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Alabama
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by
Fannie Flagg
Call Number: FICTION FLAGG
The Almost Sisters
by
Joshilyn Jackson
Call Number: FICTION JACKSON
To Kill a Mockingbird
by
Harper Lee
Call Number: FICTION LEE
California
Destiny's Embrace
by
Beverly Jenkins
Call Number: ROMANCE JENKINS
California
by
Edan Lepucki
Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION LEPUCKI
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
by
Michelle McNamara
Call Number: 364.1523 MCNAMARA
Florida
Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found
by
Gilbert King
Call Number: 364.1532 KING
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
by
Anton DiSclafani
Call Number: FICTION DISCLAFA
World Gone By
by
Dennis Lehane
Call Number: FICTION LEHANE
Illinois
The Shining Girls
by
Lauren Beukes
Call Number: MYSTERY BEUKES
Dandelion Wine
by
Ray Bradbury
Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION BRADBURY
Pointe
by
Brandy Colbert
Call Number: YA FICTION COLBERT
Kentucky
The Love That Split the World
by
Emily Henry
Call Number: YA FICTION HENRY
The Ridge
by
Michael Koryta
Call Number: HORROR KORYTA
Hillbilly Elegy
by
J. D. Vance
Call Number: B VAN
Massachusetts
The Burning Girl
by
Claire Messud
Call Number: FICTION MESSUD
Defending Jacob
by
William Landay
Call Number: MYSTERY LANDAY
A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts
by
J. W. Ocker
Call Number: 133.4309 OCKER
Missouri
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of my Son Michael Brown
by
Lezley McSpadden; Lyah Beth LeFlore
Call Number: 305.896 MCSPADDE
Carl Weber's Kingpins: St. Louis
by
Keisha Ervin
Call Number: URBAN ERVIN
Sharp Objects
by
Gillian Flynn
Call Number: MYSTERY FLYNN
New Hampshire
The Night Strangers
by
Chris Bohjalian
Call Number: HORROR BOHJALIA
A Prayer for Owen Meany
by
John Irving
Call Number: FICTION IRVING
The Last Policeman
by
Ben H. Winters
Call Number: MYSTERY WINTERS
North Carolina
A Land More Kind Than Home
by
Wiley Cash
Call Number: FICTION CASH
Where All Light Tends to Go
by
David Joy
Call Number: FICTION JOY
See Me
by
Nicholas Sparks
Call Number: ROMANCE SPARKS
Oregon
The Child Finder
by
Rene Denfeld
Call Number: MYSTERY DENFELD
The Nowhere Girls
by
Amy Reed
Call Number: YA FICTION REED
Heartsick
by
Chelsea Cain
Call Number: LARGE PRINT MYSTERY CAIN
South Dakota
Jaded
by
Anne Calhoun
Call Number: ROMANCE CALHOUN
Wide Open
by
Deborah Coates
Call Number: MYSTERY COATES
The Personal History of Rachel Dupree
by
Ann Weisgarber
Call Number: FICTION WEISGARB
Vermont
The Night Sister
by
Jennifer McMahon
Call Number: HORROR MCMAHON
The City Baker's Guide to Country Living
by
Louise Miller
Call Number: FICTION MILLER
Truly Devious
by
Maureen Johnson
Call Number: YA FICTION JOHNSON
Wisconsin
Avery: The Case Against Steve Avery and What Making a Murderer Gets Wrong
by
Ken Kratz
Call Number: 345.774 KRATZ
The Second Sister
by
Marie Bostwick
Call Number: FICTION BOSTWICK
The Drifter
by
Nick Petrie
Call Number: MYSTERY PETRIE
Alaska
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by
Michael Chabon
Call Number: MYSTERY CHABON
The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf
by
Molly Harper
Call Number: ROMANCE HARPER
Before I Let Go
by
Marieke Nijkamp
Call Number: YA FICTION NIJKAMP
Colorado
Our Souls at Night
by
Kent Haruf
Call Number: FICTION HARUF
The Shining
by
Stephen King
Call Number: HORROR KING
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
by
Sue Klebold
Call Number: B KLE
Georgia
Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
by
Patrick Phillips
Call Number: 305.8009 PHILLIPS
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by
John Berendt
Call Number: 975.8724 BER
