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    Top 7 Southern Novels—Add Yours

    The American South has produced tremendous literary contributions and inspired great novels. Here are seven of my favorite novels about the region. Add yours by leaving a comment below.

    Cindy Fazzi
    by Cindy Fazzi

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    #1 "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

    Set in Alabama.

    #2 "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell

    Set in Georgia.

    #3 "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier

    Set in North Carolina.

    #4 "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

    Set in Mississippi.

    #5 "True Grit" by Charles Portis

    Set in Arkansas.

    #6 "Beloved" by Toni Morrison

    Set in Kentucky and Ohio.

    #7 "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner

    Set in Mississippi.

    Cindy Fazzi is a Philippine-born American writer who has worked as a journalist in the Philippines, Taiwan, and the United States. She's a former Associated Press news staffer. Her debut romance, "In His Corner," was published under the pen name Vina Arno by Lyrical Press, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp.

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