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Best Southern Literature
Our favorite works of Southern literature.
Tags: america, literature, location, south, and southern

1
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 110 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
2
Gone With The Wind
Gone With The Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 57 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
3
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 49 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
5
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd 33 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
6
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner 31 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
7
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston 30 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
9
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole 28 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
10
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner 24 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
11
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
12
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
13
Cold Sassy Tree
Cold Sassy Tree
by Olive Ann Burns 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
14
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
15
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison 15 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
16
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
17
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
18
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Everything That Rises Must Converge
by Flannery O'Connor 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
19
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding
by Carson McCullers 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
All the King's Men
All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
21
The Awakening
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
22
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
23
Fair and Tender Ladies
Fair and Tender Ladies
by Lee Smith 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
24
Cane River
Cane River
by Lalita Tademy 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
25
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
26
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
by Eudora Welty 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
27
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: and Other Stories
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: and Other Stories
by Carson McCullers 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
28
A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill
by John Grisham 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
29
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel
by Thomas Wolfe 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
30
Summer of My German Soldier
Summer of My German Soldier
by Bette Greene 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
31
All Over But the Shoutin'
All Over But the Shoutin'
by Rick Bragg 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
32
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Other Voices, Other Rooms
by Truman Capote 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
The Great Santini
The Great Santini
by Pat Conroy 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
34
Light in August
Light in August
by William Faulkner 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
35
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
36
The Notebook
The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
37
The Violent Bear It Away: A Novel
The Violent Bear It Away: A Novel
by Flannery O'Connor 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
38
Charms for the Easy Life
Charms for the Easy Life
by Kaye Gibbons 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
38
The Rapture of Canaan
The Rapture of Canaan
by Sheri Reynolds 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
40
The Water is Wide
The Water is Wide
by Pat Conroy 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
41
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
42
The Feast of All Saints
The Feast of All Saints
by Anne Rice 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
43
Big Stone Gap
Big Stone Gap
by Adriana Trigiani 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
44
Crazy in Alabama
Crazy in Alabama
by Mark Childress 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
45
Plain Truth
Plain Truth
by Jodi Picoult 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
46
Jubilee
Jubilee
by Margaret Walker 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
47
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by John Berendt 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
48
Beloved
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
49
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
50
Deliverance
Deliverance
by James Dickey 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
51
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slav...
by Ron Hall 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
51
Gods in Alabama
Gods in Alabama
by Joshilyn Jackson 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
53
Delta Wedding
Delta Wedding
by Eudora Welty 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
54
Cavedweller: A Novel
Cavedweller: A Novel
by Dorothy Allison 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
55
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
56
The Lords of Discipline
The Lords of Discipline
by Pat Conroy 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
57
Life on the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi
by Mark Twain 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
58
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
59
Complete Vampire Chronicles
Complete Vampire Chronicles
by Anne Rice 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice
by William Styron 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
61
A Christmas Memory
A Christmas Memory
by Truman Capote 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
62
Leaving Atlanta: A Novel
Leaving Atlanta: A Novel
by Tayari Jones 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
63
Eating The Cheshire Cat: A Novel
Eating The Cheshire Cat: A Novel
by Helen Ellis 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
63
Before Women Had Wings
Before Women Had Wings
by Connie May Fowler 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
65
Between, Georgia
Between, Georgia
by Joshilyn Jackson 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
66
Mother of Pearl
Mother of Pearl
by Melinda Haynes 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
66
A Short History of a Small Place
A Short History of a Small Place
by T.R. Pearson 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
68
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!: A Novel
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!: A Novel
by Fannie Flagg 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
69
The Marrow of Tradition
The Marrow of Tradition
by Charles W. Chesnutt, Eric J. Sundquist 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
70
Love in a Dry Season
Love in a Dry Season
by Shelby Foote 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
71
Jim the Boy: A Novel
Jim the Boy: A Novel
by Tony Earley 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
72
Carolina Moon
Carolina Moon
by Jill Mccorkle 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
73
Eudora Welty : Stories, Essays & Memoir
Eudora Welty : Stories, Essays & Memoir
by Eudora Welty 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
74
Lancelot: A Novel
Lancelot: A Novel
by Walker Percy 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
74
The Hamlet
The Hamlet
by William Faulkner 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
74
From Dead to Worse
From Dead to Worse
by Charlaine Harris 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
77
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses
by William Faulkner 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
78
Dead and Gone
Dead and Gone
by Charlaine Harris 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
79
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
80
Tennessee Williams: Plays 1937-1955
Tennessee Williams: Plays 1937-1955
by Tennessee Williams 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
Tennessee Williams: Plays 1957-1980
Tennessee Williams: Plays 1957-1980
by Tennessee Williams 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
82
Kate Chopin: Complete Novels and Stories: At Fault / Bayou Folk / A Night in Acadie / The Awakening / Uncollected Stories
Kate Chopin: Complete Novels and Stories: At Fa...
by Kate Chopin 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
83
William Faulkner : Novels 1926-1929: Soldiers' Pay; Mosquitoes; Flags in the Dust; The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner : Novels 1926-1929: Soldiers' ...
by William Faulkner, Noel Polk (Editor) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
85
The Witching Hour
The Witching Hour
by Anne Rice 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
86
my life as an aerophyte
my life as an aerophyte
by Nick Courage (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
86
Mudbound
Mudbound
by Hillary Jordan (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
86
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
by Mark Dunn 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
86
The Whisper of the River
The Whisper of the River
by Ferrol Sams 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
86
Blue Hole Back Home
Blue Hole Back Home
by Joy Jordan-Lake 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
86
Lamb in His Bosom
Lamb in His Bosom
by Caroline Miller 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
86
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
by Peter Guralnick 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
86
The Well and the Mine
The Well and the Mine
by Gin Phillips 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
94
Michael McDowell's Blackwater I: The Flood
Michael McDowell's Blackwater I: The Flood
by Michael McDowell 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
94
Oyster: A Novel
Oyster: A Novel
by John Biguenet 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Eudora Welty : Complete Novels: The Robber Bridegroom, Delta Wedding, The Ponder Heart, Losing Battles, The Optimist's Daughter
Eudora Welty : Complete Novels: The Robber Brid...
by Eudora Welty 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
94
The Lost Hours
The Lost Hours
by Karen White 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
98
Michael McDowell's Blackwater II: The Levee
Michael McDowell's Blackwater II: The Levee
by Michael McDowell 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
98
The House Next Door
The House Next Door
by Anne Rivers Siddons 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
98
Clay's Quilt
Clay's Quilt
by Silas House 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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comments (showing 1-7 of 7) (7 new)

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message 1: by TexasMargarita (new)

1367240 I think Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil could almost make it in here, and some day maybe some James Lee Burke


message 2: by deleted member (new)

And what about Kathleen Anne Porter?!


message 3: by Sunita (new)

Nophoto-f-25x33 these books are cool and Ilike them



message 4: by Sunita (new)

Nophoto-f-25x33 cool book peoples and I like them very much you rock
lvu you people very much and how you keep voting for these book and as for the people who don't do it now and when I say do it now I mean it just do it now .For those people who collect these books u rock so much that I can't say how much it must be for you to read and that is the one things that is the mager thing about collecting books and I hope thatyou keep collecting these books
thank you
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message 5: by pendy (new)

Nophoto-u-25x33 ditto about james lee burke


message 6: by Joann (new)

1791879 The Known World by Edward P Jones


message 7: by Canary (new)

1883731 Is The Plain Truth really Southern? Jodi Picoult lives near my sister in VT. I read it but don't remember much about it now. Wasn't it about the Amish?


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