While many of us spend time at home, we find ourselves daydreaming about the holidays. now is a great time to discover all the amazing things iowa has to offer from your own living room.
Explore Iowa by diving headfirst into the following list of 30 books set in Iowa, or show your #iowapride by reading one of 14 books written by authors with ties to the state.
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If you still have the travel bug, virtually visit cities and towns around the world by watching one of the 20 movies listed below that were filmed or set in Iowa.
Happy virtual tour!
30 books set in iowa
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source: good reads
- the bridges of madison county by robert james waller
- dewey: the small town library cat who touched the world by vicki myron
- barefoot joe of w.p. kinsella
- a thousand acres by jane smiley
- gilead by marilynne robinson
- ashfall by mike mullin
- the weight of silence by heather gudenkauf
- little heathens: hard times and good humor on an iowa farm during the great depression by mildred armstrong kalish
- universal harvester by john darnielle
- what is gilbert eating grape by peter hedges
- state fair by phil stong
- grasshopper jungle by andrew smith
- the music man by meredith willson
- eleven days donald harstad
- love finds you in homestead, iowa by melanie dobson
- love finds you in amana, iowa by melanie dobson
- assassin Midnight: A Murder in America’s Heartland by Patricia L. bryan
- the life and times of the boy lightning by bill bryson
- crushed by joan bauer
- inheritance of darkness by kathleen ernst
- the nikki case they pay by rachel eliason
- never on sundays by jason m. steffens
- dead vault by daniel eness
- broken wheel readers recommend by katarina bivald
- the princess in the pigsty by jane resh thomas
- bottomland by michelle hoover
- last act by christopher pike
- spirit lake by mackinlay kantor
- stars over clear lake by loretta ellsworth
- the water method man by john irving
- dewey: the small town library cat who touched the world by vicki myron
- slaughterhouse five by kurt vonnegut
- the weight of silence by heather gudenkauf
- the lost continent: travels in small town america by bill bryson
- a thousand acres by jane smiley
- spiritual lake by mackinlay kantor
- little heathens: hard times and good humor on an iowa farm during the great depression by mildred armstrong kalish
- the bridges of madison county by robert james waller
- the wars of walnut grove glaciers: a story about religion, love, friendship, and living in iowa by peter gerhard
- niagara falls all over again by elizabeth mccracken
- going home: my journey from little league to hollywood by kent stock
- the drink worth more than gold by j.s. loving
- the emerald horizon: the iowa nature story by cornelia f. mutel
- sleeping with the enemy by nancy price
Looking for one of these books? Support a local Iowa small business to purchase one of these or other books to enjoy!
- the book vault, oskaloosa open 24/7 to find, view and order books, orders over $50 get free shipping, pickup during regular business hours available.
- prairie lights bookstore, iowa city open during regular hours for phone orders, order online anytime, free delivery in iowa city/area of coralville, otherwise mail order with shipping.
- beaverdale books, des moines order online and by phone, parking lot pickup, free home delivery within 5 miles, shipping reduced to $2.
- the book vine, cherokee taking orders online and by phone, mailed or curbside, orders over $50 delivered.
- burlington by book, burlington takes phone orders, offers curbside pickup, special order shipping.
- the books on the next page, cedar rapids which take orders online and by phone, have been shipped all over the us. uu.
- the book shoppe, boone accepts online orders for delivery to your home or curbside pickup; offering books, gifts, crafts/activities for children and special requests.
source: iowa culture
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- 1933: State Fair; des moines
- 1974: finnish blueberry; keokuk
- 1977: all the king’s horses; des moines
- 1983: healing; des moines
- 1984: sons of the corn; sioux city, whiting
- 1989: field of dreams; dyersville, dubuque
- 1992: whispers in the dark; des moines
- 1995: the bridges of madison county; winter ensemble
- 1996: tornado; ames
- 2011: the offering; washington
- field of dreams
- sleeping with the enemy
- something blue
- star trek
- state fair
- the bridges of madison county
- the crazy ones
- the last supper
- the music man
- what’s eating gilbert grape