6 must-read southern books like Cataloochee by Wayne Caldwell

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Cataloochee

By: Wayne Caldwell

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

"A brilliant portrait of a community and a way of life long gone, a lost America." -Charles Frazier…

If you liked the southern plot in Cataloochee by Wayne Caldwell , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership

By: Wendell Berry

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now in paperback for the first time, Berry's popular collection of six interconnected stories trace… read more

Similar categories in Wendell Berry's The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Cataloochee

By: Wayne Caldwell

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

"A brilliant portrait of a community and a way of life long gone, a lost America." -Charles Frazier… read more

Similar categories in Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • civil war
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
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3. Alaska

By: James A. Michener

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Al… read more

Similar categories in James A. Michener's Alaska book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Cold Mountain

By: Charles Frazier

3.98

Format: 350 pages,

Cold Mountainis a novel about a soldier's perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's… read more

Similar categories in Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • historical
  • civil war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. 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 Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

6. Thirteen Moons

By: Charles Frazier

3.59

Format: 128 pages,

At the age of twelve, an orphan named Will Cooper is given a horse, a key, and a map and is sent on… read more

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7. Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1)

By: Homer Hickam

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

"Until I began to build and launch rockets, I didn't know my home town was at war with itself over … read more

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8. The Road from Gap Creek

By: Robert Morgan

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

One of America's most acclaimed writers returns to the land on which he has staked a literary claim… read more

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9. Nightwoods

By: Charles Frazier

4.23

Format: 400 pages,

The extraordinary author of Cold Mountain and Thirteen Moonsreturns with a dazzling new novel of su… read more

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10. Gap Creek

By: Robert Morgan

3.88

Format: None pages,

Young Julie Harmon works "hard as a man," they say, so hard that at times she's not sure she can st… read more

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11. Into the Free

By: Julie Cantrell

4.64

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Millie is just a girl. But she's the only one strong enough to break the family cycle. In Depressio… read more

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12. The Trackers

By: Charles Frazier

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain and Varina, a stunning new novel that p… read more

Similar categories in Charles Frazier's The Trackers book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Wiltson, every time you open your mouth, it's like you're competing against yourself to say something stupider than yesterday. And you always win."

-Charles Frazier, The Trackers

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13. Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

By: Conor Knighton

4.26

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

From the Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, an entertaining chronicle of his year spent… read more

Similar categories in Conor Knighton's Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

"Shelton Johnson may just be the best park ranger who ever lived."

-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

"...tell me again about how you used to watch movies in a car. It sounded so cool to me. And so, on one of the last nights of that summer, my parents decided to re-create a drive-in movie in our drive…"

-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

"In letter after letter, misfortunes great and small are blamed on the wood. "I don't know how much I buy that," Matt [Smith] said.."If you're the kinda person who would take something from a national…"

-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park

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14. 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 Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
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15. Appalachian Song

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Forever within the memories of my heart. Always remember, you are perfectly loved. Bertie Jenkins… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Shocklee's Appalachian Song book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Chenneville

By: Paulette Jiles

4.13

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawles… read more

Similar categories in Paulette Jiles's Chenneville book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • civil war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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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 Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Varina

By: Charles Frazier

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

In his powerful fourth novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vivid… read more

Similar categories in Charles Frazier's Varina book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • historical
  • civil war
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When time is remote enough nobody amounts to much."

-Charles Frazier, Varina

"I wonder what people talk about who've destroyed their lives with addictions other than books and politics and money and war."

-Charles Frazier, Varina

"I don't know facts, and probably there aren't any to know. Whatever crazy thing people want to believe, that's what they call it, a fact."

-Charles Frazier, Varina

"Miss Howell, I worry that the pains your father has taken to educate you will result in little but finding himself with a wit on his hands."

-Charles Frazier, Varina

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19. Refuge

By: Dot Jackson

4.25

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

“An intensely readable novel of the complexity of family ties . . . Dot Jackson is a true Southern … read more

Similar categories in Dot Jackson's Refuge book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • historical
  • southern
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Girls We Sent Away

By: Meagan Church

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

“[A]n important and vital story. With exquisite writing, Church exposes a murky little pocket of hi… read more

Similar categories in Meagan Church's The Girls We Sent Away book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The Displacements

By: Bruce Holsinger

3.97

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

To all appearances, the Larsen-Hall family has everything: healthy children, a stable marriage, a l… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Holsinger's The Displacements book and Wayne Caldwell's Cataloochee

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction

14 must-read fiction books like Cataloochee by Wayne Caldwell

Transform Your Habits

The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership

Wendell Berry

3.69

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Cataloochee

Wayne Caldwell

3.87

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Alaska

James A. Michener

3.46

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Cold Mountain

Charles Frazier

3.98

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Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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Amy Tintera

4.13

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