Books
A reading list for the dreary days of winter
Books
Arts & Culture
The bestseller’s author, John Berendt, on what he’d do differently and what it’s like as the book’s sole surviving character
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Arts & CultureThe prolific author talks about setting her true crime novels in Baltimore, claiming her Southern identity, and how the pandemic inspired her latest caper about a prom gone wrong
Our Kind of Place
Ancient whispers echo off the mountains and spark the soul of novelist Taylor Brown
Food & Drink
In a playful new cookbook, Anna Stockwell reveals why a workhorse kitchen ingredient is a secret source of culinary delight
Traditions
How a daughter’s notes in the margins became the greatest Father’s Day gift of all
Arts & Culture
Novelist Benjamin Hale revisits a child’s disappearance in the Ozarks—and follows the fear, faith, and folklore that unfolds in its wake
Distilled
The whiskey savant and Iraq war veteran on his new book, “Bottom Shelf,” and the power of savoring what you love
Arts & Culture
G&G editors and contributors suggest forty Southern novels, memoirs, and cookbooks to put at the top of your reading list this year