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
Under Water by Owen GrimensteinWhat Momma Left Behind by Cindy K. SprolesBatter of Wits by Karla SorensenChristy by Catherine MarshallChristmas at Carnton by Tamera Alexander
Tennessee
292 books — 49 voters

At Home in Mitford by Jan KaronCold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann BurnsThe All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie FlaggThe Blue Castle by L.M. MontgomeryJamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
Vintage Fiction
40 books — 12 voters
The Terrible Speed of Mercy by Jonathan RogersFlannery O'Connor by Flannery O'ConnorFlannery O'Connor and the Christ-Haunted South by Ralph C. WoodFlannery O'Connor by Flannery O'ConnorThe Habit of Being by Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor
24 books — 5 voters

S.K. Waters
Headstones, they aren’t for the dead, they’re for the living.
S.K. Waters, The Dead Won't Tell

J.L. Murphey
There were thousands of children just like her in the world. She had walked through the fire and come out the other side scorched, but not consumed by it.
J.L. Murphey, The Sacrificial Lamb

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