Around the Year in 52 Books (2022) - hosted by typedtruths

A book set in a small town or rural area
All books added
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

The Lying Game

Ruth Ware

370 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

State of Wonder

Ann Patchett

12 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland

S.A. Cosby

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction crime thriller adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

Julie of the Wolves

Julie of the Wolves #1

Jean Craighead George

4 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 1972 (editions) user-added

fiction childrens classics young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

If You Tell

Gregg Olsen

428 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Secret of Snow by Viola Shipman

The Secret of Snow

Viola Shipman

11 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Sign Here by Claudia Lux

Sign Here

Claudia Lux

404 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror thriller dark funny mysterious medium-paced
The Best Girls by Min Jin Lee

The Best Girls

Disorder #1

Min Jin Lee

20 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction horror short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

368 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced