tymfos aims for books @ 50 states

Hi! I've heard this challenge mentioned in other groups, and it sounds like something I'd enjoy. I like to read books set in different places, and I've been wondering how many states I've covered. This thread will give me a place to sort that all out. I read both fiction and non-fiction. My primary interest here will be where novels are set, but I'm going to keep a list of non-fiction, too. Those will be harder, because -- depending on the subject -- not all have geographic settings.

I see 2009 suggested as a starting point for what books read to count. That's the year I joined LT, so that fits me perfectly. I may, at least temporarily, have a few books listed from earlier until I have time to sort out dates that I read things.

It will take me a while to sort through things and fill in what I've read. I'll start with the memorable ones, add books as I finish, and sort through my records to refresh my memory as to what books fit where.

BTW, I read a lot of series books, so if I list a book from a series, I'll list the series it came from, too -- if I'm up to date with the series, I'll add a * by the series name.

FICTION:

Alabama: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Alaska: A Cold Day for Murder / Kate Shugak series by Dana Stabenow
Arizona: The Blessing Way / Joe Leaphorn series by Tony Hillerman
Arkansas
California: The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly /Mickey Haller series
Colorado: The Shining by Stephen King
Connecticut: Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
Delaware
Florida: The Cypress House by Michael Koryta
Georgia: December's Thorn / Fever Devilin series* by Phillip DePoy

FICTION:

Hawaii:
Idaho
Illinois: Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Indiana So Cold the River by Michael Koryta
Iowa: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Kansas Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Kentucky The Ridge by Michael Koryta
Louisiana In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead / Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke
Maine: Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Maryland: Baltimore Blues / Tess Monaghan series by Laura Lippman

FICTION:

Massachusetts: A Drink Before the War / *Kenzie/Gennaro series by Dennis Lehane
Michigan: Q Road by Bonnie Campbell; A Cold Day in Paradise / Alex McKnight series by Steve Hamilton
Minnesota Iron Lake / *Cork O'Connor series by William Kent Krueger
Mississippi: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Missouri: Family Skeletons / Torie O'Shea series by Rett MacPherson
Montana: Montana, 1948 by Larry Watson
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire: No Doors, No Windows by Joe Schreiber )
New Jersey: Tilt a Whirl / John Ceepak* series by Chris Grabenstein

FICTION:

New Mexico: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
New York: One Was a Soldier / *Claire Fergusson series by Julia Spencer-Fleming
North Carolina: The Fitzgerald Ruse / Sam Blackman series by Mark de Castrique
North Dakota: The Round house by Louise Erdrich
Ohio: A Welcome Grave / *Lincoln Perry PI series by Michael Koryta
Oklahoma
Oregon: Judgment Calls / Samantha Kinkade series by Alafair Burke
Pennsylvania: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Rhode Island
South Carolina: Death on Demand / Death on Demand series by Carolyn Hart

FICTION:

South Dakota:
Tennessee: Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cheri Priest (Eden Moore series, but not all set in Tennessee)
Texas: Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr (Anna Pigeon series, but that series moves around!)
Utah:
Vermont:
Virginia: No Nest for the Wicket / Meg Langslow series by Donna Andrews
Washington: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
West Virginia The Baptism of Billy Bean by Roger Alan Skipper
Wisconsin: Dead Angler / Loon Lake mysteries by Victoria Houston 7/8/14
Wyoming: The Cold Dish / *Walt Longmire series by Craig Johnson

bonus:
District of Columbia: State of the Onion / White House Chef series by Julie Hyzy

NON-FICTION:

Alabama:
Alaska: Deadliest Sea by Kalee Thompson
Arizona:
Arkansas: A Haunted Love Story by Mark Spencer
California: Lost Cat
Colorado: Columbine by Dave Cullen
Connecticut:
Delaware
Florida: Daytona: From the Birth of Speed to the Death of the Man in Black by Ed Hinton
Georgia: Andersonville Diary by John Ransom

NON-FICTION

Hawaii:
Idaho
Illinois: To Sleep With The Angels by David Cowan
Indiana
Iowa: Midnight Assassin by Patricia L. Bryan
Kansas: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote; And Hell Followed With It by Bonar Menninger
Kentucky
Louisiana: Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
Maine: The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife by Connie Scovill
Maryland: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

NON-FICTION:

Massachusetts: Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 by Stephen Puleo
Michigan: Annie's Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg
Minnesota: So Terrible a Storm by Curt Brown
Mississippi: Ghosts of Mississippi by Maryanne Vollers
Missouri: When the Mississippi Ran Backwards by Jay Feldman
Montana:
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire:
New Jersey: Toms River by Dan Fagin

NON-FICTION:

New Mexico: American Ghost by Hannah Nordhaus
New York: Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle
North Carolina:
North Dakota:
Ohio:
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania: Gettysburg by Stephen W. Sears
Rhode Island: Killer Show by John Barylick
South Carolina

NON-FICTION

South Dakota: The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
Tennessee
Texas: Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
Utah
Vermont
Virginia: Southern Lady, Yankee Spy by Elizabeth R. Varon
Washington: The White Cascade by Gary Krist
West Virginia
Wisconsin:
Wyoming:

bonus:
District of Columbia

Hi Terri! I found you! You've covered a good many of the states already. I see a few in your lists that I read for my challenge.

>12 cbl_tn: Hi, Carrie! Glad you stopped by.

I've thoroughly neglected this challenge. I'm sure I've read books over the past year or so that could have filled spots here. I've spotten one right away . . .

ETA to add Well, I went through my book lists, and really, there were only two to fill in empty spots. I need to be more intentional about this challenge.

I love that you're doing fiction and non-fiction!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm not doing so well on the non-fiction . . .

>16 tymfos: I naturally read a mixture of fiction and non-fiction, but I had not really been paying attention to that aspect in the challenge. I went and had a look at my 50 States Challenge thread and I did have a mixture of both. I marked the ones that are non-fiction. I don't think I am going to try reading one fiction and one non-fiction book for each state as you are. I will happy to get one book done for each state whether it's fiction or non-fiction.

Since I completed my Fifty-States challenge, I haven't been back over here much. I'm glad that others keep finding this challenge - it was SO much fun! I enjoyed mine so much, that after I saw my results after reading at least one book per state, I decided to make sure I had at least one contemporary and one historical fiction book for each, plus many non-fictions fell into place, as well. After going back and finishing up the extra reading, it was fun to pick my Favorite Read from each state and also the book I thought had the best Sense of Place for it's state. Hope you're having as much fun with it as I did!

I haven't touched this thread since 2017. Surely I've "visited" more states in my reading since then! I need to look over my reading lists sometime and see "where" I've been!

>19 tymfos: It still pops up in my starred threads! I'll be curious to see where you've visited. I completed the challenge many years ago.

Hi, Lori! I'm not sure when I'll find time to sort through my reading between 2017 and now. Life is hectic. Reasonably good, but hectic!