Topeka & Shawnee Co. Public Library discussion

Alabama- Boy’s Life by Robert R. McCammon; Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg; Four Spirits by Sena Jeter Naslund; Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress; Train Whistle Guitar by Albert Murray; Murder on a Girls’ Night Out by Anne George; Days of Little Texas by R.A. Nelson

Alaska– Alaska by James Michener; Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer; Whispers of Winter by Tracie Peterson; A Handful of Heaven by Kristin Hannah; Midnight Sun by Kat Martin; Yukon Justice by Dana Fuller Ross; Starvation Camp by Bill Pronzini

Arizona– Lawless by Nora Roberts; Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton; White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz; Innocent as Sin by Elizabeth Lowell; Double Blind by Hannah Alexander; Exit Wounds by J.A. Jance; Mojave Crossing by Louis L’Amour; To Santa With Love by Janet Dailey;

Arkansas– Fallen Angels by Patricia Hickman; Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris; Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry; Arkansas Traveler by Earlene Fowler; On Tall Pine Lake by Dorothy Garlock; A Painted House by John Grisham; A Case of Nosy Neighbors by Lori Copeland; Merry Wives of Maggody by Joan Hess

California– Women’s Murder Club Series by James Patterson; A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore; East of Eden by John Steinbeck; Coming Back by Marcia Muller; A Cold Heart by Jonathan Kellerman; Fear Itself by Walter Mosley; The Last Detective by Robert Crais; O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton; The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Halderman

Colorado– Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer; Hard Truth by Nevada Barr; Nothing to Lose by Lee Child; Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas; Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson; Killjoy by Julie Garwood; Indivisible by Kristen Heitzmann; Dead Aim by Iris Johansen; Breathless by Dean Koontz

Connecticut– Bride Quartet Series by Nora Roberts; Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates; Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner; Bittersweet by Danielle Steel; A Single Thread by Marie Bostwick; Dune Road by Jane Green; Whiplash by Catherine Coulter; We’ll Meet Again by Mary Higgins Clark; The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb; The Perfect Summer by Luanne Rice

Delaware– True Justice by Robert K. Tanenbaum; Anna’s Gift by Emma Miller; A Light in the Storm by Karen Hesse; History of Delaware by John A Munroe; And Never Let Her Go by Ann Rule; Delaware: A Guide to the First State; The Saint of Lost Things by Christopher Castellani

Florida– To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway; Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen; Nobody Lives Forever by Edna Buchanan; Gold Coast by Elmore Leonard; Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay; Hurricane Punch by Tim Dorsey; Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods; Everglades by Randy Wayne White; Lifeguard by James Patterson; Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels; A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber

Georgia– The Color Purple by Alice Walker; Faithless by Karin Slaughter; The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner; Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd; Cape Refuge by Terri Blackstock; Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell; Summer in Mossy Creek by Deborah Smith
Hawaii – Days of Infamy by Harry Turtledove; Fluke by Christopher Moore; From Here to Eternity by James Jones; Aloha Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini; At First Sight by Stephen Cannell; Aloha Reef Series by Colleen Coble; Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell; Swimsuit by James Patterson; Burned by Carol Higgins Clark

Idaho– Heat by Stuart Woods; In His Arms by Robin Lee Hatcher; Cover of Night by Linda Howard; Sins of Summer by Dorothy Garlock; The Bookman’s Last Fling by John Dunning; Malice by Robert K. Tanenbaum; Blue Heaven by C.J. Box; Amber Morn by Brandilyn Collins; The Trouble With Valentine’s Day by Rachel Gibson

Illinois– Friendship Bread by Darien Gee; Stained Glass by Ralph McInerny; Blood Rites by Jim Butcher; In the Company of Secrets by Judith Miller; Copycat by Erica Spindler; Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury; Mum’s the Word by Dorothy Cannell; Promises To Keep by Ann Tatlock; Butterfly’s Child by Angela Davis-Gardner

