Books Set in Small Towns and Villages

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small towns
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
89,702 members
1,557 reviews
½ 4.4
6 Members
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sturlington: Small town in Alabama
2
Emma
by Jane Austen
43,916 members
567 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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sturlington: English village
3
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
32,610 members
558 reviews
4
5 Members
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sturlington: Massachusetts suburbs
4
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
20,684 members
367 reviews
4.2
5 Members
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
11,920 members
270 reviews
4
5 Members
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A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
6,632 members
143 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
21,228 members
1,307 reviews
4.2
4 Members
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Anne of Avonlea
by L. M. Montgomery
14,862 members
164 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
14,339 members
275 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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sturlington: Small town in Newfoundland and Labrador
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
12,041 members
385 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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sturlington: English village
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
10,257 members
503 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
9,975 members
213 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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sturlington: Whistle Stop, Alabama
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Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
9,247 members
191 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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sturlington: Empire Falls, Maine
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Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
7,399 members
258 reviews
4
4 Members
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Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell
5,157 members
143 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
35,752 members
629 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
29,026 members
660 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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sturlington: Detroit suburbs.
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In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
26,794 members
515 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
26,324 members
1,630 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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It
by Stephen King
25,762 members
463 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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sturlington: Derry, Maine
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Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
18,964 members
337 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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sturlington: Jerusalem's Lot, Maine
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The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
17,835 members
356 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
13,246 members
335 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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sturlington: Green Town, Illinois
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Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck
11,130 members
213 reviews
4
3 Members
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Desperation
by Stephen King
11,042 members
114 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
9,171 members
124 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
6,526 members
136 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
5,877 members
80 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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I Shall Wear Midnight
by Terry Pratchett
5,573 members
181 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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The Warden
by Anthony Trollope
4,861 members
138 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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The Stepford Wives
by Ira Levin
3,524 members
105 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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sturlington: Connecticut suburbs
32
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
38,284 members
369 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
19,056 members
621 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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Dead Until Dark
by Charlaine Harris
17,066 members
613 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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11/22/63
by Stephen King
16,758 members
850 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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Under the Dome
by Stephen King
13,555 members
485 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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sturlington: Small town trapped under a dome
37
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
13,385 members
416 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
13,332 members
146 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Silas Marner
by George Eliot
12,906 members
170 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Living Dead in Dallas
by Charlaine Harris
12,712 members
333 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
by Stephen King
12,484 members
137 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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sturlington: Castle Rock, Maine
42
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett
12,327 members
335 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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Insomnia
by Stephen King
12,086 members
138 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
Explanations
sturlington: Derry, Maine
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Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
11,180 members
653 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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The Tommyknockers
by Stephen King
10,653 members
91 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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sturlington: Haven, Maine
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Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
9,493 members
434 reviews
4
2 Members
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
9,301 members
392 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
8,533 members
214 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
8,384 members
541 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
8,318 members
213 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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The Little Friend
by Donna Tartt
8,101 members
170 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
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Still Life
by Louise Penny
7,842 members
472 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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sturlington: Small town in Quebec
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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin
7,291 members
615 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Murder at the Vicarage
by Agatha Christie
7,272 members
218 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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The Outsider
by Stephen King
7,069 members
249 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Housekeeping
by Marilynne Robinson
7,067 members
235 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
6,300 members
490 reviews
4
2 Members
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At Home in Mitford
by Jan Karon
6,256 members
116 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Snuff
by Terry Pratchett
5,895 members
186 reviews
4
2 Members
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Barchester Towers
by Anthony Trollope
5,449 members
111 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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Horns
by Joe Hill
5,182 members
312 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Wives and Daughters
by Elizabeth Gaskell
4,571 members
95 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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Cold Sassy Tree
by Olive Ann Burns
4,434 members
85 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Ghost Story
by Peter Straub
4,371 members
116 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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65
Christy
by Catherine Marshall
4,144 members
51 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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66
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
4,083 members
150 reviews
4
2 Members
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67
Cycle of the Werewolf
by Stephen King
3,695 members
89 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
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sturlington: Small town in Maine
68
The Postmistress
by Sarah Blake
3,639 members
248 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
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Elevation
by Stephen King
3,581 members
169 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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Britt-Marie Was Here
by Fredrik Backman
3,545 members
176 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Witches of Eastwick
by John Updike
3,523 members
50 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0
by Christopher Moore
3,043 members
113 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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73
Effi Briest
by Theodor Fontane
2,487 members
36 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
by Katarina Bivald
2,235 members
179 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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75
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
by Stephen Graham Jones
2,223 members
76 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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sturlington: Proofrock, Idaho
76
Eventide
by Kent Haruf
2,050 members
84 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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77
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
by Rob Sheffield
1,991 members
69 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Peyton Place
by Grace Metalious
1,843 members
40 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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79
The Other
by Thomas Tryon
1,560 members
34 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Small Connecticut town
80
Miss Buncle's Book
by D.E. Stevenson
1,439 members
103 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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81
Harvest Home
by Thomas Tryon
1,330 members
40 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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sturlington: Small Connecticut town
82
Eifelheim
by Michael Flynn
1,208 members
74 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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sturlington: Village in medieval Germany
83
South Riding
by Winifred Holtby
1,031 members
42 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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84
Riders in the Chariot
by Patrick White
772 members
21 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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thorold: suburban Australia like you've never seen it before
85
Uncivil Seasons
by Michael Malone
355 members
9 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, elkiedee
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sturlington: Small North Carolina town
86
The Vendor of Sweets
by R. K. Narayan
349 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
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thorold: Narayan wrote a long list of novels about the fictional small town of Malgudi in India
87
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
65,036 members
2,351 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
88
New Moon
by Stephenie Meyer
52,040 members
1,099 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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89
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
49,577 members
779 reviews
4.2
Member
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90
Eclipse
by Stephenie Meyer
47,844 members
873 reviews
3.8
Member
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91
Breaking Dawn
by Stephenie Meyer
45,934 members
1,082 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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92
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
20,588 members
747 reviews
4.1
Member
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93
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
15,206 members
310 reviews
3.9
Member
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94
A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
14,523 members
786 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
95
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
12,414 members
484 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
96
Sharp Objects
by Gillian Flynn
12,229 members
576 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
97
Nineteen Minutes
by Jodi Picoult
11,898 members
377 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
98
The Casual Vacancy
by J. K. Rowling
11,890 members
604 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
elkiedee
99
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
11,751 members
432 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
100
Club Dead
by Charlaine Harris
11,625 members
277 reviews
3.9
Member
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