Reading the States: New Jersey

 
State: NEW JERSEY 

Fiction: 

- The Plot Against America* by Philip Roth
- American Pastoral* by Philip Roth 

- The Empress of Weehawken by Irene Dische
- Independence Day by Richard Ford
- Garden State by Rick Moody
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao* by Junot Díaz
- Sloppy Firsts* by Megan McCafferty
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret* by Judy Blume
- The Rule of Four* by Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason
- Drown by Junot Díaz
- The Sportswriter by Richard Ford

Nonfiction:
- Have a Little Faith* by Mitch Albom
- The Radium Girls* by Kate Moore
- The Pine Barrens, by John McPhee
- Weird N.J. by Mark Moran
- Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo

Authors Known for Writing in or about the State:

- Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr.
- Janet Evanovich

Authors Who Lived Here:
- Philip Roth
- Ethan Hawke
- Mary Higgins Clark
- Tom Perrotta
- Stephen Colbert
- Junot Díaz

Great Bookstores:
The Cranbury Bookworm
Well Read
Labyrinth Books

*Books I've Read 

Photo by moi.