List Challenges
Movies Books Travel Food Other
Trending
New
Popular
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

Spooky Southern Gothic Books

The genre of "Southern Gothic", as defined by Wikipedia as "a subgenre of Gothic fiction in American literature that takes place in the American South.
Common themes in Southern Gothic literature include deeply flawed, disturbing or eccentric characters who may be involved in hoodoo, decayed or derelict settings, grotesque situations, and other sinister events relating to or stemming from poverty, alienation, crime, or violence".
Read More
524 users · 3,970 views
 
made by lostchick
avg. score: 9 of 85 (11%)
required scores: 1, 3, 6, 9, 14 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 3
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
1
Flannery O'Connor
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
2
Toni Morrison
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
3
William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
4
William Faulkner
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
5
Flannery O'Connor
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
6
Alice Walker
Suttree
Suttree
7
Outer Dark (Cormac McCarthy)
Outer Dark
8
Cormac McCarthy
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
9
Cormac McCarthy
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
10
Dorothy Allison
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
11
Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
12
Harper Lee
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
13
Jesmyn Ward
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
14
Gillian Flynn
Selah (Anthony Grooms)
Selah
15
Anthony Grooms
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
16
Tennessee Williams
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
17
William Faulkner
Little Sister Death (William Gay)
Little Sister Death
18
William Gay
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
19
Anne Rice
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
20
Tennesee Williams
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
21
Carson McCullers
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
22
Carson McCullers
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
23
Truman Capote
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
24
John Berendt
Swamplandia! (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia!
25
Karen Russell
The Little Friend (Donna Tartt)
The Little Friend
26
Donna Tartt
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
27
James Dickey
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
28
Cormac McCarthy
The Elementals (Michael Mcdowell)
The Elementals
29
Michael Mcdowell
Boy's Life
Boy's Life
30
The Toll (Cherie Priest)
The Toll
31
Cherie Priest
Those Across the River (Christopher Buehlman)
Those Across the River
32
Christopher Buehlman
The Reapers Are the Angels (Alden Bell)
The Reapers Are the Angels
33
Alden Bell
Ghost Summer: Stories (Tananarive Due)
Ghost Summer: Stories
34
Tananarive Due
A Choir of Ill Children (Tom Piccirilli)
A Choir of Ill Children
35
Tom Piccirilli
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
36
William Faulkner
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner (Flannery O'Conner)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner
37
Flannery O'Conner
Other Voices, Other Rooms (Truman Capote)
Other Voices, Other Rooms
38
Truman Capote
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
39
Flannery O'Connor
Yonder Stands Your Orphan (Barry Hannah)
Yonder Stands Your Orphan
40
Barry Hannah
Page 1 of 3
Click books you've read
Lists Similar to 'Spooky Southern Gothic Books'
All Similar Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2025 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN