Books Set in Small Towns and Villages

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Dræb ikke en sangfugl
af Harper Lee
76,572 medlemmer
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sturlington: Small town in Alabama
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Middlemarch
af George Eliot
17,269 medlemmer
325 anmeldelser
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Revolutionary Road
af Richard Yates
6,687 medlemmer
241 anmeldelser
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Emma
af Jane Austen
36,937 medlemmer
497 anmeldelser
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sturlington: English village
5
The Bell Jar
af Sylvia Plath
27,438 medlemmer
486 anmeldelser
4
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sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963
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sturlington: Massachusetts suburbs
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Middlesex
af Jeffrey Eugenides
26,831 medlemmer
622 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Detroit suburbs.
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
af Carson McCullers
10,509 medlemmer
237 anmeldelser
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Hvem dræbte?
af Agatha Christie
9,616 medlemmer
307 anmeldelser
4.1
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sturlington: English village
9
A Thousand Acres
af Jane Smiley
6,049 medlemmer
134 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Small town in Iowa
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Our Town
af Thornton Wilder
4,904 medlemmer
67 anmeldelser
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Korrektioner
af Jonathan Franzen
16,382 medlemmer
337 anmeldelser
3.8
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12
Sidste nyt fra havnen : roman
af E. Annie Proulx
13,365 medlemmer
247 anmeldelser
3.9
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sturlington: Small town in Newfoundland and Labrador
13
Anne of Avonlea
af L. M. Montgomery
12,139 medlemmer
137 anmeldelser
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Junglen
af Upton Sinclair
11,395 medlemmer
127 anmeldelser
3.8
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15
Ondt er da på vej herned
af Ray Bradbury
11,123 medlemmer
293 anmeldelser
4
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sturlington: Green Town, Illinois
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Begærets butik
af Stephen King
10,550 medlemmer
121 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Castle Rock, Maine
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Søvnløs
af Stephen King
10,301 medlemmer
118 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Derry, Maine
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Empire Falls
af Richard Russo
8,679 medlemmer
180 anmeldelser
3.9
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19
Still Life
af Louise Penny
6,455 medlemmer
410 anmeldelser
3.8
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sturlington: Small town in Quebec
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En by i Ohio
af Sherwood Anderson
5,819 medlemmer
121 anmeldelser
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At Home in Mitford
af Jan Karon
5,518 medlemmer
106 anmeldelser
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Wives and Daughters
af Elizabeth Gaskell
4,011 medlemmer
82 anmeldelser
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23
Varulvens år
af Stephen King
3,129 medlemmer
71 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Small town in Maine
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De lydige koner i Stepford
af Ira Levin
2,987 medlemmer
90 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Connecticut suburbs
25
Effi Briest
af Theodor Fontane
2,167 medlemmer
28 anmeldelser
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2 Members
thorold, thecoroner
26
Eifelheim
af Michael Flynn
1,090 medlemmer
65 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Village in medieval Germany
27
Riders in the Chariot
af Patrick White
666 medlemmer
19 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
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thorold: suburban Australia like you've never seen it before
29
Kvinden der forsvandt
af Gillian Flynn
21,299 medlemmer
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30
Because of Winn-Dixie
af Kate DiCamillo
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Olive Kitteridge : roman
af Elizabeth Strout
9,683 medlemmer
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32
Stegte grønne tomater
af Fannie Flagg
8,716 medlemmer
184 anmeldelser
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Year of Wonders
af Geraldine Brooks
8,572 medlemmer
404 anmeldelser
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Borgmesteren
af Thomas Hardy
8,164 medlemmer
111 anmeldelser
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35
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
af Shirley Jackson
7,762 medlemmer
414 anmeldelser
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36
Chokolade : roman
af Joanne Harris
7,707 medlemmer
197 anmeldelser
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37
Den lille ven
af Donna Tartt
7,086 medlemmer
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Black Swan Green : roman
af David Mitchell
5,215 medlemmer
213 anmeldelser
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Lille fremmede
af Sarah Waters
5,008 medlemmer
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40
Alas, Babylon
af Pat Frank
4,837 medlemmer
143 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Small town in Florida
41
Barchester Towers
af Anthony Trollope
4,826 medlemmer
105 anmeldelser
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42
Cranford
af Elizabeth Gaskell
4,456 medlemmer
128 anmeldelser
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The Warden
af Anthony Trollope
4,267 medlemmer
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Cold Sassy Tree
af Olive Ann Burns
4,081 medlemmer
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Main Street
af Sinclair Lewis
4,017 medlemmer
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Mord og mørnede knogler
af Ellis Peters
3,853 medlemmer
100 anmeldelser
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Christy
af Catherine Marshall
3,562 medlemmer
44 anmeldelser
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Ordinary Grace
af William Kent Krueger
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Bristede forhåbninger
af Honoré de Balzac
2,409 medlemmer
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thorold: The first part is set in Angoulême (but the rest is mostly Paris)
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Pukkelryg pukkelryg
af Tom Franklin
2,391 medlemmer
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Min indre morder
af Jim Thompson
2,363 medlemmer
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Under the Greenwood Tree
af Thomas Hardy
2,187 medlemmer
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The Last Picture Show
af Larry McMurtry
1,823 medlemmer
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Eventide
af Kent Haruf
1,815 medlemmer
