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Literary Travelogue of the United States Challenge

Type: Preset list created by sturlington

Description: Source: https://www.cellardoorbookstore.com/literary-travelogue-challenge

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1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
65,717 members, 1,299 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

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sturlington (1): Alabama

2
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
35,808 members, 470 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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sturlington (21): Missouri

3
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
23,774 members, 426 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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sturlington (4): Massachusetts

4
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
19,902 members, 402 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

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sturlington (23): Kansas

5
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
18,956 members, 356 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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sturlington (38): Ohio

6
The Shining
by Stephen King
18,767 members, 396 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

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sturlington (22): Colorado

7
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
18,740 members, 415 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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hipdeep (1): Louisiana

8
The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
17,317 members, 388 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

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sturlington (24): Kansas

9
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
15,628 members, 290 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

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sturlington (2): Florida

10
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
11,667 members, 255 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

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merrystar (7): Nebraska

11
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
8,070 members, 154 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

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sturlington (27): Louisiana

12
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
8,012 members, 168 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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sturlington (45): Maine

13
By the Shores of Silver Lake
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
7,677 members, 54 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

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sturlington (50): South Dakota

14
Little Town on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
7,252 members, 62 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

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sturlington (51): South Dakota

15
Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
5,170 members, 110 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

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hipdeep (2): Ohio

16
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
30,012 members, 813 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

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sturlington (3): Wisconsin

17
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
20,115 members, 405 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

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merrystar (1): Georgia

sturlington (47): Georgia

18
The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
16,203 members, 647 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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sturlington (25): Oklahoma

19
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
15,537 members, 456 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

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sturlington (5): Vermont

20
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
15,093 members, 395 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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sturlington (6): Alaska

21
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
9,717 members, 350 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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sturlington (39): Iowa; DNF

22
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
5,466 members, 122 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

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sturlington (8): Iowa

23
The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy
5,155 members, 96 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

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sturlington (40): South Carolina

24
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner
4,786 members, 161 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

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sturlington (10): Colorado

25
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
by Sherman Alexie
1,168 members, 12 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

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sturlington (88): Washington

26
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
29,115 members, 403 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

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sturlington (11): Oklahoma

27
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
17,544 members, 738 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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sturlington (48): West Virginia

28
A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
16,362 members, 306 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

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sturlington (54): New Hampshire

29
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
14,719 members, 188 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

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sturlington (55): Mississippi

30
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
12,683 members, 172 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

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sturlington (26): Nevada

31
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
11,870 members, 182 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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sturlington (49): Arkansas

32
Carrie
by Stephen King
11,812 members, 251 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

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sturlington (7): Maine

33
The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
10,823 members, 191 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

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sturlington (56): Ohio

34
Nine Stories
by J. D. Salinger
10,512 members, 95 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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sturlington (57): New York

35
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
9,621 members, 747 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

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sturlington (58): Washington

36
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare
8,766 members, 183 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

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sturlington (32): Connecticut

37
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
8,765 members, 363 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

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sturlington (59): Mississippi

38
Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
8,370 members, 566 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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sturlington (12): Maine

39
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
6,805 members, 209 reviews
4.55 stars (4.55 stars)

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sturlington (14): Texas

40
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
6,157 members, 235 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

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sturlington (52): Connecticut

41
Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
5,906 members, 111 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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sturlington (62): Alaska

42
Housekeeping
by Marilynne Robinson
5,423 members, 181 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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sturlington (9): Idaho

43
Midwives
by Chris Bohjalian
5,263 members, 113 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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sturlington (99): Vermont

44
Plainsong
by Kent Haruf
4,897 members, 189 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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sturlington (53): Colorado

45
Jacob Have I Loved
by Katherine Paterson
4,666 members, 64 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

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sturlington (28): Maryland

46
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
by Michael Chabon
3,740 members, 59 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

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hipdeep (4): Pennsylvania

47
The Art of Fielding
by Chad Harbach
3,638 members, 237 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

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sturlington (67): Wisconsin

48
Another Roadside Attraction
by Tom Robbins
3,375 members, 37 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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sturlington (103): California

49
Love Medicine
by Louise Erdrich
3,346 members, 67 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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sturlington (36): North Dakota

50
True Grit
by Charles Portis
3,335 members, 171 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

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sturlington (70): Arkansas

51
The Round House
by Louise Erdrich
3,265 members, 209 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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sturlington (69): North Dakota

52
Inside Out and Back Again
by Thanhha Lai
3,203 members, 485 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

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sturlington (71): Alabama

53
Ceremony
by Leslie Marmon Silko
2,922 members, 50 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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sturlington (17): New Mexico

