It (Didn't) Happen In New Jersey: Fiction Featuring the Garden State

For those who love to read about their home state! Here is a list of fiction books at SCLS set in New Jersey.

Updated April 21, 2026
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It (Didn't) Happen In New Jersey: Fiction Featuring the Garden State

For those who love to read about their home state! Here is a list of fiction books at SCLS set in New Jersey.

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In the unlikely event
Blume, Judy
Paper Book
In 1987, Miri returns to her hometown to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life. Beautiful, gripping and deeply moving, In the Unlikely Event is an unforgettable novel from Judy Blume. Thirty-five years ago, when Miri Ammerman was fifteen and in love for...
Let me be Frank with you /
Ford, Richard,
Paper Book
In his trio of bestselling novels - The Sportswriter, Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner-winning Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land - Richard Ford set out the zeitgeist of an entire generation, through the divining and wit of his now-famous literary chronicler, Frank...
The glow :
Gaynor, Jessie,
Paper Book
Tracy Flick can't win
Perrotta, Tom
Paper Book
Soon to be a major film Tracy Flick, star of Election and one of the most memorable characters of our time, returns in this dark and insightful comedy about midlife. Ambitious and hardworking Tracy Flick feels underappreciated and stuck. Her job as a high school assistant principal...
Middle of the night :
Sager, Riley,
Paper Book
The worst thing ever to happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh's backyard. On July 15, 1994, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend Billy fell asleep in a tent on a manicured lawn in their quiet New Jersey cul de sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone....
Unsheltered :
Kingsolver, Barbara
Paper Book
The international bestselling author of The Lacuna, Flight Behaviour and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards - including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prize - returns with a timely novel that interweaves past...
Cape May :
Cheek, Chip
Paper Book
The night shift /
Finlay, Alex,
Paper Book
What connects a massacre at a Blockbuster video store in 1999 with the murder of four teenagers fifteen years later? It's New Year's Eve of 1999 when four teenagers working late are attacked at a Blockbuster video store in New Jersey. Only one survives. Police quickly identify...
Hidden pictures
Rekulak, Jason
Paper Book
'I loved it. The surprises really surprise and it has that hard-to-achieve propulsiveness that won't let you put it down. And the pictures are terrific!' Stephen King 'Must be the boldest double twist of the year. Truly fantastic' The TimesAN AMAZON.COM BEST MYSTERY...
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