan 7/5/25 (State AM)
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne - Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton 7/8/25 (State MS)
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides - Lady Fortescue Steps Out by Marion Chesney 7/4/25 (State MC)
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald - Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon 7/11/25 (Author FAF)
Mississippi: William Faulkner - Thin Ice by Paige Shelton 7/2/25 (State PS)
Missouri: Maya Angelou - Almost American Girl by Robin Ha 7/16/25 (Author AAG)
Montana: Maile Meloy - It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan 7/26/25 (State AM)
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks - Torn Asunder by Barbara Ross 7/3/25 (State BR)
Nevada: Charles Bock - The Measure by Nikki Erlick 7/27/25 (State NE)
New Hampshire: Dan Brown - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna 8/26/25 (State SM)
New Jersey: Philip Roth - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 7/13/25 (State JS)
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya - Swift River by Essie J. Chambers 9/22/25 (State EC)
New York: James Baldwin - Making Friends Can Be Murder by Kathleen West 8/2/25 (State KW)
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe - Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl 9/9/25 (State RR)
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour - Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess 7/1/25 (State KD)
Ohio: Toni Morrison - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 9/28/25 (Author IOM)
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison - Bride by Ali Hazelwood 8/18/25 (State AH)
Oregon: Beverly Cleary - Shadows at Dusk by Elizabeth Goddard 10/24/25 (State EG)
Pennsylvania: John Updike - Accidentally Amy by Lynn Painter 7/10/25 (State LP)
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 7/30/25 (State SD)
South Carolina: Peggy Parish - My Summer of Magic Moments by Caroline Roberts 8/28/25 (State CR)
South Dakota: Adam Johnson - Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream by Diane Kelly 7/18/25 (State DK)
Tennessee: Peter Taylor - A Death on Corfu by Emily Sullivan 8/9/25 (State ES)
Texas: Colleen Hoover - The Wedding People by Alison Espach 7/25/25 (State AE)
Utah: Thomas Savage Sins of the Sarcophagus by Kirsten Weiss 7/19/25 (Author SOTS)
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 8/10/24 (State TN)
Virginia: Willa Cather - A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert 7/15/25 (State VG)
Washington: Debbie Macomber - A Walk Along the Beach by Debbie Macomber 8/4/25
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle - White Horse by Erika T. Wurth 7/21/25 (State EW)
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delany 9/15/25 (Author DSN)
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan - The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien 8/13/25 (Author TCM)
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon - The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty 8/21/25 (State TG)

[Emeli]

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

TASKS
Alabama: Harper Lee.
Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Arkansas: John Grisham.
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.
Colorado: Ken Kesey.
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Georgia: Alice Walker.
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King.
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
Nevada: Charles Bock.
New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
New Jersey: Philip Roth.
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
New York: James Baldwin.
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
Pennsylvania: John Updike.
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
South Carolina: Peggy Parish.
South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Utah: Thomas Savage.
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Virginia: Willa Cather.
Washington: Debbie Macomber.
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Barb]

STATE AUTHORS, no deadline | begins 7/1/25
51/51 COMPLETE

I chose this option for all of the states, just to make it a bit more of a challenge. The hardest one to find was Ohio!
For each author/state, read a book where the author’s initials can be found in the name of the STATE.

ALABAMA : Harper Lee
* author Mandy Baggot – One Greek Sunrise, finished 8/22/25 ★★★.5

ALASKA: Sidney Huntington
* author Siddharth Kara – The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery, finished 9/17/25 ★★★★

ARIZONA: Jeannette Walls
* author Annie Adams – Perilous Arrangements (Flower Shop #5), finished 9/22/25 ★★★★

ARKANSAS: John Grisham
* author Sally Andrew – Recipes for Love & Murder (Tannie Maria #1), finished 9/25/25 ★★★.5

CALIFORNIA: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck
* author Linda Reilly – Edam and Weep (Grilled Cheese #6), finished 7/13/25 ★★★★

COLORADO: Ken Kesey
* author Laurie Cass – Book ’Em, Eddie (Bookmobile Cat #13), finished 8/21/25 ★★★★

CONNECTICUT: Harriet Beecher Stowe
* author Elizabeth Comen – All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today, finished 7/4/25 ★★★★

DELAWARE: Christopher Castellani
* author Deanna Raybourn – A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell #8), finished 8/13/25 ★★★★

FLORIDA: Carl Hiaasen
* author Olivia Ford – Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame, finished 8/9/25 ★★★★

GEORGIA: Alice Walker
* author Ellie Alexander – A Cozy Kind of Christmas, finished 10/4/25 ★★★.5

HAWAII: Kaui Hart Hemmings
* author Ashely Alker, M.D. – 99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them, finished 11/24/25 ★★★★

IDAHO: Vardis Fisher
* author Annette Dashofy – Bridges Burned (Zoe Chambers #3), finished 11/28/25 ★★★★

ILLINOIS: Ernest Hemingway
* author Shawn Levy – In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Stand-Up Comedy, finished 10/3/25 ★★★.5

INDIANA: Kurt Vonnegut
* author Nancy Naigle – Tidings of Joy (Christmas in Evergreen #3), finished 11/13/25 ★★★.5

IOWA: Bill Bryson
* author Ashley Weaver – Death Wears a Mask (Amory Ames #2), finished 9/6/25 ★★★★

KANSAS: William Inge
* author Susan Wittig Albert – The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover (Darling Dahlias #7), finished 7/2/25 ★★★.5

KENTUCKY: Hunter S. Thompson
* author Kate Carlisle – Premeditated Mortar (Fixer-Upper #8), finished 10/20/25 ★★★★

LOUISIANA: Anne Rice
* author Lee Strauss – Murder at Kensington Gardens (Ginger Gold #6), finished 8/16/25 ★★★★

MAINE: Stephen King
* author Ellery Adams – The Tattered Cover (Secret, Book & Scone Society #8), finished 8/11/25 ★★★★

MARYLAND: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy
* author Debbie Macomber – A Ferry Merry Christmas, finished 10/5/25 ★★★★

MASSACHUSETTS: Nathaniel Hawthorne
* author Archer Mayor – Fall Guy (Joe Gunther #33), finished 7/27/25 ★★★★

MICHIGAN: Jeffrey Eugenides
* author Maureen Ash – The Alehouse Murders (Templar Knight #1), finished 8/5/25 ★★★.5

MINNESOTA: F. Scott Fitzgerald
* author Alexander McCall Smith – The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg #1), finished 8/16/25 ★★★

MISSISSIPPI: William Faulkner
* author Sy Montgomery – Of Time and Turtles, by Sy Montgomery, finished 7/17/25 ★★★★

MISSOURI: Maya Angelou
* author Irina Shapiro – Murder on Platform Four (Tate & Bell #5), finished 7/3/25 ★★★★

MONTANA: Maile Meloy
* author Michiko Aoyama – What You are Looking For is in the Library, finished 7/22/25 ★★★★

NEBRASKA: Nicholas Sparks
* author Abigail Keam – Murder Under a Silver Moon (Mona Moon #4), finished 8/23/25 ★★★★

NEVADA: Charles Bock
* author Ellie Alexander – Nothing Bundt Trouble (Bakeshop #11), finished 9/10/25 ★★★★

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Dan Brown
* author Richard Hack – Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie, finished 7/10/25 ★★★★

NEW JERSEY: Philip Roth
* author Rex Stout – Too Many Cooks (Nero Wolfe #5), finished 10/1/25 ★★★★

NEW MEXICO: Rudolfo Anaya
* author Margaret Coel – The Ghost Walker (Wind River Reservation #2), finished 7/5/25 ★★★★

NEW YORK: James Baldwin
* author K.J. Whittle – Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests, finished 8/18/25 ★★★.5

NORTH CAROLINA: Thomas Wolfe
* author Agatha Christie – The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot #2), finished 7/20/25 ★★★.5

NORTH DAKOTA: Louis L'Amour
* author Tony Hillerman – The Fallen Man (Leaphorn & Chee #12), finished 9/15/25 ★★★★

OHIO: Toni Morrison
* author Olivia Hayfield – Queen, King, Ace, finished 7/28/25 ★★★

OKLAHOMA: Ralph Ellison
* author Lee Hollis – Death of a Cupcake Queen (Hayley Powell #6), finished 7/19/25 ★★★★

OREGON: Beverly Cleary
* author Richard Osman – The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club #5), finished 8/15/25 ★★★★

PENNSYLVANIA: John Updike
* author Paul C. Nelson – Saving Worms After the Rain, finished 8/5/25 ★★★.5

RHODE ISLAND: Cormac McCarthy
* author Sherry Harris – From Beer to Eternity (Chloe Jackson #1), finished 7/14/25 ★★★★

SOUTH CAROLINA: Peggy Parish
* author Ann Cleeves – Harbour Street (Vera Stanhope #6), finished 7/13/25 ★★★★

SOUTH DAKOTA: Adam Johnson
* author Dorothy L. Sayers – Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey #2), finished 7/18/25 ★★★★

TENNESSEE: Peter Taylor
* author Nic Saint – Purrfectly Deadly (Mysteries of Max #2), finished 8/12/25 ★★★.5

TEXAS: Colleen Hoover
* author Eryn Scott – Littered with Trouble (Whiskers & Words #1), finished 8/30/25 ★★★★

UTAH: Thomas Savage
* author Anna Lee Huber – Mortal Arts (Lady Darby #2), finished 8/14/25 ★★★★

VERMONT: Ralph Nading Hill
* author M.J. Rose and author Steve Berry – The Lake of Learning (Cassiopeia Vitt #3), finished 8/19/25 ★★★.5

VIRGINIA: Willa Cather
* author Victoria Abbott – The Sayers Swindle (Book Collector #2), finished 7/30/25 ★★★

WASHINGTON: Debbie Macomber
* author Sherry Thomas – The Librarians, finished 7/7/25 ★★★.5

WEST VIRGINIA: Mary Lee Settle
* author Erica Wynters – Marigolds, Mischief and Murder (Camelot Flowers #1), finished 8/24/25 ★★★.5

WISCONSIN: Laura Ingalls Wilder
* author Sheila Connolly – Privy to the Dead (Museum #6), by Sheila Connolly, finished 9/12/25 ★★★★

WYOMING: Patricia MacLachlan
* author Wes Markin – The Viaduct Killings (Yorkshire Murders #1), finished 8/25/25 ★★★.5

WASHINGTON, DC: Michael Chabon
* author Carlene O’Connor – Murder in an Irish Pub (Irish Village #4), finished 9/1/25 ★★★★

[Elle]

State Authors
July 1, 2025 - ?

