Fiction - Southern

She believes her dreams have been buried until one is rekindled--but the other threatens to cost her everything she loves.Kallie Mae Bertram has harbored two dreams since childhood: to learn to read and to one day marry Quinn Spencer. But her first dream slipped away...

After four decades, the peerless wit and indulgent absurdity of A Confederacy of Dunces continues to attract new readers. Though the manuscript was rejected by many publishers during John Kennedy Toole's lifetime, his mother successfully published the book years after her son's suicide, and...

A Feast of Snakes is Harry Crews fine, extraordinary novel, and it is weird and starkly powerful. From the acclaimed author of such novels as Blood and Grits and Childhood comes an original visit to the rural South that reveals the exotic subculture that...

A Frontier MysterySuch were but few of the opprobrious phrases, rolled forth alternately, in the clear sonorous Zulu, from alternate sides of the river, which flowed laughing and bubbling on in the sunlight, between its high banks of tree-shaded rocks. Yet in spite of...

A luminous story of faith and resilience in post-Katrina New Orleans-where one woman rebuilds hope, one act of grace at a time."An entertaining and poignant addition to the post-Katrina canon of New Orleans stories. A Gathering Place takes us inside a loving family, complete...

An essential collection of classic stories that established Flannery O'Connor's reputation as an American master of fiction--now with a new introduction by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Groff In 1955, with the title story and others in this critical edition, Flannery O'Connor firmly...

"Full of Southern charm and characters that will stay with you" (Jennifer Probst, New York Times bestselling author), this tender novel follows a young woman who discovers the family she has always longed for when she spends a life-changing summer in North Carolina--from New...

"New York Times bestselling author and southern sensation Kristy Woodson Harvey" (Good Morning America) presents a touching novel about eternal love and the places we call home. The historic houses in the seaside town of Beaufort, North Carolina, have held the secrets of their...

Joshua Donnelly has lived a careful, orderly life in the old house on Church Street, as his mama taught him. Then, on the coldest night of the year, a newborn baby appears in his care with no explanation and no instructions. Only a prayer...

In 1900s Kentucky, Saul Sullivan leaves his bride behind to seek work, and his brother steps in, with violent consequences.Author: Silas HousePublisher: BlairPublished: 07/07/2020Pages: 306Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00dISBN: 9781949467253Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.2Point Value: 14Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 82036...

Like a gender-flipped Saltburn set amidst the moss-draped, haunted beauty of Savannah, this intoxicating blend of Southern suspense and modern witchcraft from bestselling author Emily Carpenter casts a spell of class, power, and possession. In a city where ghosts linger in the moss and...

Protecting her is easy... Resisting her is impossible After injury ends his career in the military, Archer Rossi is determined to prove himself as a civilian bodyguard. But when he botches his first assignment, his next job has to go well. Then he meets...

A wholesome romance about a young woman who escapes the sting of a failed romance by reinventing herself in a new town, and must decide whether she can heal from the past to embrace a new love. Before Ellie Spencer came to Sims Chapel...

A soaring chronicle of an Appalachian family torn between blue and gray.On the frozen banks of Troublesome Creek in Breathitt County, Kentucky, young Shadrach "Rebel Shade" Combs grows up wild and fearless, the second son of the county's first judge. Alongside his brothers Henderson...

After almost drowning in the community well, Columbus Daniel gains a sixth sense that provides him a closeness to nature. As he grows from age three to twelve over the course of Adventures of Columbus Daniel, the young boy explores the world, finding mischief,...

"Wonderful in the ways [of] Mark Twain, Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor."--Philip RothWINNER OF THE PEN/MALAMUD AWARD - WINNER OF THE ARNOLD GINGRICH SHORT FICTION AWARDFrom "one of the most exciting voices of the post-Faulkner generation" (William Styron), Barry Hannah's triumphant classic Airships is a...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - USA Today Bestseller - Washington Post's The Twelve Best Thrillers of the Year - TIME's 100 Must Read Books of the Year - Goodreads Choice Award Nominee - USA Today's Best Reviewed Books of the Year - BookPage's...

She was so sure she knew her family's story . . . Now she wonders if she was wrong about all of it.1969. When Mattie Taylor's twin brother was killed in Vietnam, she lost her best friend and the only person who really understood...

Explore the hidden lives of those around you, from a nurse to a mysterious funeral guest. Delve into their stories, confront their secrets, and discover that strangers are often more complex than they appear. Prepare for a journey into the unexpected.In Ambiguous Strangers, Susan...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness of Water comes a gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to escape a former master still...