Contemporary Southern Women Writers

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Hurricane Season
Hurricane Season 3.91 avg rating — 14,968 ratings
2.
The Sweet Smell of Magnolias and Memories
The Sweet Smell of Magnolias and Memories 3.97 avg rating — 1,096 ratings
3.
The Hideaway
The Hideaway 3.98 avg rating — 49,663 ratings
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The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,471 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,690,115 ratings
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Don't Close Your Eyes
Don't Close Your Eyes 3.76 avg rating — 608 ratings
7.
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2)
Complicated Moonlight (DCYE, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 309 ratings
8.
Glory Road
Glory Road 4.20 avg rating — 6,561 ratings
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Perennials
Perennials 3.87 avg rating — 4,352 ratings
10.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,409 ratings
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What Momma Left Behind
What Momma Left Behind 4.25 avg rating — 868 ratings
12.
Hurricane Season
Hurricane Season 3.91 avg rating — 14,968 ratings
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Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is 4.04 avg rating — 251,793 ratings
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Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind (Miss Julia, #1)
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind (Miss Julia, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 18,155 ratings
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Mad Love (DCYE, #3)
Mad Love (DCYE, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 212 ratings
16.
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen 3.78 avg rating — 14,254 ratings
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Miss Julia Takes Over (Miss Julia, #2)
Miss Julia Takes Over (Miss Julia, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 7,953 ratings
18.
The Yearling
The Yearling 4.03 avg rating — 30,137 ratings
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The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,619 ratings
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Because of Winn-Dixie
Because of Winn-Dixie 4.10 avg rating — 274,191 ratings
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The Mermaid Chair
The Mermaid Chair 3.22 avg rating — 88,811 ratings
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Miss Julia Throws a Wedding (Miss Julia, #3)
Miss Julia Throws a Wedding (Miss Julia, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 5,543 ratings
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Miss Julia's School of Beauty (Miss Julia, #6)
Miss Julia's School of Beauty (Miss Julia, #6) 3.99 avg rating — 4,012 ratings
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Miss Julia Delivers the Goods (Miss Julia, #10)
Miss Julia Delivers the Goods (Miss Julia, #10) 4.12 avg rating — 3,204 ratings
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Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business
Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business 4.12 avg rating — 4,725 ratings
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Miss Julia Meets Her Match (Miss Julia, #5)
Miss Julia Meets Her Match (Miss Julia, #5) 4.06 avg rating — 6,655 ratings
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Miss Julia Paints the Town (Miss Julia, #9)
Miss Julia Paints the Town (Miss Julia, #9) 4.06 avg rating — 3,275 ratings
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Miss Julia Stands Her Ground (Miss Julia, #7)
Miss Julia Stands Her Ground (Miss Julia, #7) 4.10 avg rating — 4,041 ratings
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Miss Julia Strikes Back (Miss Julia, #8)
Miss Julia Strikes Back (Miss Julia, #8) 4.08 avg rating — 3,504 ratings
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The Secret to Hummingbird Cake
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,016 ratings
31.
Miss Julia Hits the Road (Miss Julia, #4)
Miss Julia Hits the Road (Miss Julia, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 5,569 ratings
32.
Come Rain or Come Shine (Mitford Years, #13)
Come Rain or Come Shine (Mitford Years, #13)
by: Jan Karon
4.24 avg rating — 12,820 ratings
33.
Home to Holly Springs (Mitford Years, #10)
Home to Holly Springs (Mitford Years, #10)
by: Jan Karon
4.21 avg rating — 13,584 ratings
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Shepherds Abiding (Mitford Years, #8)
Shepherds Abiding (Mitford Years, #8)
by: Jan Karon
4.27 avg rating — 17,016 ratings
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Out to Canaan (Mitford Years, #4)
Out to Canaan (Mitford Years, #4)
by: Jan Karon
4.32 avg rating — 20,846 ratings
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These High, Green Hills (Mitford Years, #3)
These High, Green Hills (Mitford Years, #3)
by: Jan Karon
4.31 avg rating — 23,701 ratings
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Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter 3.99 avg rating — 6,039 ratings
38.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 3.86 avg rating — 565,761 ratings
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A Light in the Window (Mitford Years, #2)
A Light in the Window (Mitford Years, #2)
by: Jan Karon
4.26 avg rating — 28,515 ratings
40.
At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1)
At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1)
by: Jan Karon
4.13 avg rating — 68,453 ratings
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A New Song (Mitford Years, #5)
A New Song (Mitford Years, #5)
by: Jan Karon
4.31 avg rating — 23,898 ratings
42.
In This Mountain (Mitford Years, #7)
In This Mountain (Mitford Years, #7)
by: Jan Karon
4.33 avg rating — 18,161 ratings
42.
What Matters in Mayhew
What Matters in Mayhew 3.98 avg rating — 705 ratings
42.
Tobacco Sun
Tobacco Sun 3.95 avg rating — 93 ratings
42.
