The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Mississippi

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
9 The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner 1929 American English
43 Absalom, Absalom! William Faulkner 1936 American English
79 As I Lay Dying William Faulkner 1930 American English
181 Light in August William Faulkner 1932 American English
243 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 1876 American English
483 The Civil War Shelby Foote 1958 American English
509 Sanctuary William Faulkner 1931 American English
640 Black Boy Richard Wright 1945 American English
754 If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem William Faulkner 1939 American English
909 The Warmth Of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson 2010 American English
1307 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor 1976 American English
1313 The Optimist's Daughter Eudora Welty 1972 American English
1343 The Hamlet William Faulkner 1940 American English
1368 Salvage the Bones Jesmyn Ward 2011 American English
1379 The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty Eudora Welty 1980 American English
1415 Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain 1883 American English
1468 The Collected Stories of William Faulkner William Faulkner 1950 American English
1527 The Confidence Man Herman Melville 1857 American English
1650 Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward 2017 American English
1714 Go Down, Moses William Faulkner 1942 American English
1752 Men We Reaped Jesmyn Ward 2013 American English
1801 A Time To Kill John Grisham 1989 American English
2607 Heavy Kiese Laymon 2018 American English
2612 Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant U. S. Grant 1885 American English
2708 The Help Kathryn Stockett 2009 American English
2799 Delta Wedding Eudora Welty 1946 American English
2805 James Percival Everett 2024 American English
3074 One Writer's Beginnings Eudora Welty 1984 American English
3280 The Hate U Give Angie Thomas 2017 American English
3638 The Portable Faulkner William Faulkner 1946 American English
4116 Why Did I Ever? Mary Robison 2001 American English
4277 A Curtain Of Green Eudora Welty 1941 American English
4284 A Rose for Emily William Faulkner 1930 American English
4620 Rising Tide John Barry 1997 American English
4658 Lanterns on the Levee William Alexander Percy 1941 American English
5094 Sartoris William Faulkner 1929 American English
5117 North Toward Home Willie Morris 1967 American English
5274 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams 1955 American English
5306 Lee's Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1943 American English
5329 Grant Ron Chernow 2017 American English
5646 The Bear William Faulkner 1942 American English
5923 In Search Of Our Mother’s Gardens Alice Walker 1983 American English
6174 The Mansion William Faulkner 1959 American English
6485 The Keepers of the House Shirley Ann Grau 1964 American English
6668 Complete Short Stories Mark Twain 1957 American English
6732 Jubilee Margaret Walker 1966 American English
7215 The Robber Bridegroom Eudora Welty 1942 American English
7771 Summer And Smoke Tennessee Williams 1948 American English
7895 King David Levering Lewis 1970 Unknown English
7910 The Town William Faulkner 1957 American English
8264 Coming Of Age In Mississippi Anne Moody 1968 American English
8572 Let The Trumpet Sound Stephen B. Oates 1982 American English
8789 The Reivers William Faulkner 1962 American English
8824 Photographs Eudora Welty 1971 American English
8937 Memorial Drive Natasha Trethewey 2020 American English
9191 How To Slowly Kill Yourself And Others In America Kiese Laymon 2013 American English
10224 The Trees Percival Everett 2021 American English
11315 The Little Friend Donna Tartt 2002 American English
11489 When Everything Changed Gail Collins 2009 American English
11660 Lake Success Gary Shteyngart 2018 American English
12964 Dominion Addie E. Citchens 2025 Unknown English
13327 Olio Tyehimba Jess 2016 American English
14056 Sweet Soul Music Peter Guralnick 1986 American English
14951 Crimes Of The Heart Beth Henley 1978 American English
14984 Native Guard Natasha Trethewey 2006 American English
15898 Iola Leroy Frances Harper 1892 American English
15898 The Country Blues Samuel B. Charters 1959 American English
16496 The Unvanquished William Faulkner 1938 American English
15898 Shiloh Shelby Foote 1952 American English
15898 Marching On James Boyd 1927 American English
15898 House Divided Ben Ames Williams 1947 American English
15898 So Red The Rose Stark Young 1934 American English
16739 Tournament Shelby Foote 1949 American English
17120 The Land Where the Blues Began Alan Lomax 1993 American English
17120 Sons of Mississippi Paul Hendrickson 2003 American English
17120 Ray Barry Hannah 1980 American English
17120 Sweet Taste of Liberty W. Caleb McDaniel 2019 American English
17120 The Runaway Jury John Grisham 1996 American English
17120 The Chamber John Grisham 1994 American English
17120 Alex Cross's Trial James Patterson 2009 American English
17120 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17120 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17120 The Woman In Me Britney Spears 2023 American English
17120 $2.00 A Day Kathryn J. Edin 2015 American English
17120 His Truth Is Marching On Jon Meacham 2020 American English
17120 Lincoln Fred Kaplan 2008 American English
17120 Black Like Me John Howard Griffin 1961 American English
17120 White Tears Hari Kunzru 2017 British English
17120 Stokely Speaks Stokely Carmichael 1971 American English
17120 The Fall Of Roe Elizabeth Dias, Lisa Lerer 2024 Unknown English
17120 Native Nations Kathleen DuVal 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Hate You Give Angie Thomas 2017 American English
16887 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17120 The Man Who Saved The Union H.W. Brands 2012 American English
17120 King Jonathan Eig 2023 American English
17120 Klan War Fergus M. Bordewich 2023 Unknown English
17120 Crossings Ben Goldfarb 2023 Unknown English
17120 Saying It Loud Mark Whitaker 2023 Unknown English
16867 Barn Burning William Faulkner 1939 American English