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Oxford American: The Best Southern Nonfiction of All Time

"The best southern United States nonfiction books of all time judged by 130 literary experts and authors." (thegreatestbooks.org).
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (James Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
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James Agee
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
2
Richard Wright
The Mind of the South (W. J. Cash)
The Mind of the South
3
W. J. Cash
One Writer's Beginnings (Eudora Welty)
One Writer's Beginnings
4
Eudora Welty
The Civil War Vol. 1 (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War Vol. 1
5
Shelby Foote
The Civil War Vol. 2 (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War Vol. 2
6
Shelby Foote
The Civil War Vol. 3 (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War Vol. 3
7
Shelby Foote
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
8
Truman Capote
Killers of the Dream (Lillian Smith)
Killers of the Dream
9
Lillian Smith
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass/USA)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
10
Frederick Douglass/USA
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place (Harry Crews)
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
11
Harry Crews
North Toward Home (Willie Morris)
North Toward Home
12
Willie Morris
Mystery and Manners (Flannery O'Conner)
Mystery and Manners
13
Flannery O'Conner
All Over but the Shoutin' (Rick Bragg)
All Over but the Shoutin'
14
Rick Bragg
The Habit of Being (Flannery O'Connor)
The Habit of Being
15
Flannery O'Connor
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
16
Harriet Jacobs
Lanterns on the Levee (William Alexander Percy)
Lanterns on the Levee
17
William Alexander Percy
Salvation on Sand Mountain (Dennis Covington)
Salvation on Sand Mountain
18
Dennis Covington
Mary Chestnut's Civil War (Mary Chestnut)
Mary Chestnut's Civil War
19
Mary Chestnut
I'll Take My Stand (John Crowe Ransom)
I'll Take My Stand
20
John Crowe Ransom
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
21
Mark Twain
The Message in the Bottle (Walker Percy)
The Message in the Bottle
22
Walker Percy
The Burden of Southern History (C. Vann Woodward)
The Burden of Southern History
23
C. Vann Woodward
The Earl of Louisiana (A.J. Liebling)
The Earl of Louisiana
24
A.J. Liebling
Origins of the New South, 1877-1913 (C. Vann Woodward)
Origins of the New South, 1877-1913
25
C. Vann Woodward
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 (John Barry)
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
26
John Barry
The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture (Wendell Barry)
The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
27
Wendell Barry
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