Books

“This is the same road as any serious writer with elbow patches and a whiskey addiction and a log cabin in the woods,” says the newly minted novelist and daughter of the late bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank

A look inside the Texas journalist’s cathartic new book

G&G readers share their treasured book repositories and reading nooks around the South

The author of Cold Mountain on his writing routine, North Carolina roots, and taking his characters beyond the South

A best-selling crime novelist on building suspense, her go-to spots around Charleston, and her new book’s surprising tie to G&G

The author of Big Fish reaches hard-wrung reconciliation in a new memoir

A huge new coffee table book, The Outlands, dips into the photographer’s unseen archive

A photo tour of our favorite ideas and takeaways for interiors and decor

A new book—and a new oral history project—highlight the rural women whose stories continue to shape Appalachia

The new Andalusia Interpretive Center offers a closer look at the author’s life and inspirations

Hosting tips—and recipes—from a North Carolinian who has made Italian beauty a lifetime love

Three new collections propel Southern verse forward

Hit order (and preorder) for these two dozen new and forthcoming books that G&G editors and contributors are buzzing about

The legacy of the “Prince of Scribes” lives on in Beaufort and beyond

Plott Hound Books is the place to find thoughtfully curated reads—and advice on where to eat while you turn the pages

The North Carolina author—and insatiable reader—on the novels, memoirs, poetry, and stories he couldn’t put down

The cookbooks, novels, and nonfiction books that G&G editors and contributors loved most this year

A few thoughts on great Southern reads—and announcing our upcoming book club

For a passionate birder, duck hunting triggers an unexpected lesson

The Paper Dolls of Zelda Fitzgerald is an extraordinary look into the art and vision of the famous Southern Belle