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100 Must-Read Works of Southern Literature

Emily Gatlin of BookRiot writes: I started to make a list of Southern books I had in my personal library, and I had around 70 that I would be willing to tell a stranger to read. Bookseller extraordinaire Joe Hickman of Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi helped me fill in some gaps, and we exchanged a few notes on upcoming releases.
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A Childhood: The Biography of a Place (Harry Crews)
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
1
Harry Crews
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
2
John Kennedy Toole
Agee, James: A Death in the Family
Agee, James: A Death in the Family
3
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
Airships (Barry Hannah)
Airships
5
Barry Hannah
A Land More Kind Than Home
A Land More Kind Than Home
6
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
7
Ernest J. Gaines
All Over but the Shoutin' (Rick Bragg)
All Over but the Shoutin'
8
Rick Bragg
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
9
Robert Penn Warren
Apostles of Light (Ellen Douglas)
Apostles of Light
10
Ellen Douglas
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
11
William Faulkner
A Streetcar Named Desire (By Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire (By Tennessee Williams)
12
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill
13
John Grisham
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
14
Kate Chopin
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
15
Dorothy Allison
Bats Out of Hell (Barry Hannah)
Bats Out of Hell
16
Barry Hannah
Big Bad Love (Larry Brown)
Big Bad Love
17
Larry Brown
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
18
Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of BB King (B.B. King)
Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of BB King
19
B.B. King
Brother to a Dragonfly (Will Campbell)
Brother to a Dragonfly
20
Will Campbell
Burning Bright: Stories (Ron Rash)
Burning Bright: Stories
21
Ron Rash
Before Women Had Wings (Connie May Fowler)
Before Women Had Wings
22
Connie May Fowler
Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarth
Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarth
23
Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters (Robert Gordon)
Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
24
Robert Gordon
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
25
Cormac McCarthy
The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative
26
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
27
Charles Frazier
Cold Sassy Tree (Olive Ann Burns)
Cold Sassy Tree
28
Olive Ann Burns
The Collected Short Stories of Eudora Welty
The Collected Short Stories of Eudora Welty
29
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
30
Alice Walker
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
31
Flannery O'Connor
The Courting of Marcus Dupree (Willie Morris)
The Courting of Marcus Dupree
32
Willie Morris
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
33
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
34
Deep Blues (Robert Palmer)
Deep Blues
35
Robert Palmer
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
36
James Dickey
Delta Wedding
Delta Wedding
37
Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster
38
The End of California (Steve Yarbrough)
The End of California
39
Steve Yarbrough
Every Day by the Sun (Dean Faulkner Wells)
Every Day by the Sun
40
Dean Faulkner Wells
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