List of fiction set in Oregon

The following is a list of fiction, including novels, poetry, film and television, which are set in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Literature

Novels

• The Ancient One by T. A. Barron
• Angel's Devil by M. Louis
• Baker City 1948 by George Byron Wright
• The Barn by Avi
• Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
• Bleeding Heart by Mary Freeman
• Blue Like Jazz by Don Miller
• The Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of Indian Oregon by Frederick Homer Balch
• Children of the River by Linda Crew
• Clear and Convincing Proof (Barbara Holloway, Bk 7) by Kate Wilhelm
• Cold Case (Barbara Holloway, Bk 11) by Kate Wilhelm
• The Cove by Catherine Coulter
• Crown Fire by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakha
• Curiosity Didn't Kill the Cat (Conan Flagg, Bk 1) by M. K. Wren
• Dataman by Tom Mitcheltree
• Days To Remember by Donna Grundman
• Dead By Sunset by Ann Rule
• Dead Matter (Conan Flagg, Bk 7) by M. K. Wren
• Dead Whales Tell No Tales by Ron Lovell
• Deadly Nightshade by Mary Freeman
• A Death at the Rose (Libby Seale, Bk 2) by M. J. Zellnik
• Death of an Artist by Kate Wilhelm
• Death Qualified (Barbara Holloway, Bk 1) by Kate Wilhelm
• Deception by Randy Alcorn
• Defense for the Devil (Barbara Holloway, Bk 4) by Kate Wilhelm
• Descent into Madness by Ron Lovell
• Desperate Measures (Barbara Holloway, Bk 6) by Kate Wilhelm
• Devil's Trumpet by Mary Freeman
• Dies the Fire by S. M. Stirling
• Doctor in Buckskin by T.D. Allen
• Dominion by Randy Alcorn
• Doomsday Plus Twelve by James D. Forman
• Down River by Richard Anderson
• Driving to Vernonia by George Byron Wright
• The Drylands by Mary Rosenblum
• Each Bright River by Mildred Masterson McNeilly
• Eating Heaven by Jennie Shortridge
• The Edge by Catherine Coulter
• Ellen Tebbits by Beverly Cleary
• The Emberverse series by S. M. Stirling
• Empty Horizon: A Story of Adventure & Romance in the Northwest by William J. Forest
• Evening's Empire by David Herter
• Everville by Clive Barker
• Every Fixed Star by Jane Kirkpatrick
• Evil at Heart (Archie and Gretchen, Bk 3) by Chelsea Cain
• Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
• Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon
• Garden View by Mary Freeman
• A Gathering of Finches by Jane Kirkpatrick
• Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
• Genesis of Shannara by Terry Brooks
• Gideon's Gift by Karen Kingsbury
• A Gift Upon the Shore by M. K. Wren
• Girl by Blake Nelson
• Going to Bend: A Novel by Diane Hammond
• Gone, But Not Forgotten by Phillip Margolin
• The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western by Richard Brautigan
• Heart of the Beast by Joyce Weatherford
• The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
• Heartsick (Archie and Gretchen, Bk 1) by Chelsea Cain
• Heaven Is High (Barbara Holloway, Bk 12) by Kate Wilhelm
• Henry and Beezus by Beverly Cleary
• Henry and the Clubhouse by Beverly Cleary
• Henry and the Paper Route by Beverly Cleary
• Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
• Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
• Hold Tight the Thread by Jane Kirkpatrick
• Homesick Creek: A Novel by Diane Hammond
• Honey in the Horn by H. L. Davis
• Hot Springs by Shirley Parenteau
• In the Wake of Our Misdeed by George Byron Wright
• Jokerman 8 by Richard Melo
• The Jump-Off Creek by Molly Gloss
• Katie's Gold (Paul Fischer, Bk 2) by Tom Mitcheltree
• Katie's Will (Paul Fischer, Bk 1) by Tom Mitcheltree
• King of the Mountain (Conan Flagg, Bk 8) by M. K. Wren
• The Last Dog on Earth by Daniel Ehrenhaft
• Last Go Round by Ken Kesey and Ken Babbs
• The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Legasea by Krystalyn Drown
• Lights, Camera, Murder! by Ron Lovell
• Love To Water My Soul by Jane Kirkpatrick
• Malice Prepense (Barbara Holloway, Bk 3) by Kate Wilhelm
• A Meeting at Corvallis by S. M. Stirling
• Melody Jackson and the House on Lafayette Street by B.M.B. Johnson
• A Mending at the Edge by Jane Kirkpatrick
• Missing, Maybe Dead (Paul Fischer, Bk 3) by Tom Mitcheltree
• A Multitude of Sins (Conan Flagg, Bk 2) by M. K. Wren
• Murder at the Portland Variety (Libby Seale, Bk 1) by M. J. Zellnik
• Murder at Yaquina Head by Ron Lovell
• Murder in E-Flat Major by Ron Lovell
• Murder Once Done by Mary Lou Bennett
• A Name of Her Own by Jane Kirkpatrick
• A New Life by Bernard Malamud
• Newport Blues by George Byron Wright
• Nightlife by Thomas Perry
• No Defense (Barbara Holloway, Bk 5) by Kate Wilhelm
• Nothing's Certain But Death (Conan Flagg, Bk 4) by M. K. Wren
• Oh, Bury Me Not (Conan Flagg, Bk 3) by M. K. Wren
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
• Oregon! by Dana Fuller Ross
• Oregon Bride by F. Rosanne Bittner
• Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary
• Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson
• The Outlaw River Wilde by Mike Walters
• Paranoid Park by Blake Nelson
• Pink by Gus Van Sant
• Point Hope by Kristen James
• The Postman by David Brin
• The Protector's War by S.M. Stirling
• The Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee
• Ramona novel series by Beverly Cleary
• Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
• Ricochet River by Robin Cody
• River Marked by Patricia Briggs
• River of Love by Lisa McConnell
• River Song by Craig Lesley
• The River Why by David James Duncan
• Roseburg 1959 by George Byron Wright
• Safely Home by Randy Alcorn
• Searching for Murder by Ron Lovell
• Searoad by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Seasons of Death (Conan Flagg, Bk 5) by M. K. Wren
• The Shack by William P. Young
• Siskiyou by Richard Hoyt
• The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
• Skeletons by Kate Wilhelm
• Sky Fisherman by Craig Lesley
• Sleight Of Hand (Barbara Holloway, Bk 9) by Kate Wilhelm
• So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away by Richard Brautigan
• Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
• The Spells of Lamazee: An Historical Novel of the Pacific Northwest Coast by James Seeley White
• Still Wilde in Outlaw River by Mike Walters
• Storm Riders by Craig Lesley
• Sweetheart (Archie and Gretchen, Bk 2) by Chelsea Cain
• A Sweetness to the Soul by Jane Kirkpatrick
• A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick
• Tillamook 1952by George Byron Wright
• A Toke to Success: A Fantasy by Mohammod Ti Riff
• The Torn Skirt by Rebecca Godfrey
• Trask by Don Berry
• Tucket's Home by Gary Paulsen
• The Unbidden Truth (Barbara Holloway, Bk 8) by Kate Wilhelm
• Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy
• Vertical by Rex Pickett
• Violence of Action by Richard Marcinko
• Wake Up, Darlin' Corey (Conan Flagg, Bk 6) by M. K. Wren
• The Way to Life by Benjamin Hoff
• The Way West by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
• Wild Life by Molly Gloss
• Wildwood by Colin Meloy
• Winterkill by Craig Lesley
• The Wrecker by Clive Cussler
• A Wrongful Death (Barbara Holloway, Bk 10) by Kate Wilhelm
• Yaquina White by Ron Lovell

