Will be visiting Natchez, Mississippi soon, any good reads for the area?
Will be visiting Natchez, Mississippi soon, any good reads for the area?
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Will be visiting Natchez, Mississippi soon, any good reads for the area?
Greg iles
I agree!
One of my favorites!
Agree!
Totally agree. One of my favorites!
Greg Iles has several series set in Natchez.
John Grisham also has lots of Mississippi books. Try Ford County, it is a collection of short stories.
Greg Iles (iles)
He’s a native of Natchez and writes books set in the town. Kinda murder mystery. I love that town ! Visit the homes there. My dad is from there so I spent all my summers there. It’s a great town !
Yes to Greg Iles! I have only read The Quiet Game which, despite its size, was a fast read because it was so engaging. I will definitely be reading more of his.
I have read all of Greg Iles books and have enjoyed them greatly.
I have been wanting to read his books, got to get them soon.
Grisham. To Kill a Mockingbird.
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Love Natchez!
The quiet game is the first and the best of the series.
Greg Isles for sure
Yes to Greg Isles Natchez Burning trilogy
Varina by Charles Frazier.
Nevada Barr has a mystery set in Natchez.
I came here to say the same thing. Loved the Anna Pigeon series by Nevada Barr!
The Greg Iles series made me want to go to Natchez.
If you have a chance check out the Linden House B&B while you are there. The front of the house was used somehow in Gone With the Wind. It’s worth the time for a tour. Enjoy your trip Natchez was a great place to visit.
Thanks! Always looking for great suggestions!
In the middle of The Quiet Game, really good.
Anything by Greg Isles.
Yep, Greg Isles.
Anything by Larry Brown is great — not set in Natchez specifically, but a Mississippi author worth noting
Not Natchez, but South in general: Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke. Takes place is East Texas.
My dog Skip by Willie Morris,Faulkner, and Eudora Welty are all set in Mississippi
I am reading Greg Isles. His books are great. For a classic Mississippi author, take a look at William Faulkner
Greg Isles. .lots of history, intense, hard to put down…
Natchez Burning!
Greg Iles Penn Cage series are set in Natchez. Great books!
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles. It’s a long one and has two sequels
Anything by William Faulkner. He is from Mississippi.
Nevada Barr books
Natchez Burning trilogy is so good.
One Writer’s Beginning by Eudora Welty is spare and elegant.
I loved this. Perfect description.
@Lynn It is a slim volume and I almost left it on the shelf. I figured it wouldn’t be much…silly me!
@Jill me too!
I randomly picked up a novel at the library recently that was set in Natchez. It was a surprisingly good read… New Mercies by Sandra Dallas
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
All Greg Isles!
Crossing No Bob and Finding the Strong. Both young adult but beautiful and very strong sense of MS
Say hello to the Delta for me. (Not a book, just love the sip)
Mud bound!!!!
Be sure to take the cemetery tour and the buggy ride around town. Our driver was Randy and he was a real hoot.
And see the Octagon House.
Longwood Plantation is the name. It’s wonderful.
Nevada Barr, Deep South and Hunting Season but she’s pretty grim.
I love Anna!
Varina, by Charles Frazier, is the fascinating story of the wife of Jefferson Davis. What an unusual life this woman had. Literate, independent, and a ferocious adventurer, she spent a great deal of time away from her husband, blossoming a unique life of tales, determination, and friendships with Mary Chestnut, Julia Grant and other fabulous women of the era.
Just finished this. Fascinating!
@Laura this sounds like a book you would enjoy
@Tonia It does indeed 😉 Thanks
Anything by Greg Iles. Look him up on the internet and see his office while you’re there. Also the Turning Angel monument in the National Cemetery there.
Mississippi? William. Faulkner. Mic drop.
Greg Iles writes the best and lives there!
Yes, any of Greg Iles book, set in and around Natchez.
The Sookie Stackhouse series
Greg Iles for sure . natchez burnng is one of my favorites
Some of the tour guides can show you his in town house. But locals are very protective about location of his main house.
Agree William Faulkner.
Greg Isles is from Natchez. John Grisham is from Oxford. Both have wonderful selections
You may like Dispatches From Pluto. Really good read about MS.
Greg Iles.
Greg Iles is a must for the Natchez area!
Greg Iles
Check out Greg Iles books…he has a Mississippi trilogy. He is one of my faves
https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469635033/goat-castle/
This sounds like a wild and crazy story but so often true stories ARE “stranger than fiction”! I’ll be looking for this one. Thanks for posting. Check this out, @Tonia 😉
@Lora will you see if the library can get this? It looks fantastic!
@Tonia I sure will!!
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn of course!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32920226-sing-unburied-sing
One of the newer literary “bright lights” in Mississippi https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/books/review/national-book-award-jesmyn-ward.html
There’s a couple Anna Pigeon books set there.
Yes, love Nevada Barr’s heroine, Anna.
Me too! I think I’ve read most of them
The Help is set in Jackson, but it’s six of one, half dozen of t’other…. Also, make sure you visit the Under the Hill Saloon and learn that history while there….
Greg Iles is my absolute favorite author!!!
Yes, definitely Greg Iles!
The President’s Lady ny Irving Stone
My absolute favorite is “Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter”
Crooked letter, crooked letter
Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer
Greg Isle, Penn Cage series starting with The quiet game. Excellent!!!
Greg Iles!!! Any of his books are wonderful. He lives and writes in Natchez.
Another vote for Greg Iles!
Greg isles books
Greg Iles.
Greg Iles for sure.
North and South by John Jakes. You can see the house used in the movie.
Be sure to tour some of the old homes. Awesome City!
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Greg Iles’ Penn Cage books are great!
Can’t remember where he’s from but Rick Bragg’s books are a wonderful dose of the south.
Natchez Burning trilogy by Greg Iles. I just finished the last book and can’t wait to go!
Greg ilse is a local writer around here. I live in vidalia louisiana the town right across the bridge from Natvhez. Literally 2 minutes. Lol
Natchez Burning trilogy
Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horowitz
Not really a light happy read, but Fishboy is set in that area.
Anything grisham.
I loved a painted house and skipping Christmas
Greg Iles
Omg YES Greg Iles!
It’s nonfiction, but “The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity” by James C. Cobb gives the history of the delta, including Natchez.
And try Shelby Foote. He wrote several excellent novels set in Mississippi (his home state). I’d suggest “Love in the Ruins” or “Jordan County.”