The Great Southern Book Club
The Southern Book Universe
The Great Southern Book Club
The Southern Book Universe
More than 4,000 books were considered in building the Top 200 Southern Books list. More than 700 had earned recognition—through awards, bestseller lists, critical acclaim, or their place in the literary canon. Here’s the complete Southern Book Universe we considered. Did we miss your favorite? Let us know!
“Whenever I'm asked why Southern writers particularly have
a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we
are still able to recognize one.” ― Flannery O'Connor
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