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Pastoral Fiction (i.e. Jan Karon)
Peaceful village life, punctuated with heartwarming and funny episodes.
Authors & Titles
- Adler, Elizabeth: Summer in Tuscany
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- Aitken, Rosemary: Penvarris series
- The Girl From Penvarris
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- Cornish Harvest
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- The Tinner's Daughter
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- Stormy Waters
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- The Silent Shore
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- Anthony, Peter: A Town Called Immaculate (caution)
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- Baker, Jeanette: A Delicate Finish
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- Ball, Donna: Ladybug Farm series
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- A Year on Ladybug Farm
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- At Home on Ladybug Farm
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- Balzac, Honoré de: Eugénie Grandet
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- Berry, Wendell: Port William Membership series
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- Nathan Coulter
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- A Place on Earth
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- The Memory of Old Jack
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- Remembering
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- A World Lost
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- Jayber Crow
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- Hannah Coulter
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- Andy Catlett
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(short stories) That Distant Land ![more](more.gif)
(short stories) Fidelity ![more](more.gif)
(short stories) The Wild Birds ![more](more.gif)
- Binchy, Dan: Brulagh series
- Neon Madonna
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- Last Resort
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- Fireballs
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- Chiaverini, Jennifer: Elm Creek Quilters series
- The Quilter's Apprentice
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- Round Robin
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- The Cross-Country Quilters
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- The Runaway Quilt
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- The Quilter's Legacy
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- The Master Quilter
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- The Sugar Camp Quilt
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- The Christmas Quilt
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- Circle of Quilters
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- The Quilter's Homecoming
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- The New Year's Quilt
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- The Winding Ways Quilt
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- The Quilter's Kitchen
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- The Lost Quilter
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- The Aloha Quilt
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(omnibus volume) An Elm Creek Quilts Sampler (contains The Runaway Quilt, The Quilter's Legacy, and The Master Quilter) ![more](more.gif)
(related nonfiction) Elm Creek Quilts : Quilt Projects Inspired by the Elm Creek Quilts Novels by Jennifer Chiaverini & Nancy Odom ![more](more.gif)
(related nonfiction) Return to Elm Creek: More Quilt Projects Inspired by the Elm Creek Quilts Novels by Jennifer Chiaverini ![more](more.gif)
- Cramer, W. Dale: Sutter's Cross
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- Dalby, Robert: Second Creek series
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- Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly
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- Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly
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- A Piggly-Wiggly Wedding
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- Davis, Thomas J.: The Christmas Quilt
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- DePree, Traci: Lake Emily series
- A Can of Peas
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- Dandelions in a Jelly Jar
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- Deveraux, Jude: Edilean, Virginia series
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- Lavender Morning
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- Days of Gold
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- Scarlet Nights
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- Heartwishes
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- Fraser, Gail: Lumby series
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- The Lumby Lines
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- Stealing Lumby
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- Lumby's Bounty
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- The Promise of Lumby
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- Goldsmith, Oliver: The Vicar of Wakefield
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- Guareschi, Giovanni: Don Camillo series (caution)
- The Little World of Don Camillo
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- Don Camillo and His Flock
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- Don Camillo's Dilemma
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- Don Camillo Takes the Devil by the Tail
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- Comrade Don Camillo
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- Don Camillo Meets the Flower Children
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- Gulley, Philip: Harmony series (caution)
- Home to Harmony
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- Just Shy of Harmony
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- Christmas in Harmony
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- Signs and Wonders
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- Life Goes On
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- A Change of Heart
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- The Christmas Scrapbook
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- Almost Friends
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- Gutteridge, Rene: Skary series (caution)
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- Boo
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- Boo Who
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- Boo Hiss
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- Hassler, Jon: A Green Journey
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- Hinton, Lynne: Hope Springs series (caution)
- Friendship Cake
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- Hope Springs
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- Forever Friends
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- Christmas Cake
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- Wedding Cake
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- Hucker, Hazel: A Dangerous Happiness
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- Jones, Annie: Cupid's Corner
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- Karon, Jan: Father Tim series (caution)
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- Home to Holly Springs
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- In the Company of Others
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- Karon, Jan: Mitford Series (caution)
- At Home in Mitford
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- A Light in the Window
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- These High, Green Hills
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- Out to Canaan
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- A New Song
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- A Common Life
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- In This Mountain
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- Shepherds Abiding
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- Light From Heaven
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(short story) The Mitford Snowmen: A Christmas Story
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(short story) Esther's Gift
