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Towns and Villages

Members: 10 participating members (show all)

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1
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
15,013 members, 286 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (1), thorold (1), jeffza (1), ahef1963 (5)

2
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
66,337 members, 1,303 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), ahef1963 (1), cej1027 (1), thecoroner (10)

3
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
6,196 members, 235 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: jeffza (2), thecoroner (9), ahef1963 (10)

4
Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
5,196 members, 108 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (2), hipdeep (2)

5
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
7,690 members, 251 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), katie4098 (4)

6
At Home in Mitford
by Jan Karon
4,774 members, 94 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: katie4098 (1), ahef1963 (12)

7
Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
4,137 members, 58 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1), ahef1963 (13)

8
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
24,917 members, 594 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), thecoroner (4)

9
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
24,021 members, 419 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (3), ahef1963 (4)

10
Anne of Avonlea
by L. M. Montgomery
10,005 members, 121 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: katie4098 (3), ahef1963 (9)

11
Riders in the Chariot
by Patrick White
590 members, 15 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: thorold (2), ahef1963 (17)

Explanations:

thorold (2): suburban Australia like you've never seen it before

12
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
9,414 members, 211 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (6), ahef1963 (6)

13
Emma
by Jane Austen
31,702 members, 431 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (4), thorold (12)

14
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
5,502 members, 125 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: dara85 (7), ahef1963 (11)

15
Effi Briest
by Theodor Fontane
2,035 members, 26 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (7), thorold (20)

16
Christy
by Catherine Marshall
3,021 members, 33 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1)

17
The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts
by Richard Peck
1,343 members, 47 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2)

18
Eifelheim
by Michael Flynn
969 members, 62 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (2)

19
Village School
by Miss Read
634 members, 15 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: katie4098 (2)

20
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
9,451 members, 250 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (3)

21
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
7,314 members, 101 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: thorold (3)

22
Black Swan Green
by David Mitchell
4,856 members, 203 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: jeffza (3)

23
Little Heathens
by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
1,029 members, 40 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3)

24
The Next Queen of Heaven: A Novel
by Gregory Maguire
390 members, 40 reviews
3.17 stars (3.17 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3)

25
Barchester Towers
by Anthony Trollope
4,184 members, 95 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: thorold (4)

26
Cycle of the Werewolf
by Stephen King
2,622 members, 57 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4)

27
The Staggerford Flood
by Jon Hassler
121 members, 3 reviews
3.29 stars (3.29 stars)

Lists: dara85 (4)

28
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
15,176 members, 324 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (5)

29
The Warden
by Anthony Trollope
3,770 members, 114 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: thorold (5)

30
Cold Sassy Tree
by Olive Ann Burns
3,722 members, 76 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: dara85 (5)

31
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
by Rob Sheffield
1,659 members, 63 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5)

32
South Riding
by Winifred Holtby
808 members, 37 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: thorold (6)

33
Raney
by Clyde Edgerton
532 members, 7 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (6)

34
O Little Town
by Don Reid
159 members, 8 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: dara85 (6)

35
Insomnia
by Stephen King
8,969 members, 105 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7)

36
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell
3,808 members, 115 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: thorold (7)

37
A Gathering of Old Men
by Ernest J. Gaines
881 members, 23 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (7)

38
Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
by Stephen King
9,087 members, 106 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8)

39
Wives and Daughters
by Elizabeth Gaskell
3,541 members, 73 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (8)

40
Eventide
by Kent Haruf
1,604 members, 69 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: dara85 (8)

42
The Vendor of Sweets
by R. K. Narayan
286 members, 4 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: thorold (8)

Explanations:

thorold (8): Narayan wrote a long list of novels about the fictional small town of Malgudi in India

43
Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger
1,852 members, 156 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: dara85 (9)

44
That Old Ace in the Hole
by Annie Proulx
1,637 members, 26 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: thorold (9)

45
A Redbird Christmas
by Fannie Flagg
1,408 members, 76 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: dara85 (10)

46
Queen Lucia
by E. F. Benson
1,023 members, 43 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: thorold (10)

Explanations:

thorold (10): Cotswold village taken over by posh Londoners

47
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
8,055 members, 169 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (11)

48
Benediction
by Kent Haruf
1,009 members, 88 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: dara85 (11)

49
Mapp and Lucia
by E. F. Benson
877 members, 26 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: thorold (11)

Explanations:

thorold (11): Rye

50
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
by Tom Franklin
2,202 members, 241 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: dara85 (12)

51
Peyton Place
by Grace Metalious
1,467 members, 35 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (12)

52
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
9,850 members, 118 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (13)

53
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
7,589 members, 160 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: dara85 (13)

54
The Path
by Miguel Delibes
515 members, 21 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: thorold (13)

Explanations:

thorold (13): remote Spanish village

55
The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
12,307 members, 230 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: thorold (14)

56
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
11,391 members, 517 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: dara85 (14)

57
Still Life
by Louise Penny
5,018 members, 350 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14)

58
Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
7,020 members, 187 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: thorold (15)

59
The Stepford Wives
by Ira Levin
2,568 members, 72 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15)

61
Under the Greenwood Tree
by Thomas Hardy
1,947 members, 28 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: thorold (16)

62
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
by Stephen Leacock
665 members, 11 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16)

63
Main Street
by Sinclair Lewis
3,568 members, 61 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: thorold (17)

64
Clochemerle
by Gabriel Chevallier
417 members, 11 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: thorold (18)

Explanations:

thorold (18): French town debates construction of urinal

65
The Little World of Don Camillo
by Giovannino Guareschi
1,091 members, 25 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: thorold (19)

66
Lost Illusions
by Honoré de Balzac
2,053 members, 26 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: thorold (21)

Explanations:

thorold (21): The first part is set in Angoulême (but the rest is mostly Paris)

67
Clayhanger
by Arnold Bennett
318 members, 8 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: thorold (22)

68
The Card
by Arnold Bennett
207 members, 7 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: thorold (23)

69
Heading Out to Wonderful
by Robert Goolrick
548 members, 51 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)
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Started by: sturlington (September 2013)

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