Rural Grit (11 books)

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If downbeat alt-country songs were books, they'd be these books: set in dust bowls and half-frozen New England small towns, down in hollers and by cricks, and everywhere there's just barely enough light to get through the day.

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1		American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell 3.98 avg rating — 2,899 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		1979 by Steve Anderson (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		House of Earth by Woody Guthrie 3.18 avg rating — 1,611 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		The Dust Prophet by Shannon MacFarlane (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		Allegheny Front by Matthew Neill Null (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 326 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison 4.15 avg rating — 48,421 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock 3.98 avg rating — 11,546 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock 4.14 avg rating — 42,498 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 74,829 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Sunset and Sawdust by Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 2,445 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Savage Season (Hap and Leonard, #1) by Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 9,149 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

11 books · 5 voters · list created April 24th, 2013 by Lauren (votes) .

Tags: fiction, realism, rural

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