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Sanctuary by William Faulkner Sanctuary
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Faulkner, William
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Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith Desperation Road
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Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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Vance, J.D.
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Redemption Road by John Hart Redemption Road
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Last Ride to Graceland by Kim Wright Last Ride to Graceland
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My Southern Journey by Rick Bragg My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South Bragg, Rick
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Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1)
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The Pecan Man by Cassie Dandridge Selleck The Pecan Man
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Landfall by Ellen Urbani Landfall
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A Feast of Snakes by Harry Crews A Feast of Snakes
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Crews, Harry
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Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash Above the Waterfall
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Little Sister Death by William Gay Little Sister Death
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Gay, William
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The Complete Stories of Truman Capote by Truman Capote The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
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Capote, Truman
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Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1)
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Big Bad Love by Larry Brown Big Bad Love
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Brown, Larry
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Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee Go Set a Watchman
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Lee, Harper
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A Childhood by Harry Crews A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
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Crews, Harry
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Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Just Mercy
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Stevenson, Bryan
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 read, 2015, alabama, bryan-stevenson, capital-punishment, group-read, justice, law, non-fiction, on-the-southern-l..., post-1980-selection 2015/06/01 2015/06/30 Lawyer 2015/05/03 view activity »
Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell Tobacco Road
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Caldwell, Erskine
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Addie Pray by Joe David Brown Addie Pray
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Brown, Joe David
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The Tall Woman by Wilma Dykeman The Tall Woman
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Dykeman, Wilma
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The Voice at the Back Door by Elizabeth Spencer The Voice at the Back Door
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Spencer, Elizabeth
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Wolf Whistle by Lewis Nordan Wolf Whistle
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Nordan, Lewis
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The Reivers by William Faulkner The Reivers
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Faulkner, William
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Suttree by Cormac McCarthy Suttree
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McCarthy, Cormac
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Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty Delta Wedding
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Welty, Eudora
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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McCullers, Carson
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The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy The Water Is Wide
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Conroy, Pat
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All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren All the King's Men
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Warren, Robert Penn
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All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg All Over But the Shoutin'
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Bragg, Rick
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