Books

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The Top-of-2021 Reading List for Southerners
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

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Our Favorite Books for Southerners in 2020
Dozens of memoirs, novels, and nonfiction books that got us through a year unlike any other

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Danielle Evans’s Factual Fiction
The Virginia native’s stunning new collection deftly wrestles with history and truth

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Peek Inside the Homes of Some of the South’s Most Creative People
Inspiration abounds in a beautiful new coffee table book

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Our Q&A with Rick Bragg Went About as You’d Expect
Over a phone call from the road, the Southern author talks his new essay collection, books that inspire him, the unhealthiest scrambled eggs in history, and his spooky Halloween plans

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An Anthology for Today’s South
A new tome highlights the stories of Southern writers of color

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Samin Nosrat’s Soft Spot for Southern Food
The Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat star on her upcoming chat with Alabama legends, the wisdom of grandmothers, and why cornbread is so intimidating

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Buy a Beloved Lowcountry Writer’s Desk, Books, and Pens
The auction of Dorothea Benton Frank’s collections of cookbooks, dishes, and jewelry will support a writing fund in Charleston

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An Exclusive Excerpt from John Grisham’s New Courtroom Thriller
In A Time for Mercy, Mississippi attorney Jake Brigance is back

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New Reads We’ve Been Loving this Summer
A balm of beautiful photos, powerful memoirs, and fiction from beloved Southern authors, including Lee Smith, Jill McCorkle, and James Lee Burke

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Eight Late Summer Reads
No matter where you’re spending your leisure time these days, there’s a new book to delight

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Life Lessons and Movie Recommendations from James Lee Burke
The prolific Southern novelist just might be the grandfather the world needs right now

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John Grisham’s Summer Reading List
The bestselling author on the new cookbook that’s got him excited about shrimp gumbo, the novel he’s re-read at least five times, and his “method” for organizing books

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Sayings from Southern Appalachia
Think of this latest Foxfire book as a dictionary that’s slick as a butterbean

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To Kill a Mockingbird Turns 60
A look at the Harper Lee classic and its message, then and now

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A Castaway’s Bookshelf
If stranded on a desert island, these Southerners would read…

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The Best Books of 2020—So Far
Twenty Southern literary treasures, novels, cookbooks, and escapist thrillers.

BOOKS
Welcome to Pitchlynn
Some Go Home, Odie Lindsey’s charismatic debut novel, puts another fictional Mississippi town on the map

Arts & Culture
What Really Happened to the Crew of the H.L. Hunley?
A Duke University researcher’s fascinating new book on the Civil War submarine shines new light on a longstanding mystery

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New Reads for Right Now
Southern novels, armchair travel guides, rip-through-’em memoirs, and an ode to Foxfire’s enduring legacy