Lists of Bests: Shannon's "North Carolina Fiction" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/57351 Fiction written by authors from North Carolina and/or set in North Carolina. Note: With some exceptions, short story collections, young adult fiction, romances and mystery series have been eliminated if so identified. Also, I have striven to include high-quality books only. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:42:26 GMT en-us 0 50 46 0 0 The Activist's Daughter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2368909 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2368909"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1889199109.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115052009_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellyn Bache</div> The Arms of God: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1063414 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1063414"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312361610.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynne Hinton</div> Begin Again. Quinn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3952970 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3952970"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21IrrdatBNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karen E. Dodd</div> Bootlegger's Daughter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64323 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64323"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446403237.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Maron</div> The Bridge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2086152 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2086152"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060505214.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doug Marlette</div> Brighten the Corner Where You Are: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1399436 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1399436"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312050577.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Chappell</div> Cape Fear Rising http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1156401 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1156401"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0895871653.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056506028_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Gerard</div> Chasing Demons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502647 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502647"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0595291236.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christy Tillery French</div> Cotton Mill Girl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422226 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422226"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41nAoLG40FL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Flora Ann Scearce</div> The Crossroads Cafe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/588819 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/588819"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0976876051.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deborah Smith</div> Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1399438 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1399438"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312168349.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Chappell</div> Far from the Tree http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1022591 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1022591"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/031233091X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donna Grant</div> Ferris Beach http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1036158 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1036158"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449912523.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jill Mccorkle</div> The Fires of Pride: A Novel of the Civil War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4016236 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4016236"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E6H3XVD8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William R. Trotter</div> For the Strength of You http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4742719 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4742719"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BRJFVM1HL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor L. Martin</div> The Fred Chappell Reader http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1399437 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1399437"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312050925.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Chappell</div> Freedom's Altar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422223 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422223"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T71YMXE8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles F. Price</div> Glad News of the Natural World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1202108 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1202108"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743264649.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V66860807_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.R. Pearson</div> Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1540407 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1540407"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/089587282X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise Shivers</div> I Am One of You Forever: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24882 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24882"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807114103.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056493825_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Chappell</div> If You Want Me to Stay: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1042798 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1042798"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1565124847.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120874373_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Parker</div> Let the Dead Bury Their Dead (Harvest American Writing Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4129 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4129"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0156505150.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Randall Kenan</div> The Making of Isaac Hunt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422096 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422096"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411VHNHG75L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Linda Leigh Hargrove</div> The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9141 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9141"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375707093.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438435_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Clark</div> My Old True Love: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/651467 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/651467"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345476956.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sheila Kay Adams</div> Now You Know: a novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3798201 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3798201"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PRdHAPheL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Kelly</div> On Account of Conspicuous Women: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4474272 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4474272"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517YYEbNWTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dawn Shamp</div> On A Rising Tide: A Tale Of Running The Civil War Blockade http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4312906 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4312906"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NAXZMnznL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard H. Triebe</div> Plant Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422083 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422083"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gUuVq54ML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pamela Duncan</div> Rain Song http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4741169 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4741169"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E5g32s%2BZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice J. Wisler</div> Reservation Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5375328 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5375328"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513kuHEbhAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Fuller Cook</div> The Road From Chapel Hill http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/840741 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/840741"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425212521.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65049092_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joanna Catherine Scott</div> Rock of Ages http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422222 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422222"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21BCKX3AEYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Owen</div> The Rosewood Casket http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2678132 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2678132"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/034064687X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sharyn McCrumb</div> Salt: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85956 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85956"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312311370.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isabel Zuber</div> Saltwater Cowboys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422219 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4422219"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YY6VAKWDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Morris</div> Scarecrow in Gray http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5450471 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5450471"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41rgXMP1cML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barry D. Yelton</div> A Short History of a Small Place http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/734341 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/734341"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014200362X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132603163_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T. R. Pearson</div> The Slow Way Back: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2719563 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2719563"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060957891.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Judy Goldman</div> A Southern Tragedy, In Crimson And Yellow http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1453048 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1453048"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0966431626.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence Naumoff</div> Special Topics in Calamity Physics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2197509 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2197509"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143112120.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46672918_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marisha Pessl</div> Tree Huggers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5321945 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5321945"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eqD3KB6vL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Judy Nichols</div> The Valley of Light: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2670444 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2670444"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074347595X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Kay</div> A Virtuous Woman (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9058 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9058"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703063.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kaye Gibbons</div> A Visitation of Spirits: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9077 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9077"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375703977.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Randall Kenan</div> What Lies Buried: A Novel of Old Cape Fear http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/102860 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/102860"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1590131169.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1125086345_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dewey Lambdin</div>