Alice Adams Alice Adams (Garden City, N.Y., 1921) is one of several novels written by Hoosier author Booth Tarkington. Tarkington depicted an Indianapolis polluted with smoke and social discrimination. Alice, a girl… Read More »Alice Adams
As Sounding Brass As Sounding Brass (New York City, 1964) is a novel written by Indianapolis attorney and Civil War expert Alan T. Nolan. Published by Houghton-Mifflin, the book focuses on the experiences… Read More »As Sounding Brass
The Desperate Hours The Desperate Hours is a popular novel, play, and movie written by Indianapolis native Joseph Hayes. A playwright, novelist, and screenwriter, he first wrote the work as a novel, and… Read More »The Desperate Hours
The Fault in Our Stars John Green is an award-winning author and YouTube content creator from Indianapolis. In January 2012, he released his sixth novel, The Fault in Our Stars, which is set in Indianapolis and… Read More »The Fault in Our Stars
From Dawn to Daylight From Dawn To Daylight (1859) is a controversial autobiographical novel, set principally in Indianapolis, by Eunice White Bullard Beecher. Born on August 20, 1812, in Massachusetts, Eunice Bullard was a… Read More »From Dawn to Daylight
Going All the Way Publication of Going All the Way (New York, 1970) was of particular significance to Indianapolis. The novel’s author, Dan Wakefield, was born in the city in 1932 and grew up at… Read More »Going All the Way
High Cotton High Cotton was the debut novel of Indianapolis native and acclaimed critic Darryl Pinckney, son of former Indianapolis Naacp president Aurelius Dewey Pinckney. Published in 1992 and a winner of… Read More »High Cotton
A Hoosier Chronicle A Hoosier Chronicle (New York, 1912) was written by Indianapolis popular author Meredith Nicholson. It is a powerful novel of politics and society set in central Indiana, particularly Indianapolis, in… Read More »A Hoosier Chronicle
The Magnificent Ambersons The Magnificent Ambersons was the second work in Indianapolis author Newton Booth Tarkington’s Growth, a trilogy of novels that also included The Turmoil (1914) and The Midlander (1924). The three novels… Read More »The Magnificent Ambersons
McCarthy’s List McCarthy’s List (1979) is a comic novel by Indianapolis native and New York Times bestselling author Mary Mackey. It tells the story of Rinda Sue McCarthy, born in Indianapolis, at… Read More »McCarthy’s List
