State pride and a deep connection to your original home are two things you never quite grow out of. Even if you couldn't wait to get away from where you were born and grew up, you'll always be tied to that place. Because of that everlasting link to a home state, Kristin Iversen of Brooklyn magazine created a list of must-read books for every state in the U.S. There are certain books that are just perfect for people from each state. Granted, it's difficult to accurately make assumptions about a group of people from an entire state, but this list is full of books that people can identify with, whether that's because of personalities, local culture, or history. Give this a look -- what's your state's book? These are the perfect books for every state ALABAMA: To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee ALASKA: Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer ARIZONA: Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy ARKANSAS: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou CALIFORNIA (Southern): The White Boy Shuffle, Paul Beatty CALIFORNIA (Northern): Suicide Blonde, Darcey Steinke COLORADO: Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner CONNECTICUT: Nine Stories, “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut,” J.D. Salinger DELAWARE: The Good Lord Bird, James McBride FLORIDA: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston GEORGIA: Cane, Jean Toomer HAWAII: The Descendants, Kaui Hart Hemmings IDAHO: Train Dreams, Denis Johnson ILLINOIS: Native Son, Richard Wright INDIANA: The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields IOWA: Gilead, Marilynne Robinson KANSAS: In Cold Blood, Truman Capote KENTUCKY: Beloved, Toni Morrison LOUISIANA: All the King’s Men, Robert Penn Warren MAINE: Carrie, Stephen King MARYLAND: Jacob Have I Loved, Katherine Paterson MASSACHUSETTS: The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath MICHIGAN: Split Images, Elmore Leonard MINNESOTA: Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown, Maud Hart Lovelace MISSISSIPPI: Long Division, Kiese Laymon MISSOURI: Stoner, John Williams MONTANA: Legends of the Fall, Jim Harrison NEBRASKA: Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell NEVADA: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson NEW HAMPSHIRE: A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving NEW JERSEY: American Pastoral, Philip Roth NEW MEXICO: Leave Her to Heaven, Ben Ames Williams NEW YORK: Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang, Joyce Carol Oates NORTH CAROLINA: Look Homeward, Angel, Thomas Wolfe NORTH DAKOTA: The Round House, Louise Erdrich OHIO: The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison OKLAHOMA: The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton OREGON: No One Belongs Here More Than You, Miranda July PENNSYLVANIA: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Michael Chabon RHODE ISLAND: The Witches of Eastwick, John Updike SOUTH CAROLINA: Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison SOUTH DAKOTA: Little Town on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder TEXAS: Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry TENNESSEE: Child of God, Cormac McCarthy UTAH: The Executioner’s Song, Norman Mailer VIRGINIA: The Confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron VERMONT: The Secret History, Donna Tartt WYOMING: Close Range: Wyoming Stories, “Brokeback Mountain,” E. Annie Proulx WISCONSIN: The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach WASHINGTON: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Sherman Alexie WASHINGTON, D.C.: You Are One of Them, Elliott Holt WEST VIRGINIA: The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls