Maybe you took a road trip around the country this summer, or wish you had! Either way, this book list will help you get a feel for each state. The list contains one fiction and one non-fiction book set in (or about) each state in the U.S. and also includes the most famous book set in each state. This is from an article on LitHub and you can read the full list here! Here are a few samples:
Minnesota:
- Fiction: History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
- Nonfiction: The Late Homecomer by Kao Kalia Yang
- Famous book: Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
North Dakota:
Fiction: The Grass Dancer by Susan Power
- Nonfiction: The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere by Debra Marquart
- Famous book: Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Fiction: Wisconsin:
- Fiction: American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar
- Nonfiction: Evicted by Matthew Desmond
- Famous book: Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder