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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
1,422 books — 2,700 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
481 books — 1,151 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Gothic Literature
359 books — 527 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHaleFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Southern Goodness
323 books — 163 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
483 books — 158 voters
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHaleInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsCrossing Lake Pontchartrain by Arthur ByrdDead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Books Set in Louisiana
488 books — 139 voters

A Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanPicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Fictitious Australia
515 books — 135 voters
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezGods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-GarciaLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelNext Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
52 Book Club 2025: #15 - Includes Latin American History
190 books — 130 voters

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
223 books — 129 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettCountry Ham by Steve CoomesThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Historical Fiction - The American South
376 books — 128 voters

The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterThe Dream Thieves by Maggie StiefvaterThe Casquette Girls by Alys ArdenBeautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaCompulsion by Martina Boone
Southern Paranormal YAs
103 books — 110 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWest with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
52 Book Club 2025: #34 - Direction In The Title
379 books — 107 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettA Time to Kill by John GrishamCrossing Lake Pontchartrain by Arthur ByrdThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerClub Dead by Charlaine Harris
Books Set in Mississippi
403 books — 105 voters
The Terror by Dan SimmonsAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDark Matter by Michelle PaverWho Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
Polar Horror
62 books — 105 voters

Shaking the Sugar Tree by Nick WilgusDrawn Together by Z.A. MaxfieldBehind Iron Lace by Mercy CelesteThe Last Day Of Summer by J.F. SmithNaked Tails by Eden Winters
Books with a Gay Main Character Set in the American South
233 books — 77 voters
The Casquette Girls by Alys ArdenMina and the Undead by Amy McCawThe Beautiful by Renée AhdiehRuined by Paula MorrisThe Secret of Laurel Oaks by Lois Ruby
Paranormal YA set in Louisiana
69 books — 74 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueEast of Eden by John SteinbeckNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellNorthern Lights by Philip PullmanBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Cardinal Directions in Titles
821 books — 52 voters
Out of the Silence by Marie TheodoreTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddDumplin' by Julie Murphy
YA Southern Fiction
196 books — 51 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenEast of Eden by John SteinbeckNorthern Lights by Philip PullmanWest Side Story by Irving Shulman
Looking for Direction
153 books — 20 voters
Peaches by Jodi Lynn AndersonThe Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison AllenGeorgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin BrownAin't She a Peach by Molly Harper
Peaches
77 books — 19 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggImagining Reality (Special Edition) by Lynn GalliThe Magic of White Oak Lake by Robin AlexanderThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerHypnotizing Chickens by Julia Watts
Lesbian fiction set in the American South
64 books — 13 voters
Rebel Spirits by Lois RubyThe Secret of Laurel Oaks by Lois RubyThe Ghost Belonged To Me by Richard PeckRuined by Paula MorrisWalk of the Spirits by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Southern Ghosts in Children's Fiction
18 books — 10 voters

Fay by Larry BrownSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardMy Reading Life by Pat ConroyCherry by Mary KarrMilk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
21st Century Southern Literature
118 books — 9 voters
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettThe Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Amelia WildeBeards and Babies by Heather LaurenThe Breathe Me Duet by C.R. JaneNever Say Never by Mayra Statham
Compass Covers
11 books — 9 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Steel Magnolias
18 books — 7 voters
Lamar Archaeology by Mark WilliamsBridging Deep South Rivers by John S. LupoldAlabama by Work Projects AdministrationThe Deepest South of All by Richard GrantA Punkhouse in the Deep South by Aaron Cometbus
"Deep South" in the title
51 books — 5 voters

This Little Light of Mine by Kay MillsHands on the Freedom Plow by Faith S. HolsaertJessa Is Back by Stacia MoffettBayard Rustin by Jervis AndersonFreedom Riders by Raymond Arsenault
Julian Bond refers to these books
51 books — 3 voters
Schioma by Antonio PagliaraSecoli fra gli ulivi by Fernando MannoL'ora di tutti by Maria CortiFino alla fine del giorno by Osvaldo PiliegoOtranto by Roberto Cotroneo
You don’t know the South
5 books — 1 voter

The Crackers by Tim DarnellI Rode the Pink Pig by Ludlow PorchThe University of Georgia Trivia Book by F.N. BoneySouthern Daughter by Darden Asbury PyronDivas Dames & Dolls by Kathleen Fitzgerald
Georgia Publishers: Hill Street Press
34 books — 1 voter
Beneath This Mask by Meghan MarchPerfect Together by Kristen AshleyDarkness Awakened by Katie ReusMidnight Soul by Kristen AshleyMoonlight Scandals by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Romance in or near New Orleans
61 books — 1 voter

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