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What Novel Set in Maine Have You Read?
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There are numerous novels where the story takes place in Maine. That should come as no surprise when you think about how easy it would be to fictionally fall in love with someone among the beautiful foliage while visiting Maine. You are probably also aware of the many places to hide a body for a murder-mystery. And of course, the HORROR, with the gothic and macabre architecture setting the tone for any ghoul or evil demon to terrorize humans.
Stephen King
I’m going to leave Mr. King out of this list with by no means any intended disrespect nor disregarding how wonderful his novels are. Stephen King taught me so much as a 9-year-old child through reading his novels – waaaaaay more than I should’ve known at that age, but I’ve since been an avid fan to this day. It is extremely discernible where Stephen King books take place. I want to offer top-rated books that might be more obscure.
What Does A.I. Say About the Best Novels Set in Maine?
The Cider House Rules
Let’s begin with artificial intelligence, since we all probably succumb to relying on it for all information in the near future. On its list at number 1 (before a King novel at #2), is John Irving’s, “The Cider House Rules.”
It was first published in 1985, and a 7-time Academy Award nominated eponymous film was created. On Amazon, this novel has a 4.5 out of 5-star rating. This story set in early 20th century rural Maine is a must to dive into if you haven’t already.
Bookglow.net’s #1 Novel Set in Maine Recommendation
Olive Kitteridge
There is no surprise that this novel from 2008 was recommended as a top novel set in Maine to read by bookglow.net when you consider all the accolades. “Olive Kitteridge” by Elizabeth Strout won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was created into an HBO miniseries in 2014 that picked up 8 Emmy Awards.
This story takes place in the fictional coastal town of Crosby, Maine. If you happen to enjoy this Maine novel as so many already have as evident by the 4.5 rating out of 5 on Amazon, then you may enjoy the 2019 sequel, “Olive, Again.”
Goodreads.com Has This Novel Set in Coastal Maine as a Top Read
Orphan Train
Nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award, “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline was published in 2013 and is still being discovered atop recommendation charts. 80,000 readers on Amazon have given this novel a 4.5 out of 5-star rating, making it a pretty safe bet to be a story set in coastal Maine that you can disappear into while reading on the beaches of Maine.
When Your Mainer Boss Recommends a Novel Set in Maine, You Add it to The List
Morgan Talty’s novel, “Fire Exit” is the newest on the list being published in 2024 and takes place in the tribal community on the Penobscot Reservation. The reviews from reputable sources speak for themselves in addition to a 4.4 out of 5-star rating on Amazon.
Spellbinding―TIME, A Best Book of Summer
Remarkable.―NPR
Morgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation and teaches at the University of Maine in Orono! Below are more recommendations of novels set in Maine that have a rating higher than 4 out of 5 stars from readers on Amazon!
Top Rated Novels Set in Maine
Top rated novels set in Maine that aren’t Stephen King.
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Maine Children’s Books
Entertain and educate your children with these greatly reviewed and award-winning children’s books that take you on adventures all over Maine.
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Maine
Maine state police bomb team at a home in Penobscot County
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MILFORD, Maine – The Maine’s State Police Bomb Team is at a residence on Call Road in Milford processing a scene for potential hazardous devices.
Officials say there is no danger to the public.
This is a developing story.
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Charleston man found dead in Maine plane crash
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TRENTON, MAINE — A Charleston pilot was found dead on July 25 in the wreckage of a plane crash at a small coastal airport in Maine.
Maine State Police responded to reports of a plane crash at Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport in Trenton around 12:25 p.m., according to a news release. The aircraft, a single-engine Cirrus SR22, crashed on approach to the airport, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA said the plane had taken off from Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey.
The victims were later identified as 71-year-old Michael Leibowitz of Charleston and 57-year-old Christina Chung of Livingston, N.J. Police said that Leibowitz was piloting the plane before it crashed.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are leading the investigation into the crash, and the NTSB will provide any updates.
Leibowitz was the founder of Call Experts, a family-owned and operated call center based in West Ashley that provides telecommunications and other office services to companies and professionals.
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In Maine, murdering trees for a killer view is apparently not a crime – The Boston Globe
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It galled him and other town officials so much, in fact, that they decided the $1.7 million assessed against the Bonds in a legal settlement and fines and other penalties wasn’t punishment enough. They have now asked Knox District Attorney Natasha Irving and Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey to pursue criminal charges.
It remains unclear if the attorney general will intervene, but this week Irving notified Hedstrom she would not seek charges and told the Globe she didn’t believe she could prove a violation of any Maine criminal statutes. So far, Frey’s office is not talking. But the drive for criminal penalties is yet another sign of the acrimony unleashed by a case that generated international headlines and has left lingering resentment about wealthy landowners who might feel they can buy their way out of trouble.
“I am afraid it will not be the last if those of us with the responsibility of protecting the public and the environment do not enforce all applicable laws to the greatest extent possible,” Camden’s town manager, Audra Caler, wrote in her request to Frey’s office.
Indeed, emotions run so hot that the town’s planning director and enforcement officer, Jeremy Martin, says he is routinely fielding angry calls from strangers near and far.
“I check my voice mail and there’s somebody from Florida saying, ‘You gotta nail those people.’ A nice elderly lady from Kennebunkport said, ‘Oh, I can’t believe it. Go after them!’ I get why people here care so much,” Martin said. “But I don’t understand why I’m getting calls from all over.”
Most agree the notoriety of the case is driven at least in part by the wealth of those involved; Gorman is the widow of L.L. Bean chairman Leon Gorman, who when he died in 2015 was described as Maine’s wealthiest resident. The Bonds are a wealthy, politically connected couple from Missouri. Amelia Bond was CEO of a St. Louis foundation that manages money for various charities. Arthur Bond is a prominent architect, and nephew of Christopher “Kit” Bond, who served as Missouri’s governor and a US senator.
Like other wealthy summer residents who have been building or buying big houses here for more than a century, the Gormans were attracted to Camden’s serene beauty and proximity to both the sea and mountains. They bought their waterfront home in 2002. The Bonds paid $1.8 million for theirs in 2018. It has four bedrooms, five bathrooms, and more than 4,000 square feet of living space, located right next to the town’s small beach and park. If there was a drawback, it was that their views of the picturesque harbor were obstructed by Gorman’s house, which is directly in front of and below theirs on a sloping hill, and especially by tall oak trees on Gorman’s property.
Gorman noticed her trees looked sick in the spring of 2022, according to documents and correspondence filed with the town, as well as interviews with town officials. Around that time, Gorman’s landscapers caught tree cutters hired by the Bonds cutting the tops off trees on Gorman’s property and told them to stop.
Then, Amelia Bond approached Gorman in June 2022 and said Gorman’s oak trees looked sick and offered to split the cost of cutting them down, an offer Gorman did not accept.
Instead, Gorman asked her arborist to find out what was wrong with them. The arborist took samples of the trees, which came back positive for Tebuthiuron, a powerful herbicide commonly used on cattle ranches in the Midwest but not in Maine.
The town got involved and the state did its own testing, confirming that Tebuthiuron was present in the trees, the soil, and more worrying, that it had potentially leached down onto the beach, the park, and the harbor.
Exit the arborists, enter the lawyers.
Attorneys representing Gorman and the Bonds, and eventually the town and state, began a series of painstaking negotiations in which the Bonds accepted responsibility for poisoning Gorman’s trees and town land.
A lawyer for the Bonds wrote to the town, acknowledging that Amelia Bond had brought the herbicide from Missouri and used it on the trees, but said she was trying to treat a browntail moth infestation.
In a letter to the town, Daniel Nuzzi, a lawyer for Gorman, hotly disputed the suggestion that the use of the herbicide was anything less than malicious.
“It is my client’s position that the cutting the tops off numerous trees and applying a strong herbicide on her property was admitted to have been done by the Bonds to improve their view of Camden Harbor,” Nuzzi wrote. “There should be no misperception concerning a browntail moth problem with Mrs. Gorman’s property, as none existed.”
Nuzzi said neither he nor his client would comment on whether Gorman supported the town’s push for criminal charges, nor any other aspect of the case.
Through their attorney, Joseph Mendes, the Bonds declined to be interviewed, but Mendes said his clients have been open and cooperative, first with Gorman, and then with the town and state.
“The Bonds sincerely regret these circumstances and the unintended consequences that were created,” Mendes said. “They have expressed remorse and have consistently taken steps to address this situation, and they will continue to cooperate with the parties given the seriousness of the allegations.”
There have been no reported sightings of the Bonds in town this year. No one answered the door at their home here.
Some residents claim the Bonds had to quit the Camden Yacht Club. In an interview, the club’s commodore, Colleen Duggan, said the Bonds are not members, but declined to say whether they once were.
“The only thing I can confirm is that they are currently not members,” she said.
As for criminal penalties, Irving, the Knox County DA, said any admissions the Bonds made in civil settlement agreements with Gorman, the town, and state would not be admissible in a criminal case. She said she concluded the only charge she might feasibly pursue was criminal mischief, a misdemeanor that carries a $250 fine, “which pales in comparison to action already taken.”
Danna Hayes, special assistant to Attorney General Frey, declined to comment about the status of its review.
Kevin Cullen is a Globe reporter and columnist who roams New England. He can be reached at kevin.cullen@globe.com.
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