Reading challenges
50 states reading challenge
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Sections5
Your 50 states reading challenge tracker
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
A 50 states reading challenge needs a setting rule as well as a list of titles. This tracker includes every US state, including Alaska and Hawaii. The default counts a book primarily set in that state. A writer being born there does not make every book they wrote a setting match.
Enter a title and its author, then name the primary source that supports the setting. Mark the source check only after reading that evidence. A completed row without a title, valid code or source remains unconfirmed and stays outside the completed count. Repeated codes count once, so two books for one place cannot quietly increase the place total.
Check the 50 states reading challenge setting rule
A publisher page may name the main setting. The novel can also state where most scenes take place. Note the source URL or the passage in your edition. An author's home does not prove where a story takes place. A brief visit in one scene does not make that place the main setting.
If a story moves between places, choose its main setting under your rule. Leave the source box clear if the text does not settle that choice. Your entry stays on the page while the setting is unknown. Note why you chose one place; do not count the same book in each place it briefly visits.
The fifty named rows are the fifty states. Washington, DC and US territories can be optional extras on a separate sheet, outside the fifty-state total. The state-name reference is the US Census Bureau code list. No recommended-book list or interactive map is needed to use the tracker; your own sourced choices fill its rows.
Print and read the reference
Primary place reference: US Census state code reference. The original worksheet uses state names and two-letter identifiers as factual labels. It does not reproduce the Census table layout, additional jurisdiction rows or geographic artwork.
FAQ
Can I count a place I have already used?
You can keep another book in the record, but a unique-place goal counts the code once. The browser deduplicates completed codes. On paper, circle each distinct confirmed code before adding the total. That keeps a list of reading attempts separate from the number of places covered.
What if I cannot confirm a setting?
Keep the title and leave the check box clear. A useful record can say that evidence is missing. Look for the publisher description or an explicit passage in your edition. If the result remains unclear, choose another book or record a different rule openly instead of treating a guess as a verified match.
50 states reading challenge verdict
Use the 50 states reading challenge to make a setting choice you can explain. Keep unknown evidence visible, count each confirmed place once and choose a goal that fits your reading time.