Sense of place

Descripció
Novels and books, fiction and non-fiction, that convey great sence of place - a feeling for a particular location, city, area or time in history.
1
El Jardí secret
de Frances Hodgson Burnett
34,114 membres
541 ressenyes
4.1
6 Members
Jannes, kiwiflowa, merrystar, perennialreader, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
I Capture the Castle
de Dodie Smith
9,026 membres
288 ressenyes
4.1
6 Members
kiwiflowa, merrystar, perennialreader, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Brideshead Revisited
de Evelyn Waugh
12,295 membres
263 ressenyes
4
5 Members
Jannes, aulsmith, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Cannery Row
de John Steinbeck
9,676 membres
183 ressenyes
4
4 Members
hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
5
La Bíblia de l'arbre del verí
de Barbara Kingsolver
25,843 membres
496 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
KimarieBee, kiwiflowa, perennialreader, elkiedee
6
In a Sunburned Country
de Bill Bryson
8,951 membres
227 ressenyes
4
4 Members
hipdeep, KimarieBee, perennialreader, ahef1963
7
Kindred
de Octavia E. Butler
7,960 membres
337 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
hipdeep, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Little Town on the Prairie
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
8,922 membres
73 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
merrystar, perennialreader, elkiedee, ahef1963
9
The Secret History
de Donna Tartt
19,480 membres
530 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
Jannes, kiwiflowa, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
The Shipping News
de E. Annie Proulx
13,366 membres
247 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
Jannes, KimarieBee, perennialreader, ahef1963
11
La dona del tinent francès
de John Fowles
6,462 membres
108 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
kiwiflowa, perennialreader, elkiedee, ahef1963
12
The Far Pavilions
de M. M. Kaye
2,349 membres
66 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
merrystar, perennialreader, ahef1963
13
Anne of Green Gables
de L. M. Montgomery
28,326 membres
542 ressenyes
½ 4.3
4 Members
merrystar, perennialreader, elkiedee, ahef1963
14
My Ántonia
de Willa Cather
13,328 membres
279 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
merrystar, perennialreader, elkiedee
15
Snow Falling on Cedars
de David Guterson
12,757 membres
187 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
KimarieBee, perennialreader, ahef1963
16
Un Mes al camp
de J. L. Carr
2,215 membres
118 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
Jannes, perennialreader, ManWithAnAgenda
17
A Moveable Feast
de Ernest Hemingway
8,885 membres
187 ressenyes
4
3 Members
hipdeep, perennialreader, elkiedee
Explicacions
elkiedee: Memoir of American and other English speaking expat literary life in 1920s Paris
18
Matar un rossinyol
de Harper Lee
76,613 membres
1,420 ressenyes
½ 4.4
3 Members
KimarieBee, perennialreader, ahef1963
19
The Good Earth
de Pearl S. Buck
13,547 membres
262 ressenyes
4
3 Members
merrystar, perennialreader, ahef1963
20
A Town Like Alice
de Nevil Shute
3,664 membres
136 ressenyes
4
3 Members
merrystar, perennialreader, ahef1963
21
Burial Rites
de Hannah Kent
3,495 membres
265 ressenyes
4
3 Members
KimarieBee, elkiedee, ahef1963
22
Història de Pi
de Yann Martel
42,903 membres
998 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
KimarieBee, perennialreader, ahef1963
23
Plora, pàtria estimada
de Alan Paton
9,202 membres
176 ressenyes
4
3 Members
hipdeep, perennialreader, ahef1963
24
L'Alienista (Catalan Edition)
de Caleb Carr
9,311 membres
247 ressenyes
4
3 Members
aulsmith, perennialreader, ahef1963
25
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
de Bill Bryson
16,532 membres
467 ressenyes
4
3 Members
aulsmith, perennialreader, ahef1963
26
Angle of Repose
de Wallace Stegner
5,366 membres
181 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
perennialreader, ahef1963
27
Oryx and Crake
de Margaret Atwood
16,885 membres
526 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
kiwiflowa, ahef1963
28
Something Wicked This Way Comes
de Ray Bradbury
11,132 membres
293 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
29
Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go
de George P. Pelecanos
276 membres
3 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, elkiedee
30
The Blithedale Romance
de Nathaniel Hawthorne
1,636 membres
21 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
aulsmith, merrystar
31
Year of Wonders
de Geraldine Brooks
8,573 membres
404 ressenyes
4
2 Members
KimarieBee, perennialreader
32
The Secret River
de Kate Grenville
2,751 membres
129 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
KimarieBee, elkiedee
33
Cent anys de solitud
de Gabriel Garcia Marquez
43,602 membres
673 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
34
The Black Echo
de Michael Connelly
5,487 membres
160 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
kiwiflowa, perennialreader
35
Winesburg, Ohio
de Sherwood Anderson
5,823 membres
121 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, merrystar
36
Un equilibri perfecte
de Rohinton Mistry
9,025 membres
251 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
KimarieBee, ahef1963
37
La mà esquerra de la foscor
de Ursula K. Le Guin
15,440 membres
369 ressenyes
4
Member
Aquila
38
The Gormenghast Trilogy
de Mervyn Peake
4,337 membres
66 ressenyes
4.1
Member
Jannes
39
South Riding
de Winifred Holtby
912 membres
40 ressenyes
4.1
Member
elkiedee
Explicacions
elkiedee: 1930s East Yorkshire, local government and education politics
40
The Tenants of Time
de Thomas Flanagan
320 membres
5 ressenyes
3.9
Member
hipdeep
41
Memories of a Butterfly
de Ivan Vlasov
7 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
olonec
42
Paris to the Moon
de Adam Gopnik
2,745 membres
32 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
hipdeep, perennialreader
43
Roller Skates
de Ruth Sawyer
1,310 membres
29 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
merrystar, elkiedee
Explicacions
elkiedee: Independent exploration of 1890s New York City through the eyes of a 10 year old girl
44
Just Kids
de Patti Smith
5,302 membres
233 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, elkiedee
Explicacions
elkiedee: New York City music and art scene in the 1970s
45
Garnethill
de Denise Mina
1,033 membres
36 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963
Explicacions
elkiedee: Glasgow
46
Eifelheim
de Michael Flynn
1,090 membres
65 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
47
Generation Loss
de Elizabeth Hand
633 membres
35 ressenyes
3.8
Member
Jannes
48
A Little Princess
de Frances Hodgson Burnett
15,305 membres
211 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
perennialreader, elkiedee
49
Cims borrascosos
de Emily Brontë
50,461 membres
679 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
perennialreader, elkiedee
50
Dublinesos
de James Joyce
19,249 membres
219 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963
51
In the Woods
de Tana French
10,075 membres
572 ressenyes
3.8
Member
KimarieBee
52
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
de David Rutledge
93 membres
5 ressenyes
3.9
Member
hipdeep
53
Death in the Andamans
de M. M. Kaye
289 membres
10 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
merrystar
54
Was
de Geoff Ryman
887 membres
15 ressenyes
4
Member
aulsmith
55
Den andra staden
de Jonas Jansson
4 membres
1 ressenya
4
Member
Jannes
56
Homicide : A Year On The Killing Streets
de David Simon
2,157 membres
45 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
hipdeep
57
The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
de Henry Beston
923 membres
30 ressenyes
4.1
Member
Jannes
58
Blackbird House
de Alice Hoffman
1,555 membres
65 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
Jannes
59
The Sun in the Morning
de M. M. Kaye
203 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
merrystar
60
Venus as a Boy
de Luke Sutherland
117 membres
3 ressenyes
3.8
Member
aulsmith
61
Wylding Hall
de Elizabeth Hand
449 membres
42 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Jannes
62
Oasis
de Gregory Maguire
43 membres
1 ressenya
½ 4.5
Member
aulsmith
63
The Elementals
de Michael McDowell
764 membres
47 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Jannes
64
L'illa de les dones del mar
de Lisa See
1,544 membres
83 ressenyes
4.1
Member
elkiedee
Explicacions
elkiedee: Jura, South Korea, through much of the 20th century, including WWII, the Korean War and many years on.
