Explore the United States with this coast-to-coast reading list. We’ve compiled 50 books (and plays!) set in the 50 states, with plenty of other recommendations too, because sometimes it’s too hard to pick just one. Map the literature of a country as big as ours, and you have a treasure trove of stories, voices, and histories that make an indelible impression. It’s a literary inheritance to be proud of, because the books are as varied as the landscapes in which they were written. We have books set in all 50 states—certainly enough to stock your reading list for the foreseeable future. Some are new, others are classics, but all of them take place across the country, from the Florida coast to snowy Alaska and from the beaches of California to the streets of New York City. Think there aren’t any books set in your state? Think again. Browse them below, and get to know your literary landscape. Stock your bookshelves and traverse the U.S. in the pages of these great books. Criss-cross the country and read a book from each state, or pick a place you’d like to travel, and read your way there.