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Stories Set in Idaho — top stories

Napoleon Dynamite quirk, river missionaries and mountain hideouts — Idaho is the quiet Northwest's story reserve. Its tales range from indie comedy to wilderness suspense.

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10 famous stories set in Idaho

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-04). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 79 books, 27 movies, 1 TV show and 1 game set in Idaho.

The Whale

The Whale

A24-Protozoa Pictures
movie

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

Setting: Idaho, USATime Period: Contemporary
Educated

Educated

by Tara Westover (Goodreads Author)
book

Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her…

Setting: ['Idaho Mountains (United States)', 'Idaho (United States)', 'Arizona (United States)', 'Rome (Italy)', 'Paris (France)', 'Palmyra, New York (United States)', 'Boston, Massachusetts (United States)', 'Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)', 'Cambridge, England (United Kingdom)']Time Period: UNKNOWN
The Stand

The Stand

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author), Bernie Wrightson (Illustrator)
book

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the…

Setting: ['United States of America', 'New York City, New York (United States)', 'Boulder, Colorado (United States)', 'Las Vegas, Nevada (United States)', 'Arnett, Texas (United States)', 'Pennsylvania (United States)', 'Arkansas (United States)', 'Arizona (United States)', 'Nevada (United States)', 'Idaho (United States)', 'Boulder, Colorado (United States)']Time Period: UNKNOWN
Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite

Paramount-Fox Searchlight Pictures-MTV Films-Access Films-Napoleon Pictures Limited
movie

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.

Setting: Idaho, USATime Period: 2004
My Own Private Idaho

My Own Private Idaho

Fine Line Features
movie

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV" Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together the two travel from Portland Oregon to Idaho and…

Setting: Portland, Oregon, USA; Idaho, USA; ItalyTime Period: 1990s
Frostbite

Frostbite

by Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
book

WHEN LOVE AND JEALOUSY COLLIDE ON THE SLOPES, WINTER BREAK TURNS DEADLY...Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from…

Setting: ['Spokane, Washington (United States)', 'Montana (United States)', 'Idaho (United States)']Time Period: 2008
Lover Awakened

Lover Awakened

by J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author)
book

In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there’s a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other - six vampire warriors, defenders of their…

Setting: ['Caldwell, New York (United States)']Time Period: 1976
Dark Lover

Dark Lover

by J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author)
book

The only purebred vampire left on the planet and the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who killed his parents centuries ago. But when his most trusted fighter is…

Setting: ['Caldwell, New York (United States)', 'New York State (United States)']Time Period: UNKNOWN
Lover Mine

Lover Mine

by J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author)
book

John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown to himself and to those around him. After he was taken in by the Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history…

Setting: ['Caldwell, New York (United States)']Time Period: UNKNOWN
Abducted in Plain Sight

Abducted in Plain Sight

Top Knot Films
movie

In 1974 12-year-old Jan Broberg is abducted from a small church-going community in Idaho by a trusted neighbour and close family friend.

Setting: Idaho, USATime Period: 1970s

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