Most famous book set in every state?

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it all fiction except for Tom Brokaw and the book about Matthew Shepherd? If you're including non-fiction books there are far better choices. All The President's Men for DC, for example.

Walden is also not a novel. The Scarlet Letter would be better for Massachusetts.

Abssolitely. Or house of seven gables. Or Moby Dick.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland - Misty of Chincoteague?

My teacher (in Texas) read this to us, so I’ve always considered it a minor childhood classic, similar to Bridge of Terabithia, Tuck Everlasting, etc. Is it really somewhat obscure but I was just fortunate to have a teacher who found it and shared it with us, or would it be a good representative for this list?

Oh yes definitely misty of chingoteague for Maryland! (Or Delaware if it’s the Delaware side?)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland - Misty of Chincoteague?

My teacher (in Texas) read this to us, so I’ve always considered it a minor childhood classic, similar to Bridge of Terabithia, Tuck Everlasting, etc. Is it really somewhat obscure but I was just fortunate to have a teacher who found it and shared it with us, or would it be a good representative for this list?

Oh yes definitely misty of chingoteague for Maryland! (Or Delaware if it’s the Delaware side?)

Poster who suggested Misty of Chincoteague

Oops, looks like I goofed. Apparently Chincoteague is in Virginia.

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All the King’s Men springs to mind for Louisiana.

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Anonymous wrote:All the King’s Men springs to mind for Louisiana.

Yeah that’s a better book than confederacy of dunces.

There’s so many good ones for Maine. Cider House Rules would be another good one.

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Demond copperhead would be another for Virginia. I guess there are a lot of Virginia options. The Known Workd is also incredible but I don’t think as famous.

I’m sort of surprised there aren’t better options for Maryland. I saw another list that had Kindred on it.

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It’s set in many places but Roots has a major component in VA.

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The Confessions of Nat Turner is set in VA.

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Admittedly, I haven’t read the book selected for West Virginia, but “Rocket Boys” strikes me as maybe a better choice than a kids’ book to represent the state.

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I read your title as “book set”. Like a book series favored in the state. Wrong lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Mass and NY are pretty good. Not sure what else you would pick for MD or VA. DC I’d think you could do better (all the president’s men maybe?).

I would have chosen Kindred by Octavia Butler for Maryland.

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Anonymous wrote:Native Son by Richard Wright should be the Illinois book. It’s set in Chicago.

Alternatively, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury

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Anonymous wrote:Alaska should be that Jack London book about the dog. Or maybe tjulie of the wolves.

Agree California should be Steinbeck or chandler.

Runner up for Florida is the yearling.

For Maryland what do we think about The collected works of Edgar Allen Poe?

For Minnesota, I wonder if Lake Woebegone would be a better pick.

I thought NJ would be a Philip Roth book.

There must be something better for Ohio! Cleveland?

Also feel like there’s probably something better for Rhode Island but I don’t know what.

It’s an interesting idea though and I feel like many of the states are right. But it also highlights how some states just do not have a lot of good literature placed there.

Beloved or the Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison set in Cincinnati would have been better picks.

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In the Spirit of Crazy Horse for South Dakota and The Bridges of Madison County for Iowa is what I would pick for those states

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I would’ve picked A Streetcar Named Desire for Louisiana (New Orleans) and of course Steinbeck for CA. Also, no Mark Twain? I guess it’s hard when you have two great writers to choose from for Mississippi.