Books

Halfway through 2019, we’re looking back at the delightful novels, biographies, memoirs, story collections, and other works that have already made this a stellar year in Southern literature

The Hall of Fame quarterback shares stories about playing for Bear Bryant, discovering Florida flowers, and his first taste of sweet potato pie

A real-life atrocity inspires Colson Whitehead’s heartbreaking new novel

Great summer reads for Southerners—bold novels to take to the beach, a peachy keen cookbook, and one powerful ode to grace

Author Winston Groom looks back at the Oscar-winning film adaptation’s debut—and the journey that led him there

May brings the year’s first crop of beach reads, a slew of almost-summertime cookbooks, and powerful odes to Southern history

Celebrate Where the Red Fern Grows with thirty thousand other fans—and, of course, their pups

An iconic landscape architect’s Southern trek, revisited

April brings a shower of new reads, including big-league cookbooks, powerful memoirs, and a charming tribute to one funny-man’s best friend

Welcome spring with wanderlust-worthy travel books, a haul of great cookbooks, and powerful photography collections

A quintessential collection of fishing essays still hooks the heart

Mid-winter brings powerful memoirs, new novels, a lush photography book, and a beautiful reminder that spring will come again

Start 2019 with notable debut novels, stories about tough women, meditations on nature, and a touching memoir about a Southern-fried life

What G&G editors and contributors loved reading this year

The lauded poet’s new collection entwines the South’s history with her own

This winter, five visual books share lesser-known stories and rare images—a family art feud, more than one hundred locked lips, a feast of festive glassware, stunning early maps, and a truly remarkable Southern jewelry collection

The new photo book, Nashville: Scenes from the New American South, shares Music City moments big and small

The fall haul of books includes a Mississippi courtroom thriller from John Grisham, a photography collection that brings Nashville into focus, two meaty cookbooks, and one quite gritty read

Seven reads for dark and stormy nights

Four new releases shake up the region’s culinary traditions