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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 223 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,770,025 ratings — published 1960
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The Help The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 152 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.47 — 2,986,701 ratings — published 2009
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As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.72 — 184,557 ratings — published 1930
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Gone With the Wind Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,250,359 ratings — published 1936
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 324,046 ratings — published 1987
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The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 194,040 ratings — published 1929
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The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,344,542 ratings — published 2001
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 118,088 ratings — published 1940
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 381,649 ratings — published 1937
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.92 — 292,199 ratings — published 1994
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Light in August Light in August (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.94 — 66,070 ratings — published 1932
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 92 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,541,248 ratings — published 2018
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 744,319 ratings — published 1982
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.16 — 49,117 ratings — published 1955
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Absalom, Absalom! Absalom, Absalom! (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 47,526 ratings — published 1936
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A Confederacy of Dunces A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 294,674 ratings — published 1980
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Bastard Out of Carolina Bastard Out of Carolina (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 47,412 ratings — published 1992
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 567,132 ratings — published 1996
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,328,750 ratings — published 1885
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The Prince of Tides The Prince of Tides (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.26 — 215,004 ratings — published 1986
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The Complete Stories The Complete Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.39 — 40,566 ratings — published 1971
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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.83 — 46,121 ratings — published 2010
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Wise Blood Wise Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.82 — 37,114 ratings — published 1952
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A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.98 — 331,488 ratings — published 1947
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All the King's Men All the King's Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.09 — 66,198 ratings — published 1946
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Cold Sassy Tree Cold Sassy Tree (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 105,169 ratings — published 1984
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Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Saving CeeCee Honeycutt (Audio CD)
by (shelved 62 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.96 — 87,178 ratings — published 2010
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Cold Mountain Cold Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 248,994 ratings — published 1997
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The Moviegoer The Moviegoer (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.64 — 30,543 ratings — published 1961
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Serena Serena (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.55 — 36,915 ratings — published 2008
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The Member of the Wedding The Member of the Wedding (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.81 — 20,120 ratings — published 1946
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Sing, Unburied, Sing Sing, Unburied, Sing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 147,156 ratings — published 2017
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The Optimist's Daughter The Optimist's Daughter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.52 — 15,294 ratings — published 1972
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Go Set a Watchman Go Set a Watchman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.31 — 288,773 ratings — published 2015
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Salvage the Bones Salvage the Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.96 — 72,480 ratings — published 2011
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A Land More Kind Than Home A Land More Kind Than Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.88 — 28,627 ratings — published 2012
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Gods in Alabama Gods in Alabama (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 24,014 ratings — published 2005
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Between, Georgia Between, Georgia (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.88 — 16,166 ratings — published 2006
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The Violent Bear It Away The Violent Bear It Away (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 15,283 ratings — published 1960
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,006,715 ratings — published 1876
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South of Broad South of Broad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.87 — 50,449 ratings — published 2009
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The Awakening The Awakening (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.69 — 224,728 ratings — published 1899
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Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.22 — 21,927 ratings — published 1965
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The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 25,900 ratings — published 1951
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The Invention of Wings The Invention of Wings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.26 — 330,083 ratings — published 2014
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The Great Santini The Great Santini (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.16 — 34,482 ratings — published 1976
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The Peach Keeper The Peach Keeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 64,647 ratings — published 2011
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Fair and Tender Ladies Fair and Tender Ladies (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,019 ratings — published 1988
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Demon Copperhead Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.47 — 749,799 ratings — published 2022
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Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1) Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as southern-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 107,126 ratings — published 2007
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Randolph Randy Camp
“Young man, we find our place in this world, we don't force our way in it!”
Randolph Randy Camp, False Dandelions

Brenda Sutton Rose
“Although I wasn't there to bear witness, I imagine Lot's wife scanned the masses for her children. Perhaps she sought out the curves of their mouths and the shapes of their faces, trying to memorize her children, grown now. She looked back as I and any strong, loving mother would have done.”
Brenda Sutton Rose, Dogwood Blues

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