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Members: 49 participating members
rainpebble, sturlington, dara85, susiesharp, ahef1963, koalakt, ManWithAnAgenda, LSTEPH1967, sher.hink, nicole1985, javagal, Crypto-Willobie, sirul, 1morechapter, thecoroner, lahochstetler, hipdeep, fundevogel, KimarieBee, LisaMaria_C, SqueakyChu, lilithcat, DorsVenabili, milana2012, ijustgetbored, salllieelaine, lanewillson, phyllisluckett, dldbizacct, Bluewolf0411, mousse, cej1027, andomck, DaynaRT, norabelle414, EmScape, auntSteelbreaker, belgrade18, Bretzky1, JGKC, ncgraham, aulsmith, suitable1, tmadarasz, librookian, Matthews9045, crookedcat, jeffza, lauradl

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Rank Title Author Added

1

To Kill a Mockingbird

76,517 members

1,418 reviews

½ 4.4

2

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

41,976 members

510 reviews

3.9

18 Members: hipdeep, 1morechapter, dldbizacct, rainpebble, Crypto-Willobie, koalakt, fundevogel, suitable1, susiesharp, LisaMaria_C, Bluewolf0411, LSTEPH1967, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, sher.hink, nicole1985, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

22,940 members

434 reviews

½ 4.3

15 Members: SqueakyChu, DaynaRT, 1morechapter, rainpebble, javagal, susiesharp, thecoroner, phyllisluckett, mousse, LisaMaria_C, JGKC, LSTEPH1967, lanewillson, sher.hink, nicole1985,lilithcat ,Bluewolf0411

4

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

18,580 members

337 reviews

4

13 Members: lilithcat, hipdeep, lahochstetler, dldbizacct, norabelle414, rainpebble, Crypto-Willobie, sturlington, LisaMaria_C, ahef1963, sher.hink, tmadarasz, nicole1985

5

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

19,181 members

330 reviews

4.1

14 Members: lilithcat, DaynaRT, lahochstetler, 1morechapter, rainpebble, javagal, koalakt, LisaMaria_C, LSTEPH1967, ahef1963, sher.hink, nicole1985, ManWithAnAgenda, sirul

6

by Kathryn Stockett

29,802 members

1,471 reviews

½ 4.4

14 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, 1morechapter, dldbizacct, rainpebble, javagal, koalakt, ncgraham, susiesharp, LSTEPH1967, lanewillson, ahef1963, sher.hink, Matthews9045,aulsmith ,

7

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

3,946 members

95 reviews

4.1

11 Members: hipdeep, rainpebble, sturlington, koalakt, fundevogel, auntSteelbreaker, andomck, mousse, salllieelaine, ManWithAnAgenda, sirul

8

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

16,867 members

222 reviews

4

9 Members: ijustgetbored, rainpebble, DorsVenabili, Crypto-Willobie, auntSteelbreaker, thecoroner, ahef1963, jeffza, tmadarasz

9

Bastard Out of Carolina

by Dorothy Allison

5,099 members

117 reviews

4

10 Members: lilithcat, ijustgetbored, aulsmith, rainpebble, DorsVenabili, sturlington, koalakt, phyllisluckett, LSTEPH1967, nicole1985

10

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

8,714 members

184 reviews

4.1

10 Members: lilithcat, KimarieBee, rainpebble, javagal, koalakt, susiesharp, LSTEPH1967, ahef1963, nicole1985, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd

26,629 members

583 reviews

3.9

12 Members: lahochstetler, 1morechapter, rainpebble, javagal, koalakt, susiesharp, phyllisluckett, LSTEPH1967, ahef1963, sher.hink, lauradl, nicole1985,norabelle414 ,belgrade18 ,LisaMaria_C

12

The Prince of Tides

5,720 members

106 reviews

4.1

8 Members: KimarieBee, rainpebble, javagal, koalakt, LisaMaria_C, ahef1963, sher.hink, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Absalom, Absalom!

by William Faulkner

7,510 members

105 reviews

4.1

8 Members: hipdeep, ijustgetbored, rainpebble, DorsVenabili, Crypto-Willobie, sturlington, auntSteelbreaker, thecoroner

14

by John Grisham

12,148 members

150 reviews

3.8

8 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, 1morechapter, rainpebble, koalakt, ahef1963, sher.hink, sirul

15

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt

14,387 members

279 reviews

3.9

9 Members: rainpebble, koalakt, fundevogel, LSTEPH1967, cej1027, ahef1963, sher.hink, ManWithAnAgenda, sirul,sturlington
Explanations: sturlington : Not fiction.

