Listmania: Young adult novels by state

Inspired by a challenge in my Goodreads group The Young Adult Book Club, I have begun a list of young adult novels categorized by state. The following list is in no way complete, so if you see something missing or incorrect, please leave a comment (!!!) or contact me via Goodreads, twitter or email.

 

*A note about organization: I have series listed by series name, instead of each individual book in the series unless the books travel to different locations. Ex. Ann Brashares' Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series is listed under Virginia, which is the primary location, but The Second Sisterhood is in Alabama, the third in Pennsylvania, etc. Books and series in more than one location are also listed at the bottom under Road Trip, which simply signifies more than one location, whether it's a series with mulitiple settings or one novel, like John Green's An Abundance of Katherines.

*Note 2: For the most part, I have not included unpublished works on this list, unless a setting is 100% guaranteed by the author and/or novel summary such as Miranda Kenneally's Things I Can't Forget (set in Hundred Oaks) or Jennifer Echols' Dirty Little Secret (set in Nashville).

Alabama

The Boys Next Door – Jennifer Echols

Endless Summer – Jennifer Echols

Going Too Far – Jennifer Echols

Looking for Alaska – John Green

Major Crush – Jennifer Echols
Sea Breeze series - Abbi Glines (more new adult-ish)

Second of the Sisterhood – Ann Brashares

Vincent Boys duo – Abbi Glines

Alaska

Aleutian Sparrow - Karen Hesse
Julie of the Wolves – Jean Craighead George

Arizona

The Secret of Shadow Ranch – Carolyn Keene
Transparent - Natalie Whipple

Twilight – Stephenie Meyer

Arkansas

Megan Berry series – Stacey Jay

Where Things Come Back – John Corey Whaley

California

American Born Chinese – Gene Luen Yang

The Baby-Sitters Club – Ann M. Martin

Bloodlines series – Richelle Mead

Ex-mas – Kate Brian

The Fame Game series – Lauren Conrad

Jenna and Jonah’s Fauxmance – Brendan Halpin & Emily Franklin

L.A. Candy series – Lauren Conrad

Laguna Cove – Alyson Noel

Lola and the Boy Next Door – Stephanie Perkins

The Mediator series – Meg Cabot

Pretty Tough series – Liz Tigelaar
Secrets of My Hollywood Life series - Jen Calonita

Triple Shot Bettys series – Jody Gehrman

Twenty Boy Summer – Sarah Ockler

Weetzie Bat – Francesca Lia Block

Colorado

A Beautiful Dark - Jocelyn Davies
The Book of Broken Hearts - Sarah Ockler 
The Ex Games – Jennifer Echols

Winter’s Kiss – Jennifer Echols & Catherine Hapka

Connecticut

Abandon - Meg Cabot
Baby-Sitters Club series – Ann M. Martin
Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver

My Life Next Door – Huntley Fitzpatrick
Pants on Fire - Meg Cabot

Prom & Prejudice – Elizabeth Eulberg

Delaware

The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls - Julie Schumacher

Florida

Abandon series – Meg Cabot

Chemical Garden trilogy – Lauren DeStefano

Forget You – Jennifer Echols

Forgive My Fins series – Tera Lynn Childs
Just One Day – Gayle Forman

Mara Dyer series – Michelle Hodkin

Sea of Love – Jamie Ponti

South Beach Sizzle – Suzanne Weyn & Diana Gonzales

Taken – Edward Bloor

The Yearling – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Georgia

Anna and the French Kiss - Stephenie Perkins
The Demon Trappers series (Forsaken) - Jana Oliver
Fallen series – Lauren Kate

Hex Hall series – Rachel Hawkins

The One That I Want – Jennifer Echols

Purity - Jackson Pearce
Sisters Red – Jackson Pearce

Hawaii

Early One Sunday Morning
Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889 - Ellen Emerson White
Sever (Chemical Garden #3)- Lauren DeStefano

Idaho

Frostbite – Richelle Mead

Unearthly – Cynthia Hand

Illinois

An Abundance of Katherines – John Green
Breaking Point (Article 5 #2) - Kristen Simmons

Divergent series – Veronica Roth
Mind Games - Kiersten White 
Where We Belong - Emily Giffin

