The Next Best Book Club discussion

I need some help to find a book that is based in a small town. If anyone could give me a website to look at books based in small towns that would be great. Also recommendations of your own would be great. I was going to read At Home in Mitford but I waited too long and the library wants their book back.

The Fannie Flagg books are generally pretty good small-town books.

A Thousand Acres A Novel
I read this years and years ago, but I remember I enjoyed it and it was far from my usual read, so maybe that's why I remember enjoying it.

Nineteen Minutes.. that's what I'm using for that challenge.

Empire Falls was a good fast read. It takes place in a depressed New England mill town.

Main Street by Sinclaire Lewis, Saulk Center, Minnesota. (Via my husband John's recommendation)
Love to all!
Sharon

Sarah wrote: "I need some help to find a book that is based in a small town. If anyone could give me a website to look at books based in small towns that would be great. Also recommendations of your own would be..."

Try Scotch River by Linda Little

The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence - about an older woman reflecting back on her life in a small prairie town. Some say it's depressing but I enjoyed it...

Nicholas Sparks frequently writes about small towns, but only read them if you like romantic-type books. I'm using True Believer by Nicholas Sparks for the challenge.

Brenda wrote: "The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence - about an older woman reflecting back on her life in a small prairie town. Some say it's depressing but I enjoyed it..."

Stone Angel is a wonderful book.

Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani is set in a small town in the Appalachian Mountains. I used to live very close to there, and I can tell you, it is VERY rural/small towny.

If you like classics of the Jane Austen variety, I think you would probably enjoy Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell. Sharp and witty, its a look at the inhabitants of Cranford.

If you like mysteries, Starvation Lake A Mystery by Bryan Gruley is a good one set in a small town.

Katie Flora wrote: "Empire Falls was a good fast read. It takes place in a depressed New England mill town."

I also really liked this one.

Welcome to Temptation is another one if you like chick lit romance.

Nearly everything by Garrison Keillor.

The Miss Julia Series by Ann Ross is excellent.