Category
page 1Novels set in Mississippi

The Sound and the Fury
1929 novel by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying
novel by William Faulkner

Light in August
novel by William Faulkner
The Help
novel by Kathryn Stockett

Absalom, Absalom!
1936 novel by William Faulkner

Sanctuary
novel by William Faulkner

A Time to Kill
1989 novel by John Grisham

Sartoris
Sartoris is a Southern Gothic novel, first published in 1929, by the American author William Faulkner. It portrays the decay of the Mississippi aristocracy following the social upheaval of the American Civil War. The 1929 edition is an abridged version of Faulkner's original work. The full text was published in 1973 as Flags in the Dust. Faulkner's great-grandfather William Clark Falkner, himself a colonel in the American Civil War, served as the model for Colonel John Sartoris. Faulkner also fashioned other characters in the book on
local people from his hometown Oxford. His friend Ben Wasson

The Last Juror
novel by John Grisham

Fevre Dream
1982 novel by George R. R. Martin

The Runaway Jury
novel by John Grisham

Other Voices, Other Rooms
novel by Truman Capote

The Little Friend
2002 novel by Donna Tarrt

The Chamber
novel by John Grisham

Requiem for a Nun
novel by William Faulkner

The Hamlet
1940 novel by William Faulkner

Mason & Dixon
1997 novel by Thomas Pynchon

The Reivers
1962 novel by William Faulkner

The Unvanquished
novel by William Faulkner

The Partner
novel by John Grisham

The Passenger
2022 novel by Cormac McCarthy

The Town
1957 novel by William Faulkner

Sycamore Row
2013 novel by John Grisham

The Mansion
1959 novel by William Faulkner