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Southern Gothic: Ten Essentials Books

by The Millions
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Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe laid the foundations of Southern gothic, but the posts and beams were set by mid-century writers such as William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, and Carson McCullers. Every generation of writers, though, returns to the genre and reshapes it. Here are 10 of my favorites books that do something remarkable with Southern gothic, presented in the order they were published.
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Child of God

Cormac McCarthy, 2010

Beloved

Toni Morrison, 2006

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt, 2010

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn, 2007

Swamplandia!

Karen Russell, 2011

Lost Everything

Brian Francis Slattery, 2012

Lovecraft Country

A Novel
Matt Ruff, 2016

A Lush and Seething Hell

John Hornor Jacobs, 2019

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 2021

Moon Lake

Joe R. Lansdale, 2021

Child of God

Cormac McCarthy, 2010

Beloved

Toni Morrison, 2006

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt, 2010

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn, 2007

Swamplandia!

Karen Russell, 2011

Lost Everything

Brian Francis Slattery, 2012

Lovecraft Country

A Novel
Matt Ruff, 2016

A Lush and Seething Hell

John Hornor Jacobs, 2019

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 2021

Moon Lake

Joe R. Lansdale, 2021
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