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
by
Jaye Robin Brown
Call Number: YA FICTION BROWN
Indiana
Snapper
by
Brian Kimberling
Call Number: FICTION KIMBERLI
So Cold the River
by
Michael Koryta
Call Number: HORROR KORYTA
All the Bright Places
by
Jennifer Niven
Call Number: YA FICTION NIVEN
Louisiana
The Cutting Season
by
Attica Locke
Call Number: MYSTERY LOCKE
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
by
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Call Number: 364.1523 MARZANO
Queen Sugar
by
Natalie Baszile
Call Number: FICTION BASZILE
Michigan
Detroit: An American Autopsy
by
Charlie LeDuff
Call Number: 977.434 LEDUFF
Broken Monsters
by
Lauren Beukes
Call Number: HORROR BEUKES
Marlena
by
Julie Buntin
Call Number: FICTION BUNTIN
Montana
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
by
Emily M. Danforth
Call Number: YA FICTION DANFORTH
The Bartender's Tale
by
Ivan Doig
Call Number: FICTION DOIG
Big Sky Mountain
by
Linda Lael Miller
Call Number: ROMANCE MILLER
New Jersey
Garden State Gangland: The Rise of the Mob in New Jersey
by
Scott M. Deitche
Call Number: 364.106 DEITCHE
The Jersey Devil
by
Hunter Shea
Call Number: HORROR SHEA
Born to Run
by
Bruce Springsteen
Call Number: B SPR
North Dakota
Badlands
by
C. J. Box
Call Number: MYSTERY BOX
Larose
by
Louise Erdrich
Call Number: FICTION ERDRICH
Dakota Born
by
Debbie Macomber
Call Number: ROMANCE MACOMBER
Pennsylvania
Dry Bones in the Valley
by
Tom Bouman
Call Number: MYSTERY BOUMAN
The Hike
by
Drew Magary
Call Number: FANTASY MAGARY
This Side of Salvation
by
Jeri Smith-Ready
Call Number: YA FICTION SMITH-RE
Tennessee
The Girls of Atomic City
by
Denise Kiernan
Call Number: 976.873 KIERNAN
Southern Comfort
by
Skyy
Call Number: URBAN SKYY
The Serpent King
by
Jeff Zentner
Call Number: YA FICTION ZENTNER
Virginia
Bliss House
by
Laura Benedict
Call Number: HORROR BENEDICT
Mislaid
by
Nell Zink
Call Number: FICTION ZINK
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
by
Monica Hesse
Call Number: 364.1642 HESSE
Wyoming
Dark Alchemy
by
Laura Bickle
Call Number: FICTION BICKLE
Too Hot to Handle
by
Victoria Dahl
Call Number: ROMANCE DAHL
The Daily Coyote: A Story of Love, Survival, and Trust in the Wilds of Wyoming
by
Shreve Stockton
Call Number: 636.977 STOCKTON
Arizona
Arizona Heat
by
Linda Lael Miller
Call Number: ROMANCE MILLER
Lawless Land
by
Dusty Richards
Call Number: FICTION RICHARDS
Everybody Sees the Ants
by
A. S. King
Call Number: YA FICTION KING
Connecticut
The Last Mrs. Parrish
by
Liv Constantine
Call Number: MYSTERY CONSTANT
Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
by
Sue Halpern
Call Number: FICTION HALPERN
A Study in Charlotte
by
Brittany Cavallaro
Call Number: YA FICTION CAVALLAR
Hawaii
Paradise of the Pacific: Approaching Hawai'i
by
Susanna Moore
Call Number: 996.9 MOORE
The Descendants
by
Kaui Hart Hemmings
Call Number: FICTION HEMMINGS
Jaya and Rasa Fall in Love
by
Sonia Patel
Call Number: YA FICTION PATEL
Iowa
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
by
Katarina Bivald
Call Number: FICTION BIVALD
Universal Harvester
by
John Darnielle
Call Number: HORROR DARNIELL
Grasshopper Jungle
by
Andrew Smith
Call Number: YA FICTION SMITH
Maine
The Precipice
by
Paul Doiron
Call Number: MYSTERY DOIRON
Maine
by
J. Courtney Sullivan
Call Number: FICTION SULLIVAN
The Stranger in the Woods
by
Michael Finkel
Call Number: B KNI
Minnesota
Blueberry Muffin Murder
by
Joanne Fluke
Call Number: MYSTERY FLUKE
History of Wolves
by
Emily Fridlund
Call Number: FICTION FRIDLUND
The Good Girl
by
Mary Kubica
Call Number: MYSTERY KUBICA
Nebraska
My Antonia
by
Willa Cather
Call Number: FICTION CATHER
The Echo Maker
by
Richard Powers
Call Number: FICTION POWERS
There's Someone Inside Your House
by
Stephanie Perkins
