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Stories Set in Oklahoma
Grapes-of-Wrath highways, tornado alleys and Native nations' capitals — Oklahoma tells wind-scoured American tales. Its stories blow from dust bowl to boom.
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Browse 88 books, 77 movies, 5 TV shows and 1 game set in Oklahoma.

Killers of the Flower Moon
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

Tulsa King
Just after he is released from prison after 25 years, New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi is unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his…

Twister
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers headed by Dr. Jo Harding attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced…

Twisters
As storm season intensifies the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing…

The Grapes of Wrath
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm and joins them the next day as they head for California and…

The Outsiders
When two poor Greasers Johnny and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang the Socs and Johnny kills one of the attackers tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs setting off a turbulent chain of events.

Ready Player One
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereIN THE YEAR 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the…

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

August: Osage County
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
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