Read: 0/51

For each author/state:
■ Read a book by the author OR
■ First letter of each title word in the author's name (3-word min.)
■ Author's initials can be found in the name of the state

1. Alabama: Harper Lee
2. Alaska: Sidney Huntington
3. Arizona: Jeannette Walls
4. Arkansas: John Grisham
5. California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck
6. Colorado: Ken Kesey
7. Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe
8. Delaware: Christopher Castellani
9. Florida: Carl Hiaasen
10. Georgia: Alice Walker
11. Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings
12. Idaho: Vardis Fisher
13. Illinois: Ernest Hemingway
14. Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut
15. Iowa: Bill Bryson
16. Kansas: William Inge
17. Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson
18. Louisiana: Anne Rice
19. Maine: Stephen King
20. Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy
21. Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne
22. Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides
23. Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald
24. Mississippi: William Faulkner
25. Missouri: Maya Angelou
26. Montana: Maile Meloy
27. Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks
28. Nevada: Charles Bock
29. New Hampshire: Dan Brown
30. New Jersey: Philip Roth
31. New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya
32. New York: James Baldwin
33. North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe
34. North Dakota: Louis L'Amour
35. Ohio: Toni Morrison
36. Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison
37. Oregon: Beverly Cleary
38. Pennsylvania: John Updike
39. Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy
40. South Carolina: Peggy Parish
41. South Dakota: Adam Johnson
42. Tennessee: Peter Taylor
43. Texas: Colleen Hoover
44. Utah: Thomas Savage
45. Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill
46. Virginia: Willa Cather
47. Washington: Debbie Macomber
48. West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle
49. Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder
50. Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan
51. Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Tammie]

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B 🔖Read a book by the author
T 🔖Find the first letter of each title word in the authors name (Three word minimum)
A 🔖Where the authors initials can be found in the name of the state.

🔖Read one book for each author/state. For states which have 2 authors pick ONE.

Alabama: Harper Lee
Shadow Ridge, M.E. Browning | 11/8

Alaska: Sidney Huntington
A - A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1

Arizona: Jeannette Walls
T - AWNL | A Whole New Light, Sandra Brown | 8/9

Arkansas: John Grisham
A | The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate | 7/11

California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck
T - DID | Dark in Death, J.D. Robb | 7/3

Colorado: Ken Kesey
A | A Family Affair, Robyn Carr | 7/13

Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe
T - TBC | The Big Chili, Julia Buckley | 8/4

Delaware: Christopher Castellani
T - TAH | The Awakened Heart, Betty Neels | 8/2

Florida: Carl Hiaasen
A | Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky | 7/18

Georgia: Alice Walker
T - ARC | A Redbird Christmas, Fannie Flagg | 7/12

Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings
T - TSR | The Seven Rings, Nora Roberts | 12/6

Idaho: Vardis Fisher
T - SID | Sleepless in Dubai, Sajni Patel | 7/5

Illinois: Ernest Hemingway
T - NMY | No More Yesterdays, Catherine Bybee | 9/3

Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut
A | Mafioso: Al Capone, Alex Azzaro | 12/16

🔖Iowa: Bill Bryson
T - OIS | One Italian Summer, Rebecca Serle |

Kansas: William Inge
A | All He Ever Needed, Shannon Stacey | 8/27

Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson
T - TSS | The Stationery Shop, Marjan Kamali | 8/12

🔖Louisiana: Anne Rice
A | Her New Neighbor, Nina Sestina |

Maine: Stephen King
A | The Difference Between Somebody and Someone, Aly Martinez | 8/8

Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy
T - CML | Count My Lies, Sophie Stava | 8/29

Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne
A | Effigies, Mary Anna Evans | 9/21

Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides
A | Sweet Tea and Southern Grace, Glenda C. Manus | 8/20

Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald
T - TRIS | The Rest Is Memory, Lily Tuck | 9/26

Mississippi: William Faulkner
T - AAF | Always and Forever, Betty Neels | 7/29

Missouri: Maya Angelou
A | The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephanie Meyer | 7/23

Montana: Maile Meloy
A | Audition: A Novel, Ryū Murakami | 8/7

Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks
A - Off With The Old Love, Betty Neels | 8/1

Nevada: Charles Bock
T - RBC | Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt | 10/13

New Hampshire: Dan Brown
A - Woman at Point Zero, Nawal El Saadawi | 8/5

New Jersey: Philip Roth
A - The Darker Side of Love, J. Shannell Evans | 7/11

New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya
A - Us, Again, Elle Maxwell | 7/30

New York: James Baldwin
T - LID | Leverage in Death, J.D. Robb | 9/7

North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe
A | Conclave, Robert Harris | 8/11

North Dakota: Louis L'Amour
T - MIAL | Maybe in Another Life, Taylor Jenkins Reid | 9/11

Ohio: Toni Morrison
T - MOT | Murder on Thames, Matthew Costello | 10/8

Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison
A | Stiletto Safari, Kate Metz | 7/16

Oregon: Beverly Cleary
A | Hidden Nature, Nora Roberts | 9/6

Pennsylvania: John Updike
A | The Seven Year Slip, Ashley Poston | 8/8

Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy
T - TCM | The Cruelest Month, Louise Penny | 7/28

South Carolina: Peggy Parish
A | Come Lie With Me, Linda Howard | 10/15

South Dakota: Adam Johnson
T - ADM | A Doubtful Marriage, Betty Neels | 7/14

Tennessee: Peter Taylor
T - OTL | One True Loves, Taylor Jenkins Reid | 11/12

🔖Texas: Colleen Hoover
A | The Secret, Book, & Scone Society, Ellery Adams |

🔖Utah: Thomas Savage
A | Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy

Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill
T - AIR | An Impossible Return, Caroline Laurent | 7/2

Virginia: Willa Cather
A | Black Hills, Nora Roberts | 11/15

Washington: Debbie Macomber
A | The Hollywood Jinx, Sariah Wilson | 8/22

West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle
A | A Patchwork of Clues, Sally Goldenbaum | 9/4

Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder
A | All the Colors of the Dark, Chris Whitaker | 9/15

Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan
T - ITNC | If Tomorrow Never Comes, Allison Ashley | 7/15

Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon
A | Granny Dan, Danielle Steel | 7/20
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[Genevieve]

Welcome all.

[Genevieve]

For each author/state you have to either read a book by the author, find the first letter of each title word in the authors name (Three word minimum) or where the authors initials can be found in the name of the state.
Read one book for each author/state. For states which have 2 authors pick ONE.

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

TASKS
Alabama: Harper Lee.
Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Arkansas: John Grisham.
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.
Colorado: Ken Kesey.
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Georgia: Alice Walker.
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King.
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
Nevada: Charles Bock.
New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
New Jersey: Philip Roth.
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
New York: James Baldwin.
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
Pennsylvania: John Updike.
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
South Carolina: Peggy Parish.
South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Utah: Thomas Savage.
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Virginia: Willa Cather.
Washington: Debbie Macomber.
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Natasha]

State Authors

Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

TASKS
Alabama: Harper Lee.
Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Arkansas: John Grisham.
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.
Colorado: Ken Kesey.
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Georgia: Alice Walker.
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King.
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
Nevada: Charles Bock.
New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
New Jersey: Philip Roth.
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
New York: James Baldwin.
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
Pennsylvania: John Updike.
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
South Carolina: Peggy Parish.
South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Utah: Thomas Savage.
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Virginia: Willa Cather.
Washington: Debbie Macomber.
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[LaurLa]

State Authors
July 2025 - November 2025 (open-ended)

My State Authors Challenge (msg 22)

Books Read ❱❱ 51



🔺Alabama: Harper Lee ❱❱ Bella Andre ❱❱ California Dreaming ❱❱ 08.22 ★★★
🔺Alaska: Sidney Huntington ❱❱ Shelly Laurenston ❱❱ Here Kitty, Kitty ❱❱ 07.02 ★★★★
🔺Arizona: Jeannette Walls ❱❱ Rebecca Zanetti ❱❱ Holiday Rescue ❱❱ 07.03 ★★★★
🔺Arkansas: John Grisham ❱❱ title ❱❱ Seeing Red ❱❱ 07.09 ★★
🔺California: John Steinbeck ❱❱ title ❱❱ The Christmas Bus ❱❱ 08.26 ★★★
🔺Colorado: Ken Kesey ❱❱ Roseanne Dowell ❱❱ Double the Trouble ❱❱ 07.31 ★★★
🔺Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe ❱❱ title ❱❱ Her Something Impetuous ❱❱ 07.21 ★★★★
🔺Delaware: Christopher Castellani ❱❱ Linda Winfree ❱❱ Uncovered ❱❱ 07.06 ★★★★
🔺Florida: Carl Hiaasen ❱❱ Lori Foster ❱❱ Bray ❱❱ 09.07 ★★★★



