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Harriette Simpson Arnow
19 ratings 4.16 ·
historical-fiction · 20th-century · book · fiction · adult · historical · rural · drama · tragedy · war · ww2 · poverty · realistic · violent-conflict · southern-gothic · audiobook · politics · contemporary · classics · female-mc
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Donald Ray Pollock
64 ratings 4.06 ·
historical-fiction · horror · dark · noir · southern-gothic · audiobook · fiction · transgressive-mc · mystery · crime · drama · gothic · literary-fiction · adult · rural · historical · male-author · 21st-century · humor · realistic
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Kim Michele Richardson
135 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · usa · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · kentucky · rural · family · coming-of-age · book · north-america · literary-fiction · racism · drama · female-mc · friendship · young-adult · poverty · adult · 20th-century
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Silas House
110 ratings 4.05 ·
audiobook · fiction · rural · family · book · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · adult · historical · drama · realistic · friendship · coming-of-age · poc-mc · season-summer · spirituality · social-commentary · middle-grade · religion · contemporary
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Kent Haruf
156 ratings 4.02 ·
classics · audiobook · adult · literary-fiction · fiction · literary · family · male-author · friendship · historical-fiction · drama · realistic · book · contemporary · small-town · rural · western · epic · death · urban
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Ann Hite
36 ratings 3.94 ·
historical · historical-fiction · adult · fantasy · magical-realism · fiction · book · paranormal · southern-gothic · rural · ghosts · gothic · supernatural · family · audiobook · horror · drama · spooky · mystery · suspense
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Robert Neill
12 ratings 3.92 ·
folk-horror · book · horror · rural · fiction · supernatural · adult · historical-fiction · historical · paranormal · witches-wizards · female-author · feminism · mystery · literary · prison · classics · fantasy · pulp · gothic
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Coy Hall
11 ratings 3.91 ·
horror · fiction · anthologies · adult · folk-horror · historical-fiction · dark-fantasy · myths · historical · retellings · rural · 20th-century · dark · spooky · supernatural · fantasy · gothic · literary-fiction
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Michelle Tang
11 ratings 3.91 ·
anthologies · adult · fantasy · fiction · dark-fantasy · folk-horror · paranormal · rural · historical-fiction · horror · dark · romance · fairy-tale · myths · steamy · fae · monsters · 21st-century · historical · magic
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Ron Rash
226 ratings 3.87 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · southern-gothic · gothic · rural · adult · mystery · drama · historical · family · audiobook · book · realistic · crime · suspense · dark · anthologies · outdoors · violent-conflict
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Tom Franklin
90 ratings 3.85 ·
adult · crime · gothic · literary-fiction · fiction · mystery · southern-gothic · historical-fiction · dark · noir · book · historical · audiobook · killer · rural · suspense · contemporary · drama · psychological · western
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Ruth White
41 ratings 3.83 ·
family · young-adult · middle-grade · book · mystery · fiction · orphans · rural · action-adventure · children · realistic · children-books · friendship · historical · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · magical-realism · audiobook · humor · dystopia
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Wiley Cash
64 ratings 3.81 ·
rural · audiobook · drama · adult · literary-fiction · fiction · mystery · suspense · book · family · southern-gothic · historical · historical-fiction · dark · noir · thriller · crime · gothic · domestic-drama · coming-of-age
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Lee Smith
131 ratings 3.76 ·
book · fiction · family · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · rural · female-author · adult · historical · 20th-century · coming-of-age · drama · womens-fiction · epistolary · young-adult · realistic · psychological · university · friendship
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Amy Greene
35 ratings 3.74 ·
mental-illness · rural · family · 20th-century · book · literary-fiction · adult · drama · female-author · mystery · fiction · historical · audiobook · outdoors · historical-fiction · paranormal · coming-of-age · suspense · north-america · poverty
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Daniel Woodrell
92 ratings 3.74 ·
noir · crime · gothic · literary-fiction · fiction · mystery · southern-gothic · audiobook · rural · family · book · contemporary · historical-fiction · dark · poverty · adult · thriller · substance-abuse · young-adult · coming-of-age
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Charles Frazier
117 ratings 3.72 ·
literary-fiction · adult · fiction · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · book · industrial-era · war · drama · mystery · western · male-author · friendship · outdoors · violent-conflict · civil-war · action-adventure · rural · family
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Tim Westover
24 ratings 3.58 ·
adult · paranormal · historical-fiction · historical · supernatural · fiction · fantasy · myths · book · rural · witches-wizards · magical-realism · georgia · north-america · anthologies · urban-fantasy · family · medical · industrial-era · dark
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Lori Roy
40 ratings 3.48 ·
book · suspense · fiction · mystery · crime · literary-fiction · audiobook · rural · family · small-town · psychological · murder · drama · gothic · adult · historical-fiction · killer · southern-gothic · historical · young-adult
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