Read a book that takes place in a rural setting

Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge , hosted by thestorygraph

All books added to this prompt

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

fiction historical horror

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

352 pages | first published 2020

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Educated

Tara Westover

nonfiction autobiography memoir

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

352 pages | first published 2018

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The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

fiction historical

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

224 pages | first published 2019

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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

J.D. Vance

nonfiction biography memoir

informative reflective medium-paced

257 pages | first published 2016

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The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

fiction literary

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

352 pages | first published 2020

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Beartown

Beartown #1

Neil Smith, Fredrik Backman

fiction contemporary

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

432 pages | first published 2016

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The Guest List

Lucy Foley

fiction mystery thriller

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

320 pages | first published 2020

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The House in the Cerulean Sea

T.J. Klune

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

352 pages | first published 2020

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

fiction historical romance

hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

257 pages | first published 2008

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

fiction classics literary magical realism

challenging reflective slow-paced

417 pages | first published 1967

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Read a book that takes place in a rural setting

All books added to this prompt

Buy Mexican Gothic

Buy Educated

Buy The Nickel Boys

Buy Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Buy The Vanishing Half

Buy Beartown

Buy The Guest List

Buy The House in the Cerulean Sea

Buy The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Buy One Hundred Years of Solitude