The Most Popular Book in Each of the 50 States
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According to Scribd, an expansive e-book library, the literary selections above are the most widely read in those five locales. Wondering about your state? See the full list below.
Scribd—a Netflix-like e-book subscription service that lets users read unlimited books for $8.99 per month—arrived at these results by calculating how many times a book was read by readers registered in that state. That includes more than 300,000 titles across all categories.
Alabama
Midnight Angel
Lisa Kleypas
Alaska
Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book
Ben Cohen; Jerry Greenfield; Nancy Stevens
Arkansas
The Eve of Destruction
Howard Blum
Arizona
Sh*t My Dad Says
Justin Halpern
California
Just Kids
Patti Smith
Colorado
White Witch Black Curse
Kim Harrison
Connecticut
Prayers for The Dead: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Faye Kellerman
Washington, D.C.
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
Delaware
Summer of Skinny Dipping
Amanda Howells
Florida
Worst Fears Realized
Stuart Woods
Georgia
Worth Any Price
Lisa Kleypas
Hawaii
The Devil’s Star: A Novel
Jo Nesbo
Idaho
The Lost Duke of Wyndham
Julia Quinn
Illinois
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
Indiana
The Strain
Guillermo del Toro; Chuck Hogan
Iowa
The Venging
Greg Bear
Kansas
The High Lord: The Black Magician Trilogy
Trudi Canavan
Kentucky
Devoured By Darkness
Alexandra Ivy
Louisiana
The Scent of Lemon Leaves
Clara Sanchez; Julie Wark
Maine
Everything and the Moon
Julia Quinn
Maryland
Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter
Massachusetts
Anybody Out There?
Marian Keyes
Michigan
Serena
Ron Rash
Minnesota
Labor Day
Joyce Maynard
Mississippi
When Next We Love
Heather Graham
Missouri
The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot
Montana
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein
Nebraska
I Am Number Four
Pittacus Lore
Nevada
Scandal Becomes Her
Shirlee Busbee
New Hampshire
Microserfs: A Novel
Douglas Coupland
New Jersey
When We Meet Again
Victoria Alexander
New Mexico
Murder on a Girls’ Night Out
Anne George
New York
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee
Sarah Silverman
North Carolina
Keeping Faith
Jodi Picoult
North Dakota
The Mental Floss History of the United States
Erik Sass; Will Pearson; Mangesh Hattikudur
Ohio
Waiter Rant
Steve Dublanica
Oklahoma
Everywhere That Mary Went
Lisa Scottoline
Oregon
Tomb of the Golden Bird
Elizabeth Peters
Pennsylvania
Stuck in Downward Dog
Chantel Guertin
Rhode Island
Raylan: A Novel
Elmore Leonard
South Carolina
The Other Side of the Story
Marian Keyes
South Dakota
Heart of a Warrior
Johanna Lindsey
Tennessee
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
Tucker Max
Texas
Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
Utah
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story
Todd Burpo; Lynn Vincent
Vermont
The Family Vault
Charlotte MacLeod
Virginia
Dear Cary: My Life with Cary Grant
Dyan Cannon
Washington
Galactic Corps
Ian Douglas
West Virginia
A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket
Wisconsin
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
Wyoming
Wishes in the Wind
Andrea Kane
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