USA Reading Roadtrip

Oh, yes.  Another book challenge.  But, y'all, I really do love myself a good book challenge.  Traveling around the 50 states of the USA through the stories of books set in each state?  What's not to love about this challenge?  The group on goodreads operates each calendar year.  That's all fine and good.  I'm not really giving myself an "end" date.  I'll take my trip leisurely.

Preliminary list:

  1. Alabama - Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer - READ 27 August 2019 - read review here
  2. Alaska - More Than Everything by Vanessa G. Foster - READ 18 July 2020
  3. Arizona - Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
  4. Arkansas - The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield - READ 13 February 2018 - read review here
  5. California - The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt - READ 18 June 2016 - read review here
  6. Colorado - The Killing Lessons by Saul Black (also takes place in CA and UT) - READ 18 May 2016 - read review here
  7. Connecticut - The Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson
  8. Delaware - Are You Scared Yet? by Hunter Morgan
  9. Florida - Ocean Prey by John Sandford - READ 6 July 2021
  10. Georgia - Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich - READ 10 May 2017 - read review here
  11. Hawaii - Honolulu by Alan Brennert
  12. Idaho - Educated by Tara Westover - 13 May 2020
  13. Illinois - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch - READ 13 February 2017 - read review here
  14. Indiana - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler - READ 22 January 2017 - read review here
  15. IowaMissing Pieces by Heather Gudenkauf - READ 24 April 2017 - read review here
  16. Kansas - The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel - READ 2 May 2017 - read review here
  17. Kentucky - The Nowhere Child by Christian White - READ 28 August 2019 - read review here
  18. Louisiana - Dollbaby by Laura Lane McNeal
  19. Maine - Haunted by James Patterson and James O. Born - READ 20 October 2018 - read review here
  20. Maryland - After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman
  21. Massachusetts - Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner - READ 7 November 2017 - read review here 
  22. Michigan - The Girls by Abigail Pesta - READ 5 August 2021
  23. Minnesota - Bloody Genius by John Sandford - READ 16 May 2020
  24. Mississippi - Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
  25. Missouri - Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
  26. Montana - Missoula by Jon Krakauer - READ 31 August 2016 - read review here
  27. Nebraska - Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes - READ 16 November 2020
  28. Nevada - Neon Prey by John Sandford - READ 8 January 2020
  29. New Hampshire - The Pact by Jodi Picoult - READ 10 April 2017 - read review here
  30. New Jersey - Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart - READ 15 October 2016 - read review here
  31. New Mexico - Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira - READ 15 May 2017 - read review here
  32. New York - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - READ 4 April 2018 - read review here
  33. North Carolina - Iron House by John Hart - READ 29 January 2018 - read review here
  34. North Dakota - The Round House by Louise Erdich
  35. Ohio - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison - READ 30 September 2016 - read review here
  36. Oklahoma - The Art of Crash Landing by Melissa DeCarlo
  37. Oregon - Dropped Third Strike by Micah K. Chaplin - READ 15 March 2020 - read review here
  38. Pennsylvania - Ask the Passengers by A.S. King
  39. Rhode Island - Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp
  40. South Carolina - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd - READ 6 January 2017 - read review here
  41. South Dakota -Paradise Sky by Joe R. Lansdale - READ 19 January 2018 - read review here
  42. Tennessee - All the Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison - READ 1 April 2018 - read review here
  43. Texas - Dumplin' by Julie Murphy - READ 12 June 2016 - read review here
  44. Utah - Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall, Lisa Pulitzer
  45. Vermont - Lie in Wait by Eric Rickstad - READ 11 June 2017 - read review here
  46. Virginia - To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han - READ 4 August 2021
  47. Washington - Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier - READ 21 November 2018
  48. West Virginia - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - READ 09 August 2017 - read review here
  49. Wisconsin - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
  50. Wyoming - Take Me with You by Catherine Ryan Hyde - READ 5 January 2018 - read review here
Do you have a book suggestion set in a particular state?  I'd love to hear it!


2 comments:

  1. this is so fun! i just read the love that split the world which is set in KY, so if your KY book doesn't work out.. maybe you would like that one. it's very YA though. I might have to put a list together for this one!

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  2. This is an awesome list! This sounds like a fun challenge

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