Historical Fiction - The American South

1.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,018 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,972 ratings
3.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,120 ratings
4.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,200 ratings
5.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,380 ratings
6.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing 4.37 avg rating — 3,479,257 ratings
7.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,109 ratings
8.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,514 ratings
9.
The Giver of Stars
The Giver of Stars 4.29 avg rating — 485,741 ratings
10.
Before We Were Yours
Before We Were Yours 4.40 avg rating — 697,395 ratings
11.
Pale
Pale 3.81 avg rating — 370 ratings
12.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 253,308 ratings
13.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,326 ratings
14.
The Kitchen House
The Kitchen House 4.23 avg rating — 295,479 ratings
15.
The Abolitionist's Daughter
The Abolitionist's Daughter 3.78 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,848 ratings
17.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating — 328,061 ratings
18.
Gap Creek
Gap Creek 3.74 avg rating — 54,201 ratings
19.
Cold Sassy Tree
Cold Sassy Tree 4.02 avg rating — 104,862 ratings
20.
What Momma Left Behind
What Momma Left Behind 4.25 avg rating — 868 ratings
21.
News of the World
News of the World 4.08 avg rating — 110,557 ratings
22.
Gods of Howl Mountain
Gods of Howl Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 2,951 ratings
23.
The Truth According to Us
The Truth According to Us 3.75 avg rating — 19,519 ratings
24.
Necessary Lies (Necessary Lies, #1)
Necessary Lies (Necessary Lies, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 82,041 ratings
25.
God Walks The Dark Hills: Book I & II
God Walks The Dark Hills: Book I & II 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
26.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing 4.37 avg rating — 3,479,257 ratings
27.
The Good Dream
The Good Dream 4.09 avg rating — 6,600 ratings
28.
The Four Winds
The Four Winds 4.30 avg rating — 900,283 ratings
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Cane River
Cane River 4.08 avg rating — 50,067 ratings
30.
Whistling Past the Graveyard
Whistling Past the Graveyard 4.10 avg rating — 42,503 ratings
31.
Yellow Wife
Yellow Wife 4.43 avg rating — 78,868 ratings
32.
When We Left Cuba (The Perez Family, #2)
When We Left Cuba (The Perez Family, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 45,277 ratings
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Rednecks
Rednecks 3.83 avg rating — 2,517 ratings
34.
The Girls in the Stilt House
The Girls in the Stilt House 4.09 avg rating — 54,196 ratings
35.
The Sweetness of Water
The Sweetness of Water 4.14 avg rating — 58,223 ratings
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The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)
The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 81,223 ratings
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Chariot on the Mountain
Chariot on the Mountain
by: Jack Ford
4.03 avg rating — 1,426 ratings
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Somerset (Roses, #1)
Somerset (Roses, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 6,745 ratings
39.
The Wind Done Gone
The Wind Done Gone 3.16 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
40.
Jubilee
Jubilee 4.37 avg rating — 6,827 ratings
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Promise
Promise 3.85 avg rating — 2,274 ratings
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A Christmas Memory
A Christmas Memory 4.24 avg rating — 17,527 ratings
43.
The Heavenly Table
The Heavenly Table 4.09 avg rating — 6,963 ratings
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The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner 3.96 avg rating — 15,966 ratings
45.
Out of the Easy
Out of the Easy 4.03 avg rating — 70,095 ratings
46.
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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Varina
Varina 3.66 avg rating — 14,112 ratings
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North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,170 ratings
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Follow the River
Follow the River 4.23 avg rating — 22,887 ratings
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Love and War (North and South, #2)
Love and War (North and South, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 18,806 ratings
51.
Calling Me Home
Calling Me Home 4.26 avg rating — 45,831 ratings
52.
The Dry Grass of August
The Dry Grass of August 3.92 avg rating — 23,783 ratings
53.
Madam: A Novel of New Orleans
Madam: A Novel of New Orleans
by: Cari Lynn
3.73 avg rating — 1,371 ratings
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King's Mountain (Ballad, #10)
King's Mountain (Ballad, #10) 3.63 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
55.
The Myth of Perpetual Summer
The Myth of Perpetual Summer 3.96 avg rating — 3,404 ratings
56.
Fallen Land
Fallen Land 3.81 avg rating — 2,228 ratings
57.
Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3)
Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 22,422 ratings
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The Widow of the South
The Widow of the South 3.78 avg rating — 18,309 ratings
59.
The Mayor's Race
The Mayor's Race 4.67 avg rating — 118 ratings
59.
The Finder (Beatrix Patterson Mystery #2)
The Finder (Beatrix Patterson Mystery #2)
by: Eva Shaw
4.35 avg rating — 34 ratings
59.
Loving the Dead and Gone
Loving the Dead and Gone 4.07 avg rating — 243 ratings
59.
Hearts of Gold Collection
Hearts of Gold Collection 4.60 avg rating — 103 ratings
63.
The March
The March 3.78 avg rating — 13,886 ratings
64.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,894 ratings
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Yellow Wife
Yellow Wife 4.43 avg rating — 78,868 ratings
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The House Girl
The House Girl 3.77 avg rating — 62,910 ratings
67.
Fireflies in December (Calloway Summers #1)
Fireflies in December (Calloway Summers #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,689 ratings
68.
The Reivers
The Reivers 3.77 avg rating — 7,983 ratings
68.
The Road from Gap Creek
The Road from Gap Creek 3.78 avg rating — 2,199 ratings
70.
The Saints of Swallow Hill
The Saints of Swallow Hill 4.11 avg rating — 36,023 ratings
71.
Work Like Any Other
Work Like Any Other 3.72 avg rating — 1,858 ratings
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Southern Discomfort
Southern Discomfort 3.88 avg rating — 1,640 ratings
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The Unquiet Grave (Ballad, #12)
The Unquiet Grave (Ballad, #12) 3.76 avg rating — 3,065 ratings
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The Second Mrs. Hockaday
The Second Mrs. Hockaday 3.78 avg rating — 8,915 ratings
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Neverhome
Neverhome 3.51 avg rating — 5,717 ratings
75.
Tomorrow's Bread
Tomorrow's Bread 3.98 avg rating — 2,248 ratings
75.
Traveller
Traveller 3.91 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
78.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,547 ratings
78.
The Secrets of Mary Bowser
The Secrets of Mary Bowser 3.97 avg rating — 7,658 ratings
80.
Go Down the Mountain
Go Down the Mountain 4.14 avg rating — 140 ratings
81.
The Story of Land and Sea
The Story of Land and Sea 2.99 avg rating — 2,333 ratings
82.
Home for Erring and Outcast Girls
Home for Erring and Outcast Girls 3.67 avg rating — 5,932 ratings
82.
The Funeral Dress
The Funeral Dress 3.95 avg rating — 4,536 ratings
84.
Conjure Women
Conjure Women 3.87 avg rating — 18,420 ratings
84.
One Night in Georgia
One Night in Georgia 3.59 avg rating — 726 ratings
84.
Night Bird Calling
Night Bird Calling 4.33 avg rating — 2,458 ratings
87.
Sycamore Row (Jake Brigance, #2)
Sycamore Row (Jake Brigance, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 137,703 ratings
88.
The Last Suppers
The Last Suppers 3.74 avg rating — 2,311 ratings
88.
The Ballad of Tom Dooley (Ballad, #9)
The Ballad of Tom Dooley (Ballad, #9) 3.68 avg rating — 3,154 ratings
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The Storycatcher
The Storycatcher
by: Ann Hite
3.84 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
91.
The Uncertain Season
The Uncertain Season 4.06 avg rating — 2,516 ratings
91.
The Whole Town's Talking
The Whole Town's Talking 3.67 avg rating — 22,584 ratings
93.
The Spymistress
The Spymistress 3.68 avg rating — 6,091 ratings
93.
Blue Asylum
Blue Asylum 3.63 avg rating — 5,925 ratings
95.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 291,009 ratings
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Enemy Women
Enemy Women 3.76 avg rating — 8,327 ratings
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On This Long Journey, the Journal of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee Boy, the Trail of Tears, 1838
On This Long Journey, the Journal of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee Boy, the Trail of Tears, 1838 3.67 avg rating — 451 ratings
98.
Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League
Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League 4.03 avg rating — 1,842 ratings
98.
Left in the Wind: A Novel of the Lost Colony: The Roanoke Journal of Emme Merrimoth
Left in the Wind: A Novel of the Lost Colony: The Roanoke Journal of Emme Merrimoth
by: Ed Gray
3.01 avg rating — 336 ratings
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The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls 3.35 avg rating — 21,520 ratings
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