Carolina


Where the Crawdads Sing
The Last Child (Johnny Merrimon, #1)
The Last Song
The Prince of Tides
Nightwoods
The Girl Who Chased the Moon
At First Sight (Jeremy Marsh & Lexie Darnell, #2)
Pride and Prejudice
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1)
Crisis Four (Nick Stone, #2)
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
The Lords of Discipline
Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
The King of Lies
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLowcountry Boil by Susan M. BoyerThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Neon Rain by James Lee BurkeBootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
Best Southern Mysteries
209 books — 121 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Books that evoke the South
480 books — 158 voters

A breeze blew softly, slightly rippling the water as it carried the heady scents of late Carolina springtime through the air. Honeysuckle. Jasmine. Ripe, pungent river mud. Ah, the world felt right.
Caitlin Rush, Curses Beneath Her Feet

Pat Conroy
…Then another porpoise broke the water and rolled toward us. A third and fourth porpoise neared. The visitation was something so rare and perfect that we knew by instinct not to speak—and then as quickly as they had come, the porpoises moved away from us…Each of us would remember that all during our lives. It was the purest moment of freedom and headlong exhilaration that I had ever felt. A wordless covenant was set, and I would go back in my imagination, and return to where happiness seemed so ...more
Pat Conroy, Beach Music

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