The Reading Passport: Books set in Iowa
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Most people think corn when they think of Iowa, but there is far more to this state than corn. As cities go, Iowa has some interesting ones: Le Mars, a city that claims to be the Ice Cream Capital of the World for being the headquarters of Well Enterprise; Sabula, an island town within a landlocked state; Burlington, where the world's most crooked street, Snake Alley, can be found; and Iowa City, the only UNESCO City of Literature in the U.S. While it is debatable what the best thing since sliced bread might be, what is not in doubt is that the phrase exists today thanks to Iowa native Otto Frederick Rohwedder' invention: the bread-slicing machine. Who knows, maybe you can find the best book since sliced bread among the ones listed in this post.
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📚 The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson - Autobiography/Memoir
📚 Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm during the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish - Autobiography/Memoir
📚 Universal Harvester by John Darnielle - Horror
📚 Squashed by Joan Bauer- YA
📚 What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges - YA/Contemporary Fiction
📚 A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley - Literary Fiction
📚 The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller - Romance
📚 The Oxford Project by Stephen G. Bloom & Peter Feldstein - Nonfiction - Photography
📚 Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella - Magical Realism/Sports
📚 The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf - Mystery/Thriller
📚 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Gilead #1) - Historical Fiction
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