🔺Georgia: Alice Walker ❱❱ Ilona Andrews ❱❱ Origins ❱❱ 10.25 ★★★★
🔺Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings ❱❱ title ❱❱ My Runaway Heart ❱❱ 07.11 ★★★
🔺Idaho: Vardis Fisher ❱❱ title ❱❱ Frank's Independence Day ❱❱ 08.03 ★★★★
🔺Illinois: Ernest Hemingway ❱❱ title ❱❱ Return to Me ❱❱ 08.17 ★★★★
🔺Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut ❱❱ Nancy Radke ❱❱ Appaloosa Blues ❱❱ 07.22 ★★★
🔺Iowa: Bill Bryson ❱❱ title ❱❱ On Loverose Lane ❱❱ 10.03 ★★★★
🔺Kansas: William Inge ❱❱ Kylie Scott ❱❱ Famous in a Small Town ❱❱ 09.10 ★★★★
🔺Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson ❱❱ Cathy Yardley ❱❱ Do Me a Favor ❱❱ 07.13 ★★★★
🔺Louisiana: Anne Rice ❱❱ Lucy Score ❱❱ Whiskey Chaser ❱❱ 08.30 ★★★★
🔺Maine: Stephen King ❱❱ Anne Marsh ❱❱ Slow Burn ❱❱ 08.16 ★★★★



🔺Maryland: Tom Clancy ❱❱ title ❱❱ Always Only You ❱❱ 07.20 ★★★★
🔺Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne ❱❱ Thea Harrison ❱❱ Hunter's Season ❱❱ 07.10 ★★★★
🔺Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides ❱❱ title ❱❱ Jack Daniels Stories ❱❱ 07.25 ★★★
🔺Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald ❱❱ title ❱❱ The Sapphire Affair ❱❱ 07.30 ★★★★
🔺Mississippi: William Faulkner ❱❱ title ❱❱ Fearless In Love ❱❱ 09.18 ★★★★
🔺Missouri: Maya Angelou ❱❱ Rick Mofina ❱❱ Into the Dark ❱❱ 08.14 ★★★★
🔺Montana: Maile Meloy ❱❱ Ilona Andrews ❱❱ Sanctuary ❱❱ 10.04 ★★★★
🔺Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks ❱❱ Stephanie Bond ❱❱ 11 Bodies Moving On ❱❱ 07.20 ★★★
🔺Nevada: Charles Bock ❱❱ Victoria Dahl ❱❱ Flirting with Disaster ❱❱ 07.05 ★★★★
🔺New Hampshire: Dan Brown ❱❱ Michelle Warren ❱❱ Protecting Truth ❱❱ 09.22 ★★★




🔺New Jersey: Philip Roth ❱❱ Jacinda Wilder ❱❱ Wounded ❱❱ 07.04 ★★★★
🔺New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya ❱❱ Xander Collins ❱❱ His Steamy Summer ❱❱ 07.14 ★★★
🔺New York: James Baldwin ❱❱ title ❱❱ Sticks and Bones ❱❱ 07.27 ★★★★
🔺North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe ❱❱ title ❱❱ Hard to Serve ❱❱ 07.27 ★★★★
🔺North Dakota: Louis L'Amour ❱❱ Kit Rocha ❱❱ Consort of Fire ❱❱ 08.19 ★★★★
🔺Ohio: Toni Morrison ❱❱ title ❱❱ Reckless Nights in Rome ❱❱ 11.02 ★★★
🔺Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison ❱❱ title ❱❱ The Woman Left Behind ❱❱ 09.14 ★★★★
🔺Oregon: Beverly Cleary ❱❱ Nancy Radke ❱❱ The Richest Man in Texas ❱❱ 09.07 ★★★
🔺Pennsylvania: John Updike ❱❱ Emily Senecal ❱❱ Enemy at the Wedding ❱❱ 10.14 ★★★★
🔺Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy ❱❱ title ❱❱ Mine to Crave ❱❱ 08.02 ★★★★
🔺South Carolina: Peggy Parish ❱❱ Sharon Hamilton ❱❱ Cruisin' For A SEAL ❱❱ 09.15 ★★★



🔺South Dakota: Adam Johnson ❱❱ title ❱❱ Once an Heiress ❱❱ 08.17 ★★★★
🔺Tennessee: Peter Taylor ❱❱ title ❱❱ Love, Tussles, and Takedowns ❱❱ 08.23 ★★★★
🔺Texas: Colleen Hoover ❱❱ Taryn Elliot ❱❱ Shadowboxer ❱❱ 10.11 ★★★★
🔺Utah: Thomas Savage ❱❱ Una Tiers ❱❱ Die Judge Die ❱❱ 10.14 ★★★
🔺Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill ❱❱ Terri Reid ❱❱ Good Tidings ❱❱ 07.17 ★★★★
🔺Virginia: Willa Cather ❱❱ title ❱❱ Happy After All ❱❱ 09.28 ★★★★
🔺Washington: Debbie Macomber ❱❱ Tawny Weber ❱❱ A SEAL's Fantasy ❱❱ 08.28 ★★★★
🔺West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle ❱❱ Shana Gray ❱❱ A Cowboy in Paradise ❱❱ 09.09 ★★★
🔺Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder ❱❱ title ❱❱ Danger in Academia ❱❱ 08.27 ★★★★
🔺Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan ❱❱ title ❱❱ The Au Pair Affair ❱❱ 07.23 ★★★★
🔺Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon ❱❱ title ❱❱ Blue Light Hours ❱❱ 08.04 ★★★

[Kellene]

For each author/state you have to either read a book by the author, find the first letter of each title word in the authors name (Three word minimum) or where the authors initials can be found in the name of the state.
Read one book for each author/state. For states which have 2 authors pick ONE.

State Authors

Completed 33/51

TASKS
Alabama: Harper Lee.
Fatal Reservations Lucy Burdette 7/22/25 author's initials in name of state
Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Witch and Famous Angela M. Sanders 10/15/25 author's initials in name of state
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Arkansas: John Grisham.
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.
Colorado: Ken Kesey
A Christmas Candy Killing Christina Romeril 11/13/25 author's initials in name of state
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
A Murder Most French Colleen Cambridge 7/6/25 author's initials in name of state
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect Benjamin Stevenson 7/11/25. 1st letter of each word in author's name
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Georgia: Alice Walker
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman 10/19/25 author's initials in name of state
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings
No Mallets Intended Victoria Hamilton 10/31/25 1st letter of each word in author's name
Idaho: Vardis Fisher
Glory Be Danielle Arceneaux 10/26/25 author's initials in name of state
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Murder Takes the Stage Colleen Cambridge 9/6/25 1st letter of each word in author's name
Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King
The Tattered Cover Ellery Adams 11/10/25 author's initials in name of state
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy
Back to School Murder Leslie Meier 10/4/25 author's initials in name of state
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides
Death at the Door Carolyn G. Hart 10/22/25 author's initials in name of state
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Murder, She Wrote: A Killer Christmas Terrie Farley Moran 9/30/25 author's initials in name of state
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Queer, There, and Everywhere: 2nd Edition: 27 People Who Changed the World Sarah Prager 7/19/25 author's initials in name of state
Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Murder, She Wrote: Murder Backstage Terrie Farley Moran 9/24/25 author's initials in name of state
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks
Cloaked in Malice Annette Blair 10/12/25 author's initials in name of state
Nevada: Charles Bock.
Dying in a Winter Wonderland Vicki Delany 8/22/25. author's initials in name of state
New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
Body in the Books Heather Huffman 8/21/25. author's initials in name of state
New Jersey: Philip Roth.
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
New York: James Baldwin.
Bait and Witch Angela M. Sanders 8/30/25 1st letter of each word in author's name
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
Foal Me Once Elizabeth Penney 8/11/25 1st letter of each word in author's name
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour
Paw Enforcement Diane Kelly 11/22/25. author's initials in name of state
Ohio: Toni Morrison
Murder on Tour V.M. Burns 10/28/25 1st letter of each word in author's name
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
Covert in Cairo Kelly Oliver 9/14/25 author's initials in name of state
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
North Carolina Ghosts and Legends Nancy Roberts 9/23/25 author's initials in name of state
Pennsylvania: John Updike.
The Poison Pen Paige Shelton 8/28/25 author's initials in name of state
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
Murder at the Lemonberry Tea Darci Hannah 9/28/25 author's initials in name of state
South Carolina: Peggy Parish
What the Cat Saw Carolyn G. Hart 11/7/25
South Dakota: Adam Johnson
The Case of the Christie Conspiracy Kelly Oliver 10/27/25 author's initials in name of state
Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Utah: Thomas Savage.
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Campervans, Cooking, and Corpses Tyler Rhodes 9/19/25 author's initials in name of state
Virginia: Willa Cather.
Washington: Debbie Macomber.
Seven-Year Witch Angela M. Sanders 9/7/25 author's initials in name of state
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Eggnog, Extortion, & Evergreens Tonya Kappes 7/7/25 1st letter of each word in author's name
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
A Midnight Puzzle Gigi Pandian 8/9/25 1st letter of each word in author's name
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon
Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Donna Andrews 8/17/25 author's initials in name of state

[Margaret]

State Authors: 0/51
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?
completed: 25/51

Alabama: Harper Lee.
Serious Cowboy by April Murdock - 7/17 - Author's initials in the state

Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Shot in the Dark by Cleo Coyle - 7/10 - Title words in author's name

Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Time and Again by Jack Finney - 7/2 - title words in author's name

Arkansas: John Grisham.
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur - 8/9 - author's initials in state

California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.

Colorado: Ken Kesey.

Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins - 7/3 - Title words in author's name

Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry - 8/12 - title initials in author name

Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Wagon Train Wedding by Linda Ford - 7/16 - Author's initials in state name

Georgia: Alice Walker.

Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri - 7/25 - title initials in author name

Idaho: Vardis Fisher.

Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.

Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.

Iowa: Bill Bryson.

Kansas: William Inge.

Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Small Town Secrets by Kristy Tate - 7/25 - author initials in state

Louisiana: Anne Rice.

Maine: Stephen King.

Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.
Rose: An Oregon Ever After Fairytale Retelling by Morgan Dawson - 7/17 - Author's initials in state name

Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 7/19 - book by the state author

Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Blind Date Substitute by Mildred Colvin - 7/16 - author's initials in state name

Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
From the Ashes by Sabrina Flynn - 7/30 - title initials in author name

Mississippi: William Faulkner.

Missouri: Maya Angelou.

Montana: Maile Meloy.
The pure carnivore diet: deep dive into the world of meat - based living by Annie .V. Thomas - 7/4 - author's initials in state name

Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.

Nevada: Charles Bock.
Tea & Treachery by Vicki Delany - 7/28 - author initials in state name

New Hampshire: Dan Brown.

New Jersey: Philip Roth.

New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.

New York: James Baldwin.
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin - 8/10 - book by the state author

North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life by Amy Butler Greenfield - 7/12 - Title words in author's name

North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah - 7/29 - author initials in state name

Ohio: Toni Morrison.

Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle - 8/6 - author initials in state name

Oregon: Beverly Cleary.

Pennsylvania: John Updike.

Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.

South Carolina: Peggy Parish.

South Dakota: Adam Johnson.

Tennessee: Peter Taylor.

Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Over Our Heads: Meeting Jesus in the Layers of Scripture by Mr. Eric Robinson - 8/21 - title initials in author name

Utah: Thomas Savage.

Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.

Virginia: Willa Cather.

Washington: Debbie Macomber.
A Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick - 7/18 - Title words in author's name

West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Message Sent Through Time by Pamela G. Baker - 7/6 - title words in author's name

Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 7/5 - book by the state's author

Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
Read Between the Pines by Mary Walden - 8/17 - author initials in state name

Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon
Between Two Trees: Our Transformation from Death to Life by Shane J. Wood - author initials in state name

[Genevieve]

Michele wrote: "Very cool challenge.
AI identified the most famous author born in every state. AI said though Identifying the "most famous" author from each state is subjective, as fame can be measured by literary..."

Thanks

[Genevieve]

JoAnne wrote: "A lot of authors I have not heard of.

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?
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For each author/state:
Read a book by the author OR
Find the first letter of each title word in the auth..."

Me neither.

[Genevieve]

Welcome all

[Genevieve]

Denise wrote: "What a great use of AI. I am doing a similar challenge that involves reading any book from any author born in each state and some I could not find (looking at you Wyoming). As a teacher all I ever ..."

My Dad (who's in his 80s) fell in love with AI way before I did and yes I can imagine that AI can cause lots of headaches for teachers.

[Kim]

For each author/state you have to either read a book by the author, find the first letter of each title word in the authors name (Three word minimum) or where the authors initials can be found in the name of the state.
Read one book for each author/state. For states which have 2 authors pick ONE.
Cool Challenge!

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

TASKS
Alabama: Harper Lee. (AI) Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds. Allison Brennan. 7.11.25

Alaska: Sidney Huntington. (TI) Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House. Kathleen Grissom. 7.7.25

Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Arkansas: John Grisham.
California: Joan Didion (TI) A Death in Diamonds. S.J. Bennett. 7.14.25

Colorado: Ken Kesey.
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Georgia: Alice Walker.
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway. (TI) Tell Me Everything. Elizabeth Strout.7.9.25

Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson. (AI) Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries. Tonya Kappes. 7.11.25

Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King. (TI) The Hating Game. Sally Thorne. 7.10.25

Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
Nevada: Charles Bock.
New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
New Jersey: Philip Roth.
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
New York: James Baldwin.
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe. (AI) Struck Down on the Seventh: An Exorcism Performed by an Idiot. Aeddon Cayea. 7.4.25

North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison. (TI) Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter. Kate Clifford Larson. 7.6.25
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
Pennsylvania: John Updike. (AI) - Still Life. Louise Penny. 7.17.25

Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
South Carolina: Peggy Parish.
South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
Tennessee: Peter Taylor. (AI) Olive, Again. Elizabeth Strout. 7.14.25

Texas: Colleen Hoover. (AI) A Dress of Violet Taffeta. Tessa Arlen. 7.4.25

Utah: Thomas Savage.
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill. (AI) The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Taylor Jenkins Reid. 7.10.25

Virginia: Willa Cather.
Washington: Debbie Macomber. (AI) Alaskan Magic. Theresa Goldstrand. 7.13.25

West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Carolyn]

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?
20/51

Read a book by the Author listed-Alabama: Harper Lee.
Read a book by the Author listed-Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Read a book by the Author listed-Arizona: Jeannette Walls. Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls read 11/19/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Arkansas: John Grisham. The Testament by John Grisham read 8/12/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion read 10/29/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Colorado: Ken Kesey. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey read 10/30/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe read 11/29/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Read a book by the Author listed-Florida: Carl Hiaasen. Star Island by Carl Hiaasen read 7/26/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Georgia: Alice Walker. The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker read 11/9/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings. How to Party with an Infant by Kaui Hart Hemmings read 11/8/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Idaho: Vardis Fisher. Suicide or Murder?: The Strange Death of Governor Meriwether Lewis by Vardis Fisher read 11/22/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Illinois: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway read 11/14/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Read a book by the Author listed-Iowa: Bill Bryson. One Summer: America 1927 by Bill Bryson read 11/10/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Kansas: William Inge.
Read a book by the Author listed-Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson read 11/6/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Read a book by the Author listed-Maine: Stephen King. Revival by Stephen King read 7/15/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy. Year One by Nora Roberts read 8/27/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne read 8/18/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Read a book by the Author listed-Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Read a book by the Author listed-Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Read a book by the Author listed-Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Read a book by the Author listed-Montana: Maile Meloy.
Read a book by the Author listed-Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
Read a book by the Author listed-Nevada: Charles Bock.
Read a book by the Author listed-New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
Read a book by the Author listed-New Jersey: Philip Roth.
Read a book by the Author listed-New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
Read a book by the Author listed-New York: James Baldwin.
Read a book by the Author listed-North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
Read a book by the Author listed-North Dakota: Louis L'Amour. Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour read 11/9/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Read a book by the Author listed-Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
Read a book by the Author listed-Oregon: Beverly Cleary. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary read 10/23/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Pennsylvania: John Updike.
Read a book by the Author listed-Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
Read a book by the Author listed-South Carolina: Peggy Parish. Amelia Bedelia 5-Book I Can Read Box Set #1: Amelia Bedelia Hit the Books by Peggy Parish read 10/23/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
Read a book by the Author listed-Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
Read a book by the Author listed-Texas: Colleen Hoover. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover read 11/23/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Utah: Thomas Savage.
Read a book by the Author listed-Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Read a book by the Author listed-Virginia: Willa Cather.
Read a book by the Author listed-Washington: Debbie Macomber.
Read a book by the Author listed-West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Read a book by the Author listed-Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder read 11/11/2025
Read a book by the Author listed-Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
Read a book by the Author listed-Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Carolyn]

State Authors #2:
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?
42/51

Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Alabama: Harper Lee.
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Alaska: Sidney Huntington. Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert read 7/8/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Arizona: Jeannette Walls. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie read 11/18/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Arkansas: John Grisham. Silent Nights Are Murder by Libby Klein read 9/11/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck. Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb read 9/16/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Colorado: Ken Kesey.
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari read 7/31/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Delaware: Christopher Castellani. Curtain: Poirot's Last Case by Agatha Christie read 8/11/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Florida: Carl Hiaasen. Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews read 7/1/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Georgia: Alice Walker.
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings. Mischief Nights are Murder by Libby Klein read 9/10/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Idaho: Vardis Fisher. An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris read 10/5/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Illinois: Ernest Hemingway. A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain read 12/2/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut. The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams read 7/14/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Iowa: Bill Bryson. Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs read 8/2/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Kansas: William Inge.
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson. The PMS Murder by Laura Levine read 7/25/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Louisiana: Anne Rice. Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie read 8/11/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Maine: Stephen King. The Serpent in Heaven by Charlaine Harris read 10/13/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Maryland: Nora Roberts Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs read 8/3/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Women of Troy by Pat Barker read 11/8/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman read 7/17/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Mississippi: William Faulkner. Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov read 11/26/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Missouri: Maya Angelou. Antique Auctions Are Murder by Libby Klein read 8/19/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Montana: Maile Meloy. Eton Mess and Enemies by Agatha Frost read 10/12/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks. Scents and Sensibility by Spencer Quinn read 10/22/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Nevada: Charles Bock. La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman read 9/30/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-New Hampshire: Dan Brown. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley read 7/25/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-New Jersey: Philip Roth. Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen read 7/24/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya. A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris read 10/5/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-New York: James Baldwin. Aunt Bessie Meets by Diana Xarissa read 8/23/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett read 11/25/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-North Dakota: Louis L'Amour. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny read 10/29/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Ohio: Toni Morrison. Now or Never by Janet Evanovich read 11/29/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison. Last Act in Palmyra by Lindsey Davis read 9/7/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Oregon: Beverly Cleary. Elves, Evergreens, & Evidence by Tonya Kappes read 12/6/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Pennsylvania: John Updike. Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb read 9/16/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy. Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking by Raquel V. Reyes read 7/9/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-South Carolina: Peggy Parish.
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-South Dakota: Adam Johnson. High and Dry by Maia Ross read 10/17/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Tennessee: Peter Taylor. Paw and Order by Spencer Quinn read 10/21/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Utah: Thomas Savage. The Sanctuary Sparrow by Ellis Peters read 8/4/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Virginia: Willa Cather. The Railway Children by E. Nesbit read 10/1/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Washington: Debbie Macomber. Dead Man's Ransom by Ellis Peters read 8/5/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle. Take the Monkeys and Run by Karen Cantwell read 9/26/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan. The Russian Cage by Charlaine Harris read 10/13/2025
Read a book with each words of the title are in the author name (3 word Min)-Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon Aunt Bessie Needs by Diana Xarissa read 8/24/2025

