Hey tumblr so I need your help! My school always had one of those “Read Across America” maps with young adult novels or romances or whatever (evidently, I’m American) but I’ve never seen anything comparable for wlw. I’ve tried to rely on my memory and on other people’s recs but I’m only (exactly) halfway through. Any suggestions to fill in these missing states? I’ve tried to avoid stories that take place across multiple locations. Or offer more options for the ones I already have, the more the merrier.
Alabama : Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flag
Alaska :
Arizona : The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Arkansas :
California : Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour, Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman, Frog Music by Emma Donoghue, The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revovyr, Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler, The Butch and the Beautiful by Kris Ripper, As La Vista Turns by Kris Ripper, Far From Home by Lorelie Brown, Take Me Home by Lorelie Brown,
Colorado : Marionette by T.B. Markinson, Sleight of Hand by Mark Henwick
Connecticut : Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg, Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller
Delaware :
Florida : Breathing Underwater by Lu Vickers, Roller Girl by Vanessa North
Georgia : Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Blue Place by Nicola Griffith
Hawaii : Razor Wire by Lauren Gallagher
Idaho : Ship It by Britta Lundin, Her Hometown Girl by Lorelie Brown
Illinois : Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair
Indiana : Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin
Iowa : A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, Moo by Jane Smiley
Kansas : Far From Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters
Kentucky : Run by Kody Keplinger
Louisiana : Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen
Maine : Style by Chelsea Cameron
Maryland : Every Day by David Levithan
Massachusetts : Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea, Map of Ireland by Stephanie Grant
Michigan : The Liberators of Willow Run by Marianne K. Martin, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Minnesota : Sister Mischief by Laura Goode, My Year Zero by Rachel Gold, Bend by Nancy Hedin
Mississippi : Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy
Missouri : Deliver Us from Evie by M.E. Kerr
Montana : The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Nebraska : Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz, Over You by Amy Reed
Nevada : Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
New Hampshire :
New Jersey : The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
New Mexico : Beauty of the Broken by Tawni Waters
New York : Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova, Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde, Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown, We Are Okay by Nina LaCour, Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, Thaw by Elyse Springer, Heat Wave by Elyse Springer
North Carolina :
North Dakota : The Murdered Family by Vernon Keel
Ohio : Fat Angie by E.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Oklahoma : Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Oregon : Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-Waters
Pennsylvania : Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Rhode Island : The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan
South Carolina :
South Dakota :
Tennessee : Secret City by Julia Watts, If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Texas : Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory by Emma Pérez, Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
Utah : Saving Alex by Alex Cooper
Vermont :
Virginia : As I Descended by Robin Talley, Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley, Jericho by Ann McMan
Washington : The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George, Dreadnought by April Daniels, About A Girl by Sarah McCarry, Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear, Stuck Landing by Lauren Gallagher
West Virginia :
Wisconsin :
Wyoming :