Call Number: YA FICTION PERKINS
New Mexico
American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest
by
Hannah Nordhaus
Call Number: 133.1097 NORDHAUS
Little Heaven
by
Nick Cutter
Call Number: HORROR CUTTER
The Wives of Los Alamos
by
TaraShea Nesbit
Call Number: FICTION NESBIT
Ohio
Horrorstör
by
Grady Hendrix
Call Number: HORROR HENDRIX
Everything I Never Told You
by
Celeste Ng
Call Number: FICTION NG
Twisted
by
Laurie Halse Anderson
Call Number: YA FICTION ANDERSON
Rhode Island
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Cat
by
David Dosa
Call Number: 362.1756 DOSA
The Burn Palace
by
Stephen Dobyns
Call Number: HORROR DOBYNS
Tighter
by
Adele Griffin
Call Number: YA FICTION GRIFFIN
Texas
All the Pretty Horses
by
Cormac McCarthy
Call Number: FICTION MCCARTHY
The Blinds
by
Adam Sternbergh
Call Number: MYSTERY STERNBER
Dumplin'
by
Julie Murphy
Call Number: YA FICTION MURPHY
Washington
Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
by
Steve Olson
Call Number: 363.3495 OLSON
Snow Falling on Cedars
by
David Guterson
Call Number: FICTION GUTERSON
The Haunting of Sunshine Girl
by
Paige McKenzie
Call Number: YA FICTION MCKENZIE
Arkansas
Paint the Town Dead
by
Nancy Haddock
Call Number: MYSTERY HADDOCK
The Witness
by
Nora Roberts
Call Number: ROMANCE ROBERTS
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by
Maya Angelou
Call Number: B ANG
Delaware
The Book of Unknown Americans
by
Cristina Henríquez
Call Number: FICTION HENRIQUE
Hawkes Harbor
by
S. E. Hinton
Call Number: HORROR HINTON
Sunburn
by
Laura Lippman
Call Number: MYSTERY LIPPMAN
Idaho
The Girl Who Slept with God
by
Val Brelinski
Call Number: FICTION BRELINSK
Travelers Rest
by
Keith Lee Morris
Call Number: HORROR MORRIS
All I Want
by
Jill Shalvis
Call Number: ROMANCE SHALVIS
Kansas
Above
by
Isla Morley
Call Number: MYSTERY MORLEY
Gilead
by
Marilynne Robinson
Call Number: FICTION ROBINSON
No Saints in Kansas
by
Amy Brashear
Call Number: YA FICTION BRASHEAR
Maryland
Blood Brothers
by
Nora Roberts
Call Number: ROMANCE ROBERTS
Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial
by
Rabia Chaudry
Call Number: B SYE
Dread Nation
by
Justina Ireland
Call Number: YA FICTION IRELAND
Mississippi
The Sound and the Fury
by
William Faulkner
Call Number: FICTION FAULKNER
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by
Jesmyn Ward
Call Number: FICTION WARD
Ramona Blue
by
Julie Murphy
Call Number: YA FICTION MURPHY
Nevada
Prey
by
Michael Crichton
Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION CRICHTON
Dragonfish
by
Vu Tran
Call Number: MYSTERY TRAN
As You Wish
by
Chelsea Sedoti
Call Number: YA FICTION SEDOTI
New York
All Things Cease to Appear
by
Elizabeth Brundage
Call Number: MYSTERY BRUNDAGE
Arcadia
by
Lauren Groff
Call Number: FICTION GROFF
Burn Baby Burn
by
Meg Medina
Call Number: YA FICTION MEDINA
Oklahoma
Love Me Again
by
Jaci Burton
Call Number: ROMANCE BURTON
The Art of Crash Landing
by
Melissa DeCarlo
Call Number: FICTION DECARLO
The Grapes of Wrath
by
John Steinbeck
Call Number: FICTION STEINBEC
South Carolina
The Hurricane Sisters
by
Dorothea Benton Frank
Call Number: FICTION FRANK
The Secret Life of Bees
by
Sue Monk Kidd
Call Number: FICTION KIDD
My Best Friend's Exorcism
by
Grady Hendrix
Call Number: HORROR HENDRIX
Utah
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by
Jon Krakauer
Call Number: 289.33 KRAKAUER
Positively Pippa
by
Sarah Hegger
Call Number: ROMANCE HEGGER
The Bishop's Wife
by
Mette Ivie Harrison
Call Number: MYSTERY HARRISON
West Virginia
The Feud: The Hatfields & McCoys - The True Story
by
Dean King
Call Number: 975.4404 KING
Shelter of Leaves
by
Lenore Gay
Call Number: FICTION GAY
Carrying Albert Home
by
Homer H. Hickam
Call Number: FICTION HICKAM
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