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Top authors writing rural literary-fiction
Larry Brown
86 ratings 4.09 ·
fiction · gothic · southern-gothic · audiobook · book · adult · literary-fiction · rural · contemporary · mystery · drama · crime · family · suspense · historical-fiction · dark · noir · male-author · realistic · 20th-century
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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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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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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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David Joy
50 ratings 3.80 ·
fiction · murder · mystery · crime · gothic · literary-fiction · dark · noir · southern-gothic · audiobook · rural · contemporary · book · thriller · drama · adult · killer · substance-abuse · death · family
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Alys Hobbs
5 ratings 3.80 ·
horror · adult · fiction · anthologies · supernatural · folk-horror · dark-fantasy · literary-fiction · rural · retellings · body-horror · suspense · dark · myths · gothic · female-author · ghosts
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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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Sherri Wood Emmons
36 ratings 3.72 ·
fiction · family · female-mc · book · contemporary · friendship · rural · domestic-drama · young-adult · breakup · drama · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · coming-of-age · west-virginia · psychological · adult · female-author · romance · abuse
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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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Carolyn Chute
24 ratings 3.50 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · book · rural · adult · poverty · classics · family · literary · young-adult · mystery · dogs · female-author · animals · sci-fi · contemporary · historical-fiction · 20th-century · north-america · audiobook
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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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Alyson Hagy
22 ratings 3.36 ·
adult · fiction · book · contemporary · rural · literary-fiction · feminism · north-america · post-apocalyptic · sci-fi · small-town · apocalyptic · family · wyoming · anthologies · usa · alternate-history · dystopia · audiobook · historical-fiction
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