[Carolyn]

State Authors #3:
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?
49/51

Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Alabama: Harper Lee. The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica read 7/29/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Alaska: Sidney Huntington. Vice and Virtue by Libby Klein read 7/16/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Arizona: Jeannette Walls. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor read 9/13/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Arkansas: John Grisham. To the Grave by Steve Robinson read 7/26/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck. Indigo Hill by Liz Rosenberg read 7/3/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Colorado: Ken Kesey. Double Sin and Other Stories by Agatha Christie read 8/6/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe. Killer Crust by Chris Cavender read 7/21/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Delaware: Christopher Castellani. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews read 7/1/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Florida: Carl Hiaasen. Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser read 7/19/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Georgia: Alice Walker. Death by Tea by Alex Erickson read 7/1/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman read 11/6/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Idaho: Vardis Fisher. Robin by Dave Itzkoff read 7/3/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Illinois: Ernest Hemingway. Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman read 7/14/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut. Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews read 10/17/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Iowa: Bill Bryson. Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov read 10/16/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Kansas: William Inge. The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way by Sara Ahmed read 7/27/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson. Dark Secret: The Complete Story: The True Account of What Happened to Little Alex Suleski by Nyssa Rebecca Corbin read 9/29/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Louisiana: Anne Rice. Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder read 10/28/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Maine: Stephen King. Death by Pumpkin Spice by Alex Erickson read 7/2/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy. Time to Depart by Lindsey Davis read 9/19/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder That Shook the Nation by Harold Schechter read 7/2/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides. Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies by Hayley Nolan read 7/4/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald. A Wreath for Rivera by Ngaio Marsh read 9/9/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Mississippi: William Faulkner. The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James read 12/5/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Missouri: Maya Angelou. Defending Angels by Mary Stanton read 7/20/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Montana: Maile Meloy.
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks. The Proof of the Pudding by Rhys Bowen read 8/6/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Nevada: Charles Bock. The Measure by Nikki Erlick read -9/20/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-New Hampshire: Dan Brown. The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters read 8/1/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-New Jersey: Philip Roth. Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao read 7/23/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya. Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson read 8/15/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-New York: James Baldwin. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros read 7/22/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe. The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt by Chelsea Iversen read 7/21/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-North Dakota: Louis L'Amour. The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne by Kate Winkler Dawson read 8/13/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison. Macaron Murder by Harper Lin read 8/26/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Oregon: Beverly Cleary. American Black Widow by Gregg Olsen read 8/29/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Pennsylvania: John Updike. The Devil's Novice by Ellis Peters read 8/4/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel by Shahnaz Habib read 7/29/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-South Carolina: Peggy Parish. No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen by read 7/28/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-South Dakota: Adam Johnson. Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter read 7/3/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Tennessee: Peter Taylor. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan read 11/28/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Texas: Colleen Hoover. The Little Lost Library by Ellery Adams read 7/6/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Utah: Thomas Savage. Three Days in June by Anne Tyler read 7/9/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill. Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood read 8/9/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Virginia: Willa Cather. The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed read 7/13/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Washington: Debbie Macomber. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix read 9/2/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle. Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University by Richard White read 8/15/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder. Sarah by Orson Scott Card read 9/25/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan. Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home by Gregg Olsen read 9/28/2025
Read a book with the author initials in the name of the state-Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen read 8/1/2025

[Joyce]

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

TASKS
Alabama: Harper Lee.
Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Arkansas: John Grisham.
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.
Colorado: Ken Kesey.
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Georgia: Alice Walker.
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King.
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
Nevada: Charles Bock.
New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
New Jersey: Philip Roth.
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
New York: James Baldwin.
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
Pennsylvania: John Updike.
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
South Carolina: Peggy Parish.
South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Utah: Thomas Savage.
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Virginia: Willa Cather.
Washington: Debbie Macomber.
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

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[Genevieve]

Welcome Kim (thanks) Carolyn (you only need to do 1 for each state not each task for each one.

[Vanessa]

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

TASKS
Alabama: Harper Lee.
Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Arkansas: John Grisham.
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.
Colorado: Ken Kesey.
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Georgia: Alice Walker.
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King.
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
Nevada: Charles Bock.
New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
New Jersey: Philip Roth.
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
New York: James Baldwin.
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
Pennsylvania: John Updike.
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
South Carolina: Peggy Parish.
South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Utah: Thomas Savage.
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Virginia: Willa Cather.
Washington: Debbie Macomber.
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Genevieve]

Welcome Vanessa

[Moondance]

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

0/51

TASKS
Alabama: Harper Lee.
Alaska: Sidney Huntington.
Arizona: Jeannette Walls.
Arkansas: John Grisham.
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck.
Colorado: Ken Kesey.
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.
Florida: Carl Hiaasen.
Georgia: Alice Walker.
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Idaho: Vardis Fisher.
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut.
Iowa: Bill Bryson.
Kansas: William Inge.
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Louisiana: Anne Rice.
Maine: Stephen King.
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy.
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Mississippi: William Faulkner.
Missouri: Maya Angelou.
Montana: Maile Meloy.
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks.
Nevada: Charles Bock.
New Hampshire: Dan Brown.
New Jersey: Philip Roth.
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.
New York: James Baldwin.
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe.
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.
Ohio: Toni Morrison.
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison.
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
Pennsylvania: John Updike.
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy.
South Carolina: Peggy Parish.
South Dakota: Adam Johnson.
Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Utah: Thomas Savage.
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.
Virginia: Willa Cather.
Washington: Debbie Macomber.
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan.
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Genevieve]

Welcome Moondance

[Caraina]

State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025; Open-Ended

For each author/state choose 1 option:
■ Read a book by the author
■ First letter of each title word in the author's name (3-word min.)
■ Author's initials can be found in the name of the state

Completed: 0/51

1. Alabama: Harper Lee
2. Alaska: Sidney Huntington
3. Arizona: Jeannette Walls
4. Arkansas: John Grisham
5. California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck
6. Colorado: Ken Kesey
7. Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe
8. Delaware: Christopher Castellani
9. Florida: Carl Hiaasen
10. Georgia: Alice Walker
11. Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings
12. Idaho: Vardis Fisher
13. Illinois: Ernest Hemingway
14. Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut
15. Iowa: Bill Bryson
16. Kansas: William Inge
17. Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson
18. Louisiana: Anne Rice
19. Maine: Stephen King
20. Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy
21. Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne
22. Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides
23. Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald
24. Mississippi: William Faulkner
25. Missouri: Maya Angelou
26. Montana: Maile Meloy
27. Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks
28. Nevada: Charles Bock
29. New Hampshire: Dan Brown
30. New Jersey: Philip Roth
31. New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya
32. New York: James Baldwin
33. North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe
34. North Dakota: Louis L'Amour
35. Ohio: Toni Morrison
36. Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison
37. Oregon: Beverly Cleary
38. Pennsylvania: John Updike
39. Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy
40. South Carolina: Peggy Parish
41. South Dakota: Adam Johnson
42. Tennessee: Peter Taylor
43. Texas: Colleen Hoover
44. Utah: Thomas Savage
45. Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill
46. Virginia: Willa Cather
47. Washington: Debbie Macomber
48. West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle
49. Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder
50. Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan
51. Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon

[Genevieve]

Welcome Caraina

[Denise]

My post is #10 but I don't have a link, can I get one when you get a chance? No rush. Thanks

[Genevieve]

Denise wrote: "My post is #10 but I don't have a link, can I get one when you get a chance? No rush. Thanks"

Sorry about that Denise you are all linked up

[Laura Z]

COMPLETED 09.03.25


State Authors: 51/51
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

For each author/state, read a book where the author's initials can be found in the name of the state.

