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Books of the American Midwest - Page 4

I've only been to Chicago, but I'm fascinated by the people and landscapes of the American Midwest. I tried to use as many sources and possible in this list of books set in or written by authors of the Midwest. I deleted some of the most tangential items from some of the lists and also simply searched for the names of Midwestern States in book titles. I ended up with a really eclectic selection.
Book lists used of the "10 or 100 books about variety":
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Magazine devoted to Midwestern lit: http://midwestgothic.com/
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The Lager Queen of Minnesota (J Ryan Stradel)
The Lager Queen of Minnesota
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J Ryan Stradel
Lake Michigan (Daniel Borzutzky)
Lake Michigan
122
Daniel Borzutzky
The Lake Michigan Mermaid a Tale in Poems (Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen)
The Lake Michigan Mermaid a Tale in Poems
123
Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen
Lake Overturn (Idaho)
Lake Overturn (Idaho)
124
Lake Wobegon Days
Lake Wobegon Days
125
The Lake, the River and the Other Lake (Steve Amick)
The Lake, the River and the Other Lake
126
Steve Amick
Larose (Louise Erdrich)
Larose
127
Louise Erdrich
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Iowa Story (William Anderson)
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Iowa Story
128
William Anderson
The Lazarus Project (Aleksandar Hemon)
The Lazarus Project
129
Aleksandar Hemon
The Lecturer's Tale
The Lecturer's Tale
130
Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall
131
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
132
Mark Twain
Life We Bury (Allen Eskens)
Life We Bury
133
Allen Eskens
Lila (Marilynne Robinson)
Lila
134
Marilynne Robinson
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
135
Celeste Ng
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
136
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
137
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little Town on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little Town on the Prairie
138
Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Lost Lady (Willa Cather)
A Lost Lady
139
Willa Cather
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
140
Louise Erdrich
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
141
Sinclair Lewis
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
142
Nelson Algren
A Map of the World (Jane Hamilton)
A Map of the World
143
Jane Hamilton
The Master Butchers Singing Club (Louise Erdrich)
The Master Butchers Singing Club
144
Louise Erdrich
Maud Martha (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Maud Martha
145
Gwendolyn Brooks
Meet Me in St. Louis (Sally Benson)
Meet Me in St. Louis
146
Sally Benson
Michigan vs. the Boys (Carrie S. Allen)
Michigan vs. the Boys
147
Carrie S. Allen
Middle C (William H. Gass)
Middle C
148
William H. Gass
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
149
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Midwest Farmer's Daughter (Zachary Michael Jack)
The Midwest Farmer's Daughter
150
Zachary Michael Jack
The Midwest Girls (Cherie Bennett)
The Midwest Girls
151
Cherie Bennett
The Mighty Miss Malone (Christopher Paul Curtis)
The Mighty Miss Malone
152
Christopher Paul Curtis
Minnesota: On the Banks of Plum Creek (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Minnesota: On the Banks of Plum Creek
153
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Minnesota Rag (Fred W. Friendly)
Minnesota Rag
154
Fred W. Friendly
Mom & Me & Mom
Mom & Me & Mom
155
Monolithos (Jack Gilbert)
Monolithos
156
Jack Gilbert
Moo (Jane Smiley)
Moo
157
Jane Smiley
More Die of Heartbreak
More Die of Heartbreak
158
Mosquitoland (Ohio) (David Arnold)
Mosquitoland (Ohio)
159
David Arnold
My American Unhappiness
My American Unhappiness
160
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