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    I’m looking for books with quaint small town living, maybe some drama and gossip thrown in. Think “Steel Magnolias” in book form.
    TIA

    by trixiebix

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    1. wineANDpretzel on

      Hmm, I don’t know Steel Magnolias but here are some small community books:

      {{Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson}}

      {{The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty}}

      {{Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison}}

      {{In Cold Blood by Truman Capote}}

    2. If you like mysteries, Louise Penny’s Armand Gache series is grea. If you don’t mind Christian books, the Mitford series by Jan Karon is a perfect fit. And I also liked the Irish Country Doctor series (1950s Ireland small town).

    3. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

      Quite A Year for Plums by Bailey White

      Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons

      Victory Over Japan by Ellen Gilchrist

      To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

      The Grass Harp by Truman Capote

      Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty

      The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers

      Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor

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