12 must-read audiobook books like The Fighter by Michael Farris Smith

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The Fighter

By: Michael Farris Smith

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith, "one of the best writers of his generation" (To…

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1. Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1)

By: Brian Panowich

3.99

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Clayton Burroughs comes from a long line of outlaws. For generations, the Burroughs clan has made i… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1) book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • novels
  • southern
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • southern gothic
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • southern
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • southern gothic
  • crime
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3. Knockemstiff

By: Donald Ray Pollock

4.12

Format: 207 pages,

Knockemstiff - litteralement " etale les raides " - existe vraiment. Ce n'est pas la moindre bizarr… read more

Similar categories in Donald Ray Pollock's Knockemstiff book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • southern gothic
  • crime
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Bottoms

By: Joe R. Lansdale

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

The narrator of The Bottomsis Harry Collins, an old man obsessively reflecting on certain key exper… read more

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's The Bottoms book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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5. 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 Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • southern
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • southern gothic
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories

By: William Gay

3.64

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

William Gay established himself as "the big new name to include in the storied annals of Southern L… read more

Similar categories in William Gay's I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • literary fiction
  • southern
  • southern gothic
  • fiction

7. The Heavenly Table

By: Donald Ray Pollock

3.82

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Donald Ray Pollock, author of the highly acclaimed The Devil All the Timeand Knockemstiff, com… read more

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8. Out Of Sight

By: Elmore Leonard

4.20

Format: None pages,

Before there was Raylan, there was Sisco... U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco is on the hunt for world-class… read more

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9. The World Made Straight

By: Ron Rash

4.41

Format: None pages,

Travis Shelton is seventeen the summer he wanders into the woods onto private property outside his … read more

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10. Harbor Lights

By: James Lee Burke

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” ( Denver Post ), the… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Harbor Lights book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • literary fiction
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. When These Mountains Burn

By: David Joy

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When his addict son gets in deep with his dealer, it takes everything Raymond Mathis has to bail hi… read more

Similar categories in David Joy's When These Mountains Burn book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • literary fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • southern gothic
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It had never been that addicts don’t care whether they lived or died, it was that the feeling you were chasing rested right against the brink and sometimes you just fell over."

-David Joy, When These Mountains Burn

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12. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)

By: Don Winslow

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2) book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Ozark Dogs

By: Eli Cranor

3.72

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkan… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Ozark Dogs book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • southern
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. Shifty's Boys

By: Chris Offutt

4.10

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Army cop-turned-small-town-investigator Mick Hardin returns to the Kentucky hills in this second vi… read more

Similar categories in Chris Offutt's Shifty's Boys book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • southern
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Killing Hills (Mick Hardin, #1)

By: Chris Offutt

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A literary master across genres, award-winning author Chris Offutt's latest novel, The Killing Hill… read more

Similar categories in Chris Offutt's The Killing Hills (Mick Hardin, #1) book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • southern
  • noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Like Lions (Bull Mountain, #2) by Brian Panowich

17. Like Lions (Bull Mountain, #2)

By: Brian Panowich

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Clayton Burroughs is sheriff of Bull Mountain and last surviving member of the brutal and blood-ste… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Like Lions (Bull Mountain, #2) book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • southern
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • novels
  • crime
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18. Don't Know Tough

By: Eli Cranor

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Southern Gothic, this thrilling debut is for readers of Megan Abbott and … read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Don't Know Tough book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • southern
  • noir
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"He was drunk, and even NyQuil make a man brave if he drink enough of it."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

"The boys gather around their coach. They're breathing heavy, pupils big and black like drops of ink, a high they'll try and return to the rest of their lives."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

Cover of The Fighter by Michael Farris Smith

19. The Fighter

By: Michael Farris Smith

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith, "one of the best writers of his generation" (To… read more

Similar categories in Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • southern
  • noir
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • southern gothic
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Broiler by Eli Cranor

20. Broiler

By: Eli Cranor

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless und… read more

Similar categories in Eli Cranor's Broiler book and Michael Farris Smith's The Fighter

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

17 must-read fiction books like The Fighter by Michael Farris Smith

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4.25

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Donald Ray Pollock

4.12

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Joe R. Lansdale

4.39

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All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

4.24

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Happiness Falls

Angie Kim

3.75

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William Kent Krueger

4.29

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