Southern Fiction

Thrillers

A Past That Won’t Stay Buried: The Unforgettable Thrills of “Forget Me Not”

One of the best pleasures about reading is that you naturally just come across stories that are simply unforgettable. Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham is an unforgettable novel that intertwines forbidden love, grief navigation, and crime in this coming-of-age atmospheric thriller. The Past Resurfaces in a Gripping Family Thriller…

Ashley IveyAugust 25, 2025

Thrillers

S. A. Cosby Stokes the Flames of Revenge in Latest Thriller, “King of Ashes”

In S. A. Cosby’s latest novel, King of Ashes, money manager to the stars Roman Carruthers has long abandoned his Virginia roots. For years, he’s been living large in Atlanta, making millions for his clients and indulging in every fantasy he can imagine. The deep scars of a troubled childhood…

Jodé MillmanJune 11, 2025

Fiction

Mary Alice Monroe Explores Love, Sacrifice and Grit in Sweeping Southern Epic

Mary Alice Monroe’s latest novel, Where the Rivers Merge, is a gorgeous read, one of those historical novels that sweeps you up into a time and a place so real and lush you feel you’re there, with a compelling storyline to make you stay. This captivating multigenerational saga of a…

Anne Eliot FeldmanMay 16, 2025

Fiction

Kevin Wilson Returns with Wild and Touching Family Road Trip in “Run for the Hills”

Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here, crafts a captivating literary fiction/family drama, Run for the Hills, about a bunch of half-siblings who go on a cross-country trip, in a PT Cruiser, to search for their estranged father. Thirty-two-year-old Madeline Hill (Mad) has spent most…

Natalia KavaleMay 12, 2025

Fiction Recommended

Appalachian Fiction Blends Stories of Two Girls Centuries Apart

Two young girls separated by half a millennium must summon every ounce of cunning and strength to save themselves and their loved ones from spiritual and physical annihilation in Jeffery L. Deal’s wonderfully imaginative The Rhythm of Grace on Standalone Mountain. A blend of fiction and history, the novel’s backdrop…

Peggy KurkowskiNovember 26, 2024

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Fiction Miscellany

Telling Stories of Folklore and Superstition in Southern Appalachia

Author Kimberly Brock shares stories of the place that inspired her new book. The Fabled Earth is a sweeping novel of family lore and the power of finding your own voice. Southern mythology and charm collide with personal reckoning in this dual-timeline story of three women connected in different ways to…

Kimberly BrockOctober 1, 2024

The Queen City Detective Agency by Snowden Wright

Fiction

Uncover a Criminal Conspiracy in New Southern Noir

Author Snowden Wright is a native son of small-town Meridian, Mississippi, familiarly known as Queen City for its “golden age” in the years between 1890-1930 when it was the largest city in the state and a center for railroads and manufacturing. In an interview from May 10, 2023 with the…

Linda HitchcockAugust 12, 2024

Fiction

Southern Novel “Little Tea” Unravels Past and Present in Rich Narrative

Every so often you read a novel so intricately and exquisitely crafted that it reaffirms an admiration for the whole art of writing. Little Tea by Claire Fullerton (Firefly Southern Fiction) accomplishes this considerable feat with sensitivity as graceful as Southern charm. But not everything about the tradition-steeped culture of…

Judy MorenoMay 1, 2020

Book Club Network Fiction

A Southern-Fried Ghost Story Painted in “Charleston Green”

Charleston Green — the color of the South’s rebellion against the black paint provided for reconstruction, the hue was altered to a dark green tinge with dabs of yellow and blue. This is the backdrop for the stalwart citizens of Charleston, South Carolina. In her novel, Charleston Green (Bublish) author…

K.L. RomoJune 25, 2020

Fiction Romance

Second-Chance Romance Celebrates Southern Black Culture and Cuisine

When I saw the cover for Kennedy Ryan’s newest novel Before I Let Go (Forever), I thought two things: first, I wondered if she was expanding into women’s fiction, and second, that it had been a long time since I’d been to a party (more on that later). But above…

Y. M. NelsonNovember 17, 2022

Miscellany

Finalists Are Named for Southern Fiction Award

The Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction has announced its finalists. The annual award is given to a writer whose work is set in the South and exemplifies the tenets of Southern literature—quality of prose, originality, and authenticity of setting and characters. This year’s finalists are: Joshilyn Jackson, The Almost Sisters (William…

BookTribAugust 8, 2018

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

“How Lucky” Police Have an Eyewitness to a Woman’s Abduction — If Only They Believed Him

Books don’t come with a “sell by” date, yet it sometimes seems that once the initial flurry of publicity heralding a debut passes, it is easy to overlook even a rare find. The temptation to grab a current bestseller may be too easy to resist, and you might miss some…

Linda HitchcockMay 11, 2022

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Clearly We “Don’t Know Tough”, Because “Friday Night Lights” Was Never Like This

In Eli Cranor’s searing Southern Gothic Don’t Know Tough (Soho Crime), three people at the ends of their ropes form an uneasy alliance – until it all blows up. Trent Powers is the new coach of the high school football team in Denton, Arkansas, “a small town nestled in the…

Neil NyrenFebruary 25, 2022

Fiction Romance

Tall Poppy Review: “Under the Southern Sky” Shines With Effortless Storytelling

In Under the Southern Sky, Kristy Woodson Harvey masterfully weaves four points of view together with a friends-to-lovers story of grief, second chances and deep generational friendship. Amelia Buxton thought her life was on the right track. A successful journalist and reporter just published in The New York Times, and…

Tif MarceloApril 29, 2021

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Turmoil of Reconstruction-Era Alabama Tests the Bonds of Family

There’s so much to love about Michelle Muriel’s latest book of fiction, Westland (Little Cabin Books). It’s a fine history lesson set in Alabama shortly after the Civil War, where folks are trying their best to recover and rebuild — not only their homes and their land but also their…

Sherri DaleyMarch 30, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Family Heirloom Connects an Heiress of America’s Past to Quests in a Fictional Present

Say the words “family keepsake,” and anyone in earshot will likely know what you mean. We humans have been passing down heirlooms to our children and our children’s children and their children for centuries. Often, it’s not the keepsake itself that is of value, but rather what it symbolizes to…

Susan MeissnerMarch 31, 2022

Appalachian Fiction Blends Stories of Two Girls Centuries Apart

Southern Novel “Little Tea” Unravels Past and Present in Rich Narrative

A Southern-Fried Ghost Story Painted in “Charleston Green”

Finalists Are Named for Southern Fiction Award

“How Lucky” Police Have an Eyewitness to a Woman’s Abduction — If Only They Believed Him

Clearly We “Don’t Know Tough”, Because “Friday Night Lights” Was Never Like This

Tall Poppy Review: “Under the Southern Sky” Shines With Effortless Storytelling

Turmoil of Reconstruction-Era Alabama Tests the Bonds of Family

Family Heirloom Connects an Heiress of America’s Past to Quests in a Fictional Present

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