The Book Girls' Guide 2023 Challenge *Read Around the USA* - hosted by jesstele

A book set in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana or Mississippi
All books added
Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

Warriors Don't Cry

Melba Pattillo Beals

227 pages • 1994

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative medium-paced
Out of Nowhere by Sandra Brown

Out of Nowhere

Sandra Brown

404 pages • digital • 2023 user-added

fiction mystery romance thriller mysterious tense medium-paced
The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead

The Boyfriend Candidate

Ashley Winstead

365 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

A Flicker in the Dark

Stacy Willingham

357 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun by Shane McCrae

Pulling the Chariot of the Sun

Shane McCrae

272 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Dying for Dominoes by Jane Elzey

Dying for Dominoes

A Cardboard Cottage Mystery

Jane Elzey

266 pages • paperback

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield

The Homecoming of Samuel Lake

Jenny Wingfield

352 pages • 2011

fiction historical dark emotional medium-paced
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore

Valentine

Elizabeth Wetmore

10 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

7 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Bois Sauvage #3

Jesmyn Ward

8 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced