Oxford American polled 134 scholars asking them about the top 10 Southern novels of all time. Here were the results:
- Absalom, Absalom! ~William Faulkner
- All the King’s Men ~ Robert Penn Warren
- The Sound and the Fury ~William Faulkner
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ~Mark Twain
- To Kill a Mockingbird ~Harper Lee
- The Moviegoer ~Walker Percy
- As I Lay Dying ~William Faulkner
- Invisible Man ~Ralph Ellison
- Wise Blood ~Flannery O’Connor
- Their Eyes Were Watching God ~Zora Neale Hurston