Most people who follow cultural news could probably guess which book covers the majority of Amazon’s list of top-selling books per state over the past 20 years: Does something about shades and the color grey ring a bell? But what’s surprising about this list isn’t the outsized presence of Fifty Shades (and The Hunger Games): It’s the two books that outsold both of those in three rebellious states. Check out the complete list of best-sellers below (and scroll down for the TL;DR version).
Alaska: The Hunger Games (Book 1)
Alabama: Fifty Shades of Grey
Arkansas: Fifty Shades of Grey
Arizona: Fifty Shades of Grey
California: The Hunger Games (Book 1)
Colorado: The Hunger Games (Book 1)
Connecticut: Fifty Shades of Grey
Delaware: Fifty Shades of Grey
Florida: Fifty Shades of Grey
Georgia: Fifty Shades of Grey
Hawaii: The Hunger Games (Book 1)
Iowa: Fifty Shades of Grey
Idaho: The Hunger Games (Book 1)
Illinois: Fifty Shades of Grey
Indiana: Fifty Shades of Grey
Kansas: Fifty Shades of Grey
Kentucky: Fifty Shades of Grey
Louisiana: Fifty Shades of Grey
Massachusetts: Fifty Shades of Grey
Maryland: Fifty Shades of Grey
Maine: Fifty Shades of Grey
Michigan: Fifty Shades of Grey
Minnesota: StrengthsFinder 2.0
Missouri: Fifty Shades of Grey
Mississippi: Fifty Shades of Grey
Montana: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations One School at a Time
North Carolina: Fifty Shades of Grey
North Dakota: Fifty Shades of Grey
Nebraska: StrengthsFinder 2.0
New Hampshire: Fifty Shades of Grey
New Jersey: Fifty Shades of Grey
New Mexico: Fifty Shades of Grey
Nevada: Fifty Shades of Grey
New York: Fifty Shades of Grey
Ohio: Fifty Shades of Grey
Oklahoma: Fifty Shades of Grey
Oregon: The Hunger Games (Book 1)
Pennsylvania: Fifty Shades of Grey
Rhode Island: Fifty Shades of Grey
South Carolina: Fifty Shades of Grey
South Dakota: Fifty Shades of Grey
Tennessee: Fifty Shades of Grey
Texas: Fifty Shades of Grey
Utah: The Hunger Games (Book 1)
Virginia: Fifty Shades of Grey
Vermont: Fifty Shades of Grey
Washington: The Hunger Games (Book 1)
Wisconsin: Fifty Shades of Grey
West Virginia: Fifty Shades of Grey
Wyoming: The Hunger Games (Book 1)
TL;DR?
38 states: Fifty Shades of Grey
9 states: The Hunger Games
2 states: StrengthsFinder 2.0
1 state: Three Cups of Tea