Books Set in Massachusetts

1.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,349 ratings
2.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,373 ratings
3.
Make Way for Ducklings
Make Way for Ducklings 4.25 avg rating — 90,421 ratings
4.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,211 ratings
5.
Mystic River
Mystic River 4.17 avg rating — 159,021 ratings
6.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,857 ratings
7.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,114 ratings
8.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 4.04 avg rating — 344,979 ratings
9.
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 45,262 ratings
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Shutter Island
Shutter Island 4.13 avg rating — 215,637 ratings
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The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (The Physick Book, #1)
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (The Physick Book, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 57,769 ratings
12.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 89,029 ratings
13.
The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America 4.01 avg rating — 883 ratings
14.
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables 3.45 avg rating — 42,107 ratings
15.
The Heretic's Daughter
The Heretic's Daughter 3.79 avg rating — 36,942 ratings
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Love Story (Love Story, #1)
Love Story (Love Story, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 63,446 ratings
17.
Summer of '69
Summer of '69 3.95 avg rating — 156,875 ratings
18.
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem 4.06 avg rating — 14,199 ratings
19.
Summer
Summer 3.67 avg rating — 17,849 ratings
20.
The Boston Girl
The Boston Girl 3.83 avg rating — 88,180 ratings
21.
Run
Run 3.67 avg rating — 54,867 ratings
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Practical Magic (Practical Magic, #1)
Practical Magic (Practical Magic, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 155,207 ratings
23.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,944 ratings
24.
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 63,284 ratings
25.
Defending Jacob
Defending Jacob really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 308,609 ratings
26.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 4.20 avg rating — 1,154,242 ratings
26.
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 50,452 ratings
28.
Illumination Night
Illumination Night 3.75 avg rating — 9,177 ratings
29.
Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1)
Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1) 4.22 avg rating — 64,263 ratings
30.
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 3.75 avg rating — 5,448 ratings
31.
Thoreau at Devil's Perch (Henry David Thoreau Mystery #1)
Thoreau at Devil's Perch (Henry David Thoreau Mystery #1)
by: B.B. Oak
3.48 avg rating — 144 ratings
32.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 4.13 avg rating — 1,252,230 ratings
33.
The Wedding
The Wedding 3.96 avg rating — 6,444 ratings
34.
The Giant's House
The Giant's House 3.65 avg rating — 7,897 ratings
34.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,576 ratings
36.
The Last Days of Dogtown
The Last Days of Dogtown 3.46 avg rating — 12,376 ratings
37.
The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1)
The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1) 3.49 avg rating — 46,451 ratings
38.
Bowlaway
Bowlaway 3.10 avg rating — 6,628 ratings
38.
A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience 3.84 avg rating — 1,319 ratings
40.
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry Into the Salem Witch Trials
The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry Into the Salem Witch Trials 3.60 avg rating — 939 ratings
40.
The Mother-Daughter Book Club
The Mother-Daughter Book Club 4.06 avg rating — 15,070 ratings
42.
Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4)
Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 41,506 ratings
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Wicked Appetite (Lizzy & Diesel, #1)
Wicked Appetite (Lizzy & Diesel, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 61,910 ratings
44.
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating — 269,434 ratings
45.
Townie
Townie 3.79 avg rating — 8,338 ratings
46.
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 3.83 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
46.
See What I Have Done
See What I Have Done 3.19 avg rating — 15,680 ratings
48.
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson 3.78 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
48.
Henry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod
Henry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod 4.23 avg rating — 2,209 ratings
50.
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 172,625 ratings
50.
The Art Forger
The Art Forger 3.75 avg rating — 91,776 ratings
52.
Alice's Restaurant
Alice's Restaurant really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings
53.
Summer Sisters
Summer Sisters 3.86 avg rating — 126,086 ratings
54.
The Sinner (Rizzoli & Isles, #3)
The Sinner (Rizzoli & Isles, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 61,582 ratings
55.
Hour of the Witch
Hour of the Witch 3.84 avg rating — 48,983 ratings
56.
Being Henry David
Being Henry David 3.64 avg rating — 2,896 ratings
56.
Doubloon Cove: The Secret of the Ancient Visitors
Doubloon Cove: The Secret of the Ancient Visitors 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings
56.
High Strangeness
High Strangeness 3.58 avg rating — 159 ratings
59.
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 4,401,140 ratings
60.
