Best Southern Literature

John Kennedy Toole's posthumously published 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' awarded the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, introduces readers to Ignatius J. Reilly, a brilliantly eccentric and perpetually di...

Faulkners masterpiece is a challenging, multi-perspective look at the decline of the Compson family in the American South. Using a variety of stream-of-consciousness techniques, including the perspect...

Letitia Howard's *Consider the Lilies* (1961) is a collection of essays documenting the lives of impoverished rural families in Appalachia. Howards writing is characterized by its empathy, keen observ...

Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' is a powerful and lyrical novel about a Black woman's journey to self-discovery in the early 20th century. While Hurston's use of dialect might init...

Brandon Taylor is an American novelist known for his introspective and emotionally resonant novels that explore themes of identity, belonging, and trauma. 'Real Life,' his debut novel, offers a poigna...