The Literary Escapes Challenge hosted at Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book is one I don’t do great at but have fun keeping track of. The goal is to read 1 book set in each of the 50 states + the District of Columbia. (51 Points). If you complete the challenge you earn 50 Bonus Points. You also can earn Bonus Points for books set in Countries around the world. 1 Bonus Point for each country – no repeats.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- 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
- Country #1
I remember (maybe in junior high – it was a long time ago) when Janet Dailey announced plans to research and write a book in every state. I may have read a few but I think they were fairly generic (and that was before she had plagiarism issues). She and her husband got a lot of publicity as they traveled around! I’m not recommending, however!
https://www.orderofbooks.com/characters/americana/
It’s an interesting idea. I don’t remember those, but looking at the dates they were published, I was a little young.