Great Books of Southern Fiction

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,890 ratings
2.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,089 ratings
3.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,401 ratings
4.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,418 ratings
5.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,319,026 ratings
6.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,604 ratings
7.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,124 ratings
8.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,393 ratings
9.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,247 ratings
10.
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides 4.26 avg rating — 213,995 ratings
11.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,290 ratings
12.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,808 ratings
13.
Cold Sassy Tree
Cold Sassy Tree 4.02 avg rating — 104,863 ratings
14.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,829 ratings
15.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,499 ratings
16.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,907 ratings
17.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 3.86 avg rating — 565,755 ratings
18.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
19.
A Painted House
A Painted House 3.77 avg rating — 100,393 ratings
20.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,063 ratings
21.
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter 3.83 avg rating — 45,895 ratings
22.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 4.10 avg rating — 42,716 ratings
23.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,245 ratings
24.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating — 30,281 ratings
25.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 4.06 avg rating — 63,556 ratings
26.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,872 ratings
27.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,606 ratings
28.
Raney
Raney 3.92 avg rating — 3,918 ratings
29.
Mid Ocean
Mid Ocean 3.87 avg rating — 902 ratings
30.
Lost Love's Return
Lost Love's Return 4.25 avg rating — 1,093 ratings
31.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,020 ratings
32.
Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster 3.79 avg rating — 31,762 ratings
33.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,581 ratings
34.
Cane River
Cane River 4.08 avg rating — 50,069 ratings
35.
Beach Music
Beach Music 4.18 avg rating — 53,737 ratings
36.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,851 ratings
37.
The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club (The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club #1)
The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club (The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club #1) 3.42 avg rating — 3,195 ratings
38.
Walking Across Egypt
Walking Across Egypt 3.88 avg rating — 6,374 ratings
39.
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man 3.97 avg rating — 16,522 ratings
40.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,326 ratings
41.
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven 3.95 avg rating — 20,871 ratings
42.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,281 ratings
43.
River Town
River Town 4.25 avg rating — 52 ratings
44.
Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, #11)
Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, #11) 3.82 avg rating — 132,234 ratings
45.
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! 3.92 avg rating — 27,818 ratings
46.
Run with the Horsemen (Porter Osborne Jr, #1)
Run with the Horsemen (Porter Osborne Jr, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 3,635 ratings
46.
Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living 3.96 avg rating — 5,055 ratings
48.
A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family 3.89 avg rating — 17,372 ratings
49.
Suttree
Suttree 4.20 avg rating — 27,026 ratings
50.
The Bottoms
The Bottoms 4.19 avg rating — 9,487 ratings
51.
Boy's Life
Boy's Life 4.40 avg rating — 39,743 ratings
52.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel 3.92 avg rating — 15,524 ratings
53.
The Mermaid Chair
The Mermaid Chair 3.22 avg rating — 88,808 ratings
53.
Gap Creek
Gap Creek 3.74 avg rating — 54,202 ratings
55.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.20 avg rating — 8,257 ratings
56.
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote 4.18 avg rating — 6,399 ratings
57.
The Optimist's Daughter
The Optimist's Daughter 3.52 avg rating — 15,056 ratings
58.
The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories
The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,350 ratings
59.
Standing in the Rainbow
Standing in the Rainbow 4.07 avg rating — 18,614 ratings
60.
The Last Gentleman
The Last Gentleman 3.81 avg rating — 2,651 ratings
61.
Little Altars Everywhere
Little Altars Everywhere 3.59 avg rating — 30,683 ratings
62.
A Redbird Christmas
A Redbird Christmas 3.96 avg rating — 32,004 ratings
63.
Bloodroot
Bloodroot 3.80 avg rating — 8,337 ratings
64.
What Momma Left Behind
What Momma Left Behind 4.25 avg rating — 868 ratings
65.
Charms for the Easy Life
Charms for the Easy Life 4.02 avg rating — 12,888 ratings
66.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating — 19,908 ratings
67.
The Reivers
The Reivers 3.77 avg rating — 7,983 ratings
68.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,743 ratings
69.
In the Land of Dreamy Dreams
In the Land of Dreamy Dreams 4.26 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
69.
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt 3.96 avg rating — 86,783 ratings
71.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,566 ratings
72.
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses 3.93 avg rating — 10,440 ratings
73.
Delta Wedding
Delta Wedding 3.61 avg rating — 3,773 ratings
74.
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe 3.75 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
75.
North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,172 ratings
76.
You Can't Go Home Again
You Can't Go Home Again 4.04 avg rating — 5,317 ratings
77.
Lancelot
Lancelot 3.72 avg rating — 3,011 ratings
78.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
79.
The Word
The Word 4.44 avg rating — 71 ratings
80.
Gods of Howl Mountain
Gods of Howl Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 2,951 ratings
81.
Icy Sparks
Icy Sparks 3.69 avg rating — 43,092 ratings
82.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating — 33,571 ratings
83.
Fallen Land
Fallen Land 3.81 avg rating — 2,228 ratings
84.
Sleeping at the Starlite Motel: and Other Adventures on the Way Back Home
Sleeping at the Starlite Motel: and Other Adventures on the Way Back Home 3.91 avg rating — 1,749 ratings
85.
A Feast of Snakes
A Feast of Snakes 4.01 avg rating — 5,076 ratings
86.
A Short History of a Small Place
A Short History of a Small Place 3.93 avg rating — 1,264 ratings
87.
Fair and Tender Ladies
Fair and Tender Ladies
by: Lee Smith
4.19 avg rating — 7,973 ratings
88.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away 4.07 avg rating — 15,077 ratings
89.
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating — 25,468 ratings
90.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,381 ratings
91.
Joe
Joe 4.17 avg rating — 3,630 ratings
92.
Are You Sitting Down?
Are You Sitting Down? 3.45 avg rating — 274 ratings
93.
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty 3.93 avg rating — 20,705 ratings
94.
Leaving Atlanta
Leaving Atlanta 4.05 avg rating — 6,667 ratings
95.
The River Witch
The River Witch 3.61 avg rating — 1,132 ratings
96.
Imogene in New Orleans (Imogene and the Boys #1)
Imogene in New Orleans (Imogene and the Boys #1) 3.34 avg rating — 492 ratings
97.
A Gathering of Old Men
A Gathering of Old Men 4.09 avg rating — 6,825 ratings
98.
Love in a Dry Season
Love in a Dry Season 3.72 avg rating — 598 ratings
99.
The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist 3.90 avg rating — 107,786 ratings
100.
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 820,197 ratings
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