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 106,121 ratings
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Loving the Dead and Gone
Loving the Dead and Gone 4.07 avg rating — 243 ratings
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Last Ride to Graceland
Last Ride to Graceland 3.85 avg rating — 1,240 ratings
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Miss Julia Inherits a Mess
Miss Julia Inherits a Mess 4.07 avg rating — 2,395 ratings
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The Girl Who Chased the Moon
The Girl Who Chased the Moon 3.97 avg rating — 63,154 ratings
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Glory Road
Glory Road 4.20 avg rating — 6,561 ratings
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The Peach Keeper
The Peach Keeper 3.86 avg rating — 64,373 ratings
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The Bookshop at Water's End
The Bookshop at Water's End 3.90 avg rating — 10,699 ratings
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Cross Creek
Cross Creek 4.05 avg rating — 2,615 ratings
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Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good (Mitford Years, #12)
Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good (Mitford Years, #12)
by: Jan Karon
4.31 avg rating — 14,477 ratings
55.
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3)
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven (Elmwood Springs, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 20,872 ratings
56.
Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle (Miss Julia #12)
Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle (Miss Julia #12) 4.12 avg rating — 2,633 ratings
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,837 ratings
58.
A Redbird Christmas
A Redbird Christmas 3.96 avg rating — 32,005 ratings
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In the Company of Others (Mitford Years, #11)
In the Company of Others (Mitford Years, #11)
by: Jan Karon
3.95 avg rating — 10,309 ratings
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Cane River
Cane River 4.08 avg rating — 50,070 ratings
61.
Light from Heaven (Mitford Years, #9)
Light from Heaven (Mitford Years, #9)
by: Jan Karon
4.39 avg rating — 15,335 ratings
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Between, Georgia
Between, Georgia 3.88 avg rating — 16,125 ratings
63.
Standing in the Rainbow (Elmwood Springs, #2)
Standing in the Rainbow (Elmwood Springs, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 18,614 ratings
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Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works
Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works 4.49 avg rating — 3,440 ratings
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Everything That Rises Must Converge
Everything That Rises Must Converge 4.23 avg rating — 21,775 ratings
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The Witches of Moonlight Ridge (Moonlight Ridge #2)
The Witches of Moonlight Ridge (Moonlight Ridge #2) 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
66.
How Far She Went: Stories
How Far She Went: Stories
by: Mary Hood
3.98 avg rating — 161 ratings
66.
Danube Defiance
Danube Defiance 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
66.
Belles' Letters 2: Contemporary Stories by Alabama Women
Belles' Letters 2: Contemporary Stories by Alabama Women
by: Don Noble
4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
66.
Outbound Train
Outbound Train 4.33 avg rating — 245 ratings
66.
The Year of Jubilee
The Year of Jubilee 4.35 avg rating — 625 ratings
66.
Southern by Design: A Novel
Southern by Design: A Novel 3.93 avg rating — 1,455 ratings
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And Venus Is Blue: Stories
And Venus Is Blue: Stories
by: Mary Hood
4.02 avg rating — 50 ratings
73.
Secrets in the Vines
Secrets in the Vines 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
73.
Scout's Honor
Scout's Honor 4.30 avg rating — 84 ratings
73.
Behind The Mask
Behind The Mask it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Liar's Winter: An Appalachian Novel
Liar's Winter: An Appalachian Novel 4.37 avg rating — 748 ratings
73.
The Ones Who Got Away (The Ones Who Got Away, #1)
The Ones Who Got Away (The Ones Who Got Away, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 7,939 ratings
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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie 3.51 avg rating — 40,911 ratings
79.
A Clear View of the Southern Sky
A Clear View of the Southern Sky
by: Mary Hood
4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings
79.
Wayland
Wayland 4.71 avg rating — 24 ratings
79.
Mercy's Rain
Mercy's Rain 4.29 avg rating — 1,040 ratings
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The Ponder Heart
The Ponder Heart 3.63 avg rating — 2,227 ratings
83.
Familiar Heat
Familiar Heat
by: Mary Hood
3.93 avg rating — 46 ratings
83.
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood 4.02 avg rating — 3,512 ratings
83.
The Sugar Queen
The Sugar Queen 3.99 avg rating — 56,926 ratings
87.
Seam Busters
Seam Busters
by: Mary Hood
4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings
87.
Waking Kate (Lost Lake, #0.5)
Waking Kate (Lost Lake, #0.5) 3.84 avg rating — 7,642 ratings
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Saving Grace
Saving Grace
by: Lee Smith
3.93 avg rating — 2,586 ratings
89.
Eggs for Young America
Eggs for Young America 3.25 avg rating — 36 ratings
89.
First Frost (Waverley Family, #2)
First Frost (Waverley Family, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 38,515 ratings
89.
The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George
The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 439 ratings
93.
Oral History
Oral History
by: Lee Smith
4.05 avg rating — 4,203 ratings
93.
Native Guard: Poems
Native Guard: Poems 4.20 avg rating — 4,698 ratings
93.
The Firefly Dance
The Firefly Dance 3.59 avg rating — 2,148 ratings
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Thrall: Poems
Thrall: Poems 4.13 avg rating — 1,678 ratings
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Lost Lake (Lost Lake, #1)
Lost Lake (Lost Lake, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 37,682 ratings
98.
The Spirit of Sweetgrass
The Spirit of Sweetgrass 3.89 avg rating — 421 ratings
98.
Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast 3.94 avg rating — 544 ratings
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The Summer House
The Summer House 3.96 avg rating — 8,816 ratings
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