Rural Life


Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)
Crow Lake
Far From the Madding Crowd
Hannah Coulter
Demon Copperhead
Educated
Ethan Frome
Cold Mountain
Cold Comfort Farm
Of Mice and Men
The Searcher (Cal Hooper, #1)
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
Where the Crawdads Sing
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
Nightwoods
Star of Wonder by Paige W. PendletonCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderFarmer Boy by Laura Ingalls WilderGuess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Longing for the Country Life
184 books — 47 voters

This Girl Is Different by J.J.  JohnsonWildwood by Elinor FlorenceOff Grid and Free by Ron MelchioreMoosed Up by Tiffinie HelmerEducated by Tara Westover
life off the grid
5 books — 4 voters

Un año en los bosques by Sue HubbellNiadela by Beatriz MontañezUna trenza de hierba sagrada by Robin Wall KimmererUn cambio de verdad by Gabi MartínezLa felicidad del lobo by Paolo Cognetti
Vivir en el campo
13 books — 1 voter

After a global pandemic and the crisis in American cities, more and more people are discovering the gift of rural life, learning that it's better for their families---and for their souls. Rural communities are at the heart of our American story: they are people taking risks to earn a living off the land. ...more
Kristi Noem, Not My First Rodeo: Lessons from the Heartland

Donna Goddard
Bush men are understated in just about every way—their words, their affection, their need for things. They don’t need much of anything. They’re understated except when it comes to hard work and duty. Their resilience and determination to get out into the paddocks every day, to an extent, keeps the cemetery at bay. Being outside, in the elements, adds substantial weight to their life force.
Donna Goddard, Nanima: Spiritual Fiction

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