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The 50 Best Southern Novels Ever Written

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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
1
William Faulkner
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
All the Kings Men
All the Kings Men
3
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
4
William Faulkner
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
5
Kate Chopin
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
6
Dorothy Allison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
7
Big Fish
Big Fish
8
Cane
Cane
9
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
10
Cormac McCarthy
The Clearing
The Clearing
11
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
12
Charles Frazier
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
13
Alice Walker
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
14
John Kennedy Toole
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
15
William Styron
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
16
James Agee
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
17
James Dickey
Delta Wedding
Delta Wedding
18
Edisto
Edisto
19
Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster
20
Father and Son
Father and Son
21
A Feast of Snakes
A Feast of Snakes
22
Geronimo Rex
Geronimo Rex
23
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses
24
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird
25
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
26
Margaret Mitchell
The Hamlet
The Hamlet
27
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
28
Carson McCullers
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
29
Anne Rice
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
30
Ralph Ellison
Kate Vaiden
Kate Vaiden
31
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
32
Edward P. Jones
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
33
Ernest J. Gaines
Lie Down in Darkness
Lie Down in Darkness
34
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
35
William Faulkner
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
36
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
37
Walker Percy
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Other Voices, Other Rooms
38
The Prince of Tides (Pat Conroy)
The Prince of Tides
39
Pat Conroy
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
40
Jesmyn Ward
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