Books set in North America



Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Newfoundland

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Quebec

Thúy, Kim
- Ru

Yukon

Mexico

Herrera, Yuri
- Signs Preceding the End of the World

McDougall, Christopher
Born to Run

Sada, Daniel
- One Out of Two

Wariner, Ruth
- The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir

United States

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

Conley, Garrard
- Boy Erased: A Memoir

Schiffer, Vivienne
Camp Nine 

California

DeWitt, Patrick
- The Sisters Brothers

Wilkerson, Charmaine
- Black Cake

Pacific Crest Trail

Anderson, Heather
- Thirst: 2,600 Miles to Home

Strayed, Cheryl
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

San Francisco

Guinn, Jeff
- The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

Ng, Fae Myenne
Bone

Otsuka, Julie
The Buddha in the Attic

Seal Beach

Cox, Lynne
Grayson

Colorado

Delaware

Henríquez, Cristina
- The Book of Unknown Americans

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Vowell, Sarah
- Unfamiliar Fishes

Idaho

Brelinski, Val
- The Girl Who Slept with God

Westover, Tara
- Educated: A Memoir

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

McHugh, Laura
- Arrowood

Robinson, Marilynne
- Gilead

Kansas

Capote, Truman
- In Cold Blood

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Oyeyemi, Helen
- Boy Snow Bird

Boston

Guerrero, Diane
- In the Country We Love: My Family Divided

Haigh, Jennifer
Faith

Larson, Kate Clifford
- Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

Shapiro, B.A.
The Art Forger

Steinberg, Avi
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian

Vowell, Sarah
- The Wordy Shipmates

Michigan

Flournoy, Angela
- The Turner House

Minnesota

Enger, Leif
- Peace Like a River

Erdrich, Louise
Shadow Tag

Mississippi

Ward, Jesmyn
- Men We Reaped

Missouri

Flynn, Gillian
Gone Girl

Montana

Nebraska

Rowell, Rainbow
- Attachments

New Jersey

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Americanah

Díaz, Junot
- This Is How You Lose Her

New Mexico

New York

Groff, Lauren
Arcadia

Torres, Justin
- We the Animals

New York City

Boyne, John
- A Ladder to the Sky

Danticat, Edwidge
- Brother, I'm Dying

DeLillo, Don
- Falling Man

García, Cristina
- Dreaming in Cuban

Hamill, Pete
- Forever

Kwok, Jean
Girl in Translation

Mun, Nami
Miles from Nowhere

Nović, Sara
- Girl at War

Rosenbloom, Stephanie
- Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude

Samuelsson, Marcus
- Yes, Chef

Poughkeepsie

Rowe, Claudia
- The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder

Rochester

Uwiringiyimana, Sandra
- How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child

North Carolina

North Dakota

Enger, Leif
- Peace Like a River

Erdrich, Louise
The Round House

Oklahoma

Ohio

Ng, Celeste
- Everything I Never Told You - Little Fires Everywhere

Perkins-Valdez, Dolen
- Wench

Oregon

DeWitt, Patrick
- The Sisters Brothers

Pacific Crest Trail

Anderson, Heather
- Thirst: 2,600 Miles to Home

Strayed, Cheryl
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Pennsylvania

Bechdel, Alison
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Otsuka, Julie
When the Emperor Was Divine

Vermont

Goodman, Makenna
- The Shame

Tartt, Donna
- The Secret History

Virginia

Washington, D.C.

Washington (state)

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Larson, Kate Clifford
- Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

Wyoming


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