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- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Published in 1960 but set in 1930’s Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird occupies pride of place in a region’s concept of itself, even now.
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The poetic dialect has secured Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) a place among the most beautiful and sensual novels about the South.
- True Grit by Charles Portis. Mattie Ross, fourteen years old, sets out to avenge the death of her father at the hand of scoundrel and thief Tom Chaney. She hires a former Confederate soldier to help track him, and they are joined by a Texas ranger who has his own financial incentive to find the wanted man.
- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. “Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg, a Confederate soldier named Inman decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge mountains to Ada, the woman he loves … At the same time, the intrepid Ada is trying to revive her father’s derelict farm and learning to survive in a world where the old certainties have been swept away.
Jul 17, 2018 · Here are 12 Overlooked Novels with Southern Roots. For a bit of southern comfort, these 11 books—including SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF SIMPLE by Kristy Woodson Harvey and THE SUMMER GIRLS by Mary Alice Monroe—will knock your boots off.
Mar 5, 2019 · Social Security records reveal the most popular baby names in the nation, and in 2023 the top five for boys were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah while the most popular ones for girls were Olivia, Charlotte, Emma, Amelia and Sophia. And while those are the most popular names nationwide, you'll find some more distinct names in Southern states.
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- America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie. Location: Virginia. Plot: This well-researched work of historical fiction tells the untold story of Thomas Jefferson’s daughter Patsy, who struggles to keep her father’s secrets while falling in love with a man of very different values.
- The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks. Location: Oriental, North Carolina. Plot: Two high school sweethearts meet again 25 years later at a funeral. As they carry out the instructions left behind by their deceased friend, they uncover memories and make new discoveries about their lives and the choices they have made.
- Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy. Location: Texas. Plot: Self-proclaimed “fat girl” Willowdean starts to doubt herself once she begins dating and sets out to reinstate her self-confidence by entering a beauty pageant.
- Guests on Earth by Lee Smith. Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, & Asheville, North Carolina. Plot: In this work of historical fiction, an orphaned 13-year-old girl is admitted to a mental institution and witnesses events leading up to a tragic fire that killed nine women (including Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald) in a locked ward in 1948.
- Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner. Sure, alphabetically, Absalom, Absalom! is first on this list. But, coincidentally, it is also the greatest Southern novel ever written.
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. The beloved and oft-banned classic is a hilarious romp down the Mississippi River, featuring Mark Twain’s stellar wit, unparalleled ear for dialect, and social commentary.
- All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren. One of the greatest novels about American politics, All the King’s Men took inspiration from real-life politician Huey P. Long and earned Robert Penn Warren the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes.
- As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. Faulkner’s tour de force follows a poor family struggling together to carry their matriarch’s dead body to be buried with her kin.
Jun 20, 2013 · The books overflow off the shelves all over the floor. Great place. A few notes: some authors have so many good books, I just listed the ones I liked the most. In the case of Faulkner, I picked his more accessible novels. There is some really great nonfiction included and a lot of really great nonfiction NOT included. I had to cut it off at ...
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A sins-of-the-father story told in the first person by one of the South’s most revered authors. The Prince of Tides is set on a barrier island off the coast of South Carolina and depicts the haunting secrets of the working class Wingo family in a multi-generational story rife with Southern nuance and now considered a literary classic.
