Books

Books

G&G’s Big Fall Reading List

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



The Southerner's Handbook

How to Build a Library

Five essential Southern books

Food & Drink

A Fresh Harvest of Fall Cookbooks

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

Arts & Culture

Why John Grisham Measures Time Before and After “The Firm”

A Q&A with the author, who this fall resurrects his first big hit in a new thriller

Arts & Culture

Murder, She Wrote: Catching Up with the South’s Agatha Christie, Laura Lippman

The 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

Books

The Lasting Power of Larry McMurtry’s Not-So-Secret Texas Truths

In a new book, writers pay homage to his words. Read an exclusive excerpt here

Arts & Culture

A Guide to the South’s Best Fall Literary Festivals

Where to encounter the latest page-turners and the authors behind them

Southern Authors