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100 Must-Read Works of Southern Literature

Emily Gatlin of BookRiot writes: I started to make a list of Southern books I had in my personal library, and I had around 70 that I would be willing to tell a stranger to read. Bookseller extraordinaire Joe Hickman of Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi helped me fill in some gaps, and we exchanged a few notes on upcoming releases.
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A Childhood: The Biography of a Place (Harry Crews)
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
Harry Crews
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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
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Agee, James: A Death in the Family
Agee, James: A Death in the Family
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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Airships (Barry Hannah)
Airships
Barry Hannah
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A Land More Kind Than Home
A Land More Kind Than Home
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A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
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All Over but the Shoutin' (Rick Bragg)
All Over but the Shoutin'
Rick Bragg
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All the King's Men
All the King's Men
10
Apostles of Light (Ellen Douglas)
Apostles of Light
Ellen Douglas
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
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A Streetcar Named Desire (By Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire (By Tennessee Williams)
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A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill
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The Awakening
The Awakening
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Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina
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Bats Out of Hell (Barry Hannah)
Bats Out of Hell
Barry Hannah
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Big Bad Love (Larry Brown)
Big Bad Love
Larry Brown
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BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
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Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of BB King (B.B. King)
Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of BB King
B.B. King
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Brother to a Dragonfly (Will Campbell)
Brother to a Dragonfly
Will Campbell
21
Burning Bright: Stories (Ron Rash)
Burning Bright: Stories
Ron Rash
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Before Women Had Wings (Connie May Fowler)
Before Women Had Wings
Connie May Fowler
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Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarth
Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarth
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Can'T Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters (Robert Gordon)
Can'T Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
Robert Gordon
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Child of God
Child of God
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The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative
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Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain
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Cold Sassy Tree
Cold Sassy Tree
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The Collected Short Stories of Eudora Welty
The Collected Short Stories of Eudora Welty
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
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The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
32
The Courting of Marcus Dupree (Willie Morris)
The Courting of Marcus Dupree
Willie Morris
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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
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Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
35
Deep Blues (Robert Palmer)
Deep Blues
Robert Palmer
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Deliverance
Deliverance
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Delta Wedding
Delta Wedding
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Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster
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The End of California (Steve Yarbrough)
The End of California
Steve Yarbrough
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Every Day by the Sun (Dean Faulkner Wells)
Every Day by the Sun
Dean Faulkner Wells
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