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Southern Gothic Literature

Southern Gothic literature is a genre of Southern writing. The stories often focus on grotesque themes. While it may include supernatural elements, it mainly focuses on damaged, even delusional, characters.
Here is a non exhaustive list of some Southern gothic works.
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Swallow Barn (John Pendleton Kennedy)
Swallow Barn
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John Pendleton Kennedy
The Souls of Black Folk (W. E. B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
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W. E. B. Du Bois
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
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Jean Toomer
Sartoris
Sartoris
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
5
William Faulkner
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
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Thomas Wolfe
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
7
William Faulkner
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
8
William Faulkner
Sanctuary (William Faulkner)
Sanctuary
9
William Faulkner
Tobacco Road (Erskine Caldwell)
Tobacco Road
10
Erskine Caldwell
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
11
William Faulkner
God's Little Acre
God's Little Acre
12
Pylon
Pylon
13
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
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William Faulkner
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Zora Neale Hurston
The Unvanquished (William Faulkner)
The Unvanquished
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William Faulkner
The Hamlet (William Faulkner)
The Hamlet
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William Faulkner
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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Carson McCullers
A Worn Path (Eudora Welty)
A Worn Path
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Eudora Welty
Go Down, Moses (William Faulkner)
Go Down, Moses
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William Faulkner
The Robber Bridegroom (Eudora Welty)
The Robber Bridegroom
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Eudora Welty
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
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Tennessee Williams
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
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Carson McCullers
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
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Tennessee Williams
The Night of the Iguana (Tennessee Williams)
The Night of the Iguana
25
Tennessee Williams
Intruder in the Dust (William Faulkner)
Intruder in the Dust
26
William Faulkner
Other Voices, Other Rooms (Truman Capote)
Other Voices, Other Rooms
27
Truman Capote
Requiem for a Nun (William Faulkner)
Requiem for a Nun
28
William Faulkner
The Rose Tattoo (Tennessee Williams)
The Rose Tattoo
29
Tennessee Williams
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
30
Flannery O'Connor
The Night of the Hunter (Davis Grubb)
The Night of the Hunter
31
Davis Grubb
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
32
Tennesee Williams
Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams
Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams
33
Sweet Bird of Youth (Tennessee Williams)
Sweet Bird of Youth
34
Tennessee Williams
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
35
Harper Lee
Clock Without Hands (Carson McCullers)
Clock Without Hands
36
Carson McCullers
The Reivers (William Faulkner)
The Reivers
37
William Faulkner
The Orchard Keeper (Cormac McCarthy)
The Orchard Keeper
38
Cormac McCarthy
Outer Dark (Cormac McCarthy)
Outer Dark
39
Cormac McCarthy
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
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Eudora Welty
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