West Virginia 
Great Books List by Phyllis Wilson Moore
 

1. Life in the Iron Mills
by Rebecca Harding Davis of Wheeling

2. The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake
by Breece Pancake of Milton

3. Hawk's Nest
by Hubert Skidmore of Clarksburg

4. Prisons
by Mary Lee Settle of Charleston

5. A Separate Peace
by John Knowles of Fairmont

6. The Unquiet Earth and Storming Heaven
by Denise Giardina of Black Wolf

7. Up From Slavery
by Booker T. Washington from Malden

8. Legacy of Love
by Julia Davis of Charles Town

9. Night of the Hunter
by Davis Grubb of Clarksburg

10. Colored People
by Henry Louise Gates, Jr. of Piedmont

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The following books ought to be somewhere on this list:

The Exile and Fighting Angels by Pearl S. Buck of Hillsboro
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson of Huntington
 

Ms. Moore researches and writes about the multicultural literary history of West Virginia. She consults with schools, book stores, libraries
regarding the state's literary heritage. Moore consulted with the Bridgeport Library, Bridgeport, West Virginia in the design of their "exclusively West Virginia authors" webpage which is aptly named www.mountainlit.com