Graphic novels

• Dead Air by Michael Allred
• iZombie by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred
• Stumptown by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth

Musical

• Shanghaied in Astoria by the Astor Street Opry Company

Film

Main article: List of films set in Oregon

See also: List of films shot in Oregon

Television

• Bates Motel, set in Oregon, but filmed in British Columbia
• Best Friends Whenever
• Crash & Bernstein
• Eureka, set in Oregon, but filmed in British Columbia
• Free Agents, set in Portland, but filmed in Los Angeles
• Gravity Falls, set in the Detroit Lake area of Oregon
• Grimm, set and filmed in Portland
• Hello Larry, set in Portland
• Leverage, set in Portland beginning with season 5; filmed in Oregon since season 2
• Life Unexpected, set in Portland, but filmed in Vancouver
• Lost, episode "Not in Portland"
• Marvin Marvin
• Monday Mornings, set in Portland but will be filmed in Los Angeles
• Nowhere Man, filmed in Portland
• The O.C., season 2 premiere partly set in Portland
• Portlandia
• The Simpsons, possibly loosely set in Oregon; many character names are taken from street names in Portland (Flanders, Rev. Lovejoy)
• Under Suspicion
• The X-Files, pilot episode set in Bellefleur, but filmed in British Columbia

Video games

• Gone Home
• Life Is Strange
• The Oregon Trail

See also

• Music of Oregon
• List of artists and art institutions in Portland, Oregon
• Lists of Oregon-related topics

External links

• "Reading Portland: The City in Prose", The Portland Mercury