"The 50 books below (51, actually, counting D.C.) have all been published within the last ten years. While many states have older books that are more readily identified with them individually, this list represents a kind of 21st-century survey of American reading.
This collection represents popular contemporary books set in each state, from Alabama to Wyoming. Our carefully curated list also covers a wide range of genres: contemporary "serious" literature, but also outstanding thrillers, comic novels, young adult, science fiction, mystery, historical fiction, and even a splash of nonfiction and biography, auto- and otherwise."
