Best Southern Books

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,277 ratings
2.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,973 ratings
3.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,878 ratings
4.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,848 ratings
5.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,189 ratings
6.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,356 ratings
7.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,128 ratings
8.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,433 ratings
9.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,864 ratings
10.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,754 ratings
11.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,829 ratings
12.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,263 ratings
13.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,613 ratings
14.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,452 ratings
15.
Southern Mystical Moments
Southern Mystical Moments 4.41 avg rating — 102 ratings
16.
Hillbilly Tales from the Smoky Mountains - And Other Homespun Remedies, Proverbs, and Poetry
Hillbilly Tales from the Smoky Mountains - And Other Homespun Remedies, Proverbs, and Poetry 3.82 avg rating — 56 ratings
17.
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides 4.26 avg rating — 213,968 ratings
18.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 3.86 avg rating — 565,724 ratings
19.
Past, Present, and Promises
Past, Present, and Promises 4.02 avg rating — 41 ratings
20.
Cold Sassy Tree
Cold Sassy Tree 4.02 avg rating — 104,859 ratings
21.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,756 ratings
22.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,899 ratings
23.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,738 ratings
24.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,239 ratings
25.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,044 ratings
26.
Roots
Roots 4.45 avg rating — 163,542 ratings
27.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,900 ratings
28.
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,987 ratings
29.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,015 ratings
30.
A Painted House
A Painted House 3.77 avg rating — 100,376 ratings
31.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,542 ratings
32.
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt 3.96 avg rating — 86,772 ratings
33.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,596 ratings
34.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 4.06 avg rating — 63,542 ratings
35.
The Little Friend
The Little Friend 3.48 avg rating — 79,023 ratings
36.
Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is 4.04 avg rating — 251,780 ratings
37.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,101 ratings
38.
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief 4.06 avg rating — 442,614 ratings
39.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
40.
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 1,809,109 ratings
41.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating — 33,569 ratings
42.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating — 19,903 ratings
43.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.20 avg rating — 8,257 ratings
44.
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias 4.27 avg rating — 17,754 ratings
45.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel 3.92 avg rating — 15,521 ratings
46.
Beach Music
Beach Music 4.18 avg rating — 53,725 ratings
47.
North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,168 ratings
48.
The Optimist's Daughter
The Optimist's Daughter 3.52 avg rating — 15,054 ratings
49.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner 3.96 avg rating — 15,965 ratings
50.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,556 ratings
51.
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating — 25,466 ratings
51.
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 106,099 ratings
53.
The Firm
The Firm 4.06 avg rating — 634,753 ratings
54.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,385 ratings
55.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4.17 avg rating — 56,856 ratings
56.
The Client
The Client 4.06 avg rating — 458,505 ratings
57.
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 820,139 ratings
58.
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter 3.83 avg rating — 45,892 ratings
59.
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus 4.14 avg rating — 1,585 ratings
60.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating — 30,276 ratings
61.
Sanctuary
Sanctuary 3.63 avg rating — 14,457 ratings
62.
Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster 3.79 avg rating — 31,757 ratings
63.
South of Broad
South of Broad 3.87 avg rating — 50,094 ratings
64.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,796 ratings
65.
The Peach Keeper
The Peach Keeper 3.86 avg rating — 64,365 ratings
66.
Savannah Blues (Weezie and Bebe Mysteries, #1)
Savannah Blues (Weezie and Bebe Mysteries, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 26,604 ratings
67.
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses 3.93 avg rating — 10,439 ratings
68.
A Christmas Memory
A Christmas Memory 4.24 avg rating — 17,526 ratings
69.
Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9)
Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) 4.02 avg rating — 193,810 ratings
70.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,413 ratings
71.
Prodigal Summer
Prodigal Summer 4.05 avg rating — 123,738 ratings
72.
Boy's Life
Boy's Life 4.40 avg rating — 39,720 ratings
73.
Savannah Breeze (Weezie and Bebe Mysteries, #2)
Savannah Breeze (Weezie and Bebe Mysteries, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 23,030 ratings
74.
Lyla
Lyla 4.15 avg rating — 362 ratings
75.
This Is Where It Ends
This Is Where It Ends 4.17 avg rating — 779 ratings
76.
A Redbird Christmas
A Redbird Christmas 3.96 avg rating — 32,000 ratings
77.
Delta Wedding
Delta Wedding 3.61 avg rating — 3,773 ratings
78.
A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember 4.20 avg rating — 837,833 ratings
79.
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road 3.71 avg rating — 15,711 ratings
80.
All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #7)
All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #7) 4.05 avg rating — 206,533 ratings
81.
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War 4.10 avg rating — 24,888 ratings
82.
Hissy Fit
Hissy Fit 3.95 avg rating — 27,551 ratings
83.
The Kitchen House
The Kitchen House 4.23 avg rating — 295,452 ratings
84.
Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales, #1)
Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 23,782 ratings
85.
All Over But the Shoutin'
All Over But the Shoutin' 4.13 avg rating — 29,147 ratings
86.
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All 3.84 avg rating — 6,346 ratings
87.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating — 328,038 ratings
88.
Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works
Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works 4.49 avg rating — 3,438 ratings
89.
You Can't Go Home Again
You Can't Go Home Again 4.04 avg rating — 5,317 ratings
90.
The House on Tradd Street (Tradd Street, #1)
The House on Tradd Street (Tradd Street, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 29,514 ratings
91.
Zeitoun
Zeitoun 4.05 avg rating — 79,608 ratings
92.
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Other Voices, Other Rooms 3.75 avg rating — 17,274 ratings
93.
Ava's Man
Ava's Man 4.27 avg rating — 7,322 ratings
94.
Mudbound
Mudbound 4.05 avg rating — 69,749 ratings
95.
Life on the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi 3.87 avg rating — 15,345 ratings
96.
The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.10 avg rating — 122,714 ratings
97.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,084 ratings
98.
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter 3.97 avg rating — 6,229 ratings
99.
Summer Rental
Summer Rental 3.83 avg rating — 37,049 ratings
100.
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by: Dan Brown
3.95 avg rating — 3,343,682 ratings
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