✅ Alabama - Harper Lee: California Golden | Melanie Benjamin | 07.15.25
✅ Alaska - Sidney Huntington: Sunny Side Up | Katie Sturino | 07.13.25
✅ Arizona - Jeannette Walls: A Death in Door County | Annelise Ryan | 07.15.25
✅ Arkansas - John Grisham: Booster Shots | Adam Ratner | 07.20.25
✅ California - Joan Didion or John Steinbeck: This Summer Will Be Different | Carley Fortune | 07.24.25
✅ Colorado - Ken Kesey: The Three-Body Problem | Liu Cixin | 07.24.25
✅ Connecticut - Harriet Beecher Stowe: The Young of Other Animals | Chris Cander | 07.29.25
✅ Delaware - Christopher Castellani: The Mighty Red | Louise Erdrich | 07.14.25
✅ Florida - Carl Hiaasen: The Guest List | Lucy Foley | 08.15.25
✅ Georgia - Alice Walker: The Compound | Aisling Rawle | 08.04.25
✅ Hawaii - Kaui Hart Hemmings: Practical Magic | Alice Hoffman | 07.22.25
✅ Idaho - Vardis Fisher: Cruel Winter with You | Ali Hazelwood | 08.26.25
✅ Illinois - Ernest Hemingway: Done and Dusted | Lyla Sage | 07.29.25
✅ Indiana - Kurt Vonnegut: Love Is a War Song | Danica Nava | 08.29.25
✅ Iowa - Bill Bryson: The Summer We Ran | Audrey Ingram | 09.03.25
✅ Kansas - William Inge: Lights Out | Navessa Allen | 07.28.25
✅ Kentucky - Hunter S. Thompson: The Library at Hellebore | Cassandra Khaw | 07.31.25
✅ Louisiana - Anne Rice: Say Everything | Ione Skye | 08.21.25
✅ Maine - Stephen King: El Dorado Drive | Megan Abbott | 07.22.25
✅ Maryland - Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy: The Age of Loneliness | Laura Marris | 07.15.25
✅ Massachusetts - Nathaniel Hawthorne: Fractured | Catherine McKenzie | 07.03.25
✅ Michigan - Jeffrey Eugenides: XX: Poems for the Twentieth Century | Campbell McGrath | 07.07.25
✅ Minnesota - F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Friendship List | Susan Mallery | 08.07.25
✅ Mississippi - William Faulkner: The Lightning Bottles | Marissa Stapley | 07.11.25
✅ Missouri - Maya Angelou: Convenience Store Woman | Sayaka Murata | 08.02.31
✅ Montana - Maile Meloy: The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch | Melinda Taub | 08.12.25
✅ Nebraska - Nicholas Sparks: When the Earth Was Green | Riley Black | 07.03.25
✅ Nevada - Charles Bock: Family Lore | Elizabeth Acevedo | 08.25.25
✅ New Hampshire - Dan Brown: Summer Days and Summer Nights | Stephanie Perkins | 07.09.25
✅ New Jersey - Philip Roth: Fall Back Down When I Die | Joe Wilkins | 07.06.25
✅ New Mexico - Rudolfo Anaya: The Summer of Yes | Courtney Walsh | 07.08.25
✅ New York - James Baldwin: Run for the Hills | Kevin Wilson | 07.04.25
✅ North Carolina - Thomas Wolfe: The Sirens' Call | Chris Hayes | 07.26.25
✅ North Dakota - Louis L'Amour: Can't Get Enough | Kennedy Ryan | 07.11.25
✅ Ohio - Toni Morrison: Scandalized | Ivy Owens | 08.22.25
✅ Oklahoma - Ralph Ellison: Jane Austen, the Secret Radical | Helena Kelly | 07.11.25
✅ Oregon - Beverly Cleary: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This | Omar El Akkad | 08.01.25
✅ Pennsylvania - John Updike: The Dutch House | Ann Patchett | 07.08.25
✅ Rhode Island - Cormac McCarthy: What Happens in Amsterdam | Rachel Lynn Solomon | 07.17.25
✅ South Carolina - Peggy Parish: Coven: A Graphic Novel | Soman Chainani | 07.21.25
✅ South Dakota - Adam Johnson: Too Old for This | Samantha Downing | 08.23.25
✅ Tennessee - Peter Taylor: The Gate to Women's Country | Sheri S. Tepper | 07.24.25
✅ Texas - Colleen Hoover: Notes on Infinity | Austin Taylor | 07.22.25
✅ Utah - Thomas Savage: The Museum of Failures | Thrity Umrigar | 05.08.25
✅ Vermont - Ralph Nading Hill: Hour Glass | Michelle Rene | 08.08.25
✅ Virginia - Willa Cather: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey | Amber Ruffin | 08.23.25
✅ Washington - Debbie Macomber: As You Like It | William Shakespeare | 07.10.25
✅ West Virginia - Mary Lee Settle: The Only One Left | Riley Sager | 08.12.25
✅ Wisconsin - Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Summer of Yes | Courtney Walsh | 07.08.25
✅ Wyoming - Patricia MacLachlan: The Other Olympians | Michael Waters | 08.31.25
✅ Washington, D.C. - Michael Chabon: Sag Harbor | Colson Whitehead | 08.13.25

[Genevieve]

Way to go Laura Z

[Sarah]

Alabama: Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird
Alaska: Sidney Huntington. Shadows on the Koyokuk
Arizona: Jeannette Walls. Hang the Moon
Arkansas: John Grisham. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
California: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck. The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese✅12/14/25
Colorado: Ken Kesey. Memorials by Richard Chizmar✅️ 9/21/25
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Delaware: Christopher Castellani.Last Seen: A Novel
Florida: Carl Hiaasen. Fever Beach
Georgia: Alice Walker. The Color Purple
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings. The Unseen Market by David McElroy✅12/14/25
Idaho: Vardis Fisher. Maggie and the Story Shadows by Annabelle Oh✅ 9/23/25
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway.The Green Watch by David McElroy ✅12/19/25
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut. Renegade Girls: A Queer Tale of Romance and Rabble-Rousing by Nora Neus✅10/26/25
Iowa: Bill Bryson. In a Sunburned Country
Kansas: William Inge. Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar✅️10/7/25
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson.
Louisiana: Anne Rice. The Ballad of Bonaventure Palmier by Adam Sockel✅11/15/25
Maine: Stephen King. Sleeping Beauties
Maryland: How to Say Goodbye in Cuban by Daniel Miyares✅12/18/25
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill✅12/12/25
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides.
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Beautiful and Damned
Mississippi: William Faulkner.The Sound and the Fury
Missouri: Maya Angelou. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Montana: Maile Meloy.Do Not Become Alarmed
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury ✅10/21/25
Nevada: Charles Bock. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo✅12/15/25
New Hampshire: Dan Brown. This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher( )
New Jersey: Philip Roth. American Pastoral
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya.Rudolfo Anaya: Bless Me, Ultima; Tortuga; Alburquerque (LOA #361)
New York: James Baldwin. If Beale Street Could Talk
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe. Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark by Leigh Ann Henion✅️9/27/25
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour.The Walking Drum
Ohiqo: Toni Morrison. Sula
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison. Invisible Man
Oregon: Beverly Cleary.
1.)The Mouse and the Motorcycle
2.)Runaway Ralph
3.) Ralph S. Mouse
Pennsylvania: John Updike. The Witches of Eastwick
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy. No Country for Old Men
South Carolina: Peggy Parish. This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers✅10/11/25
South Dakota: Adam Johnson. Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi✅12/19/25
Tennessee: Peter Taylor.
Texas: Colleen Hoover.
Utah: Thomas Savage.
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill.This Place Kills Me: A Graphic Novel by Mariko Tamaki✅10/26/25
Virginia: Willa Cather.Great Short Works of Willa Cather
Washington: Debbie Macomber. The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales✅10/27/25
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle.
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder. The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods✅12/19/25
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan. Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite ✅12/11/25
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon Moonglow

[Genevieve]

Welcome Sarah

[Lali & Michelle]

FINISHED

State Authors: 0/51
Duration: July 1, 2025 - ?

51/51

Alabama: Harper Lee - [[book:The Undermining of Twyla and Frank|149187311] by Megan Bannen 9/8/25 (State MB)
Alaska: Sidney Huntington - What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella 8/5/25 (State SK)
Arizona: Jeannette Walls - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 8/20/25 (Author STTL)
Arkansas: John Grisham - Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie 9/5/25 (State SR)
California: Joan Didion - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 8/16/25
Colorado: Ken Kesey - The Stand-In by Lily Chu 7/20/25 (State LC)
Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe - The Christmas Book Hunt by Jenny Colgan 8/27/25 (Author TCBH)
Delaware: Christopher Castellani - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia 7/6/25 (State RW)
Florida: Carl Hiaasen - Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower 7/7/25 (State AF)
Georgia: Alice Walker - Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews 8/30/25 (State IA)
Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings - Magic Steals by Ilona Andrews 8/5/25 (State IA)
Idaho: Vardis Fisher - Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir by Alba Donati 8/8/25 (State AD)
Illinois: Ernest Hemingway - Death of a Bachelorette by Laura Levine 8/6/25 (State LL)
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut - For Duck's Sake by Donna Andrews 9/11/25 (State DA)
Iowa: Bill Bryson - A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende 9/25/25 (State IA)
Kansas: William Inge - The Golden Hour by Niki Smith 7/23/25 (State NS)
Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson - Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost 8/3/25 (Author STTS)
Louisiana: Anne Rice - Books, Cooks, and Crooks by Lucy Arlington 9/19/25 (State LA)
Maine: Stephen King - A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams 7/17/25 (State EA)
Maryland: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy - Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan 7/5/25 (State AM)
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne - Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton 7/8/25 (State MS)
Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides - Lady Fortescue Steps Out by Marion Chesney 7/4/25 (State MC)
Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald - Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon 7/11/25 (Author FAF)
Mississippi: William Faulkner - Thin Ice by Paige Shelton 7/2/25 (State PS)
Missouri: Maya Angelou - Almost American Girl by Robin Ha 7/16/25 (Author AAG)
Montana: Maile Meloy - It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan 7/26/25 (State AM)
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks - Torn Asunder by Barbara Ross 7/3/25 (State BR)
Nevada: Charles Bock - The Measure by Nikki Erlick 7/27/25 (State NE)
New Hampshire: Dan Brown - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna 8/26/25 (State SM)
New Jersey: Philip Roth - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 7/13/25 (State JS)
New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya - Swift River by Essie J. Chambers 9/22/25 (State EC)
New York: James Baldwin - Making Friends Can Be Murder by Kathleen West 8/2/25 (State KW)
North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe - Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl 9/9/25 (State RR)
North Dakota: Louis L'Amour - Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess 7/1/25 (State KD)
Ohio: Toni Morrison - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 9/28/25 (Author IOM)
Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison - Bride by Ali Hazelwood 8/18/25 (State AH)
Oregon: Beverly Cleary - Shadows at Dusk by Elizabeth Goddard 10/24/25 (State EG)
Pennsylvania: John Updike - Accidentally Amy by Lynn Painter 7/10/25 (State LP)
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 7/30/25 (State SD)
South Carolina: Peggy Parish - My Summer of Magic Moments by Caroline Roberts 8/28/25 (State CR)
South Dakota: Adam Johnson - Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream by Diane Kelly 7/18/25 (State DK)
Tennessee: Peter Taylor - A Death on Corfu by Emily Sullivan 8/9/25 (State ES)
Texas: Colleen Hoover - The Wedding People by Alison Espach 7/25/25 (State AE)
Utah: Thomas Savage Sins of the Sarcophagus by Kirsten Weiss 7/19/25 (Author SOTS)
Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 8/10/24 (State TN)
Virginia: Willa Cather - A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert 7/15/25 (State VG)
Washington: Debbie Macomber - A Walk Along the Beach by Debbie Macomber 8/4/25
West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle - White Horse by Erika T. Wurth 7/21/25 (State EW)
Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delany 9/15/25 (Author DSN)
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan - The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien 8/13/25 (Author TCM)
Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon - The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty 8/21/25 (State TG)

