Townsend Prize for Fiction Winners

Winners

	A Clear View of the Southern Sky by Mary Hood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 1,256 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 2,477,010 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cabinet of Wonders by Renee Dodd 3.60 avg rating — 192 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sabbath Creek by Judson Mitcham 3.72 avg rating — 102 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Valley of Light by Terry Kay 3.92 avg rating — 485 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bridegroom by Ha Jin 3.76 avg rating — 2,193 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of My People by James Kilgo 3.53 avg rating — 55 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sweet Everlasting by Judson Mitcham 4.01 avg rating — 134 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Personal Papers by Joallen Bradham 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Laughing Place by Pam Durban 3.52 avg rating — 71 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When All the World Was Young by Ferrol Sams 4.38 avg rating — 1,322 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (1991)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lives of the Dead by Charlie Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice by Sara Flanigan 4.27 avg rating — 142 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (1989)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Venus Is Blue by Mary Hood 3.98 avg rating — 46 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (1988)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart of a Distant Forest by Philip Lee Williams 4.36 avg rating — 50 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (1986)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.25 avg rating — 603,884 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (1984)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children, My Children by Celestine Sibley 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings Townsend Prize for Fiction (1982)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars