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Books Set in Each of the 50 U.S. States

Well, I discovered I need to read more about North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Utah. Almost all of my Utah books had murder. Yikes! Just happy to use something other than "The Outsiders" for Oklahoma.
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ALABAMA (Fried Green Tomatoes)
ALABAMA
1
Fried Green Tomatoes
ALASKA (Into the Wild)
ALASKA
2
Into the Wild
ARIZONA (Waiting to Exhale)
ARIZONA
3
Waiting to Exhale
ARKANSAS (I Know Why)
ARKANSAS
4
I Know Why
CALIFORNIA (The Joy Luck Club)
CALIFORNIA
5
The Joy Luck Club
COLORADO (The Shining)
COLORADO
6
The Shining
CONNETICUT (A Wrinkle in Time)
CONNETICUT
7
A Wrinkle in Time
DELAWARE (Fight Club)
DELAWARE
8
Fight Club
FLORIDA (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
FLORIDA
9
Their Eyes Were Watching God
GEORGIA (Midnight in the Garden)
GEORGIA
10
Midnight in the Garden
HAWAII (From Here to Eternity)
HAWAII
11
From Here to Eternity
IDAHO (Under the Banner of Heaven)
IDAHO
12
Under the Banner of Heaven
ILLINOIS (The Devil in the White City)
ILLINOIS
13
The Devil in the White City
INDIANA (The Fault)
INDIANA
14
The Fault
IOWA (A Thousand Acres)
IOWA
15
A Thousand Acres
KANSAS (The Wizard of Oz)
KANSAS
16
The Wizard of Oz
KENTUCKY (Coal Miner's Daughter)
KENTUCKY
17
Coal Miner's Daughter
LOUISIANA (Interview With the Vampire)
LOUISIANA
18
Interview With the Vampire
MAINE (The Weight of Water)
MAINE
19
The Weight of Water
MARYLAND (The Sisterhood)
MARYLAND
20
The Sisterhood
MASSACHUSETTS (The Handmaid's Tale)
MASSACHUSETTS
21
The Handmaid's Tale
MICHIGAN (Middlesex)
MICHIGAN
22
Middlesex
MINNESOTA (Then Came Heaven)
MINNESOTA
23
Then Came Heaven
MISSISSIPPI (A Time to Kill)
MISSISSIPPI
24
A Time to Kill
MISSOURI (Gone Girl)
MISSOURI
25
Gone Girl
MONTANA (Lonesome Dove)
MONTANA
26
Lonesome Dove
NEBRASKA (My Antonia)
NEBRASKA
27
My Antonia
NEVADA (The Stand)
NEVADA
28
The Stand
New Hampshire (Our Town)
New Hampshire
29
Our Town
New Jersey (Are You There God)
New Jersey
30
Are You There God
New Mexico (Death Comes for the Archbishop)
New Mexico
31
Death Comes for the Archbishop
New York (The Amazing Adventures)
New York
32
The Amazing Adventures
North Carolina (Where the Crawdads)
North Carolina
33
Where the Crawdads
North Dakota (Young Pioneers)
North Dakota
34
Young Pioneers
OHIO (Beloved)
OHIO
35
Beloved
OKLAHOMA (Ready Player One)
OKLAHOMA
36
Ready Player One
OREGON (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
OREGON
37
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
PENNSYLVANIA (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
PENNSYLVANIA
38
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Rhode Island (My Sister's Keeper)
Rhode Island
39
My Sister's Keeper
South Carolina (The Prince of Tides)
South Carolina
40
The Prince of Tides
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