
“America loves Stephen King, and it especially loves The Stand. As we’ve found with movies and TV shows, the most popular books set in each state can be pretty surprising. For every obvious To Kill a Mockingbird, there’s the unexpected appearance of a lesser-known novel, like Dan Brown’s Digital Fortress in Maryland. Yet the widespread presence of King’s post-apocalyptic novel stands out as especially unusual, considering most books only represented one state. The Stand represents four — a number only challenged by Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, which is set in two…”