Southern Literature Reading Challenge 2021

The blog Introverted Reader hosted his one for several years until around 2016, and has brought it back this year. I will read as many as possible.

Definition of “The South”

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• West Virginia

Levels

Level 1–C’mon in the house! Read 1-2 books.

Level 2–Pull up a seat and stay a while! Read 3-4 books

Level 3–Have a glass of sweet iced tea, honey. Read 5-6 books

Level 4–Y’all come back now, y’hear! Read 7+ books

My Books:

1. Lost Soul, Be At Peace--Maggie Thrash
2. The Edge of Town--Dorothy Garlock
3. Dear Justyce--Nic Stone
4. Absalom, Absalom!--William Faulkner
5. The Vanishing Half--Brit Bennett
6. Twelve Angry Librarians--Miranda James
7. If Morning Ever Comes--Anne Tyler
8. The Wedding Dress--Rachel Hauck
9. If I Was Your Girl--Meredith Russo
10. Isaac's Storm--Erik Larson
11. Chamomile Mourning--Laura Childs
12. Hello, Summer--Mary Kay Andrews
13. Same Beach, Next Year--Dorothea Benton Frank
14. Inside Out & Back Again--Thanhha Lai
15. Calico Joe--John Grisham
16. Men We Reaped--Jesmyn Ward
17. The Summer's End--Mary Alice Monroe
18. Shades of Earl Grey--Laura Childs
19. The Four Winds--Kristin Hannah
20. Hillbilly Elegy--J.D. Vance
21. Barracoon--Zora Neale Hurston
22. The Pelican Brief--John Grisham
23. Vampires Never Get Old--Zoraida Cordova (ed.)
24. The Newcomer--Mary Kay Andrews
25. Twelve Years a Slave--Solomon Northup
26. A Lowcountry Wedding--Mary Alice Monroe
27. A Lowcountry Christmas--Mary Alice Monroe
28. The Santa Suit--Mary Kay Andrews
29. The Teaberry Strangler--Laura Childs
30. Shop Till You Drop--Elaine Viets

Challenge completed on December 31