The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockThe Road by Cormac McCarthyWinter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Regional Grit Lit
120 books — 87 voters
Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'ConnorWise Blood by Flannery O'ConnorJoe by Larry Brown
The Belled Buzzard - Reading List
90 books — 9 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Books
826 books — 739 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,399 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,573 voters
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas LigottiThe King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. ChambersGalveston by Nic PizzolattoThe Stranger by Albert CamusTime is a Flat Circle by Melissa Milazzo
HBO's True Detective
123 books — 115 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Southern Gothic Literature
337 books — 501 voters
Fried Pickles and the Fuzz by Calico DanielsHijack in Abstract by Larissa ReinhartBird After Bird by Leslea TashHigh on a Hill by Dorothy GarlockNearly Departed in Deadwood by Ann Charles
Hick-Lit
13 books — 4 voters

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellKnockemstiff by Donald Ray PollockCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom FranklinA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Country Noir
345 books — 310 voters