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Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,157 books — 1,036 voters
A Gift Most Rare by Tom LeihbacherTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Books about Small Towns
785 books — 357 voters

Nature Calls Outside My Window, A Collection of Poems and Sto... by Suzanne CottrellThe Love of a Dog by Jo ProutyA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Some Great Books on Nature
264 books — 227 voters
When the Future Comes Too Soon by Selina Siak Chin YokeMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin YokeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
International Women: Female Leads From All Over the World
820 books — 194 voters

Death at SeaWorld by David KirbyBorn Free by Joy AdamsonThe Love of a Dog by Jo ProutyThe Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Adult Nonfiction Animal Books
602 books — 182 voters
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Dry by Jane Harper
ATY 2020 - A Book Set in a Rural Area
421 books — 115 voters

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyWinter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Regional Grit Lit
136 books — 94 voters
The Willows Never Sleep by Larry K. MorphewSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Farm and Ranch Life in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
497 books — 78 voters

H is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileySilent Spring by Rachel Carson
Female Naturalist Writers
288 books — 67 voters
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth GoudgeThe Owl Service by Alan GarnerThe Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna ClarkeOver Sea, Under Stone by Susan CooperLinnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge
Rural Fantasy
126 books — 41 voters

We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay SproulThe Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. DanforthFar from Xanadu by Julie Anne PetersSouth of Sunshine by Dana ElmendorfDeliver Us from Evie by M.E. Kerr
Small Town LGBT YA Fiction
73 books — 41 voters
Owls in the Family by Farley MowatThe Haunting of Room 909 by Michael JamesWho Has Seen The Wind by W.O. MitchellA Prairie as Wide as the Sea by Sarah EllisThe Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowat
Canadian Prairies
100 books — 40 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonThe Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by DuBose Heyward
City vs. Country
753 books — 39 voters
What Stays Hidden by Patricia NearyAnnihilation by Jeff VandermeerPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonGambit de descifrado by Doug Collins
Strange Geography, Sentient Structures and Living Landscapes in Fiction
115 books — 34 voters

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonThe Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesWonderland Creek by Lynn AustinThe Secret Place of Thunder by Alicia G. RuggieriThe Librarian of Boone's Hollow by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Kentucky horse riding librarians
16 books — 33 voters
A Compromising Position by Diane Merrill WiggintonWhen Fall Breaks by Julie SolanoBookmark Days by Scot GardnerLost & Found by Nicole WilliamsThe Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker
YA Country Teen Romance
32 books — 29 voters

The Lost Spells by Robert MacfarlaneAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotCider with Rosie by Laurie LeeH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
Memoirs of British country life
153 books — 18 voters
I Malavoglia by Giovanni VergaIl sogno di Perla by Francesca MarconiCristo si è fermato a Eboli by Carlo LeviFontamara by Ignazio SiloneL'isola di Arturo by Elsa Morante
Italia Rurale / Rural Italian Fiction
23 books — 11 voters

Moss'd in Space by Rebecca ThorneBloodline by William GraceHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternThe Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
Strange Geography, Sentient Structures and Living Landscapes in Fiction Part II
68 books — 9 voters
THE HOPE TRIGGER by Deborah Riley-MagnusWildwood Flowers by Julia WattsHypnotizing Chickens by Julia WattsThe Wilding of Em's Path by Ana K. WrennCrush by Richard Siken
Lesbian Appalachia
11 books — 8 voters

The Hike by Alison FarrellThe Little House by Virginia Lee BurtonThe Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria HoustonThe First Strawberries by Joseph BruchacMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
Rural Picturebooks
110 books — 7 voters
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinThe Egg and I by Betty MacDonaldPioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Best American Memoirs of Life Before 1940
101 books — 7 voters

Vinyl Hayride by Paul KingsburyThe Ozarks by George Oxford MillerLoretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta LynnLost Highway by Peter GuralnickHe Walks with Me by David ...
Deep In Some Arbitrary Holler
283 books — 6 voters
Deeper Relationship with God by Kerrie PriceThe Shining by Stephen KingWhere Echoes Die by Courtney GouldCouch Potato Fitness by Christina SchnohrTai Chi for Kids by Cari Shurman
Isolation, Seclusion and Solitude in Speculative Fiction
71 books — 6 voters

Cider With Rosie by Laurie LeeClochemerle by Gabriel ChevallierVillage School by Miss ReadThe Country Girls by Edna O'BrienLucas by Alison Bellringer
Rustic Novels
57 books — 4 voters
The Big House in a Small Town by Eric J. WilliamsWould You Marry A Farmer? by Lorna SixsmithWhen Once Destroyed by Sid ShroyerPsychological Richness As Breakthrough by Hubert J.M. HermansDreamland by Sam Quinones
Rural Sociology
30 books — 4 voters

Restoration by Keay FrancisFlawless by Elsie SilverFever Dream by Elsie SilverNorth Country by K.A. TuckerFinding Mr. Write by Kelley Armstrong
Small town Canada romances
17 books — 4 voters
Dark Matter by Michelle PaverThe Grey King by Susan CooperThe Owl Service by Alan GarnerThe Signalman by Charles DickensThe Hill in the Dark Grove by Liam Higginson
Best Rural Nightmares
40 books — 3 voters

The Public Notice by Maurice RickardsBits of Wit and Wisdom by J.O. WintzellA Long Look at Steam by Robert P. OlmstedThe Cattle Guard by Jim HoyA literary history of wallpaper by E.A. Entwisle
• Rare + Bland
98 books — 2 voters
Jillaroo by Rachael TreasureJillaroo from Jacaranda by Mandy MagroThe Farmer's Wife by Rachael TreasureJilted by Rachael JohnsA Swag of Memories by Brian Keith Taylor
BEST AUSSIE RURAL ROMANCE BANGERS
52 books — 1 voter

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