Read Across the USA 2023: The Final Outcome!

So the headline here is that I did it! It came down to the last day, and to Oklahoma, but I managed to get it done. There are a few series making repeat appearances on the list, and a few authors repeating within the list but I’m sure you’ll forgive me that. Of the other stuff, I’m not going to say that I liked everything that I read, but I did like quite a lot of them – as you can see from the number that have got links through to posts featuring them. I’m still debating doing it again this year, but I think I probably will, it’s quite fun – and every year I manage to do more of them without having to think about it – this year there were only about six that I had to do panicky searching for books to fit at the last minute…

Alabama – Cultured by D P Lyle*

Alaska – Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

Arizona – For Batter or Worse by Jenn McKinlay

Arkansas – A Crime of Poison by Nancy Haddock

California – A High End Finish by Kate Carlisle

Colorado – Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson

Connecticut – Better Late Than Never by Jenn McKinlay

Delaware – Rehoboth Beach by Michael Morgan​

Florida – The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

Georgia – Wild Dances by William Lee Adams

Hawaii – Maui Madness by Kathi Daley

Idaho – Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score

Illinois – From Dust to Stardust by Kathleen Rooney

Indiana – Faux Finished by Peg Marberg

Iowa – Six Geese a’ Slaying by Kathleen Bacus

Kansas – A Christmas to Remember by Beverly Jenkins

Kentucky – When in Rome by Sarah Adams

Louisiana – Lethal Bayou Beauty by Jana De Leon

Maine – Happy Place by Emily Henry

Maryland – Terns of Endearment by Donna Andrew

Massachusetts – Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Michigan – In Farm’s Way by Amanda Flowers*

Minnesota – Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanna Fluke

Mississippi – Double Strike by Gretchen Archer

Missouri – Guaranteed to Bleed by Julie Mulhern

Montana – Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Nebraska – Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell

Nevada – Puppies in Paradise by Kathi Daley

New Hampshire – Pumpkin Everything by Beth Labonte​

New Jersey – Cape May by Chip Cheek*

New Mexico – The Pot Thief who Studied Pythagoras by J Michael Orenduff

New York – Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

North Carolina – Death Knells and Wedding Bells by Eva Gates

North Dakota – Cowboy Dancing All Night by Jessie Gussman

Ohio – A Lie for a Lie by Emilie Richards

Oklahoma – Ghostland by Jean Hager

Oregon – Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Pennsylvania – ‘Tis the Damn Season by Kimi Freeman

Rhode Island – Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White

South Carolina – Full Blast by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes

South Dakota – Dakota Cowboy by Lisa Mondello

Tennessee – A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

Texas – Murder Served Neat by Michelle Hillen Klump*

Utah – Bookman, Dead Style by Paige Shelton

Vermont – A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Virginia – Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn

Washington – Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

Washington DC – An Invitation to a Killer by G M Malliet*

West Virginia – Sidecar Crush by Claire Kingsley and Lucy Score

Wisconsin – Winter’s Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch

Wyoming – Tempest by Beverly Jenkins