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45 New Books From the American South

"The American South has produced some Hall of Fame literary superstars: William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Harper Lee, Wendell Berry. And it's a tradition that continues in contemporary writing.

Collected below are 45 individually selected books, published since 2018, set in the South or concerning Southern themes. Bonus filter! Each of the authors listed here are also from the South themselves or have spent significant time there. Quality control! Each book has an average star rating of 3.5 stars or higher.

When sifting for location, we've included all states federally defined as being in the South, even the tonal outliers like Florida and Texas. Some highlights here include Yaa Gyasi's acclaimed novel Transcendent Kingdom, Ladee Hubbard's short story collection The Last Suspicious Holdout, and Atlanta native Eric Kim's popular cookbook-with-stories collection Korean American."
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Nobody's Magic (Destiny O.Birdsong)
Nobody's Magic (Destiny O.Birdsong)
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Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
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Southernmost (Silas House)
Southernmost (Silas House)
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Transcendent Kingdom (Yaa Gyasi)
Transcendent Kingdom (Yaa Gyasi)
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An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
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Groundskeeping (Lee Cole)
Groundskeeping (Lee Cole)
7
With Teeth (Kristen Arnett)
With Teeth (Kristen Arnett)
8
Gold Diggers (Sanjena Sathian)
Gold Diggers (Sanjena Sathian)
9
Things We Lost to the Water (Eric Nguyen)
Things We Lost to the Water (Eric Nguyen)
10
The Kingdoms of Savannah (George Dawes Green)
The Kingdoms of Savannah (George Dawes Green)
11
The Trees (Percival Everett)
The Trees (Percival Everett)
12
Lioness (Mark Powell)
Lioness (Mark Powell)
13
Revival Season (Monica West)
Revival Season (Monica West)
14
The Fortunate Ones (Ed Tarkington)
The Fortunate Ones (Ed Tarkington)
15
God Spare the Girls (Kelsey McKinney)
God Spare the Girls (Kelsey McKinney)
16
The Golden Season (Madeline Kay Sneed)
The Golden Season (Madeline Kay Sneed)
17
Calling for a Blanket Dance (Oscar Hokeah)
Calling for a Blanket Dance (Oscar Hokeah)
18
Miracle Creek (Angie Kim)
Miracle Creek (Angie Kim)
19
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
20
Memphis (Tara M. Stringfellow)
Memphis (Tara M. Stringfellow)
21
Take My Hand (Dolen Perkins-Valdez)
Take My Hand (Dolen Perkins-Valdez)
22
Wingwalkers (Taylor Brown)
Wingwalkers (Taylor Brown)
23
The Tobacco Wives (Adele Myers)
The Tobacco Wives (Adele Myers)
24
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)
25
The Water Dancer (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
The Water Dancer (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
26
The Saints of Swallow Hill (Donna Everhart)
The Saints of Swallow Hill (Donna Everhart)
27
The Book Woman's Daughter (Kim Michele Richardson)
The Book Woman's Daughter (Kim Michele Richardson)
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The Last Suspicious Holdout (Ladee Hubbard)
The Last Suspicious Holdout (Ladee Hubbard)
29
If I Had Two Wings (Randall Kenan)
If I Had Two Wings (Randall Kenan)
30
Sweet and Low: Stories (Nick White)
Sweet and Low: Stories (Nick White)
31
Florida (Lauren Groff)
Florida (Lauren Groff)
32
The Office of Historical Corrections (Danielle Evans)
The Office of Historical Corrections (Danielle Evans)
33
Lot (Bryan Washington)
Lot (Bryan Washington)
34
Manywhere (Morgan Thomas)
Manywhere (Morgan Thomas)
35
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
36
The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You (Maurice Carlos Ruffin)
The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You (Maurice Carlos Ruffin)
37
South to America (Imani Perry)
South to America (Imani Perry)
38
A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South (Cinelle Barnes)
A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South (Cinelle Barnes)
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Memorial Drive (Natasha Trethewey)
Memorial Drive (Natasha Trethewey)
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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls (T. Kira Madden)
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls (T. Kira Madden)
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