Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads Hi! I’m looking for some recs with (as the title says) deep southern gothic atmospheres. If anyone’s seen the movie ‘The Devil All The Time’, vibes similar to that. Religious undertones, small town, culty. Thanks! by jean_r08
Fickle-Abalone-8137 on April 6, 2026 1:13 am Light in August – Faulkner (any Faulkner really) Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil – Berendt
maybemaybenot2023 on April 6, 2026 1:38 am The Toll by Cherie M. Priest Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
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Light in August – Faulkner (any Faulkner really)
Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil – Berendt
The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Carson McCullers and Eudora Welty are two top Gothic authors.
Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
The Toll by Cherie M. Priest
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff