Reading the States: West Virginia

State: WEST VIRGINIA

Fiction:

- The Madam by Julianna Baggott

- Shiloh* by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

- Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips

- Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina

- When the Whistle Blows by Fran Slayton

- Strange as this Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake

- The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman

- The Miner's Daughter by Gretchen Moran Laskas

- Billy Creekmore by Tracey Porter

- Lick Creek by Brad Kessler
- The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb
- Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon 
- The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock 

Nonfiction:

- The Glass Castle* by Jeannette Walls

- Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam

- Growing up in Bloody Mingo, West Virginia by Andrew Chafin
- Blood Feud by Lisa Alther

Authors Known for Writing in or about the State:

- Pinckney Benedict

- Breece D'J Pancake

Authors Who Lived Here:
- Booker T. Washington

- John Knowles

- Pearl S. Buck

Great Bookstores:

Taylor Books

Hearthside Books

Empire Books and News

Four Seasons Books

*Books I've Read

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