Indiana– A Cousin’s Challenge by Wanda Brunstetter; A Change of Heart by Philip Gulley; Sins Out of School by Jeanne M. Dams; Paradise by Judith McNaught; Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld; Learning by Karen Kingsbury; The Sisters by Nancy Jensen; Dust by Joan Frances Turner; Over and Under by Todd Tucker

Iowa– Home by Marilynne Robinson; Leap of Faith by Danielle Steel; More Than a Memory by Dorothy Garlock; A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley; The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson; Code Sixty-One by Donald Harstad; Ticket To Ride by Edward Gorman; Soft & Tenderly by Sara Evans; Dewey: A Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron

Kansas– Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool; Eureka by Jim Lehrer; Gilead by Marilynne Robinson; First Dawn by Judith Miller; Kansas Troubles by Earlene Fowler; A Maiden’s Grave by Jeffrey Deaver; The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas; Still Life With Crows by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child; The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

Kentucky– One Summer by Karen Robards; Circle of Gold by Karen Harper; The Best Laid Plans by Sidney Sheldon; Kentucky Rich by Fern Michaels; Magnolia Creek by Jill Marie Landis; River Lady by Jude Deveraux; Causing Havoc by Lori Foster; The Journey by Wanda Brunstetter; Restless Heart by Wynonna Judd

Louisiana– Tall, Dark, and Cajun by Sandra Hill; Voodoo River by Robert Crais; Torn Apart by Sharon Sala; Countdown by Iris Johansen; Ghostwalk by Heather Graham; Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris; Red River by Lalita Tademy; Cypress Nights by Stella Cameron; Interview With a Vampire by Ann Rice

Maine– The Body in the Lighthouse by Katherine Hall Page; The Cider House Rules by John Irving; Dreamcatcher by Stephen King; The Ghost & Mrs. Muir by Alice Denham; Saint’s Gate by Carla Neggers; Trespasser by Paul Doiron; Knockdown by Sarah Graves; Promises to Keep by Jane Green; Dark Tiger by William Tappley; Law of the Nines by Terry Goodkind

Maryland– Beachwood Lane by Sherryl Woods; Homes Again by Mariah Stewart; I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman; Whiplash by Catherine Coulter; The Hollow by Nora Roberts; A Hope Beyond by Judith Pella; A Mercy by Toni Morrison; While Innocents Slept: A Story of Revenge, Murder, and SIDS by Adrian Havill; The Lake House by James Patterson

Massachusetts– Red Garden by Alice Hoffman; Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks; Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker; Black Creek Crossing by John Saul; The Given Day by Dennis Lehane; Shock by Robin Cook; The Merchant’s War by Charles Stross; Makers by Cory Doctorow;

Michigan– Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides; The Chocolate Castle Clue by JoAnne Carl; Where Yesterday Lives by Karen Kingsbury; A Woman’s Place by Lynn Austin; Company Man by Joseph Finder; A Song For My Mother by Kat Martin; Mr. Paradise by Elmore Leonard; Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley

Minnesota– Vermilion Drift by William Kent Krueger; Pilgrims by Garrison Keillor; Shockwave by John Sanford; Soft Target by Stephen Hunter; Stay a Little Longer by Dorothy Garlock; Freedom by Jonthan Franzen; Devil’s Food Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke; A Can of Peas by Traci Depree

Mississippi– The Sweet Potato Queens’ 1st Big-Ass Novel by Jill Connor Browne; One Mississippi by Mark Childress; Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin; The Appeal by John Grisham; Mudbound by Hillary Jordan; The Help by Kathryn Stockett; Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard; The Devil’s Punchbowl by Greg Iles

Missouri– Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg; Anita Blake Series by Laurell K. Hamilton; North Star by Richard Wheeler; Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell; Sin Killer by Larry McMurtry; A Killing Frost by Hannah Alexander; The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain; The Language of Sycamores by Lisa Wingate

Montana– A River Runs Through It by Norman McLean; Montana Sky by Nora Roberts; The Divide by Nicholas Evans; The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans; The Creed Legacy by Linda Lael Miller; Back of Beyond by C.J. Box; Prey by Linda Howard; Santa In Montana by Janet Dailey; Die Trying by Lee Child

