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The best Virginia books of the 2010s

The books our community loved the most.

Loved by 11 people

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

By Rebecca Skloot ,

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Loved by 3 people

Miracle Creek

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Loved by 3 people

Looking for Trouble

By Virginia Cowles ,

Book cover of Looking for Trouble: The Classic Memoir of a Trailblazing War Correspondent

Loved by 2 people

My Life in Middlemarch

By Rebecca Mead ,

Book cover of My Life in Middlemarch: A Memoir

Crime in the Old Dominion

By Josh Pachter (editor), K. L. Murphy (editor),

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Loved by 2 people

Black Wings Has My Angel

By Elliott Chaze ,

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Loved by 2 people

The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret

By Mary V. Thompson ,

Book cover of The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

Crime in the Old Dominion

By Josh Pachter (editor), K. L. Murphy (editor),

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Loved by 2 people

Margaret the First

By Danielle Dutton ,

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Loved by 2 people

As Brave as You

By Jason Reynolds ,

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Crime in the Old Dominion

By Josh Pachter (editor), K. L. Murphy (editor),

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Loved by 2 people

The House Girl

By Tara Conklin ,

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Loved by 1 person

Dunmore's New World

By James Corbett David ,

Book cover of Dunmore's New World: The Extraordinary Life of a Royal Governor in Revolutionary America

Crime in the Old Dominion

By Josh Pachter (editor), K. L. Murphy (editor),

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Loved by 1 person

Twice Condemned

By Philip J. Schwarz ,

Book cover of Twice Condemned: Slaves and the Criminal Laws of Virginia, 1705-1865

Loved by 1 person

Slaves Waiting for Sale

By Maurie D. McInnis ,

Book cover of Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade

Loved by 1 person

Thomas Harriot

By Robyn Arianrhod ,

Book cover of Thomas Harriot: A Life in Science

Loved by 1 person

The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part I

By Sharon Ewell Foster ,

Book cover of The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part I: The Witnesses

Crime in the Old Dominion

By Josh Pachter (editor), K. L. Murphy (editor),

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Loved by 1 person

The Windflower

By Laura London ,

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Loved by 1 person

The Lost Dogs

By Jim Gorant ,

Book cover of The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption

Loved by 1 person

The Case for Loving

By Selina Alko (illustrator) , Sean Qualls (illustrator) ,

Book cover of The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage

Loved by 1 person

The Mathews Men

By William Geroux ,

Book cover of The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-Boats

Loved by 1 person

Intimate Reconstructions

By Catherine A. Jones ,

Book cover of Intimate Reconstructions: Children in Postemancipation Virginia

Loved by 1 person

The Lady and the Lionheart

By Joanne Bischof ,

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Crime in the Old Dominion

By Josh Pachter (editor), K. L. Murphy (editor),

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Loved by 1 person

Little Labors

By Rivka Galchen ,

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Jericho

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The Shore

By Sara Taylor ,

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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer

By Lamar Giles , Dapo Adeola (illustrator) ,

Book cover of The Last Last-Day-of-Summer: A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure

Loved by 1 person

Thomas Jefferson's Education

By Alan Taylor ,

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Relation of Virginia

By Karen Ordahl Kupperman (editor) , Henry Spelman ,

Book cover of Relation of Virginia: A Boy's Memoir of Life with the Powhatans and the Patawomecks

Loved by 1 person

Calico the Wonder Horse

By Virginia Lee Burton ,

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Front Page Fatality

By LynDee Walker ,

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Heroines of Mercy Street

By Pamela D. Toler ,

Book cover of Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War

Loved by 1 person

A Hustler's Wife

By Nikki Turner ,

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Crime in the Old Dominion

By Josh Pachter (editor), K. L. Murphy (editor),

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Loved by 1 person

Am I a Redundant Human Being?

By Mela Hartwig , Kerri A Pierce (translator) ,

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Loved by 1 person

To the River

By Olivia Laing ,

Book cover of To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface