Place-based books, Deep South

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Wazzzzzuuuuuuup · 18/03/2024 21:31

I love to travel and love to make my travels really immersive with very personal planning (often over complicated itineraries!), making Playlists relevant to the countries/cities I'm visiting etc. I also like to read books written by authors from/about the places I'm visiting.

I'm taking a road trip in the USA with my husband. We're going from New Orleans through west Mississippi to Memphis, TN, then to Birmingham Alabama, then Nashville, TN. We then head out to Savannah GA for a few days and back to NOLA through the Florida panhandle.

Can anyone recommend any books by Southern authors or incorporating any of these cities?

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Caferouge · 19/03/2024 06:48

Where the crawdads sing, the colour purple, the help, secret life of bees. All set in the South but I’m not sure about the specific states.

Notgoodatpoetrybutgreatatlit · 19/03/2024 06:42

James Lee Burke wrote his detective fiction set in New Iberia in Louisiana. Its near New Orleans. His writing is so vivid I feel like I've been there. His protagonist is a recovering alcoholic called Dave Rochiecheax who is a proper cajun who speaks French as his first language. The stories are simply wonderful. And I learnt so much about the history and culture and modern politics of the area.

Rocknrollstar · 19/03/2024 06:14

Greg Iles has a series of books set in the Deep South about a lawyer who is widowed and moves back to his home town with his daughter. Really give you a feeling of what it is like to live there.

Dustyblue · 19/03/2024 05:29

There's always Gone With the Wind. Depressing read though.

I can think of others set in the Deep South, but nothing modern. Sounds like a great trip though. Nice food there apparently.

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