Great choice! I loved The Help and TKaM! Awesome list! :)

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Oh, I just LOVE the Temperance Brennan novels, and I agree that the setting is just perfect! Thanks for sharing your choices, Susan :)

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Love this topic. I'm from Louisiana & of course the south has a special place in my heart. I love reading books set there. My fave are Mary Kay Andrews books. She's hilarious & the books are great. My fave of hers is The Fixer-Upper. I really want to read Out of the Easy. Loved the Help, too. And To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my all time faves. Great list! ~daphne

Good topic! I've read "The Help," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "Where the Heart Is," and I've heard "The Kitchen House" is really good. :)

I would have to add "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" and the related novels by Rebecca Wells. Great list and many that I haven't read and will have check out from the library.

Great list! The South is a fun topic to pick, there's something very atmospheric about it as a setting I think. Great mix of classic and new-er picks on here, thanks!

Good topic! and I love any list that includes To Kill A Mockingbird!

This is a great list! What a cool setting to choose. I've loved a good number of your picks. Fabulous!

Wow! We have the same topic here. I chose American Deep South, because I happened to have read 10 books this year set in those states :) I like some of the ones you included that I read, but not this year, Gone With the Wind and To Kill A Mockingbird, and a newer favorite The Kitchen House.
Thanks for sharing this!

I *love* THE HELP and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD! I've heard OUT OF THE EASY is great, too. :)

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It seems like a shame that I haven't read any of these. There looks to be some really good ones on your list. I like the Beautiful Creature books and Shadowed Summer. Creepier Southern tales.

This is a great topic! From your list I've only read The Help so far... and loved it! You have several others on your list that are on my TBR pile. ;)

I love Gone With the Wind and To Kill a Mockingbird. I have both The Help and The Kitchen House to read, and have heard good things about both, so am looking forward to reading them.

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I love books written in a southern setting as well. To Kill a Mockingbird is a favorite and the Kathy Reichs novels as well. Mary Kay Andrews is great fun to read. I recently discovered Larissa Reinhart who writes humorous cozy mysteries that take place in Georgia. The one I read was Still Life in Brunswick Stew. Ann George is fun too, Murder on a Bad Hair Day.

Great list, the only ones I've read are To Kill A Mockingbird, Gone With The Wind and Deja Dead but there are a couple of others that have sneaked on to my wishlist :)

I desperately need to read Out of the Easy and The Help, as they have both received so much praise. To Kill a Mockingbird is also a great choice and a definite no-brainer for a top ten list about books set in the South. It's one of my favorite classics and a book everyone should read!

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When I saw your topic, I thought I wouldn't have read any of them... but I have read (and enjoyed) Where the Heart Is and To Kill A Mockingbird. I might like to try The Help someday, too.

Nice choice of topic!

Good topic. I've read a few of these, but certainly not all of them. Gone With the Wind and To Kill a Mockingbird are especially great books. Out of the Easy and the Kathy Reichs' books look really good.

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Another thought... do you feel I should read all the Kathy Reichs' Bones series from the first, or is there another spot I can jump in and appreciate what has happened beforehand? I love mysteries and also forensic books, such as Patricia Cornwell back when she was "good" and Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles. Thanks for a response to long question :)

Being from the south myself I can totally appreciate your topic choice. But surprisingly I haven't read most of these. Great list!

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Oh, fantastic theme! I love To Kill a Mockingbird and I really want to read The Help. I loved the movie.

Great setting choice and some great books! I have Out of the Easy but I still haven't read it. And I keep hearing such great things about it. And I agree with you. TTT is my favorite as well! Glad to see you!

Gone With the Wind is one of my all time favorite books. And To Kill a Mockingbird--love it! ~Pam

Great choices. I love books set in the South. My personal favorites are that of Anne Rice.

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Great choice of setting! I too loved Where the Heart Is, both the book and the movie. I'd like to second the recommendations for Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Beautiful Creatures.

I never realized some of the Temperance Brennan novels were set in the South, I've been meaning to try this series.

Great list. Love the cover for To Kill A Mockingbird. Going to have to keep an eye out in my library to see if the stock Over the Easy.

Fab choice. I do enjoy books set in the south of the USA, the setting is so different from where I live (London, UK)! I've only read To Kill A Mockingbird but some of the others are on my wishlist.

I really liked Out of the Easy and Where the Heart is. I still need to read the Help *hides in shame* but I do own a copy. Great list!

Hooray for the South!!! Love a good book set here. I haven't read any of these except Where the Heart Is (sooo good!) but feel like I really need to!

If you enjoy books from the south (and about food) I highly recomend anything by Sara Allen Addison, esp Sugar Queen or Garden Spells. She is fantastic and I think right up your ally. Good list!