16

A Redbird Christmas

by Fannie Flagg

1,591 members

83 reviews

3.8

7 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, 1morechapter, rainpebble, susiesharp, milana2012, nicole1985

17

All the King's Men

by Robert Penn Warren

7,167 members

126 reviews

4.1

6 Members: ijustgetbored, Crypto-Willobie, sturlington, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, lanewillson

18

Gods in Alabama

by Joshilyn Jackson

1,769 members

87 reviews

3.8

6 Members: dara85, lahochstetler, EmScape, javagal, crookedcat, nicole1985

19

The Lords of Discipline

1,972 members

29 reviews

4.1

5 Members: SqueakyChu, ijustgetbored, KimarieBee, LisaMaria_C, ahef1963

20

by Octavia E. Butler

7,904 members

334 reviews

4.2

6 Members: hipdeep, dara85, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

10,504 members

237 reviews

4

7 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, fundevogel, thecoroner, LSTEPH1967, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1

22

by Kaye Gibbons

3,411 members

65 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: dara85, rainpebble, koalakt, susiesharp, LSTEPH1967, ManWithAnAgenda

23

Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man

by Fannie Flagg

2,052 members

46 reviews

3.8

6 Members: rainpebble, koalakt, susiesharp, LSTEPH1967, milana2012, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Between, Georgia

by Joshilyn Jackson

1,172 members

51 reviews

3.8

5 Members: lahochstetler, EmScape, phyllisluckett, salllieelaine, nicole1985

25

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

by Beth Hoffman

2,213 members

215 reviews

4

5 Members: dara85, lahochstetler, javagal, susiesharp, nicole1985

26

The Great Santini

1,972 members

38 reviews

4

5 Members: SqueakyChu, rainpebble, koalakt, lanewillson, ahef1963

27

Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

16,467 members

187 reviews

3.8

6 Members: rainpebble, fundevogel, LSTEPH1967, Bretzky1, sher.hink, sirul,hipdeep

28

by William Faulkner

14,434 members

212 reviews

3.9

6 Members: rainpebble, Crypto-Willobie, sturlington, mousse, sher.hink, nicole1985,ncgraham

29

The Little Friend

7,083 members

155 reviews

½ 3.4

5 Members: dara85, lahochstetler, rainpebble, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,Bluewolf0411

30

1,871 members

16 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: rainpebble, javagal, milana2012, nicole1985,Bluewolf0411

31

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

4,077 members

85 reviews

3.9

6 Members: dara85, rainpebble, javagal, koalakt, susiesharp, LisaMaria_C,Bluewolf0411 ,LSTEPH1967

32

by Stephen King

12,077 members

160 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: dara85, rainpebble, koalakt, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, sirul,sturlington

33

3,011 members

169 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: SqueakyChu, koalakt, lanewillson, sirul

34

Other Voices, Other Rooms

by Truman Capote

2,494 members

47 reviews

3.8

4 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

35

by Clyde Edgerton

560 members

7 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lilithcat, hipdeep, javagal, koalakt

36

by Cormac McCarthy

11,173 members

265 reviews

4.2

4 Members: sturlington, fundevogel, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Peach Keeper

by Sarah Addison Allen

2,229 members

222 reviews

3.8

4 Members: dara85, rainpebble, susiesharp, nicole1985

38

by Truman Capote

23,135 members

457 reviews

4.1

5 Members: rainpebble, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, sirul,sturlington
Explanations: sturlington: Not fiction.

39

A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty

by Joshilyn Jackson

721 members

61 reviews

4.1

3 Members: susiesharp, phyllisluckett, salllieelaine

40

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

by Allan Gurganus

1,629 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: librookian, rainpebble, milana2012

41

The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel

by Sarah Addison Allen

2,456 members

208 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, rainpebble, susiesharp, milana2012

42

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

by Rebecca Wells

10,638 members

114 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: 1morechapter, rainpebble, koalakt, LSTEPH1967, sirul,Bluewolf0411

43

All the Pretty Horses

by Cormac McCarthy

10,517 members

248 reviews

4

4 Members: belgrade18, sturlington, sher.hink, ManWithAnAgenda,LisaMaria_C

44

by Toni Morrison

22,234 members

397 reviews

3.9

4 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Dry Grass of August

by Anna Jean Mayhew

722 members

57 reviews

3.8

3 Members: susiesharp, LSTEPH1967, nicole1985

46

8,998 members

177 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: rainpebble, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

47

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

by Tom Franklin

2,390 members

251 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, 1morechapter, koalakt

48

The Red Badge of Courage

by Stephen Crane

10,843 members

126 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: rainpebble, thecoroner, ahef1963

