Southern Writers


To Kill a Mockingbird
The Sound and the Fury
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Optimist's Daughter
Gone With the Wind
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
The Help
As I Lay Dying
Wise Blood
Light in August
The Prince of Tides
The Complete Stories
The Moviegoer (Vintage International)
All the King's Men
The Secret Life of Bees
Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor  BrownRednecks by Taylor  BrownThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddAnimal Quintet by Colin DayanPride of Eden by Taylor  Brown
Books by Georgia Authors
179 books — 33 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsLight in August by William FaulknerThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Mississippi Writers - Best 100 books by
305 books — 115 voters

Patricia Hickman
I started out hoping to remind people at some point in the novel that we should be loving and kind. But then the theme usurped my life, spilling over into my novels until love was no longer a small voice, but now my purpose as a writer.
Patricia Hickman, The Pirate Queen

The truth had lacerated him to the bone, had punctured his heart, and had ripped through his soul. The truth had slain him and tended to his wounds. The truth had hated him and loved him. The truth had opened his eyes to his own faults.
Brenda Sutton Rose, Dogwood Blues

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