Oxford American: The Best Southern Novels of All Time

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,780 ratings
2.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,085 ratings
3.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,319,011 ratings
4.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,273 ratings
5.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,851 ratings
6.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,018 ratings
7.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,824 ratings
8.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,287 ratings
9.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,496 ratings
10.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,581 ratings
11.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,123 ratings
12.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,745 ratings
13.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,743 ratings
14.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,060 ratings
15.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,801 ratings
16.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,022 ratings
17.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,245 ratings
18.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,361 ratings
19.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
20.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating — 30,281 ratings
21.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,566 ratings
22.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel 3.92 avg rating — 15,524 ratings
23.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating — 33,570 ratings
24.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,408 ratings
25.
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road 3.71 avg rating — 15,713 ratings
26.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away 4.07 avg rating — 15,077 ratings
26.
True Grit
True Grit 4.17 avg rating — 68,496 ratings
28.
The Optimist's Daughter
The Optimist's Daughter 3.52 avg rating — 15,055 ratings
28.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating — 19,908 ratings
30.
The Kestrel Waters
The Kestrel Waters 4.28 avg rating — 178 ratings
31.
Wicked Temper
Wicked Temper 3.78 avg rating — 264 ratings
32.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,995 ratings
33.
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides 4.26 avg rating — 213,994 ratings
34.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,613 ratings
35.
Joe
Joe 4.17 avg rating — 3,630 ratings
36.
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All 3.84 avg rating — 6,346 ratings
37.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,217 ratings
38.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,854 ratings
39.
Delta Wedding
Delta Wedding 3.61 avg rating — 3,773 ratings
40.
A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family 3.89 avg rating — 17,372 ratings
41.
A Feast of Snakes
A Feast of Snakes 4.01 avg rating — 5,075 ratings
42.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,839 ratings
43.
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses 3.93 avg rating — 10,440 ratings
44.
Serena
Serena
by: Ron Rash
3.55 avg rating — 36,786 ratings
45.
Child of God
Child of God 3.82 avg rating — 52,925 ratings
46.
Outer Dark
Outer Dark 3.89 avg rating — 24,143 ratings
47.
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Other Voices, Other Rooms 3.75 avg rating — 17,278 ratings
48.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,545 ratings
49.
Raney
Raney 3.92 avg rating — 3,918 ratings
50.
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 140,305 ratings
51.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,325 ratings
52.
A Gathering of Old Men
A Gathering of Old Men 4.09 avg rating — 6,826 ratings
53.
Oral History
Oral History
by: Lee Smith
4.05 avg rating — 4,203 ratings
54.
Suttree
Suttree 4.20 avg rating — 27,025 ratings
55.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner 3.96 avg rating — 15,967 ratings
56.
Paris Trout
Paris Trout 3.88 avg rating — 7,017 ratings
57.
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1)
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 5,832 ratings
58.
A Summons to Memphis
A Summons to Memphis 3.63 avg rating — 6,770 ratings
58.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,376 ratings
60.
Kate Vaiden
Kate Vaiden 3.89 avg rating — 1,553 ratings
61.
Lie Down in Darkness
Lie Down in Darkness 3.81 avg rating — 3,542 ratings
62.
The Last Gentleman
The Last Gentleman 3.81 avg rating — 2,651 ratings
63.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 4.18 avg rating — 14,106 ratings
64.
You Can't Go Home Again
You Can't Go Home Again 4.04 avg rating — 5,317 ratings
65.
The Keepers of the House
The Keepers of the House 4.01 avg rating — 13,377 ratings
66.
Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating — 11,323 ratings
67.
The Dollmaker
The Dollmaker 4.17 avg rating — 3,788 ratings
68.
Lancelot
Lancelot 3.72 avg rating — 3,011 ratings
69.
Fair and Tender Ladies
Fair and Tender Ladies
by: Lee Smith
4.19 avg rating — 7,973 ratings
70.
Dirty Work
Dirty Work 4.16 avg rating — 2,184 ratings
71.
Love in the Ruins
Love in the Ruins 3.82 avg rating — 4,265 ratings
72.
Norwood
Norwood 3.85 avg rating — 4,519 ratings
73.
Losing Battles
Losing Battles 3.61 avg rating — 625 ratings
74.
Father and Son
Father and Son 4.12 avg rating — 2,914 ratings
75.
Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster 3.79 avg rating — 31,762 ratings
76.
Ray
Ray 3.86 avg rating — 1,577 ratings
76.
The Dog of the South
The Dog of the South 3.82 avg rating — 7,338 ratings
78.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man 3.93 avg rating — 11,075 ratings
79.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 3.91 avg rating — 3,563 ratings
80.
Edisto
Edisto 3.77 avg rating — 1,036 ratings
81.
Barren Ground
Barren Ground 3.73 avg rating — 342 ratings
82.
Rich in Love
Rich in Love 3.81 avg rating — 784 ratings
83.
The Prince of Frogtown
The Prince of Frogtown 4.15 avg rating — 3,229 ratings
84.
Flight to Canada
Flight to Canada 3.69 avg rating — 1,347 ratings
85.
Jujitsu for Christ
Jujitsu for Christ 4.04 avg rating — 137 ratings
86.
Mama Day
Mama Day 4.19 avg rating — 11,153 ratings
87.
A Man in Full
A Man in Full
by: Tom Wolfe
3.89 avg rating — 20,218 ratings
88.
Lightning Song
Lightning Song 3.89 avg rating — 294 ratings
88.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,950 ratings
90.
A Painted House
A Painted House 3.77 avg rating — 100,392 ratings
91.
So Red the Rose (Southern Classics Series)
So Red the Rose (Southern Classics Series) 3.44 avg rating — 84 ratings
92.
The Golden Apples
The Golden Apples 3.80 avg rating — 1,224 ratings
93.
Old Creole Days
Old Creole Days 3.49 avg rating — 157 ratings
94.
The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War
The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War 3.99 avg rating — 1,816 ratings
95.
Hell at the Breech
Hell at the Breech 4.06 avg rating — 2,750 ratings
96.
The Memory of Old Jack
The Memory of Old Jack 4.34 avg rating — 3,828 ratings
97.
The Ponder Heart
The Ponder Heart 3.63 avg rating — 2,227 ratings
98.
Wolf Whistle
Wolf Whistle 3.98 avg rating — 1,128 ratings
99.
The Fathers
The Fathers 3.64 avg rating — 115 ratings
100.
Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail 3.87 avg rating — 167 ratings
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