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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

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

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

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

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.

Highly personal tips that just might work for your own inter-generational trips, too

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

Gorgeous cookbooks, charming poetry collections, meditations on nature, and more delightful 2024 reading picks from G&G editors and contributors

G&G contributors pick the food books they’re excited to devour this fall

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

Whether you’re into thrillers, photo books, novels, or just anything you can cozy up with on an autumn evening, you’ll find something to savor among these new books

The year was delicious in the kitchen for Southerners

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

Welcoming spring with a double dose of natural beauty

We’re feeling thankful for writers, photographers, and this year’s generous haul of new novels, reported stories, riveting tell-alls, and beautiful photography books

G&G editors and contributors share the biographies, nonfiction reads, thrillers, and unforgettable novels that have started 2021 off right for readers

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

A few highlights from a Crescent City pilgrimage

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

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

Wahoo runs, mountain rambles, and miles logged near and far—plus the destinations inspiring our 2026 travel plans

Tips and tricks for the first—or next—time you brave the beaver on a road trip

Garden pros share tips for giving your green spot a sense of Southern story

From Cheerwine floats to vintage cake toppers, it’s the little details that make the big day

Seven bottles we keep in easy reach

Plus, destinations we’re dreaming of this year

Ten Southern dishes we can’t stop thinking about

After spending three days in the Crescent City, we’re still dreaming about a cozy bookshop, some standout blue-crab beignets, a wander through City Park, cocktails galore, and the perfect muffuletta 

A few items G&G staffers wouldn’t mind finding under the tree

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

A smart bird feeder, a bounty of garden seeds, avian artwork, and more thoughtful finds to delight both birders and feathered friends

Editors, gardeners, and readers share the tiny kernels of history they’re planning to plant

Editors’ picks for less beaten, more beautiful paths through downtown and beyond

Plus, top destinations we’re dreaming of this year

Readers, editors, and chefs share their tips for perfecting the campfire treat. Wait for the bourbon secret

Odes to the late legendary author from James Lee Burke, S.A. Cosby, and more

The spots in the South—and around the world—where G&G editors can’t wait to visit this year

Jerry Saltz on faking it till you make it, going down Instagram rabbit holes, and why the creativity pouring from the South is so vital

Here’s where you’ll find G&G editors outside the office in the next twelve months

Come summer, all roads lead to the mountains