11. Firebird by Mark Powell

10. A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

9. I Am One of You Forever by Fred Chappell

8. Clay’s Quilt by Silas House

7. The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy

6. Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith

5. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

4. The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow

3. River of Earth by James Still

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