Southern Fiction


The Help
To Kill a Mockingbird
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
The Secret Life of Bees
Where the Crawdads Sing
Gone With the Wind
The Prince of Tides
Cold Sassy Tree
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
The Peach Keeper
The Kitchen House
Between, Georgia
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
Go Set a Watchman
The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Quirky Southern Fiction
972 books — 1,896 voters
Hurricane Season by Lauren K. DentonThe Sweet Smell of Magnolias and Memories by Celeste Fletcher McHaleThe Hideaway by Lauren K. DentonThe Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Contemporary Southern Women Writers
216 books — 79 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Historical Fiction - The American South
355 books — 101 voters
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHaleTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Sweet Smell of Magnolias and Memories by Celeste Fletcher McHaleAll Things Bright and Strange by James  MarkertThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Southern Fiction Books
297 books — 107 voters


Jennifer Peer
I leaned forward, hiding behind my glass and took a sip, almost choking when he stroked the skin visible along my spine. Surely flames had ignited and the entire room could see I was now on fire.
Jennifer Peer, Not On Your Latte: A HOT Southern Romance

He tried the crank radio, a pirate station out of Memphis. Static and guitar scratch, the straggling notes of a song about home.
David Wesley Williams, Everybody Knows (2023)

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