3.94 avg rating — 66,693 ratings

"Although not considered Faulkner's greatest by the literary critics, this is my favorite. Dealing with the themes of social isolation, this one touches me to the core."

3.99 avg rating — 47,947 ratings

"THE "Masterpiece.""

3.72 avg rating — 186,778 ratings

"The chorus of multiple voices combines into a lament powerful and lingers long after reading."

3.86 avg rating — 195,861 ratings

"Sublime stream of consciousness. The creation of Benjy is genius pure and simple."

3.77 avg rating — 6,616 ratings

"Faulkner's most "Uncivil" War. This is a war against noncombatants. Military combat is off the page. Some of Faulkner's strongest female characters appear here."

3.89 avg rating — 1,439 ratings

"Frequently asked where to start reading Faulkner, this is my answer. This is THE first Yoknapatawpha County novel and sets the groundwork for all that follows."

3.99 avg rating — 1,141 ratings

"Nordan's unforgettable retelling of the Emmett Till murder case. Highly recommended."

4.06 avg rating — 26,224 ratings

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3.77 avg rating — 8,113 ratings

"Faulkner's final novel. The perfect "Grandfather" tale."

4.13 avg rating — 1,075 ratings

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"Perhaps the most powerful novel I have read of the American Civil War aside from the Killer Angels. This centers around the battle of Franklin, Tennessee. Bushrod Carter emerges as a memorable narrator."

3.96 avg rating — 619 ratings

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4.20 avg rating — 4,806 ratings

"Tretheway's Pulitzer Prize Poetry Winner. Black Troops in Louisiana during the American Civil War."

4.06 avg rating — 64,397 ratings

"Big Daddy, Brick, Maggie the Cat. My favorite Williams."

3.74 avg rating — 143,165 ratings

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""STELLA!""

4.44 avg rating — 13,642 ratings

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"OK. He was born in Alabama. But he now claims Oxford as his home. This is his first anthology of short stories. And it's damned fine. Especially the Edgar winning novella title piece."

4.06 avg rating — 2,787 ratings

"Based on a class driven range war in Clarke County, Alabama. Historically accurate. The dialogue crackles. So does the violence."

3.65 avg rating — 1,458 ratings

"Demented. Dark. Gritty. Ghoulish. Good."

3.87 avg rating — 6,065 ratings

"Franklin more kind and gentle. Co-written with his wife Beth Anne Fennelly. Oh, it's fine. A look at the Delta during the horrific flood of 1927."

3.83 avg rating — 46,276 ratings

"Murders decades apart. A targeted loner suspect. Innocent or guilty? Franklin's break through novel. Fine stuff."

3.55 avg rating — 1,357 ratings

"The "sequel" to "Sanctuary" written twenty years after the earlier novel appeared. Haunting. Very haunting. An oft overlooked gem."

3.50 avg rating — 1,076 ratings

"Faulkner's guilty pleasure was paperback mysteries. Consider this his anthology of his own featuring his favorite lawyer (and mine) Gavin Stevens."

3.99 avg rating — 3,150 ratings

"No list of Mississippi authors could be complete without Larry Brown. An Oxford fireman who persisted in pursuing his desire to write. A brilliant storyteller. He died too young of a heart attack. Always meant to meet him. Should have made the drive."