12 must-read fiction books like Clay's Quilt by Silas House

Cover of Clay's Quilt by Silas House

Clay's Quilt

By: Silas House

4.04

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

In his New York Times bestselling debut novel, Silas House introduced himself as an important voice…

"She had woken up with the song swirling around in her mind and couldn't make it sizzle down her arm and out onto the stiff strings of her fiddle."

-Silas House, Clay's Quilt

"She had woken up with the song swirling around in her mind and couldn't make it sizzle down her arm and out onto the stiff strings of her fiddle."

-Silas House, Clay's Quilt

If you liked the fiction plot in Clay's Quilt by Silas House , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Practice House

By: Laura McNeal

3.89

Format: 492 pages, Kindle Edition

Nineteen-year-old Aldine McKenna is stuck at home with her sister and aunt in a Scottish village in… read more

Similar categories in Laura McNeal's The Practice House book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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2. River of Earth

By: James Still

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

First published in 1940, James Still's masterful novel has become a classic. It is the story, seen … read more

Similar categories in James Still's River of Earth book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • southern
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. The Birds of Opulence

By: Crystal Wilkinson

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Blackberries, Blackberriesand Water Streetco… read more

Similar categories in Crystal Wilkinson's The Birds of Opulence book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Weight of This World

By: David Joy

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

Critically acclaimed author David Joy, whose debut, Where All Light Tends to Go, was hailed as "a s… read more

Similar categories in David Joy's The Weight of This World book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • southern
  • fiction
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5. Big Cherry Holler (Big Stone Gap, #2)

By: Adriana Trigiani

3.87

Format: 237 pages,

It has been eight years since pharmacist and longtime spinster Ave Maria Mulligan married. What she… read more

Similar categories in Adriana Trigiani's Big Cherry Holler (Big Stone Gap, #2) book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • adult fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, #4)

By: Sharyn McCrumb

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

Randall Stargill lies dying on his southern Appalachian farm, and his four sons have come home to b… read more

Similar categories in Sharyn McCrumb's The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, #4) book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • audiobook
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Land Breakers

By: John Ehle

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

A motley band of characters makes its way into a high mountain valley in northwestern North Carolin… read more

Similar categories in John Ehle's The Land Breakers book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Where All Light Tends to Go

By: David Joy

3.94

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel In the country-noir tradition of Winter's Bonem… read more

Similar categories in David Joy's Where All Light Tends to Go book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • coming of age
  • southern
  • fiction
  • audiobook

9. Pigs in Heaven

By: Barbara Kingsolver

3.14

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Mother and adopted daughter, Taylor and Turtle Greer, are back in this spellbinding sequel about fa… read more

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10. The Dollmaker

By: Harriette Simpson Arnow

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Strong-willed, self-reliant Gertie Nevels's peaceful life in the Kentucky hills is devastated by th… read more

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11. A Place on Earth

By: Wendell Berry

4.25

Format: None pages,

read more

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12. The Ballad of Frankie Silver (Ballad, #5)

By: Sharyn McCrumb

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A career lawman will bear witness to the final judgement, as a man he put away twenty years ago is … read more

Similar categories in Sharyn McCrumb's The Ballad of Frankie Silver (Ballad, #5) book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

13. Fair and Tender Ladies

By: Lee Smith

3.68

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

From Ivy Rowe's birth on Blue Star Mountain, her life is full of passion and longing as she writes … read more

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14. John Henry Days

By: Colson Whitehead

4.06

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Colson Whitehead's eagerly awaited and triumphantly acclaimed new novel is on one level a multiface… read more

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15. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl

4.37

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Renkl's The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • audiobook
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16. The Caretaker

By: Ron Rash

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, T… read more

Similar categories in Ron Rash's The Caretaker book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • southern
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Those We Thought We Knew by David    Joy

17. Those We Thought We Knew

By: David Joy

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning writer David Joy comes a searing new novel about the cracks that form in a small… read more

Similar categories in David Joy's Those We Thought We Knew book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains

By: Cassie Chambers

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the… read more

Similar categories in Cassie Chambers's Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • southern
  • audiobook
"This holler feels like home, and this house feels like family. There are women’s stories here, stories of resilience, love, and strength. This community knows them well, but their echo hasn’t reached…"

-Cassie Chambers, Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains

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19. Rednecks

By: Taylor Brown

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 co… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Brown's Rednecks book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Clay's Quilt by Silas House

20. Clay's Quilt

By: Silas House

4.04

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

In his New York Times bestselling debut novel, Silas House introduced himself as an important voice… read more

Similar categories in Silas House's Clay's Quilt book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • coming of age
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"She had woken up with the song swirling around in her mind and couldn't make it sizzle down her arm and out onto the stiff strings of her fiddle."

-Silas House, Clay's Quilt

Cover of Gay Poems for Red States by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.

21. Gay Poems for Red States

By: Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.

4.56

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

No one will protect you. Months after being named the 2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, Willie Edw… read more

Similar categories in Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.'s Gay Poems for Red States book and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

  • family

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The Practice House

Laura McNeal

3.89

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Big Cherry Holler (Big Stone Gap, #2)

Adriana Trigiani

3.87

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The Rosewood Casket (Ballad, #4)

Sharyn McCrumb

3.69

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Where All Light Tends to Go

David Joy

3.94

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All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

4.24

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Angie Kim

3.75

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