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Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
af Rob Sheffield
1,813 medlemmer
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Esset i r̆met
af Annie Proulx
1,781 medlemmer
27 anmeldelser
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Peyton Place
af Grace Metalious
1,650 medlemmer
39 anmeldelser
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58
The Sweet Hereafter
af Russell Banks
1,634 medlemmer
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sturlington: Small New York community
59
A Redbird Christmas
af Fannie Flagg
1,592 medlemmer
83 anmeldelser
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The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts
af Richard Peck
1,568 medlemmer
47 anmeldelser
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Dying for Chocolate
af Diane Mott Davidson
1,544 medlemmer
22 anmeldelser
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sturlington
62
A Land More Kind than Home
af Wiley Cash
1,278 medlemmer
111 anmeldelser
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sturlington
63
Don Camillos lille verden
af Giovannino Guareschi
1,253 medlemmer
36 anmeldelser
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thorold
64
Little Heathens
af Mildred Armstrong Kalish
1,114 medlemmer
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Queen Lucia
af E. F. Benson
1,101 medlemmer
47 anmeldelser
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thorold
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thorold: Cotswold village taken over by posh Londoners
66
Benediction
af Kent Haruf
1,096 medlemmer
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A Gathering of Old Men
af Ernest J. Gaines
1,023 medlemmer
25 anmeldelser
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World Made By Hand
af James Howard Kunstler
958 medlemmer
56 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Small New York town
69
The Church of Dead Girls
af Stephen Dobyns
944 medlemmer
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sturlington: Small New York town
70
Mapp and Lucia
af E. F. Benson
940 medlemmer
28 anmeldelser
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thorold
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thorold: Rye
71
Universal Harvester
af John Darnielle
929 medlemmer
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Byerne
af Winifred Holtby
910 medlemmer
40 anmeldelser
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Air: Or, Have Not Have
af Geoff Ryman
847 medlemmer
31 anmeldelser
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sturlington
75
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
af Stephen Leacock
755 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
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Village School
af Miss Read
743 medlemmer
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Territory
af Emma Bull
730 medlemmer
41 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Tombstone, Arizona
78
Vejen
af Miguel Delibes
685 medlemmer
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4
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thorold: remote Spanish village
79
A Prayer for the Dying
af Stewart O'Nan
679 medlemmer
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sturlington: Small Wisconsin town in late 19th century
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Lapvona
af Ottessa Moshfegh
621 medlemmer
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sturlington
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Everything You Want Me to Be
af Mindy Mejia
602 medlemmer
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sturlington
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Raney
af Clyde Edgerton
561 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
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A Beautiful Place to Die
af Malla Nunn
546 medlemmer
39 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Small South African town
84
The Saturday Night Ghost Club
af Craig Davidson
542 medlemmer
32 anmeldelser
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sturlington
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A Short History of a Small Place
af T.R. Pearson
538 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
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sturlington: Small North Carolina town
86
Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead
af Barbara Comyns
516 medlemmer
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sturlington
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Forargelsens hus
af Gabriel Chevallier
467 medlemmer
15 anmeldelser
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thorold
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thorold: French town debates construction of urinal
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The Next Queen of Heaven
af Gregory Maguire
429 medlemmer
40 anmeldelser
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aulsmith
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The Night Country
af Stewart O'Nan
364 medlemmer
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sturlington: Small town in New England
90
Clayhanger
af Arnold Bennett
354 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
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thorold
91
The Witchfinder's Sister
af Beth Underdown
337 medlemmer
35 anmeldelser
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sturlington
92
Uncivil Seasons
af Michael Malone
320 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
4
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sturlington: Small North Carolina town
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The Vendor of Sweets
af R. K. Narayan
320 medlemmer
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thorold: Narayan wrote a long list of novels about the fictional small town of Malgudi in India
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The Next Time You See Me
af Holly Goddard Jones
295 medlemmer
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sturlington
95
Mailman
af J. Robert Lennon
289 medlemmer
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sturlington: Small town in New York
96
If, Then
af Kate Hope Day
256 medlemmer
17 anmeldelser
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sturlington
97
Brighten the Corner Where You Are
af Fred Chappell
236 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
4
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sturlington
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sturlington: Town in the North Carolina mountains
98
The Burn Palace
af Stephen Dobyns
232 medlemmer
20 anmeldelser
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sturlington
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sturlington: Small town in Rhode Island
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The Card
af Arnold Bennett
231 medlemmer
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thorold
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O Little Town
af Don Reid
165 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
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