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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 614 times as southern)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,166,287 ratings — published 1960
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The Help The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 533 times as southern)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,112,718 ratings — published 2009
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 374 times as southern)
avg rating 4.27 — 336,738 ratings — published 1987
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 369 times as southern)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,823,791 ratings — published 2018
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Gone With the Wind Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 344 times as southern)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,274,808 ratings — published 1936
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The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 334 times as southern)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,376,476 ratings — published 2001
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 295 times as southern)
avg rating 3.91 — 308,138 ratings — published 1994
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Paperback)
by (shelved 256 times as southern)
avg rating 3.99 — 125,387 ratings — published 1940
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As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 237 times as southern)
avg rating 3.72 — 196,441 ratings — published 1930
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The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 228 times as southern)
avg rating 3.86 — 202,983 ratings — published 1929
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 204 times as southern)
avg rating 4.00 — 403,478 ratings — published 1937
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The Prince of Tides The Prince of Tides (Paperback)
by (shelved 192 times as southern)
avg rating 4.26 — 222,225 ratings — published 1986
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 191 times as southern)
avg rating 4.28 — 777,326 ratings — published 1982
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 189 times as southern)
avg rating 3.86 — 572,327 ratings — published 1996
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 187 times as southern)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,357,803 ratings — published 1885
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Cold Sassy Tree Cold Sassy Tree (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 184 times as southern)
avg rating 4.02 — 106,598 ratings — published 1984
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Bastard Out of Carolina Bastard Out of Carolina (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as southern)
avg rating 4.15 — 49,442 ratings — published 1992
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Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Saving CeeCee Honeycutt (Audio CD)
by (shelved 160 times as southern)
avg rating 3.97 — 90,220 ratings — published 2010
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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 159 times as southern)
avg rating 3.78 — 361,371 ratings — published 2020
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Wise Blood Wise Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 158 times as southern)
avg rating 3.81 — 40,559 ratings — published 1952
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Go Set a Watchman Go Set a Watchman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 156 times as southern)
avg rating 3.31 — 297,714 ratings — published 2015
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A Confederacy of Dunces A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by (shelved 156 times as southern)
avg rating 3.89 — 310,701 ratings — published 1980
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Sing, Unburied, Sing Sing, Unburied, Sing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 144 times as southern)
avg rating 3.99 — 152,961 ratings — published 2017
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Light in August Light in August (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as southern)
avg rating 3.95 — 69,087 ratings — published 1932
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Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1) Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
by (shelved 141 times as southern)
avg rating 4.07 — 111,414 ratings — published 2007
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as southern)
avg rating 4.15 — 51,968 ratings — published 1955
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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as southern)
avg rating 3.83 — 47,263 ratings — published 2010
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The Invention of Wings The Invention of Wings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 135 times as southern)
avg rating 4.26 — 340,910 ratings — published 2014
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Absalom, Absalom! Absalom, Absalom! (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as southern)
avg rating 4.00 — 50,049 ratings — published 1936
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Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
by (shelved 134 times as southern)
avg rating 3.97 — 567,607 ratings — published 2001
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The Peach Keeper The Peach Keeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 133 times as southern)
avg rating 3.86 — 65,761 ratings — published 2011
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The Complete Stories The Complete Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as southern)
avg rating 4.38 — 41,675 ratings — published 1971
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The Kitchen House The Kitchen House (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as southern)
avg rating 4.24 — 314,905 ratings — published 2010
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The Girl Who Chased the Moon The Girl Who Chased the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as southern)
avg rating 3.97 — 64,912 ratings — published 2010
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Cold Mountain Cold Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as southern)
avg rating 3.89 — 253,190 ratings — published 1997
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The Moviegoer The Moviegoer (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as southern)
avg rating 3.64 — 32,265 ratings — published 1961
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The Calamity Club The Calamity Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as southern)
avg rating 4.60 — 538,469 ratings — published 2026
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Demon Copperhead Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as southern)
avg rating 4.46 — 928,538 ratings — published 2022
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South of Broad South of Broad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as southern)
avg rating 3.88 — 52,266 ratings — published 2009
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A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as southern)
avg rating 3.98 — 343,039 ratings — published 1947
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All the King's Men All the King's Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as southern)
avg rating 4.09 — 68,151 ratings — published 1946
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1) The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)
by (shelved 106 times as southern)
avg rating 4.21 — 282,133 ratings — published 2019
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Gods in Alabama Gods in Alabama (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as southern)
avg rating 3.86 — 24,388 ratings — published 2005
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Salvage the Bones Salvage the Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as southern)
avg rating 3.96 — 76,701 ratings — published 2011
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Mudbound Mudbound (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as southern)
avg rating 4.06 — 71,485 ratings — published 2008
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A Land More Kind Than Home A Land More Kind Than Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as southern)
avg rating 3.88 — 29,703 ratings — published 2012
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as southern)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,050,944 ratings — published 1876
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The Sugar Queen The Sugar Queen (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 101 times as southern)
avg rating 3.99 — 58,336 ratings — published 2008
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The Optimist's Daughter The Optimist's Daughter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as southern)
avg rating 3.52 — 16,336 ratings — published 1972
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Beach Music Beach Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as southern)
avg rating 4.19 — 57,203 ratings — published 1995
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The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterThe Dream Thieves by Maggie StiefvaterThe Casquette Girls by Alys ArdenBeautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaCompulsion by Martina Boone
Southern Paranormal YAs
103 books — 110 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Quirky Southern Fiction
1,002 books — 1,953 voters

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Celia Rivenbark
“I'd sooner wear white shoes in February, drink unsweetened tea, and eat Miracle Whip instead of Duke's than utter the words 'you guys'.”
― Celia Rivenbark, Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments

Richard Ford
“Fincher was the kind of Southerner who will try to address you through a web of deep and antic southernness, and who assumes every body in earshot knows all about his parents and history and wants to hear an update about them at every opportunity. He looks young, but still manages to act 65.”
― Richard Ford, The Sportswriter

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