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The Best Southern Novels of All Time by Oxford American

"A list of the best southern novels of all time by Oxford American Magazine judged by 130 experts as well as authors."
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
1
William Faulkner
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
2
Robert Penn Warren
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
3
William Faulkner
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
5
Harper Lee
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
6
Walker Percy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
7
William Faulkner
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
8
Ralph Ellison
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
9
Flannery O'Connor
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
10
Zora Neale Hurston
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
11
Carson McCullers
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
12
John Kennedy Toole
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
13
William Faulkner
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
14
James Agee
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
15
Thomas Wolfe
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
16
Toni Morrison
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
17
Kate Chopin
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
18
Alice Walker
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
19
Richard Wright
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
20
Eudora Welty
Suttree (Cormac McCarthy)
Suttree
21
Cormac McCarthy
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
22
Margaret Mitchell
Go Down, Moses (William Faulkner)
Go Down, Moses
23
William Faulkner
The Golden Apples (Eudora Welty)
The Golden Apples
24
Eudora Welty
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
25
Jean Toomer
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
26
Edward P. Jones
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
27
Cormac McCarthy
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
28
James Dickey
The Last Gentleman (Walker Percy)
The Last Gentleman
29
Walker Percy
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
30
Ernest J. Gaines
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
31
William Styron
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
32
Dorothy Allison
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