Annie visits every state

50 states plus DC. The territories are in my Global challenge.

Categories:
1. Fiction - 3 books per state, 1 book per author and/or series allowed
2. Non-fiction - 1 book per state
3. Bonus categories - 1 entry per state

Rules for this one:
1. A book counts only in one state.
2. For fiction - the book is either set in the state completely OR the out of State time is minimal
3. For non-fiction - the book is only about this one state or a city/event in the state (or in the territories that are now part of the state).
4. For the Journals/Magazines - the publisher's state counts
5. For Poetry - any poet from the state regardless of the type of poetry they write.

Start: 10 December 2021 (or whenever I finish the first eligible book after that).

Fiction

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas

California
Hoodwink by Bill Pronzini -- Nameless Detective (7)
The Domestic Crusaders by Wajahat Ali

Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland

Massachusetts
Robert B. Parker's Bye Bye Baby by Ace Atkins -- Spenser (50)

Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico

New York
Abandoned in Death by J. D. Robb -- In Death (54)

North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Wyoming
Stone Cold by C. J. Box -- Joe Pickett (14)

DC, Washington

Non-fiction

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
DC, Washington

Bonus category 1: Magazines, Journals and so on

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California: McSweeney's 67
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
DC, Washington

Bonus category 2: Poetry (poets from the state):

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California: The Curious Thing: Poems by Sandra Lim
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York: A Short History of Monsters by Jose Padua
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
DC, Washington

You always think of interesting ways to organize your lists. I'm looking forward to following you on this journey as well.

Apparently not only I had been ignoring this thread but I had not been reading a lot of US based books as well. Filled in the few that I match something above.

But while I was away, I decided on my second Bonus category - Poetry :) That will be fun to fill...

I am also strongly considering switching the state-mash to Magazines and Journals from the state - I am in "try new literary magazines" mood and that would be an interesting way to find out some new ones...

>7 AnnieMod: Two interesting ideas for broadening the challenge. I don't seem to read a lot of US lit, so I'm having trouble reading one fiction and one nonfiction.

>8 labfs39: Despite my abysmal statistics so far, I am looking at the non-fiction as a way to learn more about USA - past and present. It may not work for someone who was born and grew up in it but I did not :)

>8 labfs39: >9 AnnieMod:
Just one fiction per state is enough for me for the present!