#Read26Indy discussion

As part of my #Read26Indy, my goal is to seek out Indiana authors, or books set in or about Indiana. I'm looking for suggestions on good books that are written by people who live in Indiana, are set in Indiana, or are about something Indiana-related. Fiction, non-fiction, biography, history, I'm open to all of it.

So far, I've read:
-The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters (set in the New England area, but the author is local), and I plan to read the sequel
-The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (set in Indianapolis and an Indiana author)
-You Came Back by Christopher Coake (partially set in Indiana, mostly in Ohio)
-I'm currently reading XVI by Julia Karr, an Indiana author
-I plan to read Ashfall by Mike Mullins, an Indiana author

I'll fess up that I've never read any Vonnegut so I need to get some of his work on my list as well.

Any suggestions are appreciated!

What This River Keeps by Greg Schwipps

The Circus in Winter by Cathy Day

Going All the Way by Dan Wakefield

Short Girls by Bich Minh Nguyen

Pioneer Girl by Bich Minh Nhuyen

Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen

The Ridge by Michael Koryta

So Cold the River by Michael Koryta

The Prophet by Michael Koryta

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut

Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut

Panther in the Sky by James Alexander Thom

Long Knife by James Akexander Thom

Something Rising by Haven Kimmel

A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel

Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace

Crimes in Southern Indiana by Frank Bill

An American Tune by Barb Shoup

The End of the Book by Porter Shreve

Breathing Out the Ghost by Kirk Cumutt

Stakeout on Millennium Drive by Ian Woollen

Love Finds You in Liberty, Indiana by Melanie Dobson

Ashfall by Mike Mullin

Hidden by Helen Frost

The Lost Episodes of Revie Bryson

I can't think of what Theodore Dreisser wrote off hand but, yes, him too.

Wow! Those will definitely keep me busy! Thanks!

Just finished Letters from Skye. The author, Jessica Brockmole, lives in Indiana.

I enjoyed a horror story written by Michael West a few years back called The Wide Game. A fairly spooky novel. I see he's since set several more novels in the same fictional Indiana town.

Jane wrote: "As part of my #Read26Indy, my goal is to seek out Indiana authors, or books set in or about Indiana. I'm looking for suggestions on good books that are written by people who live in Indiana, are se..."
I found Meredith Nicholson's House of a Thousand Candles to be a cool vintage Hoosier read.

For some reason, your post reminds me of an another Hoosier book, "Raintree County" by Ross Lockridge, Jr. Elizabeth Taylor starred in a movie that was based on this novel, I haven't read the book or seen the movie but I have the book on my Kindle. Maybe I'll tackle it sometime this year.

To add to Michael's list, Haven Kimmel (pen name) also wrote a "sequel" of sorts She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana. It's not as much about Haven as it is about her mother . . . how her mother pulled herself out of poverty and an housewife with few skills and made something of herself and the sacrifices she made to do that. Her mother, Mrs. Delonda (Jarvis) Hartmann, was my middle school English teacher almost 30 years ago!

Following this post! Was just about to post this same question. Thanks everyone! Happy reading :)

Meg Cabot is from Bloomington

Anathema by Colleen Coble. She's from Indiana.

You might want to check out my new book published by IBJ, "Spanking City Hall". It was published in March 2014. It's getting pretty good reader reviews and critics liked it.

The book is set in Indianapolis and includes scenes set at Holcomb Gardens, Meridian Kessler Neighborhood, City Hall, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Mass Avenue, Broad Ripple, Fountain Square and Riley's Tomb.

I give book club discounts when you buy five or more copies direct from me.

Next book signings:
July 30 @ 5pm - Indy Reads
August 1 @ 6pm - The Art Bank's Book Nook on Mass Ave.