Emily Upham's Revenge: A Massachusetts Adventure
Emily Upham's Revenge: A Massachusetts Adventure
by: Avi
3.68 avg rating — 130 ratings
61.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians 3.58 avg rating — 7,843 ratings
61.
Lyddie
Lyddie 3.62 avg rating — 7,233 ratings
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Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1)
Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Alvin Ho, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 7,036 ratings
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A New Lease on Death (Ruby and Cordelia Mysteries #1)
A New Lease on Death (Ruby and Cordelia Mysteries #1) 3.63 avg rating — 2,993 ratings
65.
The Other Daughter
The Other Daughter 3.99 avg rating — 28,248 ratings
65.
The Hotel Nantucket
The Hotel Nantucket 4.05 avg rating — 295,124 ratings
67.
Death in Vineyard Waters (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #2)
Death in Vineyard Waters (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #2) 4.03 avg rating — 792 ratings
67.
Spindle City
Spindle City 3.32 avg rating — 196 ratings
67.
The Huntress
The Huntress 4.30 avg rating — 199,965 ratings
67.
The Given Day
The Given Day 4.07 avg rating — 28,126 ratings
67.
The Cape Cod Mystery (Asey Mayo, #1)
The Cape Cod Mystery (Asey Mayo, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 699 ratings
67.
The Wonder of Charlie Anne
The Wonder of Charlie Anne 4.03 avg rating — 659 ratings
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A Head Full of Ghosts
A Head Full of Ghosts 3.78 avg rating — 100,599 ratings
74.
The House of Velvet and Glass
The House of Velvet and Glass 3.35 avg rating — 7,927 ratings
75.
The Square Root of Murder (Sophie Knowles, #1)
The Square Root of Murder (Sophie Knowles, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 1,074 ratings
76.
Death by Cashmere (Seaside Knitters Mystery, #1)
Death by Cashmere (Seaside Knitters Mystery, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 4,281 ratings
77.
The Wolves of Andover
The Wolves of Andover 3.55 avg rating — 4,485 ratings
77.
Deliberate Evil: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Daniel Webster, and the 1830 Murder of a Salem Slave Trader
Deliberate Evil: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Daniel Webster, and the 1830 Murder of a Salem Slave Trader 3.19 avg rating — 148 ratings
79.
The Degenerates
The Degenerates 4.06 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
80.
Mermaids
Mermaids 3.68 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
80.
Alchemy
Alchemy
by: Mike Wood
3.61 avg rating — 276 ratings
80.
The Winthrop Woman
The Winthrop Woman 4.12 avg rating — 6,701 ratings
83.
Wicked Business (Lizzy & Diesel, #2)
Wicked Business (Lizzy & Diesel, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 39,441 ratings
83.
Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem 3.63 avg rating — 3,344 ratings
85.
Heart of the Matter
Heart of the Matter 3.74 avg rating — 116,659 ratings
85.
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea 4.12 avg rating — 117,727 ratings
87.
Off Season (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #5)
Off Season (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #5) 4.04 avg rating — 661 ratings
88.
How High the Moon
How High the Moon 3.91 avg rating — 1,312 ratings
89.
A Beautiful Place to Die (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #1)
A Beautiful Place to Die (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,319 ratings
90.
Black Mass
Black Mass
by: Dick Lehr
3.81 avg rating — 8,476 ratings
90.
Loyalty
Loyalty
by: Avi
3.88 avg rating — 597 ratings
92.
Boy's Best Friend
Boy's Best Friend 3.57 avg rating — 56 ratings
93.
Spare Change (Sunny Randall, #6)
Spare Change (Sunny Randall, #6) 3.89 avg rating — 4,906 ratings
94.
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie 4.09 avg rating — 13,650 ratings
95.
The Witch of Willow Hall
The Witch of Willow Hall 3.72 avg rating — 10,860 ratings
95.
Flight of the Sparrow
Flight of the Sparrow 3.98 avg rating — 14,199 ratings
97.
Murder at the Gardner (Homer Kelly, #7)
Murder at the Gardner (Homer Kelly, #7) 3.66 avg rating — 342 ratings
98.
We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence 3.73 avg rating — 12,819 ratings
99.
The Daring Ladies of Lowell
The Daring Ladies of Lowell 3.63 avg rating — 8,355 ratings
100.
Miss Emily
Miss Emily 3.59 avg rating — 1,440 ratings
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