fuck JD Vance, here’s books to read about Appalachia that aren’t damn Hillbilly Elegy. several of these are recommended by Book Riot, others are ones i’ve read and loved, others are ones i want to read soon. god please vote this november if youre in America, i do not want this dude as our vice president
edit, august 1st 2024: added more just to spite mr couch fucker! some of them are gay too! the horror! keep an eye out or a childless cat lady will show up in your scary queer library book!
edit, november 6th 2024: well gang. we tried. we tried so hard. but let’s still read these books, theyre not suddenly unimportant because of this.