OXFORD AMERICAN:  THE SOUTHERN MAGAZINE OF GOOD WRITING recently released the results of a poll taken to determine the ten most popular southern novels of all time. No surprise that William Faulkner appears on the list three times; in fact, there are no surprises at all.  With the popularity of THE HELP BY Kathryn Stockett, you might be interested in more traditional southern classics.

1.   ABSALOM, ABSALOM by William Faulkner

2.   ALL THE KING’S MEN by Robert Penn Warren

3.   THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner

4.   THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain

5.   TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee

6.   THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy

7.   AS I LAY DYING by Faulkner

8.   THE INVISIBLE MAN BY Ralph Ellison

9.   WISE BLOOD by Flannery O’Connor

10.THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston