Best Books Set in Appalachia

1.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,101 ratings
2.
Christy
Christy 4.25 avg rating — 56,472 ratings
3.
Prodigal Summer
Prodigal Summer 4.05 avg rating — 123,741 ratings
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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 4.07 avg rating — 436,084 ratings
5.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,501 ratings
6.
Gap Creek
Gap Creek 3.74 avg rating — 54,201 ratings
7.
She Walks These Hills (Ballad, #3)
She Walks These Hills (Ballad, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 4,405 ratings
8.
Fair and Tender Ladies
Fair and Tender Ladies
by: Lee Smith
4.19 avg rating — 7,964 ratings
9.
Serena
Serena
by: Ron Rash
3.55 avg rating — 36,781 ratings
10.
The Ballad of Frankie Silver (Ballad, #5)
The Ballad of Frankie Silver (Ballad, #5) 3.95 avg rating — 5,513 ratings
11.
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (Ballad, #2)
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (Ballad, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 5,557 ratings
12.
The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, #4)
The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, #4) 4.04 avg rating — 3,918 ratings
13.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel 3.92 avg rating — 15,521 ratings
14.
Clay's Quilt
Clay's Quilt 4.05 avg rating — 4,668 ratings
15.
The Dollmaker
The Dollmaker 4.17 avg rating — 3,788 ratings
16.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating — 33,569 ratings
16.
Bloodroot
Bloodroot 3.80 avg rating — 8,336 ratings
18.
The Songcatcher (Ballad, #6)
The Songcatcher (Ballad, #6) 4.05 avg rating — 2,866 ratings
19.
Oral History
Oral History
by: Lee Smith
4.05 avg rating — 4,203 ratings
20.
A Parchment of Leaves
A Parchment of Leaves 4.22 avg rating — 5,117 ratings
21.
Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1)
Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 47,624 ratings
22.
Child of God
Child of God 3.82 avg rating — 52,899 ratings
23.
Thirteen Moons
Thirteen Moons 3.75 avg rating — 16,127 ratings
24.
Storming Heaven
Storming Heaven 4.11 avg rating — 2,124 ratings
25.
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter 3.99 avg rating — 6,039 ratings
26.
Where the Lilies Bloom
Where the Lilies Bloom 3.84 avg rating — 2,804 ratings
27.
Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster 3.79 avg rating — 31,757 ratings
28.
The Education of Little Tree
The Education of Little Tree 4.14 avg rating — 17,567 ratings
29.
River of Earth
River of Earth 4.03 avg rating — 1,179 ratings
30.
Ghost Riders (Ballad, #7)
Ghost Riders (Ballad, #7) 3.95 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
31.
Saving Grace
Saving Grace
by: Lee Smith
3.93 avg rating — 2,586 ratings
32.
A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family 3.89 avg rating — 17,370 ratings
33.
Wish You Well
Wish You Well 4.05 avg rating — 31,073 ratings
34.
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 4.08 avg rating — 29,044 ratings
35.
Charms for the Easy Life
Charms for the Easy Life 4.02 avg rating — 12,886 ratings
36.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
37.
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books)
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books) 4.25 avg rating — 7,459 ratings
38.
The Coal Tattoo
The Coal Tattoo 4.10 avg rating — 2,918 ratings
39.
My Old True Love
My Old True Love 4.05 avg rating — 1,200 ratings
40.
One Foot in Eden
One Foot in Eden
by: Ron Rash
4.13 avg rating — 6,022 ratings
41.
The Unquiet Earth
The Unquiet Earth 4.24 avg rating — 735 ratings
42.
Stumbling Thru: Hike Your Own Hike
Stumbling Thru: Hike Your Own Hike 4.06 avg rating — 510 ratings
43.
On Agate Hill
On Agate Hill
by: Lee Smith
3.77 avg rating — 3,914 ratings
44.
Icy Sparks
Icy Sparks 3.69 avg rating — 43,086 ratings
45.
The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake
The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake 4.15 avg rating — 6,510 ratings
46.
Happy Trail (Park Ranger, #1)
Happy Trail (Park Ranger, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 7,601 ratings
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Strange as This Weather Has Been
Strange as This Weather Has Been 3.88 avg rating — 1,492 ratings
48.
Big Cherry Holler (Big Stone Gap, #2)
Big Cherry Holler (Big Stone Gap, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 19,535 ratings
49.
The Tall Woman
The Tall Woman 4.33 avg rating — 984 ratings
50.
The Ballad of Tom Dooley (Ballad, #9)
The Ballad of Tom Dooley (Ballad, #9) 3.68 avg rating — 3,154 ratings
51.
Follow the River
Follow the River 4.23 avg rating — 22,886 ratings
52.
Rocket Boys: A Memoir (The Coalwood Series #1)
Rocket Boys: A Memoir (The Coalwood Series #1) 4.20 avg rating — 23,601 ratings
53.
The Thread That Runs So True
The Thread That Runs So True 4.11 avg rating — 1,010 ratings
54.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating — 488,761 ratings
55.
