The Georgia 2008 Top 25 Books By Living Georgia Writers
The Georgia Top 25 Reading List is a project of the Georgia Center for the Book. The list is made up of books set in Georgia or written by a resident or former resident of the state. The list, aimed at enhancing public appreciation of Georgia's rich literary tradition, was chosen by the public and members of the Center's advisory council. The purpose of the Top 25 is to promote reading and discussion and to enhance appreciation of Georgia's rich literary traditions.
The 2008 Georgia Top 25 Books By Living Georgia Writers
Taking After Mudear
Ansa, Tina McElroy
Above the Fall Line: The Trail from White Pine Cabin
Blackmarr, Amy
Be Sweet
Blount, Roy Jr.
Waltzing Through the Endtime (poetry)
Bottoms, David
Baby Brother’s Blues
Cleage, Pearl
Dwelling Place
Clarke, Erskine
Strong at the Broken Places
Cleland, Max
Georgia Odyssey
Cobb, James C.
The Meaning of Consuelo
Cofer, Judith Ortiz
A Cabinet of Wonders
Dodd, Renee
There Is No Me Without You
Greene, Melissa Fay
The Untelling
Jones, Tayari
The Race Beat
Klibanoff, Hank
The Book of Marie
Kay, Terry
Crabcakes
McPherson, James Alan
A Little Salvation (poetry)
Mitcham, Judson
Your Body is Changing
Pendarvis, Jack
Pinhook: Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land
Ray, Janisse
Downtown
Sams, Ferrol
Beyond Reach
Slaughter, Karin
Native Guard (poetry)
Trethewey, Natasha
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For
Walker, Alice
For the Confederate Dead (poetry)
Young, Kevin
The Big Mama Stories
Youngblood, Shay
In the Morning: Reflections from First Light
Williams, Philip Lee
The 2005 Georgia Top 25 Reading List
The Last Radio Baby
Andrews, Raymond
Ugly Ways
Ansa, Tina McElroy
Going to Ground: Simple Life on a Georgia Pond
Blackmarr, Amy
Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
Boyd, Valerie
The Latin Deli
Cofer, Judith Ortiz
The Water is Wide
Conroy, Pat
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
Crews, Harry
Wit
Edson, Margaret
The Temple Bombing
Greene, Melissa Fay
Trouble No More
Grooms, Tony
Leaving Birmingham: Notes of a Native Son
Hemphill, Paul
Daughter of My People
Kilgo, James
Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege
Leslie, Kent
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
McCullers, Carson
Lamb in His Bosom
Miller, Caroline
Sabbath Creek
Mitcham, Judson
Everything That Rises Must Converge
O'Connor, Flannery
And the Dead Shall Rise
Oney, Steve
Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn
Pomerantz, Gary
Wild Ginger
Sellers, Bettie
The Celestine Sibley Sampler
Sibley, Celestine
Freedom: Georgia's Anti-Slavery Heritage 1733-1865
Thurmond, Michael
Driving Miss Daisy
Uhry, Alfred
Mama Makes Up Her Mind
White, Bailey
A Distant Flame
Williams, Philip Lee
The 2002 Georgia Top 25 Reading List
Baby Of The Family
Ansa, Tina McElroy
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
Berendt, John
Armored Hearts
Bottoms, David
Cold Sassy Tree
Burns, Olive
Tobacco Road
Caldwell, Erskine
An Hour Before Daylight
Carter, Jimmy
What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day
Cleage, Pearl
The Prince Of Tides
Conroy, Pat
The Library Dragon
Deedy, Carmen, illustrated by Michael White
Deliverance
Dickey, James
The Souls Of Black Folk
Du Bois, W.E.B.
Praying For Sheetrock
Greene, Melissa Fay
Dream Boy
Grimsley, Jim
Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales
Harris, Joel Chandler, and Julius Lester
To Dance With The White Dog
Kay, Terry
Walking With The Wind
Lewis, John
The Member Of The Wedding
McCullers, Carson
Gone With The Wind
Mitchell, Margaret
A Good Man Is Hard To Find, And Other Stories
O'Connor, Flannery
Lighthouse
Price, Eugenia
Ecology Of A Cracker Childhood
Ray, Janisse
Run With The Horsemen
Sams, Ferrol
Peachtree Road
Siddons, Anne Rivers
The Color Purple
Walker, Alice
A Testament Of Hope: The Essential Writings And Speeches Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Washington, James Melvin, Editor
