State: WASHINGTON D.C.
Fiction:
- The Lost Symbol* by Dan Brown
- All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones
- Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones
- Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
- Along Came a Spider* by James Patterson
- The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
- My Name Is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
- You Are One of Them by Elliot Holt
- You Are One of Them by Elliot Holt
- On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian C. Faulks
- Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley
- Term Limits by Vince Flynn
- The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
- Dupont Circle by Paul Kafka-Gibbons
- Term Limits by Vince Flynn
- The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
- Dupont Circle by Paul Kafka-Gibbons
Nonfiction:
- Inventing a Nation* by Gore Vidal
- Finding My Voice by Diane Rehm
- Competition 1792: Designing a nation's capitol by Jeanne F Butler
- 1776 by David McCullough
- Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
- All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
- Washington Schlepped Here by Christopher Buckley
Authors Known for Writing in or about the State:
- Bob Woodward
Authors Who Lived Here:
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Jonathan Safran Foer
- Katherine Boo
- Justin Theroux
- Winston Groom
Great Bookstores:
Great Bookstores:
*Books I've Read
Photo by moi.
6 comments:
Wow, DC gets a lot of action!
Sandy - I debated whether I should do one for D.C., but when I started researching it I knew I had to. There are so many books set there!
Washington Post article on best books about Washington DC: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/best-books-about-washington-our-choices/2013/01/09/2734f836-538e-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html
Thanks Jess! That article is awesome.
DC is a great book town I'm glad you included it! (I lived there for many years) Another novel for your list is The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu which is about a man who moves to DC from Africa and how he adjusts to the US. The DC places in the novel are really well drawn. Dupont Circle by Paul Kafka-Gibbons is another novel that nails the local scene.
Mary R - Wonderful! I added them in!
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