Reading the States: Montana

Friday, July 6, 2012


State: MONTANA

Fiction:
- Montana 1948* by Larry Watson
- A River Runs through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
- The River Why* by David James Duncan
- A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris
- English Creek by Ivan Doig
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth 
- How to be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward
- Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
- Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
- The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
- Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison
- Fools Crow by James Welch

Nonfiction:
- Young Men and Fire* by Norman Maclean
- Bad Land by Jonathan Raban
- Custer Survivor by John Koster

Authors Known for Writing in or about the State:
- A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
- Norman Maclean
- James Crumley
- Rick Bass
- Neil McMahon
- Ivan Doig

Authors Who Lived Here:
- Tim Cahill
- Christopher Paolini

Great Bookstores:
Montana Book & Toy Co.

Books I've Read

Photo by moi.

5 comments:

annieb said...

No blog readers from Montana? They don't know what they are missing. Young Men and Fire and Montana 48 are both wonderful books.

Sandy Nawrot said...

Not too familiar with this group of books and authors. But hmmm, Legends of the Fall. That was a great movie.

Melissa (Avid Reader) said...

annieb - I'm excited to read A River Runs Through it this year before my September road trip to Glacier National Park!

Sandy - Seriously, but it's so sad!

Jenners said...

My brother could probably help flesh out this list. I might go so far as to put Sarah Vowell, who writes a bit about her experience living in Montana.

Melissa (Avid Reader) said...

Jenners - If he has any other books let me know! This one is a bit spare.