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

Acute Reactions by Ruby Lang
The Ancient One by T. A. Barron
Angel's Devil by M. Louis^[1]
Baker City 1948 by George Byron Wright^[2]
The Barn by Avi
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
Bleeding Heart by Mary Freeman
Blue Like Jazz by Don Miller^[3]
The Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of Indian Oregon by Frederick Homer Balch
Children of the River by Linda Crew
Clean Breaks by Ruby Lang
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
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
Doomsday Plus Twelve by James D. Forman
Down River by Richard Anderson
Driving to Vernonia by George Byron Wright^[2]
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
Failure To Appear by J.A. Jance
Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon^[4]
Garden View by Mary Freeman
A Gathering of Finches by Jane Kirkpatrick
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn^[5]
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
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
Going to Bend: A Novel by Diane Hammond
The Golden Telescope: Book One in the Jack and the Magic Hat Maker series by Tracy Partridge-Johnson
Gone, But Not Forgotten by Phillip Margolin
The Good Sheriff by Mike Walters
Hard Knocks by Ruby Lang
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
Hidden Beneath the Pines by Mike Walters
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^[2]
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
Lean On Pete by Willy Vlautin
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
The Mirror Pond Murders by Ted Haynes
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^[2]
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
On the Road from Burns by Ted Haynes
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
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
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
The Rogue River Incident, Case XI Book I by Mike Walters
The Rogue River Incident, Case XI Book II by Mike Walters
Roseburg 1959 by George Byron Wright^[2]
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
A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
The Spells of Lamazee: An Historical Novel of the Pacific Northwest Coast by James Seeley White
The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters
Still Wilde in Outlaw River by Mike Walters
Storm Riders by Craig Lesley
Suspects by Ted Haynes
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
This Side of Home by Renée Watson
Tillamook 1952by George Byron Wright^[2]
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 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
Yellow Tape and Coffee by Pat Luther

Graphic novels

Dead Air by Michael Allred
iZombie by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred
Stumptown by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth
Misfit City by Kirsten Smith, Kurt Lustgarten and Naomi Franquiz

Musical

Shanghaied in Astoria by the Astor Street Opry Company

Film

Television

The Angry Beavers
Bates Motel, set in Oregon, but filmed in British Columbia
Best Friends Whenever
Crash & Bernstein
Eureka, set in Oregon, but filmed in British Columbia^[6]
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^[7]
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)^[8]
So Help Me Todd
Stumptown
Sydney to the Max
The Librarians (TV/Movie Series)
Under Suspicion
The X-Files, pilot episode set in Bellefleur, but filmed in British Columbia
Everything Sucks!, takes place in Boring.

Video games

Fallout 2
Gone Home
Life Is Strange
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
The Oregon Trail
Days Gone
Lighthouse: The Dark Being

References

^ Angel's Devil
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Fiction". Retrieved 2016-02-17.
^ Dundas, Zach (February 2, 2005). "Confessions of a dangerous mind". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
^ JOHN MARSHALL (July 18, 2003). "Palahniuk paints a lovingly twisted picture of the not-so-rosy Portland". SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER.
^ "article in Willamette Week". Archived from the original on 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
^ "Eureka". IMDb (Internet Movie Database). Retrieved 18 August 2012.
^ Turnquist, Kristi (2012-05-08). "Portland the setting for new medical show from David E. Kelley". The Oregonian.
^ Hamilton, Don (2002-07-19). "Matt Groening's Portland". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2007-04-28.