54
The Witches of Eastwick
by John Updike
2,805 members, 36 reviews
3.3 stars (3.3 stars)

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sturlington (37): Rhode Island

55
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
by Norman Maclean
2,697 members, 53 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

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sturlington (107): Montana

56
A Death in the Family
by James Agee
2,613 members, 56 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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sturlington (73): Tennessee

57
Summer of My German Soldier
by Bette Greene
2,554 members, 45 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

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sturlington (75): Arkansas

58
The Confessions of Nat Turner
by William Styron
2,380 members, 31 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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sturlington (76): Virginia

59
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion
2,280 members, 46 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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sturlington (78): California

60
Drown
by Junot Díaz
2,268 members, 39 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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sturlington (79): New Jersey

61
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
by Cory Doctorow
2,266 members, 107 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

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sturlington (77): Florida

62
Betsy-Tacy
by Maud Hart Lovelace
1,868 members, 44 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

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sturlington (80): Minnesota

63
Shoeless Joe
by W. P. Kinsella
1,718 members, 39 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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sturlington (81): Iowa

64
The Wapshot Chronicle
by John Cheever
1,404 members, 16 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

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sturlington (84): Massachusetts

65
Train Dreams
by Denis Johnson
1,250 members, 93 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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sturlington (87): Idaho

66
Legends of the Fall
by Jim Harrison
948 members, 21 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

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sturlington (117): Montana

67
Election
by Tom Perrotta
806 members, 28 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

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sturlington (19): New Jersey

68
Townie
by Andre III Dubus
678 members, 35 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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sturlington (121): Massachusetts

69
Split Images
by Elmore Leonard
380 members, 7 reviews
3.36 stars (3.36 stars)

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sturlington (91): Florida

70
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
11,862 members, 341 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

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sturlington (29): Minnesota

71
Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
9,261 members, 233 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

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sturlington (31): Arizona

72
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
9,067 members, 214 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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sturlington (30): Texas

73
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros
8,380 members, 199 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

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sturlington (93): Illinois

74
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
7,946 members, 115 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

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sturlington (33): New York

75
The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara
7,443 members, 164 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

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sturlington (13): Pennsylvania

76
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
6,989 members, 160 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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sturlington (94): New Jersey

77
Eleanor and Park
by Rainbow Rowell
6,853 members, 559 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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sturlington (95): Nebraska

78
The Hotel New Hampshire
by John Irving
6,772 members, 67 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

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sturlington (34): New Hampshire

79
Native Son
by Richard Wright
6,579 members, 82 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

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sturlington (100): Illinois

80
All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren
6,251 members, 110 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

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sturlington (60): Louisiana

81
The Known World
by Edward P. Jones
6,088 members, 144 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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sturlington (61): Virginia

82
Geek Love
by Katherine Dunn
5,413 members, 150 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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sturlington (15): Oregon

83
Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
5,400 members, 99 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

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sturlington (96): Pennsylvania

84
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
5,220 members, 110 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

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sturlington (63): Indiana

85
Animal Dreams
by Barbara Kingsolver
5,029 members, 64 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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sturlington (64): Arizona

86
Stoner
by John Williams
4,948 members, 290 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

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sturlington (65): Missouri

87
The Accidental Tourist
by Anne Tyler
4,902 members, 85 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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sturlington (35): Maryland

88
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J. D. Vance
4,806 members, 283 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

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sturlington (97): Kentucky

89
The Marriage Plot
by Jeffrey Eugenides
4,630 members, 262 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

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sturlington (98): Rhode Island

90
Bastard Out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison
4,623 members, 111 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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sturlington (16): South Carolina

91
A Map of the World
by Jane Hamilton
4,133 members, 57 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

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sturlington (101): Wisconsin

92
Half Broke Horses
by Jeannette Walls
3,992 members, 217 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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sturlington (66): Arizona

93
The Yearling
by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
3,675 members, 56 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

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sturlington (102): Florida

94
Close Range
by Annie Proulx
3,099 members, 65 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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sturlington (72): Wyoming

95
Look Homeward, Angel
by Thomas Wolfe
3,037 members, 38 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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sturlington (104): North Carolina

96
Independence Day
by Richard Ford
2,755 members, 42 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

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sturlington (105): New Jersey

97
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
by Miranda July
2,719 members, 82 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

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sturlington (106): Oregon

98
Moloka'i
by Alan Brennert
2,619 members, 181 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

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sturlington (74): Hawaii

99
The Monkey Wrench Gang
by Edward Abbey
2,542 members, 45 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

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sturlington (108): Arizona

100
The Executioner's Song
by Norman Mailer
2,506 members, 44 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

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sturlington (109): Utah

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