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Novels set in Mississippi

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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