#1 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart
#2 Old Ben, Jesse Stuart
#3 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert
#4 Cruelly Murdered: The Murder of Mary Magdalene Pitts and Other Kentucky True Crime Stories, Keven McQueen
#5 (tie) God Bless the USA, Lee Greenwood
#5 (tie) Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert