8 must-read crime books like Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy

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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…

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1. One Foot in Eden

By: Ron Rash

4.13

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Will Alexander is the sheriff in a small town in southern Appalachia, and he knows that the local t… read more

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  • southern
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • southern gothic
  • crime
"Ma niente è solido e duraturo. Le nostre vite si reggono su fondamenta instabili. Non è necessario leggere i libri di storia per scoprirlo. Ti basta conoscere la storia della tua vita."

-Ron Rash, One Foot in Eden

"But nothing is solid and permanent. Our lives are raised on the shakiest foundations. You don't need to read history books to know that. You only have to know the history of your own life."

-Ron Rash, One Foot in Eden

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2. 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 David Joy's Where All Light Tends to Go

  • southern
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • southern gothic
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Risen

By: Ron Rash

3.67

Format: 230 pages, ebook

New York Timesbestselling author Ron Rash demonstrates his superb narrative skills in this suspense… read more

Similar categories in Ron Rash's The Risen book and David Joy's Where All Light Tends to Go

  • coming of age
  • mystery
  • southern
  • fiction
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4. 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 David Joy's Where All Light Tends to Go

  • southern gothic
  • 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 David Joy's Where All Light Tends to Go

  • coming of age
  • southern
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • southern gothic
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Cove

By: Ron Rash

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This lyrical, heart-rending tale, as mesmerizing as its award-winning predecessor Serena, shows onc… read more

Similar categories in Ron Rash's The Cove book and David Joy's Where All Light Tends to Go

  • mystery
  • southern
  • fiction
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7. Serena

By: Ron Rash

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

A New York Timesbestseller and PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist, Serena by award-winning author Ron Rash… read more

Similar categories in Ron Rash's Serena book and David Joy's Where All Light Tends to Go

  • southern
  • fiction

8. 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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9. Hell at the Breech

By: Tom Franklin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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10. Fay

By: Larry Brown

3.86

Format: 368 pages,

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11. Saints at the River

By: Ron Rash

4.41

Format: None pages,

When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee River and her body is trapped in a deep eddy, th… read more

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12. 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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13. Desperation Road

By: Michael Farris Smith

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"An elegantly written, perfectly-paced novel about a man and woman indelibly marked by violence" (R… read more

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14. Gods of Howl Mountain

By: Taylor Brown

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Gods of Howl Mountain,award-winning author Taylor Brown explores a world of folk healers, whiske… read more

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15. Above the Waterfall

By: Ron Rash

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Les, a long-time sheriff nearing retirement, contends with the ravages of poverty and crystal meth … read more

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16. Burning Bright

By: Ron Rash

4.46

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling and award-winning author Ron Rash is "a storyteller of the highest rank" … read more

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17. 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 David Joy's Where All Light Tends to Go

  • southern
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Nothing but the Bones

By: Brian Panowich

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With lyrical prose and hard-hitting depictions of the hardscrabble life in the rural south, Brian P… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Nothing but the Bones book and David Joy's Where All Light Tends to Go

  • southern
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • southern gothic
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. 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 David Joy's Where All Light Tends to Go

  • southern
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. 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 David Joy's Where All Light Tends to Go

  • mystery
  • southern
  • crime
  • fiction
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21. Hard Cash Valley (Bull Mountain, #3)

By: Brian Panowich

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Return to McFalls County and Bull Mountain in Hard Cash Valley, where Brian Panowich weaves another… read more

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  • southern
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

12 Top fiction books like Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy

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One Foot in Eden

Ron Rash

4.13

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Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1)

Brian Panowich

3.99

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The Risen

Ron Rash

3.67

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Knockemstiff

Donald Ray Pollock

4.12

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City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

Don Winslow

4.42

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The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8)

Nick Petrie

4.36

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Nothing but the Bones

Brian Panowich

4.16

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Smoke Kings

Jahmal Mayfield

3.98

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