#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