65
Boulevard
de Jim Grimsley
167 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
66
A Free Man of Color
de Barbara Hambly
901 membres
37 ressenyes
4
Member
aulsmith
67
Concourse
de S. J. Rozan
220 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
68
Eddie and the Cruisers
de P.F. Kluge
60 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
hipdeep
69
No és país per a vells
de Cormac McCarthy
10,810 membres
287 ressenyes
4
Member
ahef1963
70
Indemnity Only
de Sara Paretsky
1,493 membres
40 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
elkiedee
Explicacions
elkiedee: The mean streets of Chicago through the eyes of a female PI with a strong awareness' of social issues.
71
Els Inconsolables
de Kazuo Ishiguro
3,491 membres
78 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
72
Baltimore Blues
de Laura Lippman
1,256 membres
56 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
elkiedee
Explicacions
elkiedee: Baltimore
73
A Drink Before the War
de Dennis Lehane
2,807 membres
86 ressenyes
3.8
Member
elkiedee
75
Harlem Shuffle
de Colson Whitehead
1,928 membres
96 ressenyes
3.9
Member
elkiedee
Explicacions
elkiedee: 1950s New York City
76
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
de Anna Funder
1,831 membres
58 ressenyes
4.1
Member
hipdeep
77
Rules of Civility
de Amor Towles
4,968 membres
297 ressenyes
4
Member
elkiedee
Explicacions
elkiedee: 1920s New York City
78
A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film
de Jean Shepherd
564 membres
36 ressenyes
4.1
Member
hipdeep
79
Germinal
de Émile Zola
5,223 membres
77 ressenyes
4.1
Member
elkiedee
80
Breaker Boys
de Jan Kubicki
8 membres
4
Member
hipdeep
81
L'Assommoir
de Émile Zola
2,352 membres
44 ressenyes
4.1
Member
elkiedee
82
The Water Knife
de Paolo Bacigalupi
1,756 membres
93 ressenyes
3.8
Member
hipdeep
83
Frost in May
de Antonia White
912 membres
23 ressenyes
3.9
Member
elkiedee
84
The Pull of the Stars
de Emma Donoghue
1,460 membres
90 ressenyes
4.1
Member
elkiedee
Explicacions
elkiedee: A Dublin hospital in the 1918 flu pandemic
85
Small Pleasures
de Clare Chambers
485 membres
22 ressenyes
3.9
Member
elkiedee
86
Ballet Shoes
de Noel Streatfeild
3,392 membres
68 ressenyes
4.2
Member
elkiedee
87
The Colour of Memory
de Geoff Dyer
139 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
elkiedee
88
The Black Book
de Ian Rankin
1,786 membres
31 ressenyes
3.8
Member
elkiedee
89
Black Roses
de Jane Thynne
105 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
90
March Violets
de Philip Kerr
1,157 membres
53 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
elkiedee
91
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia
de Esther Hautzig
1,940 membres
30 ressenyes
4
Member
elkiedee
Explicacions
elkiedee: Memoir of teenage years in Siberia by a woman who was deported there with her family.
92
A Firing Offense
de George P. Pelecanos
384 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
elkiedee
93
The Night Watchman
de Louise Erdrich
1,791 membres
83 ressenyes
4
Member
elkiedee
94
The Guards
de Ken Bruen
859 membres
54 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
95
Full Dark House
de Christopher Fowler
1,569 membres
80 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
elkiedee
96
The Siege
de Helen Dunmore
992 membres
49 ressenyes
3.9
Member
elkiedee
97
Dominicana
de Angie Cruz
595 membres
32 ressenyes
4
Member
elkiedee
98
The Conductor
de Sarah Quigley
153 membres
8 ressenyes
3.9
Member
elkiedee
99
Love and Capital
de Mary Gabriel
225 membres
8 ressenyes
4.1
Member
elkiedee
100
Frog Music
de Emma Donoghue
1,438 membres
94 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
elkiedee