Hi. I'm Adam Dibble. I'm a reader who lives in Florida.

I've been looking for the greatest Southern fiction to read—something beyond Goodreads rankings, something with a little more authority.

I wanted something more than opinion—something I could actually measure. The attempt to rank great literature is misguided, presumptuous, and perhaps dangerous. So naturally, I made a list. That became the Great Southern Book Club: my attempt at a genuine, defensible ranking of the 200 greatest works of Southern fiction.

Now you get to argue with me.

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