49

Walking across Egypt

by Clyde Edgerton

876 members

19 reviews

3.9

3 Members: 1morechapter, javagal, koalakt

50

by Flannery O'Connor

3,747 members

110 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, salllieelaine

51

This One and Magic Life: A Novel of a Southern Family

by Anne C. George

148 members

3 reviews

3.8

3 Members: koalakt, susiesharp, milana2012

52

784 members

58 reviews

3.8

3 Members: dara85, susiesharp, nicole1985

53

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

31,894 members

318 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dldbizacct, sturlington, ahef1963

54

The Kitchen House

by Kathleen Grissom

3,740 members

242 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, susiesharp, sher.hink

55

by Sarah Addison Allen

4,944 members

366 reviews

4

4 Members: dara85, rainpebble, sturlington, susiesharp,Bluewolf0411

56

The Sugar Queen

by Sarah Addison Allen

2,896 members

219 reviews

4

3 Members: KimarieBee, rainpebble, susiesharp

57

Go Set a Watchman

9,329 members

432 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: 1morechapter, rainpebble, sturlington

58

Velva Jean Learns to Drive

by Jennifer Niven

325 members

17 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lahochstetler, nicole1985

59

3,581 members

67 reviews

3.9

3 Members: KimarieBee, rainpebble, sher.hink

60

by James Dickey

2,516 members

57 reviews

3.9

3 Members: SqueakyChu, Bluewolf0411, sher.hink,LisaMaria_C

61

by John Grisham

8,173 members

94 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: dara85, rainpebble, sirul

62

Light in August

by William Faulkner

9,013 members

102 reviews

4

3 Members: rainpebble, Crypto-Willobie, sturlington

63

Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!

by Fannie Flagg

2,320 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: rainpebble, LSTEPH1967, sher.hink

64

The Devil's Punchbowl

1,561 members

45 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, sirul

65

165 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: dara85, susiesharp

66

4,833 members

143 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, LSTEPH1967

67

A Gathering of Old Men

by Ernest J. Gaines

1,022 members

25 reviews

4

2 Members: hipdeep, rainpebble

68

The House Next Door

by Anne Rivers Siddons

1,129 members

44 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, LSTEPH1967

69

by Charles Frazier

13,533 members

197 reviews

3.8

2 Members: rainpebble, Crypto-Willobie

70

178 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: fundevogel

71

171 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: DorsVenabili

72

by Jim Grimsley

167 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

73

The Optimist's Daughter

by Eudora Welty

2,581 members

91 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: rainpebble, DorsVenabili, sturlington,Bluewolf0411

74

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

by Cherie Priest

757 members

34 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

75

by William Faulkner

1,791 members

17 reviews

3.9

2 Members: rainpebble, Crypto-Willobie

76

by Elmore Leonard

1,483 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

77

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

8,636 members

433 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

78

Little Altars Everywhere

by Rebecca Wells

3,710 members

39 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: rainpebble, sher.hink

79

The Tin Can Tree

607 members

19 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

80

by Valerie Martin

1,064 members

45 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: rainpebble, sturlington

81

Storming Heaven

by Denise Giardina

315 members

5 reviews

4

Member: DorsVenabili

82

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder: A Novel

by Rebecca Wells

712 members

37 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: norabelle414, sher.hink,Bluewolf0411

83

Counting Coup: A Novel

by G. D. Gearino

28 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: SqueakyChu

84

And the Ass Saw the Angel

1,713 members

25 reviews

3.9

Member: fundevogel

85

A Feast of Snakes

618 members

18 reviews

3.9

Member: fundevogel

86

by Sandra Brown

1,742 members

26 reviews

4

Member: dara85

87

Tending to Virginia

by Jill McCorkle

133 members

½ 3.7

Member: javagal

88

by Steve Yarbrough

68 members

1 review

3.8

Member: SqueakyChu

89

by Ralph Ellison

15,888 members

203 reviews

4

Member: Crypto-Willobie

90

Blood Memory: A Novel

1,816 members

35 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

91

Salting Roses: A Novel

by Lorelle Marinello

141 members

25 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: lahochstetler, susiesharp,Bluewolf0411

92

The Floatplane Notebooks

by Clyde Edgerton

338 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: javagal

93

by Ishmael Reed

987 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: Crypto-Willobie

94

by Ellen Glasgow

250 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Crypto-Willobie

95

by Laila Ibrahim

786 members

54 reviews

4

Member: dara85

96

The Heaven of Mercury

331 members

10 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Crypto-Willobie

97

The Wedding Gift

by Kathleen McKenna

63 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: susiesharp

98

by Reynolds Price

477 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: koalakt

99

The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck : A Comedy of Limitations

by James Branch Cabell

80 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: Crypto-Willobie

100

The Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner

by Andrea Smith

75 members

1 review

3.8

Member: dara85

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