Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/15749169-kirk-smith">Kirk Smith</a> (37 Lists)

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Hell at the Breech by Tom Franklin

Best Southern Books

844 books — 750 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Books Written by Women Before 1960

534 books — 105 voters

I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down by William Gay

Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy

The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge

Welcome to Hard Times by E.L. Doctorow

This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski

Donald Ray Pollock's Top Ten

10 books — 4 voters

American Tabloid by James Ellroy

The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy

The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

The Best in Prose: High Caliber Crime

144 books — 68 voters

1984 by George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Let's Shake It Up A Bit

978 books — 618 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Best Southern Literature

1,410 books — 2,699 voters

The Grifters by Thompson Jim

After Dark, My Sweet by Jim Thompson

The Kill-Off by Jim Thompson

The Criminal by Jim Thompson

The Transgressors by Jim Thompson

Best Jim Thompson Novels

31 books — 22 voters

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins

Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins

Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins

Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins

Best of Tom Robbins

12 books — 19 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Great Books of Southern Fiction

389 books — 444 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Dune by Frank Herbert

1984 by George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

8,837 books — 26,146 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Serena by Ron Rash

One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash

Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell

Appalachian Fiction

277 books — 330 voters

Ask the Dust by John Fante

The Brotherhood of the Grape by John Fante

Wait Until Spring, Bandini by John Fante

Dreams from Bunker Hill by John Fante

Dago Red by John Fante

Best of John Fante

34 books — 12 voters

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Best African American Books

1,081 books — 1,350 voters

Provinces of Night by William Gay

Twilight by William Gay

I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down by William Gay

The Long Home by William Gay

Time Done Been Won't Be No More by William Gay

Best of William Gay

19 books — 6 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Serena by Ron Rash

Deliverance by James Dickey

A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House

Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

Best Books Set in Appalachia

803 books — 846 voters

Sartoris by William Faulkner

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner

The Unvanquished by William Faulkner

Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner

Best of William Faulkner

85 books — 64 voters

Someplace to Be Flying by Charles de Lint

The Newford Stories by Charles de Lint

Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint

The Ivory and the Horn by Charles de Lint

Moonlight and Vines by Charles de Lint

The Best of Charles de Lint

95 books — 42 voters

The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain

The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

A Hell of a Woman by Jim Thompson

Alan Guthrie's 200 Noirs

118 books — 34 voters

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell

Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson

A Feast of Snakes by Harry Crews

Post Office by Charles Bukowski

Regional Grit Lit

131 books — 92 voters

Ask the Dust by John Fante

Women by Charles Bukowski

Wait Until Spring, Bandini by John Fante

The Road to Los Angeles by John Fante

Dreams from Bunker Hill by John Fante

Grit-Lit - Writing that Bleeds

112 books — 61 voters

The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau

The Black Prince and Other Stories by Shirley Ann Grau

The Hard Blue Sky by Shirley Ann Grau

The Condor Passes by Shirley Ann Grau

Best of Shirley Ann Grau

8 books — 4 voters

Lambs of Men by Charles Dodd White

A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House

The Clearing by Tim Gautreaux

Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Best 1900s Historical Fiction

165 books — 80 voters

The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West

What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy

Image of Hell by Steve Fisher

My Face for the World to See by Alfred Hayes

Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)

346 books — 301 voters

1984 by George Orwell

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

1,248 books — 2,824 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Oxford American: The Best Southern Novels of All Time

145 books — 91 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

Best of the Pulps

396 books — 217 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau

Provinces of Night by William Gay

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Best Southern Gothic Literature

357 books — 524 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Best Twentieth Century American Novels

325 books — 232 voters

The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J Pancake

The Gospel Singer by Harry Crews

A Feast of Snakes by Harry Crews

The Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollock

The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell

105 books — 76 voters

Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor

The Gospel Singer and Where Does One Go When There's No Place... by Harry Crews

The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J Pancake

Country Hardball by Steve Weddle

349 books — 314 voters

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