Reading the States: Indiana

** This is my state, so it was fun to discover a few new authors and books that originated here.

State: INDIANA

Fiction:

- The Fault in Our Stars* by John Green

- God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut

- A Girl of the Limberlost* by Gene Stratton-Porter

- Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck

- The Circus in Winter* by Cathy Day

- The Inner Circle by T. C. Boyle
- Where the Birds go When it Rains* by Jamie Paul Wesseler

- Magic by the Lake by Edward Eager

- The Stone Diaries* by Carol Shields

- Raintree County by Ross Lockridge

- Crimes in Southern Indiana by Frank Bill
- The Magnificent Ambersons* by Booth Tarkington
- We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler 

Nonfiction:

- A Fever in the Heartland* Timothy Egan

- A Girl Named Zippy* by Haven Kimmel

- A Lynching in the Heartland Race and Memory in America by James H. Madison

- A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd
- She Got Up Off the Couch by Haven Kimmel 

Authors Known for Writing in or about the State:

- John Green

- Haven Kimmel
- Booth Tarkington

Authors Who Lived Here:

- Ernie Pyle

- Kurt Vonnegut

- Booth Tarkington

- Lew Wallace

- Meg Cabot

- James Whitcomb Riley

- Karen Joy Fowler

- Theodore Dreiser

Great Bookstores:

Loudmouth Books

Tomorrow Bookstore

Hyde Brothers Booksellers

Golden Hour Books

Dream Palace Books & Coffee

Book Corner
Indy Reads Books

Half Priced Books (These are in most states, but this is my state and my HPB)
Black Dog Books
The Two Sisters Bookstore 

Literary Places to Visit:
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
Kurt Vonnegut's Childhood Home
Kurt Vonnegut Mural
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home
Red Key Tavern
Center for Ray Bradbury Studies 
Library Installations
Limberlost State Historic Site  
Central Library
Funky Bones 

Lilly Library

*Books I've Read

Photo by moi.