Photos: 15 of the best Southern books to read this fall

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Photos: 15 of the best Southern books to read this fall

Photos: Best Southern books to read this fall

Looking for a good book to read this fall? We've got you covered. Click through to get a taste of some of the best Southern books being released this fall, then read our detailed roundup, check in on three mysteries that'll keep you up at night and take a look at memorable first lines from our selections.

Fiction: ‘Twain’s End’ by Lynn Cullen. In her latest historical novel, Cullen doubles down on love triangles.

Fiction: 'The New and Improved Romie Futch’ by Julia Elliott. A debut novel of sci-fi satire and dystopian strangeness.

Fiction: ‘The Mare’ by Mary Gaitskill. A novel about a young girl who learns to love horses — and herself.

Fiction: ‘Fates and Furies’ by Lauren Groff. The much-hyped complex critical darling details a long-standing relationship.

Fiction: ‘Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator’ by Homer Hickam. The story of a 1,000-mile road trip to return a pet alligator to the swamps of Florida.

Fiction: ‘Honey from the Lion’ by Matthew Neill Null. A stark assessment of the logging of virgin timber and the unfortunate legacies of the Gilded Age.

Fiction: ‘Cries for Help, Various’ by Padgett Powell. 44 stories hustle through dreamlike predicaments.

Nonfiction: ‘A Boy from Georgia: Coming of Age in the Segregated South’ by Hamilton Jordan. A memoir that zeroes in on the narrator’s experiences growing up in segregated Albany in the 1950s and ’60s.

Nonfiction: ‘The Art of Memoir’ by Mary Karr. A penetrating guidebook overflowing with practical advice.

Nonfiction: ‘My Father’s Guitar and Other Imaginary Things’ by Joseph Skibell. A new collection of 16 interrelated essays.

Nonfiction: ‘Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads’ by Paul Theroux. This hefty, 448-page travelogue follows a year of the author’s meandering car rides below the Mason-Dixon Line.

Nonfiction: ‘Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine’ by Damon Tweedy. Equal parts memoir and exposé, Tweedy details his personal journey as the son of a meat cutter attending medical school on a scholarship.

Mystery: ‘The Gates of Evangeline’ by Hester Young. An author treks into the spooky backwaters of Louisiana to investigate a missing boy who may or may not be haunting her nightmares.

Mystery: 'Pretty Girls’ by Karin Slaughter. A novel that examines the ripple effect of tragedy on two generations of a cursed Georgia family.

Mystery: ‘The Granite Moth’ by Erica Wright. When a fiery act of sabotage brings actual horror to a Halloween parade, costume queen Kathleen Stone breaks out her bag of tricks to unmask the killer.

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Looking for a good book to read this fall? We've got you covered. Click through to get a taste of some of the best Southern books being released this fall, then read our detailed roundup, check in on three mysteries that'll keep you up at night and take a look at memorable first lines from our selections.

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