Will Grayson, Will Grayson – John Green & David Levithan

XVI series – Julia Karr

Indiana

The Fault in Our Stars – John Green
How to Be Popular - Meg Cabot

Teen Idol – Meg Cabot

Iowa

Ashfall series - Mike Mullin

Kansas

Perfect Escape - Jennifer Brown

Kentucky

Article 5 series - Kristen Simmons
Love Story – Jennifer Echols

Louisiana

Arise – Tara Hudson

The Chronicles of Nick series – Sherrilyn Kenyon

The Iron Fey series – Julie Kagawa

The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten series – Julie Kagawa

Maine

Belle series – Carrie Jones

The Complete History of Why I Hate Her – Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Delirium series – Lauren Oliver
Earthbound - Aprilynne Pike

Hush, Hush series – Becca Fitzpatrick

Need series - Carrie Jones
This Is What Happy Looks Like - Jennifer E. Smith

Maryland

Avalon High – Meg Cabot

Massachusetts

Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls) – Ally Carter
Just One Day – Gayle Forman 
The Killer's Cousin - Nancy Werlin
Mermaid in Chelsea Creek - Michelle Tea & Jason Polan

One Night That Changes Everything - Lauren Barnholdt

Starcrossed series – Josephine Angelini

Time Windows – Kathryn Rice

Michigan

Band Geek Love series - Josie Bloss

I Now Pronounce You Someone Else - Erin McCahan

Minnesota

Betsy-Tacy series – Maud Hart Lovelace

Shiver series – Maggie Stiefvater

Mississippi

Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry series – Mildred D. Taylor

Missouri

Mind Games - Kiersten White
Where We Belong - Emily Giffin
Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell

Montana

Vampire Academy series – Richelle Mead

Nebraska

Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell
The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente

The Sky Always Hears Me: And the Hills Don't Mind - Kirstin Cronn-Mills

Nevada (I'm sensing a theme with these titles...)

Burned series - Ellen Hopkins
Burning - Elana K. Arnold
Transparent - Natalie Whipple

New Hampshire

Earthbound - Aprilynne Pike
Forever - Judy Blume
Love and Leftovers - Sarah Tregay
Nothing But the Truth - Avi

A Separate Peace – John Knowles

New Jersey

Curse Workers series - Holly Black
The Fine Art of Truth or Dare - Melissa Jensen
Forever - Judy Blume 
He’s So/She’s So series – Kieran Scott

Prom & Prejudice – Elizabeth Eulberg

New Mexico

Split - Swati Avasthi

New York

Airhead trilogy – Meg Cabot

The Baby-Sitters Club – Ann M. Martin

Birthright series – Gabrielle Zevin

Bittersweet – Sarah Ockler

Blue Bloods series - Melissa de la Cruz
Broadway Lights (Secrets of My Hollywood Life #5) - Jen Calonita 
Bunheads – Sophie Flack

Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
Chemical Garden trilogy (Wither & Fever only) - Lauren DeStefano

Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares – Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things – Carolyn Mackler
Forever - Judy Blume 

Forever in Blue – Ann Brashares

The Girl in the Clockwork Collar – Kady Cross

Gossip Girl series – Cecily von Ziegesar
Just One Day – Gayle Forman 

The Lost Prince – Julie Kagawa

The Mortal Instruments series – Cassandra Clare

My Side of the Mountain – Jean Craighead George

Naomi & Ely’s No Kiss List – Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist – Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

The Princess Diaries series – Meg Cabot

Prom & Prejudice – Elizabeth Eulberg

Puppy Love – Nancy E. Krulik

Reality Check - Jen Calonita
Sleepaway Girls - Jen Calonita

So Much Closer – Susane Colasanti

Speak – Laurie Halse Anderson

Take a Bow – Elizabeth Eulberg

Take Me There – Susane Colasanti

Underland Chronicles (Gregor) series – Suzanne Collins

V Valentine series – Carolyn Mackler
Where We Belong - Emily Giffin

North Carolina

Along for the Ride – Sarah Dessen

Belles series – Jen Calonita

Dreamland – Sarah Dessen

Just Listen – Sarah Dessen

Keeping the Moon – Sarah Dessen

The Last Song – Nicholas Sparks

Lock and Key – Sarah Dessen
The Moon and More - Sarah Dessen

Someone Like You – Sarah Dessen

That Summer – Sarah Dessen

This Lullaby – Sarah Dessen

The Truth About Forever – Sarah Dessen

A Walk to Remember – Nicholas Sparks

What Happened to Goodbye – Sarah Dessen

North Dakota

The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer - Gary Paulsen

Ohio

Fat Angie - E.E. Charlton-Trujillo 
I Am Number Four – Pittacus Lore

P.S. Longer Letter Later – Paula Danziger &Ann M. Martin

Snail Mail No More – Paula Danziger & Ann M. Martin

Oklahoma

Hereafter series – Tara Hudson

House of Night series – PC & Kristen Cast

Where the Red Fern Grows – Wilson Rawls

Oregon

If I Stay – Gayle Forman
Uses for Boys - Erica Lorraine Scheidt 
Winger - Andrew Smith

