Appalachia Books

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Demon Copperhead Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 278 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.47 — 807,958 ratings — published 2022
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 196 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.84 — 506,050 ratings — published 2016
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1) The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)
by (shelved 158 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.22 — 265,134 ratings — published 2019
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What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,944 ratings — published 2018
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The Glass Castle The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,368,590 ratings — published 2005
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Prodigal Summer Prodigal Summer (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.05 — 128,970 ratings — published 2000
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.07 — 447,064 ratings — published 1998
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Flight Behavior Flight Behavior (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.82 — 102,403 ratings — published 2012
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Cold Mountain Cold Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.89 — 250,360 ratings — published 1997
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The Giver of Stars The Giver of Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.29 — 511,425 ratings — published 2019
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Clay's Quilt Clay's Quilt (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,876 ratings — published 2001
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Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.96 — 8,811 ratings — published 2020
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A Parchment of Leaves A Parchment of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,307 ratings — published 2002
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Serena Serena (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.55 — 37,046 ratings — published 2008
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Gray Mountain Gray Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.68 — 109,268 ratings — published 2014
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Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.85 — 733 ratings — published 2017
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Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.83 — 778 ratings — published 2019
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A Land More Kind Than Home A Land More Kind Than Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.88 — 28,890 ratings — published 2012
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The Cove The Cove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.71 — 12,537 ratings — published 2012
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Fair and Tender Ladies Fair and Tender Ladies (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,084 ratings — published 1988
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If the Creek Don't Rise If the Creek Don't Rise (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.01 — 26,261 ratings — published 2017
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Christy Christy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 57 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.25 — 57,212 ratings — published 1967
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Storming Heaven Storming Heaven (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,192 ratings — published 1987
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The Dollmaker The Dollmaker (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,827 ratings — published 1954
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The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2) The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)
by (shelved 54 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.23 — 86,379 ratings — published 2022
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Bloodroot Bloodroot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.80 — 8,400 ratings — published 2010
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Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1) Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.86 — 48,298 ratings — published 2000
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Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices) Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices)
by (shelved 48 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,908 ratings — published 2012
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Nightwoods Nightwoods (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.66 — 15,115 ratings — published 2011
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The Bog Wife The Bog Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.57 — 13,535 ratings — published 2024
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The Coal Tattoo The Coal Tattoo (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,044 ratings — published 2004
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Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,144 ratings — published 2022
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Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.11 — 31,311 ratings — published 2014
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Strange as This Weather Has Been Strange as This Weather Has Been (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,534 ratings — published 2007
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One Foot in Eden One Foot in Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,205 ratings — published 2002
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Gap Creek Gap Creek (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.75 — 54,677 ratings — published 1999
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Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,576 ratings — published 1995
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She Walks These Hills (Ballad, #3) She Walks These Hills (Ballad, #3)
by (shelved 40 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,436 ratings — published 1994
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River of Earth River of Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,247 ratings — published 1940
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Above the Waterfall Above the Waterfall (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.53 — 6,407 ratings — published 2014
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Affrilachia: Poems by Frank X Walker Affrilachia: Poems by Frank X Walker (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.33 — 425 ratings — published 2000
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Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,134 ratings — published 1963
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The Caretaker The Caretaker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.16 — 10,896 ratings — published 2023
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The Ballad of Tom Dooley (Ballad, #9) The Ballad of Tom Dooley (Ballad, #9)
by (shelved 36 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.69 — 3,183 ratings — published 2011
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Betty Betty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.40 — 59,811 ratings — published 2020
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These Silent Woods These Silent Woods (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.03 — 115,869 ratings — published 2021
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The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.12 — 6,459 ratings — published 2020
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Where All Light Tends to Go Where All Light Tends to Go (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as appalachia)
avg rating 3.78 — 10,427 ratings — published 2015
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The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, #4) The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, #4)
by (shelved 32 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.04 — 3,948 ratings — published 1996
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The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as appalachia)
avg rating 4.15 — 6,832 ratings — published 1983
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“Elegies are poems dedicated to the dead. The American hillbilly(assuming we can use that word for the white working class) isn't dead; she is just poor.”
Anthony Harkins, Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy

“In Appalachia, everyone has a fierce granny story.”
Anthony Harkins, Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy

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