The 8 books on this stack
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Annie Proulx 1993
Why it's on the stack
Funny, and it bites · a love that builds slowly
It shares this with 1 more book on this stack
At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman is wrenched violently out of his world when his two-timing wife meets her just desserts.
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Sherwood Anderson 1919
Why it's on the stack
Sad, and in no hurry · a small town hiding secrets
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
George Willard is a young reporter on the Winesburg Eagle to whom, one by one, the inhabitants of Winesburg, Ohio, confide their hopes, their dreams, and their fears.
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Claire Keegan 2021
Why it's on the stack
Tender and sad at once · you come out liking people more
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season.
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David Guterson 1997
Why it's on the stack
You end up rooting for the wrong people · it stays with you
It shares this with 1 more book on this stack
Contemporary / British English It is 1954 and Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for murder.
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Grace Metalious 1900
Why it's on the stack
You end up rooting for the wrong people · it tells it straight
It shares this with 1 more book on this stack
Three women are forced to come to terms with their identity, both as women and as sexual beings, in a small, conservative, gossipy New England town, with recurring themes of hypocrisy, social…
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Jenny Jackson 2026
Why it's on the stack
Funny and sad at once · it raises the temperature
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
When writer Caroline Lash arrives in Greenhead, she falls immediately for its scenic beaches and New England charm - and even harder for Van Whittaker, a gorgeous, fleece-wearing, litter-collecting…
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Richard Russo 2001
Why it's on the stack
Tender and sad at once · a small town hiding secrets
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at the Empire Grill for 20 years, a job that cost him his college education and much of his self-respect.
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Elizabeth Strout 2007
Why it's on the stack
Funny and sad at once · it's a story collection
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
Elizabeth Strout's acclaimed novel Olive Kitteridge is now the basis for a HBO drama starring Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand.