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Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierChristy by Catherine MarshallProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books Set in Appalachia
801 books — 844 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Bitter Past by Bruce BorgosInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerHeidi by Johanna SpyriMan Hunt by Vanessa Vale
Mountains on the Cover
412 books — 67 voters

The Secret Place of Thunder by Alicia G. RuggieriA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonHearts on Lonely Mountain by A.M. HeathMiranda Warning by Heather Day GilbertCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Books Set in Appalachia
253 books — 64 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsShiloh by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorRocket Boys by Homer HickamNo Filter by Heather Day GilbertThe Good Lord Bird by James McBride
Books Set in West Virginia
226 books — 43 voters

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonThe Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesWonderland Creek by Lynn AustinThe Secret Place of Thunder by Alicia G. RuggieriThe Librarian of Boone's Hollow by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Kentucky horse riding librarians
16 books — 32 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceWhen I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia RylantUp from Slavery by Booker T. WashingtonMy Life in Brasstown by Eleanor Lambert Wilson
Appalachian memoirs
72 books — 20 voters

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen KingMoonshine, Vol. 1 by Brian AzzarelloThe Red Church by Scott NicholsonThe Farm by Scott NicholsonRevelator by Daryl Gregory
Appalachian Horror
48 books — 19 voters
What Momma Left Behind by Cindy K. SprolesThe Girls of Atomic City by Denise KiernanHillbilly Tales from the Smoky Mountains - And Other Homespun... by Patricia H. GrahamChristy by Catherine MarshallLiar's Winter by Cindy K. Sproles
East Tennessee
161 books — 17 voters

The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterThe Dream Thieves by Maggie StiefvaterBlue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie StiefvaterThe Raven King by Maggie StiefvaterGhost Riders by Sharyn McCrumb
Fantasy Novels Set in Appalachia
37 books — 12 voters
Dixie's Forgotten People, New Edition by Wayne FlyntConfederates in the Attic by Tony HorwitzMothers of Massive Resistance by Elizabeth Gillespie McRaeSounds of the South by Daniel W. PattersonDopesick by Beth Macy
White Southerners, USA (nonfiction)
198 books — 10 voters

Kettle Bottom by Diane GilliamStorming Heaven by Denise GiardinaThe Rosewood Casket by Sharyn McCrumbHaunted Tri-state by Lori ShaferA Penny's Worth of Character by Jesse Stuart
Tri-State Books
105 books — 8 voters
Wildwood Flowers by Julia WattsHypnotizing Chickens by Julia WattsThe Wilding of Em's Path by Ana K. WrennCrush by Richard SikenFinding H.F. by Julia Watts
Lesbian Appalachia
8 books — 4 voters

Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest by Lauren McDuffieSmokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread & Scuppernong Wine by Joseph Earl DabneyEating Appalachia by Darrin NordahlThe Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery by Linda Garland PageAppalachian Appetite by Susi Gott Séguret
Regional Foodways & Cuisine: Appalachia
67 books — 4 voters
Can't You Hear Me Callin' by Richard D. SmithBluegrass Breakdown by Robert S. CantwellMan of Constant Sorrow by Ralph StanleyTraveling the High Way Home by John WrightEarl Scruggs by Gordon Castelnero
Best Books About Bluegrass Music and Culture
87 books — 4 voters

Kettle Bottom by Diane GilliamHammer and Hoe by Robin D.G. KelleyTransnational West Virginia by Ken Fones-Wolf
Cornbread Communism: THE LIST
3 books — 3 voters
The Foxfire Book by Eliot WiggintonAunt Arie by Linda Garland PageFoxfire 2 by Eliot WiggintonTravels with Foxfire by Phil HudginsThe Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery by T.J. Smith
Foxfire
43 books — 3 voters

The Shaking Reeds by John PedersenFiddle Fever by Sharon Arms DoucetThe Case of the Felon's Fiddle by E.W. HildickScroll and Curl by John PedersenRosie's Fiddle by Phyllis Root
Old-time fiddle in fiction
20 books — 3 voters
Summer Sons by Lee MandeloMotheater by Linda H. CodegaThe Woods All Black by Lee MandeloCompound Fracture by Andrew Joseph WhiteBloom by Delilah S. Dawson
Queer Appalachian Horror
5 books — 3 voters

The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterThe Dream Thieves by Maggie StiefvaterBlue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie StiefvaterThe Raven King by Maggie StiefvaterMotheater by Linda H. Codega
Appalachia Settings
71 books — 3 voters
The Curse of Crow Hollow by Billy CoffeyThe Mirror by Marlys MillhiserSelected Short Stories by William FaulknerSeason of the Dragonflies by Sarah CreechThe Time Between by Karen White
Ghosts Stories Set In Appalachia
6 books — 1 voter

The Hinterlands by Robert MorganThe Mountains Won't Remember Us by Robert MorganThe Blue Valleys by Robert MorganBoone by Robert MorganChasing the North Star by Robert Morgan
American Treasures
10 books — 1 voter
Motheater by Linda H. CodegaCompound Fracture by Andrew Joseph WhiteThe Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
Queer in Appalachia
3 books — 1 voter

Santa Gets Stuck in Chillicothe, Ohio by Kimberly K. TaylorThe Town That Stole Santa's Heart by Kimberly K. TaylorLet's Get Silly in Cothe-Chilli by Kimberly K. Taylor
Books About Chillicothe, Ohio
3 books — 1 voter

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