[JoAnne]

FINISHED
State Authors
Duration: July 1, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Read: 51/51

For each author/state:
Read a book by the author OR
Find the first letter of each title word in the author's name (Three word minimum)
Where the author's initials can be found in the name of the state


TASKS
1. Alabama
LA Murder Comes to Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/4/25

2. Sidney Huntington
THD Track Her Down Melinda Leigh 7/4/25

3. Jeannette Walls
TSW The Silent Wife Karin Slaughter 8/18/25

4. John Grisham
NSH Neanderthal Seeks Human Penny Reid 7/23/25

5. California
LA The Ghosts of Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/10/25

6. Colorado
CD American Sky Carolyn Dasher 7/5/25

7. Harriet Beecher Stowe
OHW On Her Watch Melinda Leigh 7/2/25

8. Christopher Castellani
TSS These Summer Storms Sarah MacLean 7/9/25

9. Florida
LF Knot on the Market Lena Foxwood 7/22/25

10. Georgia
AR Christmas Romance on Plum Island Amy Rafferty 8/19/25

11. Kaui Hart Hemmings
HIG Harmony Island Gazette Anne-Marie Meyer 8/15/25

12. Vardis Fisher
SAS Scandal Above Stairs Jennifer Ashley 9/12/25

13. Illinois
LS Starting Over in Sedona Lynne M. Spreen 7/20/25

14. Kurt Vonnegut
TNG The Next Grave Kendra Elliot 9/11/25

15. Bill Bryson
BSB Burn So Bad J.H. Croix 8/15/25

16. Kansas
SS Pecan Pie for Breakfast Susan Schild 7/8/25

17. Kentucky
KE Echo Road Kendra Elliot 7/3/25

18. Louisiana
LS The Last Second Chance Lucy Score 10/26/25

19. Maine
AM The Inn on Harmony Island Anne-Marie Meyer 8/12/25

20. Maryland
LM Seaside Manor Bed and Breakfast Lilly Mirren 7/28/25

21. Massachusetts
TT When Stars Fall at Midnight Tess Thompson 7/7/25

22. Michigan
CM The One for Me Corinne Michaels 7/24/25

23. F. Scott Fitzgerald
TGC The Guest Cottage Lori Foster 7/12/25

24. Mississippi
SS Sunset Sharon Sala 9/30/25

25. Maya Angelou
OML On Moonberry Lake Holly Varni 8/4/25

26. Montana
AM The Shop Around the Corner Anne-Marie Meyer 8/12/25

27. Nebraska
BN The Summer That Changed Everything Brenda Novak 7/3/25

28. Nevada
VD Shattered Valerie Davisson 9/24/25

29. New Hampshire
AM Apple Blossom B&B Anne-Marie Meyer 8/13/25

30. New Jersey
RY Full Measures Rebecca Yarros 8/19/25

31. New Mexico
CM Stay for Me Corinne Michaels 8/25/25

32. James Baldwin
BDL Bones Don't Lie Melinda Leigh 8/27/25

33. North Carolina
LC Rage Linda Castillo 7/10/25

34. North Dakota
TT Grumpy Moon Tess Thompson 7/26/25

35. Toni Morrison
STM Surrender To Me K.A. Tucker 9/19/25

36. Oklahoma
LA Loving and Dying in Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/11/25

37. Oregon
EO Every Now and Then Erin Olivier 10/27/25

38. Pennsylvania
LE Royal Haze L.J. Evans 8/22/25

39. Rhode Island
RH Time for You Renee Harless 8/17/25

40. South Carolina
CN Some Girls Bite Chloe Neill 7/12/25

41. South Dakota
TT Clashing Moon Tess Thompson 7/26/25

42. Tennessee
NS Two Truths and a Marriage Nicole Snow 9/22/25

43. Colleen Hoover
COOL Cottage on Oceanview Lane Lilly Mirren 7/27/25

44. Thomas Savage
TME Tell Me Everything Minka Kelly 8/30/25

45. Ralph Nading Hill
HLG Her Last Goodbye Melinda Leigh 7/6/25

46. Virginia
NR Hidden Nature Nora Roberts 10/2/25

47. Washington
WG Fated Love with You Whitney G. 8/21/25

48. Mary Lee Settle
STL Someone to Love Michelle Major 7/31/25

49. Wisconsin
CN The Beach Shack Cindy Nichols 8/5/25

50. Wyoming
WG Wasted Love with You: Season 1 Whitney G. 8/2/25

51. Washington, D.C.:
NH Vanishing Point Nicole Helm 7/30/25

[Genevieve]

Way to go Lali & Michelle & JoAnne

[LaurLa]

CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

State Authors
July 2025 - November 2025 (open-ended)

My State Authors Challenge (msg 22)

Books Read ❱❱ 51



🔺Alabama: Harper Lee ❱❱ Bella Andre ❱❱ California Dreaming ❱❱ 08.22 ★★★
🔺Alaska: Sidney Huntington ❱❱ Shelly Laurenston ❱❱ Here Kitty, Kitty ❱❱ 07.02 ★★★★
🔺Arizona: Jeannette Walls ❱❱ Rebecca Zanetti ❱❱ Holiday Rescue ❱❱ 07.03 ★★★★
🔺Arkansas: John Grisham ❱❱ title ❱❱ Seeing Red ❱❱ 07.09 ★★
🔺California: John Steinbeck ❱❱ title ❱❱ The Christmas Bus ❱❱ 08.26 ★★★
🔺Colorado: Ken Kesey ❱❱ Roseanne Dowell ❱❱ Double the Trouble ❱❱ 07.31 ★★★
🔺Connecticut: Harriet Beecher Stowe ❱❱ title ❱❱ Her Something Impetuous ❱❱ 07.21 ★★★★
🔺Delaware: Christopher Castellani ❱❱ Linda Winfree ❱❱ Uncovered ❱❱ 07.06 ★★★★
🔺Florida: Carl Hiaasen ❱❱ Lori Foster ❱❱ Bray ❱❱ 09.07 ★★★★



🔺Georgia: Alice Walker ❱❱ Ilona Andrews ❱❱ Origins ❱❱ 10.25 ★★★★
🔺Hawaii: Kaui Hart Hemmings ❱❱ title ❱❱ My Runaway Heart ❱❱ 07.11 ★★★
🔺Idaho: Vardis Fisher ❱❱ title ❱❱ Frank's Independence Day ❱❱ 08.03 ★★★★
🔺Illinois: Ernest Hemingway ❱❱ title ❱❱ Return to Me ❱❱ 08.17 ★★★★
🔺Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut ❱❱ Nancy Radke ❱❱ Appaloosa Blues ❱❱ 07.22 ★★★
🔺Iowa: Bill Bryson ❱❱ title ❱❱ On Loverose Lane ❱❱ 10.03 ★★★★
🔺Kansas: William Inge ❱❱ Kylie Scott ❱❱ Famous in a Small Town ❱❱ 09.10 ★★★★
🔺Kentucky: Hunter S. Thompson ❱❱ Cathy Yardley ❱❱ Do Me a Favor ❱❱ 07.13 ★★★★
🔺Louisiana: Anne Rice ❱❱ Lucy Score ❱❱ Whiskey Chaser ❱❱ 08.30 ★★★★
🔺Maine: Stephen King ❱❱ Anne Marsh ❱❱ Slow Burn ❱❱ 08.16 ★★★★



🔺Maryland: Tom Clancy ❱❱ title ❱❱ Always Only You ❱❱ 07.20 ★★★★
🔺Massachusetts: Nathaniel Hawthorne ❱❱ Thea Harrison ❱❱ Hunter's Season ❱❱ 07.10 ★★★★
🔺Michigan: Jeffrey Eugenides ❱❱ title ❱❱ Jack Daniels Stories ❱❱ 07.25 ★★★
🔺Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald ❱❱ title ❱❱ The Sapphire Affair ❱❱ 07.30 ★★★★
🔺Mississippi: William Faulkner ❱❱ title ❱❱ Fearless In Love ❱❱ 09.18 ★★★★
🔺Missouri: Maya Angelou ❱❱ Rick Mofina ❱❱ Into the Dark ❱❱ 08.14 ★★★★
🔺Montana: Maile Meloy ❱❱ Ilona Andrews ❱❱ Sanctuary ❱❱ 10.04 ★★★★
🔺Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks ❱❱ Stephanie Bond ❱❱ 11 Bodies Moving On ❱❱ 07.20 ★★★
🔺Nevada: Charles Bock ❱❱ Victoria Dahl ❱❱ Flirting with Disaster ❱❱ 07.05 ★★★★
🔺New Hampshire: Dan Brown ❱❱ Michelle Warren ❱❱ Protecting Truth ❱❱ 09.22 ★★★




🔺New Jersey: Philip Roth ❱❱ Jacinda Wilder ❱❱ Wounded ❱❱ 07.04 ★★★★
🔺New Mexico: Rudolfo Anaya ❱❱ Xander Collins ❱❱ His Steamy Summer ❱❱ 07.14 ★★★
🔺New York: James Baldwin ❱❱ title ❱❱ Sticks and Bones ❱❱ 07.27 ★★★★
🔺North Carolina: Thomas Wolfe ❱❱ title ❱❱ Hard to Serve ❱❱ 07.27 ★★★★
🔺North Dakota: Louis L'Amour ❱❱ Kit Rocha ❱❱ Consort of Fire ❱❱ 08.19 ★★★★
🔺Ohio: Toni Morrison ❱❱ title ❱❱ Reckless Nights in Rome ❱❱ 11.02 ★★★
🔺Oklahoma: Ralph Ellison ❱❱ title ❱❱ The Woman Left Behind ❱❱ 09.14 ★★★★
🔺Oregon: Beverly Cleary ❱❱ Nancy Radke ❱❱ The Richest Man in Texas ❱❱ 09.07 ★★★
🔺Pennsylvania: John Updike ❱❱ Emily Senecal ❱❱ Enemy at the Wedding ❱❱ 10.14 ★★★★
🔺Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthy ❱❱ title ❱❱ Mine to Crave ❱❱ 08.02 ★★★★
🔺South Carolina: Peggy Parish ❱❱ Sharon Hamilton ❱❱ Cruisin' For A SEAL ❱❱ 09.15 ★★★