Pennsylvania

Blood Promise (Vampire Academy) – Richelle Mead

The Fine Art of Truth or Dare - Melissa Jensen
Girls in Pants – Ann Brashares

Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy) – Richelle Mead

Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Please Ignore Vera Dietz – A.S. King
Pretty Little Liars series - Sara Shepard

Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy) – Richelle Mead
Something Borrowed - Catherine Hapka

Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy) – Richelle Mead

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 – Mary Pope Osborne

Rhode Island

Devilish – Maureen Johnson
Forever in Blue – Ann Brashares
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
Providence – Jamie McGuire

South Carolina

Article 5 series- Kristen Simmons
Caster Chronicles – Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Chemical Garden trilogy (Fever & Sever only) - Lauren DeStefano
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else - Erin McCahan

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants – Ann Brashares

Sweetly – Jackson Pearce

South Dakota

Go Big or Go Home - Will Hobbs

Tennessee

An Abundance of Katherines – John Green

Article 5 series - Kristen Simmons
Catching Jordan – Miranda Kenneally

Dirty Little Secret – Jennifer Echols
Racing Savannah - Miranda Kenneally
Spell Bound (Hex Hall) - Rachel Hawkins

Stealing Parker – Miranda Kenneally

Things I Can’t Forget – Miranda Kenneally

Texas

Going Bovine – Libba Bray

Guyaholic (V Valentine series) – Carolyn Mackler

Holes – Louis Sachar
Motocross Me - Cheyanne Young
Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality - Elizabeth Eulberg
Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake - Louis Sachar
Small Steps - Louis Sachar

Utah

Everneath series – Brodi Ashton

Vermont

Baby-Sitters’ Winter Vacation – Ann M. Martin
Forever - Judy Blume 

Forever in Blue – Ann Brashares

Virginia

Article 5 (#1 only)- Kristen Simmons
Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson

Gallagher Girls series – Ally Carter

Misty of Chincoteague – Marguerite Henry
Royally Jacked series - Niki Burnham

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series – Ann Brashares

Washinton

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – Sherman Alexie

The Body Finder series - Kimberly Derting
Twilight series – Stephenie Meyer
Winger - Andrew Smith

West Virginia

Article 5 (#1 only) - Kristen Simmons
Lux series – Jennifer L. Armentrout

Wisconsin

The Boy Recession – Flynn Meaney
Drive Me Crazy - Erin Downing
Seventeenth Summer - Maureen Daly

The Twelve Days of Christmas – Catherine Hapka

Wyoming

Unearthly series – Cynthia Hand

Washington D.C.

All-American Girl series – Meg Cabot          

Puerto Rico

Road Trip

Abandon series - Meg Cabot (Connecticut, Florida)
An Abundance of Katherines – John Green (Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee)
Article 5 series - Kristen Simmons (Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois)
Chemical Garden trilogy - Lauren DeStefano (Florida, New York, Kentucky, South Carolina, Hawaii)
Earthbound - Aprilynne Pike (New Hampshire, Maine)

Ex-mas – Kate Brian (California, Oregon, Washington)
The Fine Art of Truth or Dare - Melissa Jensen (Pennsylvania, New Jersey)
Forever - Judy Blume (New Jersey, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire)

Guyaholic – Carolyn Mackler (New York, Pennsylvania, Texas)
Hex Hall series - Rachel Hawkins (Georgia, Tennessee, England) 
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else - Erin McCahan (Michigan, South Carolina)

Judy’s Journey – Lois Lowry (Florida, Alabama) 
Just One Day – Gayle Forman  (Massachusetts, Florida, New York)

Mind Games - Kiersten White (Illinois, Missouri)
Percy Jackson series – Rick Riordan (New York, Tennessee, Missouri, California)

Prom & Prejudice - Elizabeth Eulberg (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey)
Transparent - Natalie Whipple (Nevada, Arizona)

Two Way Street – Lauren Barnholdt (Florida)
Where We Belong - Emily Giffin (New York, Illinois, Missouri)
Winger - Andrew Smith (Oregon, Washington)