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The novels, short-story collections, memoirs, histories, poetry, and cookbooks our editors and contributors have loved (or can’t wait to get their hands on)

A novelist interviews Dopesick writer Beth Macy and the author Silas House, who tells him, “I never trust a writer who doesn’t doubt themselves”

The Hollywood darling goes deep on his love for Bluegrass culture, meditative gardening, and gathering in the dove field

Thirty-plus picks by and for Southerners: new novels, tell-all memoirs, and savory cookbooks to kick off autumn with cozy vibes

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

Our editors and contributors shared the novels, cookbooks, memoirs, and even a few oldies-but-goodies that they couldn’t put down this year

How two Southern literary giants led a young Appalachian writer to her own voice

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

A preacher forced to examine his beliefs forsakes fire and brimstone for love

G&G editors and contributors suggest forty Southern novels, memoirs, and cookbooks to put at the top of your reading list this year

From the Appalachian peaks and valleys where country found its wings, to the Deep South’s holy land of blues, these destinations for live tunes don’t just attract fans, they draw in legends

What to do and see in Central Kentucky’s defining city

The Baltimore-raised essayist, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter on being funny, a plague of frogs, and his new book about returning to his roots

G&G editors and contributors share what books to cozy up with this autumn

A Katrina and Ida survivor shares: “It does not matter if you lost a little or a lot, if you evacuated or rode it out. You have lived through something devastating”

A seafood temple in Birmingham, an inventive New Orleans meat-and-three, a modern Asheville fish camp, and other newcomers worth checking out

Top cookbooks, novels, and memoirs that explored the story-filled region

G&G editors share some of what went into producing the “Saving the South” issue

After devastating waters wrecked novelist Silas House’s Eastern Kentucky homeland last week, he worked alongside the helpers—those who refuse to let the voices of Appalachia go under.

What G&G editors and contributors loved reading this year

Part Appalachian storyteller. Part modern-day Thoreau, Manning has carved out his own spot in the pantheon of American poets from a twenty-acre swath of Kentucky woods

A country mutt helps a father get through his own separation anxiety

Remembering the country music star from Kentucky, who died at age 76

We’re halfway through the year, but still just getting through our pile of great Southern reads. Make time for some—if not all two dozen—of these novels, cookbooks, and coffee table tomes before the second half of the year brings even more goodies for book lovers

No one has tapped into Southern truths quite like the Virginia-raised author, whose fifteen novels span Appalachia to the Florida Keys. Just ask the legion of writers who praise Smith for guiding their own stories

Fifty of the most compelling images from the pages of G&G this year

Memoirs, novels, a deep dive on Harper Lee, and landmark cookbooks—here are our favorite reads of the year

Novelist Silas House chats with the author of the new book Prine on Prine, which collects decades’ worth of interviews with the beloved songwriter

Welcome summer with a stellar new book haul, including buzzy debut novels, a visually stunning tour through mezcal territory, and two story collections by Southern authors that are perfect for poolside afternoons. Oh, And a Bottle of Rum

Seven great series and podcasts to tune into this May

The new U.S. Poet Laureate on the power of poetry and finding inspiration in place

He acts, sings, and dances his way from Appalachia to Hollywood’s biggest franchises

Bringing a deeply painful past into the light, the singer-songwriter’s new memoir and album are testaments to the power of art—and of the human spirit

An exclusive first listen of the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter’s deeply personal—and powerful—new album

The country megastar’s first book is “a love letter” to his creative art

Ahead of the launch of her new album, the singer-songwriter sits down with a fellow Kentucky writer and chats words, gardening, and evolving with the seasons of life

A conversation, in letters, with one of the South’s most vital voices