#1 Patriots & Heroes: Eastern Kentucky Soldiers of WWII, Jack D. Ellis
#2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert
#3 Hie to the Hunters, Jesse Stuart
#4 (tie) The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert
#4 (tie) Night Comes to the Cumberlands, Harry M. Caudill
#4 (tie) Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert
#4 (tie) The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert
#5 A History of Kentucky, Thomas D. Clark
