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

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)

What happened when “thunder ice” came to my home in Mississippi

A reading list for the dreary days of winter

G&G editors and contributors shared so many stellar new novels, memoirs, and cookbooks that we lost count. But here are thirty-something selections at the top of our lazy-summer book stacks.

G&G staff and contributors pick their favorite new novels, bold memoirs, and beach reads, plus a few books to put on preorder

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

Novelist Benjamin Hale revisits a child’s disappearance in the Ozarks—and follows the fear, faith, and folklore that unfolds in its wake

Etiquette, tips, and tricks—plus recipes for mulled wine, bourbon-spiked cider, roasted oysters, and the best s’mores ever

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

Editors, contributors, and Southern booksellers share the new novels, fresh nonfiction, and even a couple of cookbooks at the top of their book stacks

If stranded on a desert island, these Southerners would read…

New novels, nonfiction, cookbooks, forthcoming titles, even some classics—and where these Southerners plan to enjoy reading them

Alabama’s literary hideaway mixes laid-back pleasures, Gulf seafood, and plenty of creativity

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

Mississippi writers celebrate one of the South’s most beloved bookstores, which opens a new rare book shop this weekend

Your guide to great new Southern reads this month

Goings-on in the South and beyond

A writer’s ode to a storied little Mississippi bookstore

G&G contributors, editors, and Southern book lovers share new releases and old favorites to read right away this year—and a couple forthcoming releases already on preorder

Just a boat ride away from Savannah, a wild barrier island floats a world apart

The Square Books founder shares his full list of the year’s best titles—including the ones that he couldn’t quite fit into our Whole Hog podcast

One Southerner reconsiders how inherited pieces can escape the dust and shine with new life

The Little Easy no more

Bring cash (no credit cards!), conversation, and a sense of adventure to the Original Pinkie Masters

A two-day celebration of Southern culture in Taylor, Mississippi

Over Bushwackers and Budweiser, a relationship takes root at the Flora-Bama

In search of hummingbirds in the jungles of Belize

A literary tour of the South’s top independent bookshops