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message 1: by Kirsten (new)

Kirsten I see a number of books on this list that are definitely not YA.


message 2: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart This list is a hot mess. I don't know why people have added dozens of adult books.


message 3: by Capn (last edited Jul 23, 2022 06:09AM) (new)

Capn Rainbowheart wrote: "This list is a hot mess. I don't know why people have added dozens of adult books."

I was just going ask - Where the Crawdads Sing is not YA, is it?! I didn't get that impression. :S Or The Color Purple. Or Fried Green Tomatoes. Or...! :S

I added Down the Mississippi....


message 4: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Ok, I did some major cleanup on this list. I left alone any titles that might be considered crossover, but I removed the following obviously adult books....

Where the Crawdads Sing, The Road, The Color Purple, Fried Green Tomatoes, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Notebook, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Underground Railroad, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Bluest Eye, One Night in Georgia, Flight Behavior, The Tubman Command, The Evidence of Things Not Seen, The Gone Dead, Varina, Matecumbe, Mustard Seed, Thirteen Stories, The Giver of Stars, Blanche on the Lam, The Lords of Discipline, The Keepers of the House, The Prince of Tides, Sharp Objects, Big Lies in a Small Town, The Seaside Cafe, All the King's Men, Wonderland Creek, Storming Heaven, Purple Lotus, Four Spirits, A Christmas Memory, The Kitchen House, Smoky Mountain Tracks, Calling Me Home, A Murder for the Books, Men We Reaped, Southern Discomfort, Love in the Ruins, Southernmost, Mississippi Blood, The Good Dream, Over the Plain Houses, A Tangled Mercy, Between Black and White, Call Your Daughter Home, The Past Is Never, Juror 3, Last Ride to Graceland, Sister of Mine, The Abolitionist's Daughter, Cut to the Bone, Home from the Hill, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League, The Glass Menagerie, and a bunch of books by William Faulkner and John Grisham

Whew, I remain so confused as to why people were adding adult fiction to a YA list in the first place. I think I got most of what obviously does not belong. Please comment if I missed anything or if anything doesn't look right!


message 5: by Jessica (new)

Jessica Hattie Big Sky is a wonderful book, but it's about a girl from Iowa moving to Montana to homestead. It's not remotely Southern!


message 6: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Good catch! I removed that one. Thanks, Jessica.


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