Fifteen of the best Appalachian stories

At B&N Reads Isabelle McConville tagged fifteen "favorite Appalachian stories, from the poignant to the magical and beyond." One title on the list:

A Land More Kind Than Home: A Novel by Wiley Cash

A story about fathers and sons, community and religion, A Land More Kind Than Home is both a profound coming-of-age story and a gripping domestic thriller.

Read about another entry on the list.

A Land More Kind Than Home is among Tom Bouman's ten top rural noir novels.

My Book, The Movie: A Land More Kind Than Home.

Also see: fifteen top books about Appalachia; seven eye-opening books about Appalachia; and Katie Pickard Fawcett's five favorite books of Appalachia.

--Marshal Zeringue