Books Set in Small Towns and Villages

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small towns
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
90,104 members
1,559 reviews
½ 4.4
6 Members
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Explanations
sturlington: Small town in Alabama
2
Emma
by Jane Austen
44,188 members
570 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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sturlington: English village
3
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
32,805 members
560 reviews
4
5 Members
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Explanations
sturlington: Massachusetts suburbs
4
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
20,794 members
368 reviews
4.2
5 Members
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
11,982 members
272 reviews
4
5 Members
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A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
6,642 members
143 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
21,286 members
1,310 reviews
4.2
4 Members
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Anne of Avonlea
by L. M. Montgomery
14,939 members
164 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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9
The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
14,358 members
276 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
12,129 members
384 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
10,368 members
504 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
10,014 members
213 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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sturlington: Whistle Stop, Alabama
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Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
9,253 members
191 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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Explanations
sturlington: Empire Falls, Maine
14
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
7,445 members
259 reviews
4
4 Members
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Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell
5,171 members
143 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
35,990 members
630 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
29,103 members
660 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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Explanations
sturlington: Detroit suburbs.
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In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
26,903 members
518 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
26,254 members
1,637 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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It
by Stephen King
25,903 members
464 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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Explanations
sturlington: Derry, Maine
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Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
19,082 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
17,890 members
356 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
13,240 members
337 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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sturlington: Green Town, Illinois
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Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck
11,187 members
214 reviews
4
3 Members
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Desperation
by Stephen King
11,100 members
114 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
9,211 members
125 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
6,554 members
136 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
5,899 members
80 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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I Shall Wear Midnight
by Terry Pratchett
5,597 members
182 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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The Warden
by Anthony Trollope
4,878 members
139 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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The Stepford Wives
by Ira Levin
3,540 members
107 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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Explanations
sturlington: Connecticut suburbs
32
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
38,446 members
369 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
19,159 members
621 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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Dead Until Dark
by Charlaine Harris
17,138 members
614 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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11/22/63
by Stephen King
16,833 members
854 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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Under the Dome
by Stephen King
13,643 members
486 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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sturlington: Small town trapped under a dome
37
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
13,459 members
418 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
13,314 members
146 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Silas Marner
by George Eliot
12,933 members
172 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Living Dead in Dallas
by Charlaine Harris
12,767 members
333 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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41
Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
by Stephen King
12,555 members
137 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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Explanations
sturlington: Castle Rock, Maine
42
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett
12,387 members
335 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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Insomnia
by Stephen King
12,158 members
138 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
Explanations
sturlington: Derry, Maine
44
Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
11,216 members
657 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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The Tommyknockers
by Stephen King
10,712 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
9,446 members
433 reviews
4
2 Members
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
9,316 members
392 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
8,585 members
214 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
8,342 members
543 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
8,328 members
213 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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The Little Friend
by Donna Tartt
8,081 members
171 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
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Still Life
by Louise Penny
7,888 members
473 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
7,355 members
618 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Murder at the Vicarage
by Agatha Christie
7,318 members
218 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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The Outsider
by Stephen King
7,151 members
251 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Housekeeping
by Marilynne Robinson
7,099 members
235 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
6,314 members
491 reviews
4
2 Members
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At Home in Mitford
by Jan Karon
6,276 members
117 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Snuff
by Terry Pratchett
5,932 members
187 reviews
4
2 Members
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Barchester Towers
by Anthony Trollope
5,461 members
112 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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Horns
by Joe Hill
5,208 members
312 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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Wives and Daughters
by Elizabeth Gaskell
4,581 members
95 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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Cold Sassy Tree
by Olive Ann Burns
4,432 members
85 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Ghost Story
by Peter Straub
4,404 members
117 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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65
Christy
by Catherine Marshall
4,146 members
51 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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66
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
4,102 members
150 reviews
4
2 Members
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67
Cycle of the Werewolf
by Stephen King
3,713 members
90 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
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sturlington: Small town in Maine
68
The Postmistress
by Sarah Blake
3,632 members
248 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
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Elevation
by Stephen King
3,620 members
174 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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70
Britt-Marie Was Here
by Fredrik Backman
3,575 members
177 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Witches of Eastwick
by John Updike
3,534 members
51 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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72
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0
by Christopher Moore
3,042 members
113 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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73
Effi Briest
by Theodor Fontane
2,499 members
36 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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74
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
by Stephen Graham Jones
2,254 members
77 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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sturlington: Proofrock, Idaho
75
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
by Katarina Bivald
2,243 members
180 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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76
Eventide
by Kent Haruf
2,035 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
1,996 members
69 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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78
Peyton Place
by Grace Metalious
1,849 members
40 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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79
The Other
by Thomas Tryon
1,567 members
35 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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sturlington: Small Connecticut town
80
Miss Buncle's Book
by D.E. Stevenson
1,448 members
103 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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81
Harvest Home
by Thomas Tryon
1,338 members
41 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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sturlington: Small Connecticut town
82
Eifelheim
by Michael Flynn
1,209 members
74 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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sturlington: Village in medieval Germany
83
South Riding
by Winifred Holtby
1,037 members
42 reviews
4.1
2 Members
thorold, elkiedee
84
Riders in the Chariot
by Patrick White
777 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
351 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
65,340 members
2,353 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
88
New Moon
by Stephenie Meyer
52,256 members
1,101 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
89
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
50,330 members
783 reviews
4.2
Member
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90
Eclipse
by Stephenie Meyer
47,991 members
875 reviews
3.8
Member
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91
Breaking Dawn
by Stephenie Meyer
46,179 members
1,086 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
92
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
20,830 members
752 reviews
4.1
Member
elkiedee
93
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
15,249 members
310 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
94
A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
14,399 members
790 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
95
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
12,517 members
484 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
96
Sharp Objects
by Gillian Flynn
12,128 members
581 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
97
The Casual Vacancy
by J. K. Rowling
11,952 members
605 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
elkiedee
98
Nineteen Minutes
by Jodi Picoult
11,938 members
377 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
99
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
11,869 members
434 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
100
Club Dead
by Charlaine Harris
11,669 members
277 reviews
3.9
Member
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