#1 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart
#2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert
#3 (tie) The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart
#3 (tie) Daughter of the Legend, Jesse Stuart
#3 (tie) The Far Family, Wilma Dykeman
#3 (tie) Return the Innocent Earth, Wilma Dykeman
#4 The Tall Woman, Wilma Dykeman
#5 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert
