Adult Book Lists: Read Your Way Across the States

Printable book list: Part 1 and Part 2

ALABAMA

FIC FLAGG / Fannie Flagg
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Café

IC LEE / Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird (also in large print, on audiobook and DVD)

ALASKA

WES LAMOUR / Louis L'Amour
Sitka

MYS STABENOW / Dana Stabenow
Kate Shugak series
Book 1: A Cold Day for Murder

ARIZONA

SF HEARNE / Kevin Hearne
Iron Druid Chronicles
Book 1: Hounded (also on ebook)

MYS JANCE / J. A. Jance
Joanna Brady series
Book 1: Desert Heat

ARKANSAS

FIC GARLOCK / Dorothy Garlock
On Tall Pine Lake

MYS HESS / Joan Hess
Arly Hanks series
Book 1: Malice in Maggody

CALIFORNIA

MYS GRAFTON / Sue Grafton
Kinsey Millhone series
Book 1: "A" is for Alibi

FIC KOONTZ / Dean Koontz
Odd Thomas series
Book 1: Odd Thomas (also in large print, audiobook and DVD)

COLORADO

FIC ALEXANDE / Tamera Alexander
Timber Ridge Reflections series
Book 1: From a Distance

MYS DAVIDSON / Diane Mott Davidson
Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery series
Book 1: Catering to Nobody

CONNECTICUT

FIC TROPPER / Jonathan Tropper
The Book of Joe

FIC YATES / Richard Yates
Revolutionary Road

DELAWARE

FIC CASTELLA / Christopher Castellani
The Saint of Lost Things

FIC HINTON / S. E. Hinton
Hawkes Harbor

FLORIDA

FIC HIAASAN / Carl Hiaasen
Bad Monkey (also on ebook)

FIC LINDSAY / Jeff Lindsay
Dexter series
Book 1: Darkly Dreaming Dexter

GEORGIA

FIC JACKSON / Joshilyn Jackson
Between, Georgia

FIC MITCHELL / Margaret Mitchell
Gone With the Wind (also on DVD)

HAWAII

FIC BRENNERT / Alan Brennert
Moloka'i

FIC COBLE / Colleen Coble
Aloha Reef series
Book 1: Distant Echoes

IDAHO

FIC PEARSON / Ridley Pearson
Walt Fleming series
Killer Weekend

FIC SHALVIS / Jill Shalvis
Animal Magnetism series
Book 1: Animal Magnetism

ILLINOIS

SF BUTCHER / Jim Butcher
Dresden Files series
Book 1: Storm Front (also on audiobook and DVD)

FIC PHILLIPS / Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Chicago Stars series
Book 1: It Had to Be You

INDIANA

MYS ALT / Madelyn Alt
Bewitching Mystery series
The Trouble With Magic

FIC MOORE / Edward Kelsey Moore
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (also on ebook)

IOWA

FIC SMILEY / Jane Smiley
A Thousand Acres

FIC WALLER / Robert James Waller
The Bridges of Madison County

KANSAS

FIC JENKINS / Beverly Jenkins
Blessings series
Book 1: Bring on the Blessings

MYS WEIR / Charlene Weir
Susan Wren series
Book 1: The Winter Widow

KENTUCKY

FIC BERRY / Wendell Berry
Port William novels
Jayber Crow

FIC HARPER / Molly Harper
Jane Jameson Vampire series
Book 1: Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs

LOUISIANA

FIC RICE / Anne Rice
The Vampire Chronicles
Book 1: Interview with the Vampire (also on DVD)

MYS BURKE / James Lee Burke
Dave Robicheaux series
Book 1: The Neon Rain

MAINE

FIC CONNOLLY / John Connolly
Charlie Parker series
Book 1: Every Dead Thing

FIC IRVING / John Irving
The Cider House Rules

MARYLAND

MYS LIPPMAN / Laura Lippman
Tess Monaghan series
Boook 1: Baltimore Blues

FIC TYLER / Anne Tyler
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

MASSACHUSETTS

FIC KENT / Kathleen Kent
The Heretic's Daughter

FIC NEGGERS / Carla Neggers
Swift River Valley series
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