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Southern Gothic & Grit Lit

Swamps,Voodoo, meth labs characters living hard scrabble lives. Welcome to the world of Southern Gothic /Grit Lit. From classics to future classics. These are some of the sacred texts from the Genre(s).
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
1
Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
3
Toni Morrison
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
4
Carson McCullers
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
5
Carson McCullers
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
6
Zora Neale Hurston
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
7
Tennesee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
8
Tennessee Williams
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
9
William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
10
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
11
William Faulkner
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
12
Flannery O'Connor
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
13
Flannery O'Connor
The Complete Stories (Flanner O'Connor)
The Complete Stories
14
Flanner O'Connor
Other Voices, Other Rooms (Truman Capote)
Other Voices, Other Rooms
15
Truman Capote
The Grass Harp (Truman Capote)
The Grass Harp
16
Truman Capote
Outer Dark (Cormac McCarthy)
Outer Dark
17
Cormac McCarthy
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
18
Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
19
Cormac McCarthy
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
20
Dorothy Allison
A Feast of Snakes (Harry Crews)
A Feast of Snakes
21
Harry Crews
Winter's Bone (Daniel Woodrell)
Winter's Bone
22
Daniel Woodrell
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
23
Jesmyn Ward
The Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
The Killer Inside Me
24
Jim Thompson
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
25
Denis Johnson
Tobacco Road (Erskine Caldwell)
Tobacco Road
26
Erskine Caldwell
Serena by Ron Rash
Serena by Ron Rash
27
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
28
Thomas Wolfe
Twilight (William Gay)
Twilight
29
William Gay
Bull Mountain (Brian Panowich)
Bull Mountain
30
Brian Panowich
Yonder Stands Your Orphan (Barry Hannah)
Yonder Stands Your Orphan
31
Barry Hannah
And the Ass Saw the Angel (Nick Cave)
And the Ass Saw the Angel
32
Nick Cave
Where All Light Tends to Go (David Joy)
Where All Light Tends to Go
33
David Joy
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
34
John Berendt
The Beguiled (Thomas Cullinan)
The Beguiled
35
Thomas Cullinan
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
36
James Dickey
Fay (Larry Brown)
Fay
37
Larry Brown
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
38
Gillian Flynn
Swamplandia! (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia!
39
Karen Russell
The Devil All the Time (Donald Ray Pollock)
The Devil All the Time
40
Donald Ray Pollock
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