Rural Noir Books

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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.83 — 46,254 ratings — published 2010
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Winter's Bone Winter's Bone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.87 — 39,979 ratings — published 2006
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The Devil All the Time The Devil All the Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.14 — 41,037 ratings — published 2011
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Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1) Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.00 — 13,592 ratings — published 2015
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Ozark Dogs Ozark Dogs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.69 — 3,216 ratings — published 2023
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Pickard County Atlas Pickard County Atlas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.50 — 1,175 ratings — published 2021
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When These Mountains Burn When These Mountains Burn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,433 ratings — published 2020
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American Salvage American Salvage (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,883 ratings — published 2009
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A Land More Kind Than Home A Land More Kind Than Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.88 — 28,808 ratings — published 2012
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Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1) Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.97 — 30,221 ratings — published 2018
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Dry Bones in the Valley (Henry Farrell, #1) Dry Bones in the Valley (Henry Farrell, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.46 — 2,273 ratings — published 2014
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Where All Light Tends to Go Where All Light Tends to Go (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.78 — 10,347 ratings — published 2015
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Father and Son Father and Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,954 ratings — published 1996
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The Death of Sweet Mister The Death of Sweet Mister (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,518 ratings — published 2001
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Knockemstiff Knockemstiff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.98 — 11,256 ratings — published 2008
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The Waters The Waters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.48 — 11,418 ratings — published 2023
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The Girls in the Stilt House The Girls in the Stilt House (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 56,443 ratings — published 2021
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Don't Know Tough Don't Know Tough (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.66 — 3,787 ratings — published 2022
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Razorblade Tears Razorblade Tears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.12 — 151,641 ratings — published 2021
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Blacktop Wasteland Blacktop Wasteland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.08 — 57,368 ratings — published 2020
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The Boatman's Daughter The Boatman's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.49 — 5,979 ratings — published 2020
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Joe Joe (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,719 ratings — published 1991
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Peace (Hirsch, #2) Peace (Hirsch, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,212 ratings — published 2019
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Gods of Howl Mountain Gods of Howl Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.88 — 3,032 ratings — published 2018
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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.97 — 206,893 ratings — published 2016
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The Long Home The Long Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,786 ratings — published 1999
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Child of God Child of God (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 55,044 ratings — published 1973
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Elmet Elmet (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.78 — 15,227 ratings — published 2017
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The Weight of This World The Weight of This World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,846 ratings — published 2017
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The Ranger (Quinn Colson, #1) The Ranger (Quinn Colson, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.80 — 7,191 ratings — published 2011
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A Single Shot A Single Shot (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.61 — 736 ratings — published 1996
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One Foot in Eden One Foot in Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,161 ratings — published 2002
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Serena Serena (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.55 — 36,992 ratings — published 2008
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King of Ashes King of Ashes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.03 — 47,896 ratings — published 2025
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Turkeyfoot Turkeyfoot (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.23 — 99 ratings — published
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All the Sinners Bleed All the Sinners Bleed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.21 — 115,573 ratings — published 2023
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My Darkest Prayer My Darkest Prayer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.99 — 17,624 ratings — published 2019
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It Dies with You It Dies with You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.84 — 577 ratings — published 2022
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Shadows of Pecan Hollow Shadows of Pecan Hollow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 5,931 ratings — published 2022
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These Silent Woods These Silent Woods (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.03 — 113,045 ratings — published 2021
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What's Done in Darkness What's Done in Darkness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.82 — 4,428 ratings — published 2021
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Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic) Pop. 1280 (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.04 — 12,289 ratings — published 1964
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Country Hardball Country Hardball (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.79 — 215 ratings — published 2013
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Hard Cash Valley (Bull Mountain, #3) Hard Cash Valley (Bull Mountain, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,804 ratings — published 2020
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The Line That Held Us The Line That Held Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.76 — 7,222 ratings — published 2018
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Burning Bright Burning Bright (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,520 ratings — published 2010
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Willnot Willnot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.31 — 647 ratings — published 2016
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Fallen Mountains Fallen Mountains (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.70 — 2,044 ratings — published 2019
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Nitro Mountain Nitro Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 3.08 — 606 ratings — published 2016
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Love and Other Wounds Love and Other Wounds (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rural-noir)
avg rating 4.09 — 860 ratings — published 2015
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Bonnie Jo Campbell
“The island and its women loom large in the dreams of local folks, who sometimes wake up sweating from visions of witches in black (though the island women never wore black) or of crows watchful in treetops, or of swamp streams bubbling up through the floorboards of their houses. It is said the island, where healing waters percolate to the surface, was a place where women shared one another's dreams, a place where women did what they wanted.”
Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters