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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
1,410 books — 2,699 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Quirky Southern Fiction
994 books — 1,945 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Books
844 books — 750 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
355 books — 524 voters

Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene FrostA Rush of Wings by Adrian PhoenixIn the Blood by Adrian PhoenixOne Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene FrostBeneath the Skin by Adrian Phoenix
Paranormal in New Orleans
358 books — 487 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Great Books of Southern Fiction
389 books — 444 voters

32 Candles by Ernessa T. CarterThe Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahTryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerryFlyy Girl by Omar TyreeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Black/African American Chicklit
436 books — 405 voters
Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Best 1800s Historical Fiction
478 books — 304 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Southern Chick Lit
275 books — 232 voters
Southern Mystical Moments by Patricia H. GrahamMoonlight on the Nantahala by Micheal RiversGhosts of the North Carolina Shores by Micheal RiversHillbilly Tales from the Smoky Mountains - And Other Homespun... by Patricia H. GrahamPast, Present, and Promises by Patricia H. Graham
North Carolina Setting and/or Author
484 books — 201 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
322 books — 161 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
504 books — 136 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

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
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
402 books — 103 voters

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockThe Road by Cormac McCarthyWinter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Regional Grit Lit
131 books — 92 voters
Slow Heat in Heaven by Sandra BrownCOOPER by Elizabeth JacobsThe Memory Keeper by Jenny HaleDream Man by Linda HowardShades of Twilight by Linda Howard
Great Contemporary Southern Romances
74 books — 89 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
66 books — 72 voters
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtTobacco Road by Erskine CaldwellBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainDeliverance by James Dickey
White Trash Literature
194 books — 53 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
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Life by Jill Conner BrowneThe Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHaleThe Grizzard Sampler by Lewis Grizzard
Southern Humor and Humorists
108 books — 31 voters

Daddy's Game by Normandie AllemanDaddy Morebucks by Normandie AllemanSilent We Stood by Henry ChappellKinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette by Kinky FriedmanDallas Noir by David Hale Smith
Books Set In Dallas
32 books — 29 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
75 books — 18 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
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadThe Bulls of Bashan by Jodi Lea StewartTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonFreshwater Road by Denise Nicholas
Adult Novels Depicting the Black Experience in the Jim Crow South by African-Americans
12 books — 11 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
19 books — 11 voters
The Syndrome by Paul RegaBikenomics by Elly BlueAlla and the Piano – The Russian Tragedy 1912 to 1924 by Morten KvistgaardHeidenröslein by Christopher WhittakerThe Mountain Pass by Tamara Ann Sparby
Novels by Paul Rega
12 books — 8 voters

Out from This Place by Joyce HansenMy Home Is over Jordan by Sandra ForresterSound the Jubilee by Sandra ForresterStella Stands Alone by A. LaFayeFires of Jubilee by Alison Hart
Reconstruction in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
23 books — 8 voters
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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