Southern Literary Review’s 2025 Books of the Year

The editors of Southern Literary Review select several books each year to receive special recognition. (See criteria here.) Congratulations to the authors of these fine additions to Southern literature!

 Book of the Year – (Tie)

          

The Bright Years by Sarah Damroff

The Miniaturist’s Assistant by Katherine Scott Crawford


Poetry

Lullaby for the Grieving by Ashley Jones


Short Fiction

The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen

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