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Towns and Villages

Members: 10 participating members (show all)

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1
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
15,975 members, 303 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

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

2
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
70,582 members, 1,357 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

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

3
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
6,408 members, 242 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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

4
Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
5,511 members, 118 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (2), hipdeep (2)

5
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
8,498 members, 284 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), katie4098 (4)

6
At Home in Mitford
by Jan Karon
5,104 members, 102 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: katie4098 (1), ahef1963 (12)

7
Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
4,472 members, 62 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1), ahef1963 (13)

8
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
25,891 members, 608 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), thecoroner (4)

9
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
25,305 members, 453 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (3), ahef1963 (4)

10
Anne of Avonlea
by L. M. Montgomery
10,994 members, 126 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: katie4098 (3), ahef1963 (9)

11
Riders in the Chariot
by Patrick White
617 members, 16 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 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
9,906 members, 223 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (6), ahef1963 (6)

13
Emma
by Jane Austen
33,815 members, 467 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (4), thorold (12)

14
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
5,769 members, 132 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: dara85 (7), ahef1963 (11)

15
Effi Briest
by Theodor Fontane
2,136 members, 28 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (7), thorold (20)

16
Christy
by Catherine Marshall
3,241 members, 40 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1)

17
The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts
by Richard Peck
1,439 members, 47 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2)

18
Eifelheim
by Michael Flynn
1,014 members, 63 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (2)

19
Village School
by Miss Read
681 members, 18 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: katie4098 (2)

20
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
10,151 members, 272 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (3)

21
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
7,693 members, 105 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: thorold (3)

22
Black Swan Green
by David Mitchell
5,021 members, 208 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: jeffza (3)

23
Little Heathens
by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
1,065 members, 43 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3)

24
The Next Queen of Heaven
by Gregory Maguire
401 members, 40 reviews
3.17 stars (3.17 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3)

25
Barchester Towers
by Anthony Trollope
4,504 members, 100 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: thorold (4)

26
Cycle of the Werewolf
by Stephen King
2,831 members, 63 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4)

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

Lists: dara85 (4)

28
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
15,773 members, 330 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (5)

29
The Warden
by Anthony Trollope
3,997 members, 121 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: thorold (5)

30
Cold Sassy Tree
by Olive Ann Burns
3,869 members, 81 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: dara85 (5)

31
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
by Rob Sheffield
1,730 members, 66 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5)

32
South Riding
by Winifred Holtby
860 members, 39 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: thorold (6)

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

Lists: hipdeep (6)

34
O Little Town
by Don Reid
159 members, 8 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Lists: dara85 (6)

35
Insomnia
by Stephen King
9,501 members, 111 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7)

36
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell
4,092 members, 121 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: thorold (7)

37
A Gathering of Old Men
by Ernest J. Gaines
936 members, 23 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (7)

38
Needful Things
by Stephen King
9,643 members, 114 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8)

39
Wives and Daughters
by Elizabeth Gaskell
3,744 members, 78 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (8)

40
Eventide
by Kent Haruf
1,741 members, 76 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: dara85 (8)

42
The Vendor of Sweets
by R. K. Narayan
296 members, 4 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 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
2,185 members, 174 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: dara85 (9)

44
That Old Ace in the Hole
by Annie Proulx
1,703 members, 27 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: thorold (9)

45
A Redbird Christmas
by Fannie Flagg
1,482 members, 77 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: dara85 (10)

46
Queen Lucia
by E. F. Benson
1,060 members, 43 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: thorold (10)

Explanations:

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

47
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
8,386 members, 177 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (11)

48
Benediction
by Kent Haruf
1,038 members, 97 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: dara85 (11)

49
Mapp and Lucia
by E. F. Benson
907 members, 26 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: thorold (11)

Explanations:

thorold (11): Rye

50
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
by Tom Franklin
2,307 members, 250 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: dara85 (12)

51
Peyton Place
by Grace Metalious
1,541 members, 36 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (12)

52
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
10,443 members, 126 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (13)

53
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
8,072 members, 172 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: dara85 (13)

54
The Path
by Miguel Delibes
606 members, 34 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: thorold (13)

Explanations:

thorold (13): remote Spanish village

55
The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
12,695 members, 238 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: thorold (14)

56
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
12,545 members, 531 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: dara85 (14)

57
Still Life
by Louise Penny
5,632 members, 385 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14)

58
Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
7,427 members, 192 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: thorold (15)

59
The Stepford Wives
by Ira Levin
2,719 members, 78 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15)

60
The Burgdorf Cycle, Books 1-4
by Ursula Hegi
3 members, 0 reviews

Lists: dara85 (15)

61
Under the Greenwood Tree
by Thomas Hardy
2,063 members, 30 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: thorold (16)

62
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
by Stephen Leacock
693 members, 11 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16)

63
Main Street
by Sinclair Lewis
3,777 members, 65 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: thorold (17)

64
Clochemerle
by Gabriel Chevallier
447 members, 14 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: thorold (18)

Explanations:

thorold (18): French town debates construction of urinal

65
The Little World of Don Camillo
by Giovannino Guareschi
1,162 members, 29 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: thorold (19)

66
Lost Illusions
by Honoré de Balzac
2,199 members, 28 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 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
341 members, 9 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: thorold (22)

68
The Card
by Arnold Bennett
222 members, 8 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: thorold (23)

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Started by: sturlington (September 2013)

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