Travel the United States with Books!

Long time, no post! Happy December!

It's that time of the year again when everyone is going crazy over the holidays and all the different book sites are giving out their "Best of the best!" book lists! I will save that for next month's post, as it is not quite end-of-the-year, yet!

Instead of being in the cold, I am wishing I was somewhere warmer right now.

So, in that spirit, here is a list of books I recommend for you to take a vacation with:

• Alabama
• Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (to-read list)

• Alaska
• Julie of the Wolves by  Jean Craighead George (to-read list)

• Arizona
• The Secret of Shadow Ranch by Carolyn Keene 
• P.S. I Like You by Kasie West

• Arkansas
• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (to-read list)

• California
• Wild by Cheryl Strayed (to-read list)

• Colorado
• A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies
• Adaline Falling Star by Mary Osborne Pope (to-read list)

• Connecticut
• Down the Rabbit Hole (An Echo Falls Mystery) by Peter Abrahams
• The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh (to-read list)

• Delaware
• Dark Shade by Jane Louise Curry (to-read list)
• Red Bird by Barbara Mitchell (to-read list, for children)

• Florida
• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

• Georgia
• Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (to-read list)

• Hawaii
• Pele and the Rivers of Fire by Michael Nordenstrom (to-read list, children's book)
• Hawaii by James A. Michener (to-read list) 

• Idaho
• Fire Storm by Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor (to-read list)

• Illinois 
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

• Indiana
• Mum's the Word by Kate Collins

• Iowa
• Cherry Blossom Princess by Marjorie Holmes (to-read list)

• Kansas
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (to-read list)

• Kentucky
• Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech

• Louisiana
• Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

• Maine
• Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (children's book) 
• A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord (to-read list)

• Maryland
• Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

• Massachusetts
• Boston Jacky by L.A. Meyer
• The Crucible by Arthur Miller

• Michigan
• Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
• The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
• Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (Psychic Eye Mystery, #1) by Victoria Laurie (to-read list)

• Minnesota
• The Twisted Tragedy of Miss Natalie Stewart by Leanna Renee Hieber (to-read list)
• Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (to-read list)

• Mississippi
• Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 
• The Mirk and the Midnight Hour by Jane Nickerson (to-read list)

• Missouri
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

• Montana
• Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (to-read list)
• Shep: Our Most Loyal Dog by Sneed B. Collard III (to-read list, children's book)

• Nebraska
• Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (to-read list)

• Nevada
• Undeadly by Michele Vail (to-read list)
• Rhyolite: The True Story of a Ghost Town by Diane Siebert (to-read list, children's book)

• New Hampshire
• Asylum by Madeleine Roux
• Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

• New Jersey
• Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

• New Mexico
• Variant by Robison Wells (to-read list)

• New York
• Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
• The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald

• North Carolina
• Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep (to-read list)

• North Dakota
• Beauty in the Breakdown by Tegan Anderson (to-read list)

• Ohio
• Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld (to-read list)

• Oklahoma
• Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

• Oregon
• A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (to-read list)

• Pennsylvania
• Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard (to-read list)

• Rhode Island
•  Season of for Fireflies by Rebecca Maizel (to-read list)

• South Carolina
• Compulsion by Martina Boone
• Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (to-read list)
• The Girl from Felony Bay by J.E. Thompson (to-read list)

• South Dakota
• Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow (to-read list)

• Tennessee
• Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

• Texas
• Glass Houses by Rachel Caine

• Utah
• Everneath by Brodi Ashton
• By Your Side by Kasie West
• Haunted Utah by Andy Weeks (to-read)

• Vermont
• Robert Frost's Poems by Robert Frost

• Virginia
• To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (to-read list)

• Washington
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 

• West Virginia
• Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

• Wisconsin
• No One Else Can Have You  by Kathleen Hale

• Wyoming
• Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick
• My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara (to-read list)

Note: This list was harder than I thought it would be, due to the amount of fiction I tend to read (fantasy worlds do not count!). Also, it is interesting how if you search for a particular state, the books show what the state is famous for (i.e. hauntings, baseball, shopping, crime, etc.). It seems I read many books out of the states, too, so that may call for another list in the future...

Note to self: Read more non-fiction in the upcoming year--or at least some with history mixed in!

What books are on your to-read list?