Black Mountain Breakdown
Black Mountain Breakdown
by: Lee Smith
3.87 avg rating — 1,357 ratings
56.
Ava's Man
Ava's Man 4.27 avg rating — 7,322 ratings
57.
The Foxfire Book, Foxfire 2-3
The Foxfire Book, Foxfire 2-3 4.44 avg rating — 221 ratings
58.
The Foxfire Book
The Foxfire Book 4.35 avg rating — 1,874 ratings
59.
The World Made Straight
The World Made Straight
by: Ron Rash
3.90 avg rating — 3,298 ratings
60.
Sewerville: A Southern Gangster Novel
Sewerville: A Southern Gangster Novel 3.98 avg rating — 219 ratings
61.
Ghost on Black Mountain
Ghost on Black Mountain
by: Ann Hite
4.02 avg rating — 2,258 ratings
62.
Be Still My Soul (The Cadence of Grace, #1)
Be Still My Soul (The Cadence of Grace, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 1,246 ratings
63.
Cataloochee
Cataloochee 3.84 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
64.
The Big Stone Gap Trilogy: "Big Cherry Holler", "Big Stone Gap", "Milk Glass Moon"
The Big Stone Gap Trilogy: "Big Cherry Holler", "Big Stone Gap", "Milk Glass Moon" 4.26 avg rating — 1,113 ratings
65.
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O (Ballad, #1)
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O (Ballad, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 3,716 ratings
66.
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
by: John Ehle
4.13 avg rating — 4,466 ratings
67.
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
American Gods (American Gods, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 978,755 ratings
68.
Burning Bright
Burning Bright
by: Ron Rash
4.11 avg rating — 3,478 ratings
69.
Flight Behavior
Flight Behavior 3.82 avg rating — 100,156 ratings
70.
This Is Where It Ends
This Is Where It Ends 4.17 avg rating — 779 ratings
71.
The Last Sin Eater
The Last Sin Eater 4.11 avg rating — 32,694 ratings
72.
The Relatives Came
The Relatives Came 4.22 avg rating — 16,353 ratings
73.
Gods of Howl Mountain
Gods of Howl Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 2,951 ratings
74.
Velva Jean Learns to Drive (Velva Jean, #1)
Velva Jean Learns to Drive (Velva Jean, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 4,810 ratings
75.
Missing May
Missing May 3.80 avg rating — 13,220 ratings
76.
Nightwoods
Nightwoods 3.66 avg rating — 14,848 ratings
77.
Heaven (Casteel, #1)
Heaven (Casteel, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 25,530 ratings
78.
Safeword Quinacridone (Safeword, #5)
Safeword Quinacridone (Safeword, #5) 3.73 avg rating — 572 ratings
79.
All the Living
All the Living 3.62 avg rating — 1,736 ratings
80.
Across Five Aprils
Across Five Aprils 3.60 avg rating — 15,638 ratings
81.
The Orchard Keeper
The Orchard Keeper 3.52 avg rating — 12,465 ratings
82.
Home to Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #4)
Home to Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #4) 3.92 avg rating — 11,469 ratings
83.
Saints at the River
Saints at the River
by: Ron Rash
3.84 avg rating — 4,771 ratings
84.
Crazy Ladies
Crazy Ladies 3.84 avg rating — 3,539 ratings
85.
Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business
Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business 4.12 avg rating — 4,721 ratings
86.
The Dragon King (Chattanooga Supernaturals, #1)
The Dragon King (Chattanooga Supernaturals, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 683 ratings
87.
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
The Beans of Egypt, Maine 3.58 avg rating — 3,821 ratings
88.
The Midwife of Hope River (Hope River #1)
The Midwife of Hope River (Hope River #1) 4.04 avg rating — 18,614 ratings
89.
The Homecoming: A Novel About Spencer's Mountain
The Homecoming: A Novel About Spencer's Mountain 4.27 avg rating — 1,198 ratings
90.
Heart in the Right Place
Heart in the Right Place 3.90 avg rating — 3,293 ratings
91.
Kinfolks: The Wilgus Stories
Kinfolks: The Wilgus Stories 4.16 avg rating — 310 ratings
92.
The Devil's Dream
The Devil's Dream
by: Lee Smith
4.04 avg rating — 1,122 ratings
93.
Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely
Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely 3.59 avg rating — 872 ratings
94.
Our Southern Highlanders: Introduction By George Ellison
Our Southern Highlanders: Introduction By George Ellison 4.18 avg rating — 652 ratings
95.
The Secret Wisdom of the Earth
The Secret Wisdom of the Earth 4.10 avg rating — 9,586 ratings
96.
Safeword Matte (Safeword, #2)
Safeword Matte (Safeword, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 878 ratings
97.
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 4.10 avg rating — 29,322 ratings
98.
Safeword Davenport (Safeword, #3)
Safeword Davenport (Safeword, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 478 ratings
99.
Brighten the Corner Where You Are
Brighten the Corner Where You Are 4.08 avg rating — 590 ratings
100.
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) 4.22 avg rating — 253,264 ratings
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