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(related title) Patches of Godlight ![more](more.gif)
(related title) A Continual Feast
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(related title) The Mitford Bedside Companion
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- Keillor, Garrison: Lake Wobegon series
- Lake Wobegon Days
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- Leaving Home
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- Wobegon Boy
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- Lake Wobegon Summer 1956
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- Pontoon
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- Liberty
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- Kinkade, Thomas & Spencer, Katherine: Cape Light series (caution)
- Cape Light
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- Home Song
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- A Gathering Place
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- A New Leaf
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- A Christmas Promise
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- Lindvall, Michael L.: North Haven series (caution)
- The Good News from North Haven
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- Leaving North Haven
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- Macomber, Debbie: Buffalo Valley series
- Dakota Born
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- Dakota Home
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- Always Dakota
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- Buffalo Valley
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- Macomber, Debbie: Heart of Texas series (aka Promise, Texas series)
- Lonesome Cowboy
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- Texas Two-Step
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- Caroline's Child
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- Dr. Texas
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- Nell's Cowboy
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- Lone Star Baby
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- Promise, Texas
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- Return to Promise
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- Matlock, Curtiss Ann: Valentine, Oklahoma series
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- Lost Highways
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- Driving Lessons
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- Cold Tea on a Hot Day
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- At the Corner of Love and Heartache
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- Recipes For Easy Living
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- Sweet Dreams at the Goodnight Motel
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- Chin Up, Honey
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- Little Town, Great Big Life
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- McKinnon, K.C.: Candles on Bay Street
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- Medlicott, Joan: Covington series
- The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love
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- The Gardens of Covington
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- From the Heart of Covington
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- The Spirit of Covington
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- At Home in Covington
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- A Covington Christmas
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- Two Days After the Wedding
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- Meynell, Laurence: The Fortunate Miss East
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- Miller, Hugh: Ballykissangel series
- The New Arrival
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- A Sense of Place
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- Miller, Linda Lael: Springwater series
- Springwater
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- A Springwater Christmas
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- Rachel (Springwater Seasons #1)
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- Savannah (Springwater Seasons #2)
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- Miranda (Springwater Seasons #3)
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- Jessica (Springwater Seasons #4)
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(NOTE: The above 4 titles were published in one volume as Springwater Seasons
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- Springwater Wedding
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- Miss Read: Thrush Green series (can be read in any order)
- Affairs at Thrush Green
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- Celebrations at Thrush Green
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- Changes at Fairacre
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- The Fairacre Festival
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- Farewell to Fairacre
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- Farther Afield
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- A Fortunate Grandchild
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- Friends at Thrush Green
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- Gossip From Thrush Green
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- Mrs. Pringle
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- No Holly For Miss Quinn
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- Over the Gate
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- A Peaceful Retirement
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- Return to Thrush Green
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- The School at Thrush Green
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- Tales From a Village School
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- Thrush Green
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- Village Centenary
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- Village Diary
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- Village School
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- White Robin
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- The Year at Thrush Green
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- Morris, Henriette Hampton: Sisters in Love
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- Morrow, Laurie Bogart: The Hardscrabble Chronicles
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- Mosher, Howard Frank: Kingdom County series
- Disappearances
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- Where the Rivers Flow North
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- A Stranger in the Kingdom
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- Northern Borders
- The Fall of the Year
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- Mossy Creek series by various authors
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(each book contains short stories by various different authors, all set in the village of Mossy Creek)
- Mossy Creek
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- Reunion at Mossy Creek
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- Summer in Mossy Creek
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- Blessings of Mossy Creek
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- A Day in Mossy Creek
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- At Home in Mossy Creek
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- Newman, Daisy: Peter and Serenity series
- I Take Thee, Serenity
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- Indian Summer of the Heart
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- Pearson, T.R.: Neely, North Carolina series
- A Short History of a Small Place
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- Off For the Sweet Hereafter
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- The Last of How it Was
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- Call and Response
- Purser, Ann: Orphan Lamb series (Large Print only)
- Orphan Lamb
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- Pastures New
- Spinster of This Parish
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- New Every Morning
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- Thy Neighbor's Wife
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- Mixed Doubles
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- Reid, Van: Moosepath League series
- Cordelia Underwood
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- Mollie Peer
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- Daniel Plainway
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- Mrs. Roberto
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- Fiddler's Green
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- Rich, Ronda: The Town That Came A-Courtin'
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- Richards, Emilie: Shenandoah Album series (caution)
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- Wedding Ring
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- Endless Chain
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- Lover's Knot
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- Rolens, Shazron: Old Kane series
- Worthy's Town
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- What Else But Home
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- Shaffner, George: Vernon Moore series (caution)
- In the Land of Second Chances
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- One Part Angel
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- The Widows of Eden
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- Shapiro, Jeff: Sant' Angelo series
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- Renato's Luck
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- Secrets of Sant' Angelo
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- Shaw, Rebecca: Barleybridge series
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- A Country Affair
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- Country Wives
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- Country Lovers
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- Country Passions
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- One Hot Country Summer (not yet published in US)
- Shaw, Rebecca: Turnham Malpas series
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- The New Rector
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- Talk of the Village
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- Village Matters
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- The Village Show
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- Village Secrets
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- Scandal in the Village
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- Village Gossip
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- Trouble in the Village
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- A Village Dilemma
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- Intrigue in the Village
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- Whispers in the Village
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- A Village Feud
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(omnibus volume) Three Great Novels (includes The Village Show, Village Secrets, & Scandal in the Village) ![more](more.gif)
- Stranger, Joyce: A Cherished Freedom
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- Sucher, Dorothy: The Invisible Garden
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- Sullivan, Faith: The Cape Ann
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- Thebo, Mimi: Eudora series
- Welcome to Eudora
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- The Corner Booth Chronicles
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- Thirkell, Angela: Barsetshire series
(Series is set in the same imaginary location as Anthony Trollope's Barchester Chronicles, see below)
- High Rising
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- The Demon in the House
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- Wild Strawberries
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- August Folly
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- Summer Half
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- Pomfret Towers
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- Before Lunch
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- The Brandons
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- Cheerfulness Breaks In
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- Northbridge Rectory
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- Marling Hall
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- Growing Up
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- The Headmistress
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- Miss Bunting
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- Peace Breaks Out
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- Private Enterprise
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- Love Among the Ruins
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- The Old Bank House
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- County Chronicle
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- The Duke's Daughter
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- Happy Returns
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- Jutland Cottage
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- What Did It Mean?
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- Enter Sir Robert
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- Never Too Late
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- A Double Affair
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- Close Quarters
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- Love At All Ages
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- Three Score and Ten
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- Trigiani, Adriana: Big Stone Gap series
- Big Stone Gap
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- Big Cherry Holler
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- Milk Glass Moon
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- Trigiani, Adriana: The Queen of the Big Time
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- Trollope, Anthony: Barchester Chronicles
(also see Thirkell, Angela above)
- The Warden
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- Barchester Towers
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- The Last Chronicle of Barset
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- Trollope, Joanna: A Village Affair
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- Turnbull, Agnes Sligh: The Rolling Years
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- Valentine, Katherine: Dorsetville series (caution)
- A Miracle for St. Cecilia's
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- A Gathering of Angels
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- Grace Will Lead Me Home
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- Welcome to Tyler series by various authors
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- Whirlwind by Nancy Martin
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- Bright Hopes by Pat Warren
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- Wisconsin Wedding by Carla Neggers
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- Monkey Wrench by Nancy Martin
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- Blazing Star by Suzanne Ellison
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- Sunshine by Pat Warren
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- Arrowpoint by Suzanne Ellison
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- Bachelor's Puzzle by Ginger Chambers
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- Milky Way by Muriel Jensen
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- Crossroads by Marisa Carroll
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- Courthouse Steps by Ginger Chambers
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- Loveknot by Marisa Carroll
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- Wilder, Effie: Fairacres series
- Out to Pasture: But Not Over the Hill
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- Over What Hill?
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- Older But Wilder
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- One More Time
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- Williams, Sheila: The Shade of My Own Tree
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- Wingate, Lisa: Daily, Texas series (caution)
- Talk of the Town
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- Word Gets Around
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updated: Thursday, August 04, 2011
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