Book Lists - Books for Adults - Gentle Reads - General Fiction
These novels have little explicit sex or violence. Only one title is highlighted for each author/series in this bibliography. Other novels by the authors are available at the library.

A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich |

The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy |

Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns |

My Antonia by Willa Cather |

The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini |

Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis |

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg |

Bet Your Bottom Dollar by Karen Gillespies |

Home to Harmony by Phillip Gulley |

Friendship Cake by J. Lynne Hinton |

At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon |

Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor |

Christy by Catherine Marshall |

At Home in Covington by Joan Medlicott |

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery |

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher |

Homecoming by Belva Plain |

Bright Captivity by Eugenia Price |

Summer at Fairacre by Miss Read |

Spring Rain by Gayle Roper |

Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross |

Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons |

Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith |

The Healing Quilt by Lauraine Snelling |

Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer |

Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart |

Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler |

A Miracle for St. Cecilia's by Katherine Valentine |

The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty |

Daughter of the Stars by Phyllis A. Whitney |
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