Books Set in North Carolina

Special Topics in Calamity Physics

5,476 members

397 reviews

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Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris

22,386 members

385 reviews

4

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At Home in Mitford

by Jan Karon

6,273 members

117 reviews

3.9

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A Light in the Window

by Jan Karon

4,397 members

47 reviews

4

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These High, Green Hills

by Jan Karon

4,034 members

43 reviews

4.1

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Gap Creek

by Robert Morgan

3,089 members

56 reviews

½ 3.5

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Bootlegger's Daughter

by Margaret Maron

1,089 members

45 reviews

3.8

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Cold Mountain

by Charles Frazier

14,818 members

207 reviews

3.8

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by Marisha Pessl

6,951 members

311 reviews

½ 3.6

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Nights in Rodanthe

by Nicholas Sparks

6,343 members

85 reviews

½ 3.6

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Joyland

by Stephen King

5,686 members

283 reviews

3.9

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Look Homeward, Angel

by Thomas Wolfe

3,905 members

55 reviews

3.9

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Ellen Foster

by Kaye Gibbons

3,660 members

64 reviews

½ 3.7

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Hornet's Nest

by Patricia Cornwell

3,651 members

30 reviews

2.9

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Explanations: sturlington: Charlotte

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Southern Cross

by Patricia Cornwell

2,916 members

22 reviews

2.8

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The Hollow Places

by T. Kingfisher

1,717 members

90 reviews

3.9

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The Twisted Ones

by T. Kingfisher

1,639 members

69 reviews

3.8

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A Land More Kind than Home

by Wiley Cash

1,434 members

119 reviews

3.9

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The King of Lies

The Ballad of Frankie Silver

1,357 members

55 reviews

½ 3.7

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by Sharyn McCrumb

967 members

22 reviews

3.8

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If Morning Ever Comes: A Novel

by Anne Tyler

849 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

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Explanations: sturlington: Sandhill

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The Cove

A Short History of a Small Place

844 members

52 reviews

½ 3.7

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The Tin Can Tree

by Anne Tyler

662 members

19 reviews

½ 3.5

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Raney

by Clyde Edgerton

609 members

8 reviews

3.9

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by T.R. Pearson

585 members

9 reviews

4

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Guests on Earth

by Lee Smith

511 members

80 reviews

½ 3.5

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Three Graves Full

by Jamie Mason

453 members

47 reviews

½ 3.4

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I Am One of You Forever

by Fred Chappell

360 members

13 reviews

3.8

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Uncivil Seasons

by Michael Malone

355 members

9 reviews

4

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The Salt Line

by Holly Goddard Jones

325 members

32 reviews

½ 3.6

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A Visitation of Spirits

by Randall Kenan

305 members

4 reviews

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The Unseen

by Alexandra Sokoloff

295 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

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Explanations: sturlington: Durham

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Brighten the Corner Where You Are

by Fred Chappell

258 members

7 reviews

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Explanations: sturlington: Appalachians

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Carolina Moon (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

228 members

3 reviews

½ 3.3

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Explanations: sturlington: Fullton

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Ferris Beach

Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You: Stories

225 members

4 reviews

3.8

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by Fred Chappell

187 members

3 reviews

4.1

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Explanations: sturlington: Appalachians

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Visits from the Drowned Girl

by Steven Sherrill

120 members

6 reviews

3.2

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The Manse

by Lisa W. Cantrell

103 members

3 reviews

½ 3.3

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Explanations: sturlington: NC author

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The Last Days of Video

by Jeremy Hawkins

66 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

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The Ridge

by Lisa W. Cantrell

48 members

½ 3.5

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Explanations: sturlington: North Carolina author

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A Poor Man's Supper

by Jim Gulledge

2 members

1 review

5

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Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens

20,773 members

751 reviews

4.1

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The Sugar Queen

The Girl Who Chased the Moon

3,115 members

231 reviews

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2,703 members

219 reviews

3.9

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The Last Child

2,528 members

213 reviews

4.1

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The Peach Keeper

2,408 members

236 reviews

3.8

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Serena

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

1,943 members

119 reviews

½ 3.7

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You Can't Go Home Again

by Thomas Wolfe

1,921 members

29 reviews

4

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by Allan Gurganus

1,808 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

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The Returned

by Jason Mott

1,010 members

118 reviews

½ 3.3

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The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls

by Anton DiSclafani

1,000 members

82 reviews

½ 3.4

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Walking across Egypt

by Clyde Edgerton

973 members

19 reviews

3.9

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Redemption Road

The Last House on the Street

901 members

72 reviews

4.1

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Hell of a Book

by Jason Mott

877 members

51 reviews

4.1

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The Dry Grass of August

by Anna Jean Mayhew

814 members

61 reviews

3.8

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by Diane Chamberlain

663 members

61 reviews

4.1

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The Last Ballad

by Wiley Cash

572 members

51 reviews

3.9

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Kate Vaiden

by Reynolds Price

510 members

13 reviews

3.8

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Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

by David Zucchino

491 members

12 reviews

½ 4.3

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Life after Life

No One Is Coming to Save Us

488 members

84 reviews

½ 3.4

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If the Creek Don't Rise

by Leah Weiss

481 members

38 reviews

4

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by Stephanie Powell Watts

439 members

22 reviews

3

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The Tobacco Wives

by Adele Myers

375 members

26 reviews

½ 3.6

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The Floatplane Notebooks

by Clyde Edgerton

369 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

65

Velva Jean Learns to Drive

by Jennifer Niven

347 members

17 reviews

3.8

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Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine

by Damon Tweedy

333 members

20 reviews

3.9

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A Long and Happy Life

by Reynolds Price

303 members

3 reviews

3.9

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Let the Dead Bury Their Dead

by Randall Kenan

302 members

3 reviews

3.9

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The Unwilling

294 members

27 reviews

4.1

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The Caretaker: A Novel

Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories

293 members

26 reviews

½ 4.3

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Our Southern Highlanders

by Horace Kephart

259 members

2 reviews

4

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255 members

7 reviews

½ 4.4

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The Risen

Gods of Howl Mountain: A Novel

251 members

26 reviews

½ 3.7

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In West Mills

by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

232 members

12 reviews

3.8

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by Taylor Brown

216 members

23 reviews

4

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The Weight of This World

by David Joy

195 members

21 reviews

4

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The Kings and Queens of Roam

by Daniel Wallace

168 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

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When These Mountains Burn

by David Joy

159 members

7 reviews

½ 4.3

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