Monday 13 January 2014

Lists: Business Insider's Reading through the US (by book)

Another BI list: Most famous books set in particular US states — counting the D.C. Visit the original article for more details. Some of these overlap with the other BI list.

Start: January 2014
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  1. Alabama // to Kill a Mockingbird // Harper Lee
  2. Alaska // into the Wild // Jon Krakauer
  3. Arizona // the Bean Trees // Barbara Kingsolver
  4. Arkansas // a Painted House // John Grisham
  5. California // East of Eden // John Steinbeck
  6. Colorado // the Shining // Stephen King
  7. Connecticut // Revolutionary Road // Richard Yates
  8. Delaware // the Saint of Lost Things // Christopher Castellani
  9. Florida // to Have and Have Not // Ernest Hemingway
  10. Georgia // Gone with the Wind // Margaret Mitchell
  11. Hawaii // Hawaii // James Michener
  12. Idaho // Housekeeping // Marilynne Robinson
  13. Illinois // the Jungle // Upton Sinclair
  14. Indiana // the Magnificent Ambersons // Booth Tarkington
  15. Iowa // a Thousand Acres // Jane Smiley
  16. Kansas // the Wonderful Wizard of Oz // L. Frank Baum
  17. Kentucky // Uncle Tom’s Cabin // Harriet Beecher Stowe
  18. Louisiana // Interview with the Vampire // Anne Rice
  19. Maine // Carrie // Stephen King
  20. Maryland // Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant // Anne Tyler
  21. Massachusetts // Walden // Henry David Thoreau
  22. Michigan // the Virgin Suicides // Jeffrey Eugenides
  23. Minnesota // Main Street // Sinclair Lewis
  24. Mississippi // the Sound and the Fury // William Faulkner
  25. Missouri // the Adventures of Tom Sawyer // Mark Twain
  26. Montana // a River Runs Through It // Norman Maclean
  27. Nebraska // My Antonia // Willa Cather
  28. Nevada // Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas // Hunter S. Thompson
  29. New Hampshire // the Hotel New Hampshire // John Irving
  30. New Jersey // Drown // Junot Diaz
  31. New Mexico // Red Sky at Morning // Richard Bradford
  32. New York // the Great Gatsby // F. Scott Fitzgerald
  33. North Carolina // a Walk to Remember // Nicholas Sparks
  34. North Dakota // the Round House // Louise Erdrich
  35. Ohio // the Broom of the System // David Foster Wallace
  36. Oklahoma // Paradise // Toni Morrison
  37. Oregon // One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest // Ken Kesey
  38. Pennsylvania // the Lovely Bones // Alice Sebold
  39. Rhode Island // My Sister’s Keeper // Jodi Picoult
  40. South Carolina // the Secret Life of Bees // Sue Monk Kidd
  41. South Dakota // a Long Way from Home // Tom Brokaw
  42. Tennessee // the Client // John Grisham
  43. Texas // No Country for Old Men // Cormac McCarthy
  44. Utah // the 19th Wife // David Ebershoff
  45. Vermont // Pollyanna // Eleanor H. Porter
  46. Virginia // Bridge to Terabithia // Katherine Patterson
  47. Washington // Twilight // Stephenie Meyer
  48. Washington, D.C. // Lost Symbol // Dan Brown
  49. West Virginia // Shiloh // Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  50. Wisconsin // Little House in the Big Woods // Laura Ingalls Wilder
  51. Wyoming // the Laramie Project // Moises Kaufman

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