#1 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart
#2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert
#3 Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert
#4 (tie) Ava’s Man, Rick Bragg
#4 (tie) Cruelly Murdered: The Murder of Mary Magdalene Pitts and Other Kentucky True Crime Stories, Keven McQueen
#5 Wilderness Empire, Alan W. Eckert
