Best Southern Literature

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,798 ratings
2.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,009 ratings
3.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,067 ratings
4.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,907 ratings
5.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,372 ratings
6.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,497 ratings
7.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,180 ratings
8.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,669 ratings
9.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,785 ratings
10.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,270 ratings
11.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,204 ratings
12.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,837 ratings
13.
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides 4.26 avg rating — 213,982 ratings
14.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,462 ratings
15.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,875 ratings
16.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,776 ratings
17.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,599 ratings
18.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 3.86 avg rating — 565,735 ratings
19.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,108 ratings
20.
Cold Sassy Tree
Cold Sassy Tree 4.02 avg rating — 104,862 ratings
21.
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 1,809,204 ratings
22.
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 820,155 ratings
23.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,741 ratings
24.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,014 ratings
25.
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 — 568,929 ratings
26.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
27.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,555 ratings
28.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,546 ratings
29.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,347 ratings
30.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,836 ratings
31.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 4.06 avg rating — 63,547 ratings
32.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,053 ratings
33.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,362 ratings
34.
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 556,225 ratings
35.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories 4.22 avg rating — 21,771 ratings
36.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,607 ratings
37.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,389 ratings
38.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,242 ratings
39.
All Over But the Shoutin'
All Over But the Shoutin' 4.13 avg rating — 29,149 ratings
40.
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 106,107 ratings
41.
The Kitchen House
The Kitchen House 4.23 avg rating — 295,476 ratings
42.
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump, #1)
Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 71,432 ratings
43.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel 3.92 avg rating — 15,522 ratings
44.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating — 19,904 ratings
45.
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias 4.27 avg rating — 17,754 ratings
46.
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt 3.96 avg rating — 86,778 ratings
47.
Beach Music
Beach Music 4.18 avg rating — 53,729 ratings
48.
The Great Santini
The Great Santini 4.16 avg rating — 34,304 ratings
49.
Because of Winn-Dixie
Because of Winn-Dixie 4.10 avg rating — 274,162 ratings
50.
The Lords of Discipline
The Lords of Discipline 4.34 avg rating — 29,674 ratings
51.
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief 4.06 avg rating — 442,637 ratings
52.
The Firm
The Firm 4.06 avg rating — 634,759 ratings
53.
Prodigal Summer
Prodigal Summer 4.05 avg rating — 123,752 ratings
54.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,929 ratings
55.
The Client
The Client 4.06 avg rating — 458,518 ratings
56.
Cane River
Cane River 4.08 avg rating — 50,067 ratings
57.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,560 ratings
58.
To Whisper Her Name (Belle Meade Plantation, #1)
To Whisper Her Name (Belle Meade Plantation, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 7,428 ratings
59.
The Water Is Wide
The Water Is Wide 4.17 avg rating — 26,375 ratings
60.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage 3.30 avg rating — 108,685 ratings
61.
The Curse of Crow Hollow
The Curse of Crow Hollow 3.63 avg rating — 883 ratings
62.
North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,169 ratings
63.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,444 ratings
64.
South of Broad
South of Broad 3.87 avg rating — 50,097 ratings
65.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,674 ratings
66.
Mudbound
Mudbound 4.05 avg rating — 69,751 ratings
67.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating — 30,277 ratings
68.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.20 avg rating — 8,257 ratings
69.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,055 ratings
70.
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 17,689 ratings
71.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away 4.07 avg rating — 15,074 ratings
72.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating — 33,569 ratings
73.
A Christmas Memory
A Christmas Memory 4.24 avg rating — 17,527 ratings
74.
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
75.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 90,452 ratings
76.
Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4)
Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4) 4.12 avg rating — 265,559 ratings
77.
I Talk Slower Than I Think: An Antidote to Helicopter Parenting
I Talk Slower Than I Think: An Antidote to Helicopter Parenting 4.24 avg rating — 51 ratings
78.
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Other Voices, Other Rooms 3.75 avg rating — 17,277 ratings
79.
From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)
From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8) 4.01 avg rating — 193,794 ratings
80.
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road 3.71 avg rating — 15,712 ratings
81.
The Girl Who Chased the Moon
The Girl Who Chased the Moon 3.97 avg rating — 63,151 ratings
82.
Fair and Tender Ladies
Fair and Tender Ladies
by: Lee Smith
4.19 avg rating — 7,965 ratings
83.
Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is 4.04 avg rating — 251,784 ratings
84.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,992 ratings
85.
Gods in Alabama
Gods in Alabama 3.86 avg rating — 23,926 ratings
86.
Christy
Christy 4.25 avg rating — 56,474 ratings
87.
Between, Georgia
Between, Georgia 3.88 avg rating — 16,125 ratings
88.
Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9)
Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) 4.02 avg rating — 193,811 ratings
89.
Charms for the Easy Life
Charms for the Easy Life 4.02 avg rating — 12,888 ratings
90.
The Bracelet
The Bracelet 3.45 avg rating — 672 ratings
91.
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 — 122,719 ratings
92.
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses 3.93 avg rating — 10,440 ratings
93.
Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1)
Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 47,626 ratings
94.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,571 ratings
95.
Suttree
Suttree 4.20 avg rating — 27,012 ratings
96.
The Sugar Queen
The Sugar Queen 3.99 avg rating — 56,920 ratings
97.
The Optimist's Daughter
The Optimist's Daughter 3.52 avg rating — 15,055 ratings
98.
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! (Elmwood Springs, #1)
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! (Elmwood Springs, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 27,812 ratings
99.
The Rapture of Canaan
The Rapture of Canaan 3.83 avg rating — 34,757 ratings
100.
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows 4.12 avg rating — 433,099 ratings
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