Literary Travelogue of the United States Challenge

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1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
78,958 members
1,434 reviews
½ 4.4
6 Members
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sturlington: Alabama
2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
43,296 members
520 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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sturlington: Missouri
3
American Gods {original}
by Neil Gaiman
33,719 members
933 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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sturlington: Wisconsin
4
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
28,290 members
505 reviews
4
4 Members
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sturlington: Massachusetts
5
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
23,884 members
467 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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sturlington: Kansas
6
The Shining
by Stephen King
23,317 members
453 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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sturlington: Colorado
7
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
23,030 members
409 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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8
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
22,203 members
424 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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sturlington: Kansas
9
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
20,544 members
559 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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sturlington: Vermont
10
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
19,262 members
348 reviews
4
4 Members
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sturlington: Florida
11
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
9,235 members
179 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
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sturlington: Louisiana
12
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
8,797 members
184 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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13
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
21,489 members
477 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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hipdeep: Louisiana
14
The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
21,224 members
680 reviews
4
3 Members
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sturlington: Oklahoma
15
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
20,564 members
798 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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sturlington: West Virginia
16
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
18,058 members
446 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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sturlington: Alaska
17
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
13,684 members
287 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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merrystar: Nebraska
18
By the Shores of Silver Lake
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
9,705 members
67 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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19
Little Town on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
9,255 members
76 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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20
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
6,192 members
137 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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21
Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
5,962 members
121 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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hipdeep: Ohio
22
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner
5,487 members
183 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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sturlington: Colorado
23
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
34,519 members
478 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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sturlington: Oklahoma
24
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
23,561 members
443 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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merrystar: Georgia
25
Carrie
by Stephen King
14,707 members
292 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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26
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
14,413 members
193 reviews
4
2 Members
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sturlington: Nevada
27
The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
13,567 members
241 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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28
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
11,762 members
798 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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29
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare
11,199 members
209 reviews
4
2 Members
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sturlington: Connecticut
30
Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
9,968 members
623 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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31
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
8,379 members
239 reviews
½ 4.6
2 Members
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32
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
6,819 members
247 reviews
4
2 Members
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sturlington: Connecticut
33
Housekeeping
by Marilynne Robinson
6,398 members
214 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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34
Jacob Have I Loved
by Katherine Paterson
5,606 members
72 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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sturlington: Maryland
35
Love Medicine
by Louise Erdrich
3,945 members
78 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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sturlington: North Dakota
36
Ceremony
by Leslie Marmon Silko
3,588 members
60 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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sturlington: New Mexico
37
The Witches of Eastwick
by John Updike
3,260 members
46 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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sturlington: Rhode Island
38
A Death in the Family
by James Agee
3,066 members
68 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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39
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
by Sherman Alexie
1,299 members
13 reviews
4
2 Members
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40
Election
by Tom Perrotta
946 members
31 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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sturlington: New Jersey
41
A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
18,134 members
333 reviews
4.2
Member
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42
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
17,373 members
226 reviews
4
Member
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43
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
14,897 members
226 reviews
4
Member
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44
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
14,458 members
393 reviews
4.2
Member
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sturlington: Minnesota
45
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
11,884 members
382 reviews
4
Member
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46
Nine Stories
by J. D. Salinger
11,804 members
112 reviews
4.1
Member
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47
Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
11,683 members
274 reviews
4.2
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Arizona
48
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
10,870 members
364 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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sturlington : Iowa; DNF
49
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
10,838 members
253 reviews
4
Member
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50
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros
10,773 members
231 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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51
Eleanor and Park
by Rainbow Rowell
9,139 members
640 reviews
4.1
Member
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52
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
8,994 members
132 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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sturlington: New York
53
The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara
8,827 members
189 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: Pennsylvania
54
Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
7,638 members
121 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
55
The Hotel New Hampshire
by John Irving
7,348 members
76 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: New Hampshire
56
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J. D. Vance
6,958 members
344 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
57
Geek Love
by Katherine Dunn
6,156 members
163 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Oregon
58
The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy
5,844 members
110 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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sturlington : South Carolina
59
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
5,802 members
121 reviews
3.8
Member
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60
Midwives
by Chris Bohjalian
5,729 members
122 reviews
3.8
Member
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61
Plainsong
by Kent Haruf
5,608 members
208 reviews
4
Member
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62
The Accidental Tourist
by Anne Tyler
5,417 members
98 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Maryland
63
Bastard Out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison
5,207 members
119 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: South Carolina
64
Inside Out and Back Again
by Thanhhà Lại
4,887 members
558 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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65
True Grit
by Charles Portis
4,335 members
213 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep
66
The Art of Fielding
by Chad Harbach
4,200 members
253 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
67
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
by Michael Chabon
4,102 members
64 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Pennsylvania
68
The Round House
by Louise Erdrich
3,956 members
222 reviews
4
Member
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69
Another Roadside Attraction
by Tom Robbins
3,645 members
39 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
70
Close Range
by Annie Proulx
3,460 members
70 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Wyoming
71
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
by Norman Maclean
3,161 members
61 reviews
4.2
Member
hipdeep
72
Summer of My German Soldier
by Bette Greene
3,048 members
47 reviews
3.8
Member
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73
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion
2,977 members
59 reviews
3.8
Member
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74
The Confessions of Nat Turner
by William Styron
2,740 members
39 reviews
3.9
Member
hipdeep
75
Drown
by Junot Díaz
2,624 members
45 reviews
3.8
Member
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76
Betsy-Tacy
by Maud Hart Lovelace
2,516 members
53 reviews
4.1
Member
merrystar
77
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
by Cory Doctorow
2,509 members
122 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
hipdeep
78
House Made of Dawn
by N. Scott Momaday
1,958 members
37 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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79
Shoeless Joe
by W. P. Kinsella
1,955 members
43 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
80
Jayber Crow
by Wendell Berry
1,824 members
44 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
steller0707
81
Train Dreams
by Denis Johnson
1,649 members
113 reviews
3.9
Member
steller0707
82
The Wapshot Chronicle
by John Cheever
1,583 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
steller0707
83
Doc
by Mary Doria Russell
1,421 members
176 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Kansas
84
Legends of the Fall
by Jim Harrison
1,157 members
30 reviews
3.9
Member
hipdeep
85
Townie
by Andre III Dubus
781 members
41 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
86
A Short History of a Small Place
by T.R. Pearson
542 members
8 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
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sturlington: North Carolina
87
Split Images
by Elmore Leonard
444 members
9 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ahef1963
88
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
8,107 members
181 reviews
3.9
89
Native Son
by Richard Wright
7,782 members
102 reviews
4
90
The Known World
by Edward P. Jones
6,888 members
163 reviews
3.8
91
Stoner
by John Williams
6,801 members
356 reviews
½ 4.3
92
Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
6,163 members
111 reviews
½ 3.6
93
Animal Dreams
by Barbara Kingsolver
5,616 members
76 reviews
4
94
The Marriage Plot
by Jeffrey Eugenides
5,314 members
289 reviews
½ 3.5
95
The Yearling
by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
4,804 members
69 reviews
4
96
Half Broke Horses
by Jeannette Walls
4,725 members
236 reviews
4
97
A Map of the World
by Jane Hamilton
4,524 members
60 reviews
½ 3.5
98
Look Homeward, Angel
by Thomas Wolfe
3,566 members
50 reviews
4
99
Moloka'i
by Alan Brennert
3,153 members
202 reviews
4.1
100
Independence Day
by Richard Ford
3,095 members
48 reviews
3.8