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24 books recommended for fans of Middlemarch by George Eliot, tied together by themes of Small Town & Rural, Classics, and Literary.

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The Spectator Bird — Wallace Stegner

The Spectator Bird

Wallace Stegner

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Of Mice and Men — John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Go Set a Watchman Deluxe Ed A Novel — Harper Lee

Go Set a Watchman Deluxe Ed A Novel

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Cranford — Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

When Rain Clouds Gather & Maru — Bessie Head

When Rain Clouds Gather & Maru

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Not Without Laughter — Langston Hughes

Not Without Laughter

Langston Hughes

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Half of a Yellow Sun — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

The Lark — E. Nesbit

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Matar a un ruiseñor (To Kill a Mockingbird – Spanish Edition) — Harper Lee

Matar a un ruiseñor (To Kill a Mockingbird – Spanish Edition)

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Mrs. Kimble A Novel — Jennifer Haigh

Mrs. Kimble A Novel

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

If the Creek Don’t Rise — Leah Weiss

If the Creek Don’t Rise

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

The Color Purple — Alice Walker

The Color Purple

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather, Fiction, Literary, Classics — Willa Cather

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather, Fiction, Literary, Classics — Willa Cather

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

The Man who Planted Trees — Jean Giono

The Man who Planted Trees

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Emma (Special Edition) — Jane Austen

Emma (Special Edition)

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

The Life of Nancy — Sarah Orne Jewett

The Life of Nancy

Sarah Orne Jewett

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Miss Buncle’s Book — Dorothy Emily Stevenson

Miss Buncle’s Book

Dorothy Emily Stevenson

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Lark Rise to Candleford — Flora Thompson

Lark Rise to Candleford

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Lark Rise to Candleford A Trilogy — Flora Thompson

Lark Rise to Candleford A Trilogy

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Beyond the City — A. Conan Doyle

Beyond the City

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Tortilla Flat — John Steinbeck

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

A Small Circus — Hans Fallada

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Crying of Lot 49 — Thomas Pynchon

Crying of Lot 49

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Classics • Literary

Fans of Middlemarch by George Eliot will find 24 titles here, all united by Small Town & Rural, Classics, Literary. Authors represented include Wallace Stegner, John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, and others.

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