Nebraska– One of Ours by Willa Cather; Worth Dying For by Lee Child; The Coffin of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert; The Nebraska Night Riders by Jon Sharpe; Bohemian Girl by Terese Svoboda; The Echo Maker by Richard Powers; One False Move by Alex Kava; The Hangman’s Knot by Daivd Wiltse

Nevada– Vegas Rich by Fern Michaels; Running Scared by Elizabeth Lowell; Dark Eye by William Bernhardt; Midnight Louie Mystery Series by Carole Nelson Douglas; Void Moon by Michael Connolly; Goddess of Vengeance by Jackie Collins; Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson; Nightwalker by Heather Graham

New Hampshire– Cell by Stephen King; Cold Ridge by Carla Neggers; A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson; The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve; The Graveyard Game by Kage Baker; A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving; Deadly Kin by Tom Eslick; Escape by Barbara Delinksy; The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian

New Jersey– Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich; Cold Truth by Mariah Stewart; Election by Tom Perrotta; Rolling Thunder by Chris Grabenstein; Mobbed by Carol Higgins Clark; Plugged by Eoin Colfer; An Uninvited Ghost by E.J. Copperman; Caught by Harlan Coben; The Penny Pinchers Club by Sarah Strohmeyer

New Mexico– The Wailing Wind by Tony Hillerman; Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon; Tularosa by Michael McGarrity; Extreme Denial by David Morrell; The Bone Fire by Christine Barber; Black Thunder by Aimee Thurlo; Dark Canyon by Louis L’Amour

New York– The 25th Hour by David Benioff; The Alienist by Caleb Carr; The Chosen by Chaim Potok; The Family Trade by Charles Stross; Julie & Julia by Julie Powell; Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger; The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro; Bless the Bride by Rhys Bowen; Push by Sapphire; The Twelfth Card by Jeffrey Deaver; The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

North Carolina– On Agate Hill by Lee Smith; The Ballad of Tom Dooley by Sharyn McCrumb; Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs; The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks; Burnt Mountain by Anne Rivers Siddons; Sand Sharks by Margaret Maron; Nightwalkers by Peter T. Deuterman; Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

North Dakota– Toxic Terrain by Don Pendleton; A Christmas Blizzard by Garrison Keillor; Dakota December by Lauraine Snelling; The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich; Breakfast With Buddha by Roland Merullo; Buffalo Valley by Debbie Macomber; Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik; An Unlikely Blessing by Judy Baer

Ohio– Beloved by Toni Morrison; Whiskey Island by Emilie Richards; Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead by Scott Kenemore; A Sister’s Hope by Wanda Brunstetter; God Ain’t Through Yet by Mary Monroe; The Carousel Painter by Judith Miller; Indignation by Philip Roth; Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan; Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie

Oklahoma– Blood Stains by Sharon Sala; Keep a Little Secret by Dorothy Garlock; Ghost in Trouble by Carolyn Hart; Shame by Greg Garrett; Fields of Gold by Marie Bostwick; A Thousand Voices by Lisa Wingate; Goddess of Legend by P.C. Cast; Oklahoma Brides by Vickie McDonough; The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Oregon– Hometown Ties by Melody Carlson; The Oregon Experiment by Keith Scribner; Born to Die by Lisa Jackson; Indigo Blue by Catherine Anderson; Ultraviolet by Nancy Bush; The Shack by William P. Young; Proof Positive by Phillip Margolin; Gone by Lisa Gardner; Clear and Convincing Proof by Kate Wilhelm

Pennsylvania– Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby; The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara; The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold; Christine by Stephen King; The Sixes by Kate White; Fragile Beasts by Tawni O’Dell; A Quilter’s Holiday by Jennifer Chiaverini; The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss; 13 Bullets: A Vampire Tale by David Wellington

Great lists. There's a lot I've been wanting to read and this will give me a great excuse to finally get to them!