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pipi_k

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59. James Michener

Mon Oct 21, 2013, 04:59 PM

Oct 2013

is one of my very favorite authors and I've read a whole bunch of his books, but "Hawaii" is my favorite.

I've read and re-read it so many times that I've had to replace my paperback copies a few times because they fall apart. Waiting for it to come to the Kindle.

His other books I've re-read many times are "Centennial" and "Chesapeake".

And yes...in "Hawaii", Woo Chow's Auntie was really cool.

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The most famous book set in each state: [View all] Sheldon Cooper Oct 2013 OP

How did Tom Brokaw beat Laura Ingalls Wilder in South Dakota? That's bullshit. TwilightGardener Oct 2013 #1

Definitely. nt sufrommich Oct 2013 #23

Agree - but maybe since they picked her for Wisconsin dbackjon Oct 2013 #25

John Grisham appears twice starroute Oct 2013 #33

So he does dbackjon Oct 2013 #36

Same for MN. MNBrewer Oct 2013 #47

I loved "The Shinning" but I would have selected "Centennial" for Colorado. CrispyQ Oct 2013 #2

I love Centennial,one of my favorite books.nt sufrommich Oct 2013 #24

Agreed - but like my answer above dbackjon Oct 2013 #27

"Hawaii" was a good book too. Loved Woo Chow's Auntie! CrispyQ Oct 2013 #34

Turns out there is a John Grisham/Stephen King exception to that :) dbackjon Oct 2013 #37

I see Stephen King's in there twice, too. CrispyQ Oct 2013 #39

It was very, very scary - moreso than other Stephen King novels dbackjon Oct 2013 #42

James Michener pipi_k Oct 2013 #59

Those are three of my favorites, too! CrispyQ Oct 2013 #64

Many of the choices are questionable edhopper Oct 2013 #3

I think the books are set in that particular state, not from that state. Hestia Oct 2013 #6

Okay, my comments edhopper Oct 2013 #46

No Mark Twain malaise Oct 2013 #4

MO: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" n/t TygrBright Oct 2013 #49

Blind me malaise Oct 2013 #53

A Painted House by John Grisham which I really enjoyed and seemed to be the only Hestia Oct 2013 #5

A Painted House was a wonderful story, a fabulous and authentic regional/period novel. Zorra Oct 2013 #11

A Painted House was also turned into a Hallmark movie! B Calm Oct 2013 #60

Grisham has wrote a lot of novels that are not courtroom dramas. Here are B Calm Oct 2013 #61

"Saint of Lost Things" treestar Oct 2013 #7

Twilight? I thought that was set in Oregon.... Wounded Bear Oct 2013 #8

Forks, Washington Xyzse Oct 2013 #9

I think they filmed the movies in Or, maybe... Wounded Bear Oct 2013 #12

I am... Very much so... Xyzse Oct 2013 #15

I only know that it was Forks because dbackjon Oct 2013 #28

I have a friend who wanted to move there... Xyzse Oct 2013 #31

Definitely!!! Tom Robbins embodies the spirit of Washington. Sissy Hankshaw and Amanda Zorra Oct 2013 #30

Not 'Lonesome Dove' for Texas? panader0 Oct 2013 #10

Another of my favorite books. nt sufrommich Oct 2013 #26

I was thinking Giant, but Lonesome Dove is justabob Oct 2013 #43

Or Terms of Endearment or any of McMurtry's awesome books set in Texas. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #50

Fun idea, silly in a lot of particulars Proud Public Servant Oct 2013 #13

Yeah, this has the earmarks of an ad campaign.... Wounded Bear Oct 2013 #16

Agreed on Witches of Eastwick. Laelth Oct 2013 #44

Umm - yeah, to Ohio. Ms. Toad Oct 2013 #62

Into the Wild Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #14

Interview with the Vampire? Bite me. dogknob Oct 2013 #17

lol. I hear you. cali Oct 2013 #40

Agreed. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #48

Washington DC = The Walking Dead BlueJazz Oct 2013 #18

Tom Sawyer over Huck Finn? Come ON. hatrack Oct 2013 #19

I agree it is ridiculous exboyfil Oct 2013 #21

Agreed. Huckleberry Finn is a more significant novel. Laelth Oct 2013 #45

Well, half of Huckleberry Finn is set in Arkansas Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #66

Could be. Laelth Oct 2013 #69

Into the Wild exboyfil Oct 2013 #20

Anatomy Of a Murder is a much more famous sufrommich Oct 2013 #22

From purely Crepuscular Oct 2013 #65

REALLY hard to believe Willa Cather didn't make it for NM. n/t TygrBright Oct 2013 #29

Cather's so 1920s (and I think of her as MidWest anyway) Retrograde Oct 2013 #56

I thought "Death Comes for the Archbishop" was on every "100 Classics" list. TygrBright Oct 2013 #58

My Antonia, Ms. Toad Oct 2013 #63

Barbara Kingsolver for AZ. Great choice. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #32

Poor Maine. Not the wonderful 'The Country of the Pointed Firs' by cali Oct 2013 #35

Grapes of Wrath is considerably more famous than either East of Eden or Paradise cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #38

A good runner-up for California would be "Valley of the Moon" by Jack London KansDem Oct 2013 #52

No question for Georgia. Gone with the Wind takes the cake. Laelth Oct 2013 #41

Given that the title is "most famous" rather than "best" rsdsharp Oct 2013 #51

Great Gatsby, not read it - four books I have read on this list closeupready Oct 2013 #54

i feel bad for washington state JI7 Oct 2013 #55

"Walden" pipi_k Oct 2013 #57

I think "True Grit" (set in Yell County and Fort Smith, Arkansas) Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #67

Obscure Hemingway novel for Florida... FAIL JCMach1 Oct 2013 #68

I'm in Georiga, so of course Gone With The Wind. n/t RebelOne Oct 2013 #70