🔺South Dakota: Adam Johnson ❱❱ title ❱❱ Once an Heiress ❱❱ 08.17 ★★★★
🔺Tennessee: Peter Taylor ❱❱ title ❱❱ Love, Tussles, and Takedowns ❱❱ 08.23 ★★★★
🔺Texas: Colleen Hoover ❱❱ Taryn Elliot ❱❱ Shadowboxer ❱❱ 10.11 ★★★★
🔺Utah: Thomas Savage ❱❱ Una Tiers ❱❱ Die Judge Die ❱❱ 10.14 ★★★
🔺Vermont: Ralph Nading Hill ❱❱ Terri Reid ❱❱ Good Tidings ❱❱ 07.17 ★★★★
🔺Virginia: Willa Cather ❱❱ title ❱❱ Happy After All ❱❱ 09.28 ★★★★
🔺Washington: Debbie Macomber ❱❱ Tawny Weber ❱❱ A SEAL's Fantasy ❱❱ 08.28 ★★★★
🔺West Virginia: Mary Lee Settle ❱❱ Shana Gray ❱❱ A Cowboy in Paradise ❱❱ 09.09 ★★★
🔺Wisconsin: Laura Ingalls Wilder ❱❱ title ❱❱ Danger in Academia ❱❱ 08.27 ★★★★
🔺Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan ❱❱ title ❱❱ The Au Pair Affair ❱❱ 07.23 ★★★★
🔺Washington, D.C.: Michael Chabon ❱❱ title ❱❱ Blue Light Hours ❱❱ 08.04 ★★★

[Barb]

Finished

STATE AUTHORS, no deadline | begins 7/1/25
51/51 COMPLETE

For each author/state, read a book where the author’s initials can be found in the name of the STATE.
I chose this option for all of the states, just to make it a bit more of a challenge. The hardest one to find was Ohio!

ALABAMA : Harper Lee
* author Mandy Baggot – One Greek Sunrise, finished 8/22/25 ★★★.5

ALASKA: Sidney Huntington
* author Siddharth Kara – The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery, finished 9/17/25 ★★★★

ARIZONA: Jeannette Walls
* author Annie Adams – Perilous Arrangements (Flower Shop #5), finished 9/22/25 ★★★★

ARKANSAS: John Grisham
* author Sally Andrew – Recipes for Love & Murder (Tannie Maria #1), finished 9/25/25 ★★★.5

CALIFORNIA: Joan Didion or John Steinbeck
* author Linda Reilly – Edam and Weep (Grilled Cheese #6), finished 7/13/25 ★★★★

COLORADO: Ken Kesey
* author Laurie Cass – Book ’Em, Eddie (Bookmobile Cat #13), finished 8/21/25 ★★★★

CONNECTICUT: Harriet Beecher Stowe
* author Elizabeth Comen – All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today, finished 7/4/25 ★★★★

DELAWARE: Christopher Castellani
* author Deanna Raybourn – A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell #8), finished 8/13/25 ★★★★

FLORIDA: Carl Hiaasen
* author Olivia Ford – Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame, finished 8/9/25 ★★★★

GEORGIA: Alice Walker
* author Ellie Alexander – A Cozy Kind of Christmas, finished 10/4/25 ★★★.5

HAWAII: Kaui Hart Hemmings
* author Ashely Alker, M.D. – 99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them, finished 11/24/25 ★★★★

IDAHO: Vardis Fisher
* author Annette Dashofy – Bridges Burned (Zoe Chambers #3), finished 11/28/25 ★★★★

ILLINOIS: Ernest Hemingway
* author Shawn Levy – In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Stand-Up Comedy, finished 10/3/25 ★★★.5

INDIANA: Kurt Vonnegut
* author Nancy Naigle – Tidings of Joy (Christmas in Evergreen #3), finished 11/13/25 ★★★.5

IOWA: Bill Bryson
* author Ashley Weaver – Death Wears a Mask (Amory Ames #2), finished 9/6/25 ★★★★

KANSAS: William Inge
* author Susan Wittig Albert – The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover (Darling Dahlias #7), finished 7/2/25 ★★★.5

KENTUCKY: Hunter S. Thompson
* author Kate Carlisle – Premeditated Mortar (Fixer-Upper #8), finished 10/20/25 ★★★★

LOUISIANA: Anne Rice
* author Lee Strauss – Murder at Kensington Gardens (Ginger Gold #6), finished 8/16/25 ★★★★

MAINE: Stephen King
* author Ellery Adams – The Tattered Cover (Secret, Book & Scone Society #8), finished 8/11/25 ★★★★

MARYLAND: Nora Roberts or Tom Clancy
* author Debbie Macomber – A Ferry Merry Christmas, finished 10/5/25 ★★★★

MASSACHUSETTS: Nathaniel Hawthorne
* author Archer Mayor – Fall Guy (Joe Gunther #33), finished 7/27/25 ★★★★

MICHIGAN: Jeffrey Eugenides
* author Maureen Ash – The Alehouse Murders (Templar Knight #1), finished 8/5/25 ★★★.5

MINNESOTA: F. Scott Fitzgerald
* author Alexander McCall Smith – The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg #1), finished 8/16/25 ★★★

MISSISSIPPI: William Faulkner
* author Sy Montgomery – Of Time and Turtles, by Sy Montgomery, finished 7/17/25 ★★★★

MISSOURI: Maya Angelou
* author Irina Shapiro – Murder on Platform Four (Tate & Bell #5), finished 7/3/25 ★★★★

MONTANA: Maile Meloy
* author Michiko Aoyama – What You are Looking For is in the Library, finished 7/22/25 ★★★★

NEBRASKA: Nicholas Sparks
* author Abigail Keam – Murder Under a Silver Moon (Mona Moon #4), finished 8/23/25 ★★★★

NEVADA: Charles Bock
* author Ellie Alexander – Nothing Bundt Trouble (Bakeshop #11), finished 9/10/25 ★★★★

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Dan Brown
* author Richard Hack – Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie, finished 7/10/25 ★★★★

NEW JERSEY: Philip Roth
* author Rex Stout – Too Many Cooks (Nero Wolfe #5), finished 10/1/25 ★★★★

NEW MEXICO: Rudolfo Anaya
* author Margaret Coel – The Ghost Walker (Wind River Reservation #2), finished 7/5/25 ★★★★

NEW YORK: James Baldwin
* author K.J. Whittle – Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests, finished 8/18/25 ★★★.5

NORTH CAROLINA: Thomas Wolfe
* author Agatha Christie – The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot #2), finished 7/20/25 ★★★.5

NORTH DAKOTA: Louis L'Amour
* author Tony Hillerman – The Fallen Man (Leaphorn & Chee #12), finished 9/15/25 ★★★★

OHIO: Toni Morrison
* author Olivia Hayfield – Queen, King, Ace, finished 7/28/25 ★★★

OKLAHOMA: Ralph Ellison
* author Lee Hollis – Death of a Cupcake Queen (Hayley Powell #6), finished 7/19/25 ★★★★

OREGON: Beverly Cleary
* author Richard Osman – The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club #5), finished 8/15/25 ★★★★

PENNSYLVANIA: John Updike
* author Paul C. Nelson – Saving Worms After the Rain, finished 8/5/25 ★★★.5

RHODE ISLAND: Cormac McCarthy
* author Sherry Harris – From Beer to Eternity (Chloe Jackson #1), finished 7/14/25 ★★★★

SOUTH CAROLINA: Peggy Parish
* author Ann Cleeves – Harbour Street (Vera Stanhope #6), finished 7/13/25 ★★★★

SOUTH DAKOTA: Adam Johnson
* author Dorothy L. Sayers – Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey #2), finished 7/18/25 ★★★★

TENNESSEE: Peter Taylor
* author Nic Saint – Purrfectly Deadly (Mysteries of Max #2), finished 8/12/25 ★★★.5

TEXAS: Colleen Hoover
* author Eryn Scott – Littered with Trouble (Whiskers & Words #1), finished 8/30/25 ★★★★

UTAH: Thomas Savage
* author Anna Lee Huber – Mortal Arts (Lady Darby #2), finished 8/14/25 ★★★★

VERMONT: Ralph Nading Hill
* author M.J. Rose and author Steve Berry – The Lake of Learning (Cassiopeia Vitt #3), finished 8/19/25 ★★★.5

VIRGINIA: Willa Cather
* author Victoria Abbott – The Sayers Swindle (Book Collector #2), finished 7/30/25 ★★★

WASHINGTON: Debbie Macomber
* author Sherry Thomas – The Librarians, finished 7/7/25 ★★★.5

WEST VIRGINIA: Mary Lee Settle
* author Erica Wynters – Marigolds, Mischief and Murder (Camelot Flowers #1), finished 8/24/25 ★★★.5

WISCONSIN: Laura Ingalls Wilder
* author Sheila Connolly – Privy to the Dead (Museum #6), by Sheila Connolly, finished 9/12/25 ★★★★

WYOMING: Patricia MacLachlan
* author Wes Markin – The Viaduct Killings (Yorkshire Murders #1), finished 8/25/25 ★★★.5

WASHINGTON, DC: Michael Chabon
* author Carlene O’Connor – Murder in an Irish Pub (Irish Village #4), finished 9/1/25 ★★★★