Books

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

Books
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

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

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

Arts & Culture
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

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

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

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

Arts & Culture
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

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

Arts & Culture
Shining a Light on the Forgotten South
CNN analyst Bakari Sellers looks at the long-ignored lives of rural African Americans

Arts & Culture
Marie Kondo Shares the Life-Changing Magic of “Thank You” Right Now
The “Tidying Up” star and her new Texas sidekick share timely—and sensibly Southern—tips for a better home-office life from their new book

Arts & Culture
How Buying Indie Might Help Save the South’s Bookshops
Ways to support your local independent bookstore during coronavirus distancing

Southern Heroes
Hub City Writers Project: The Literary Lights
A South Carolina trio elevates the work of Southern storytellers

Arts & Culture
Our Style Director’s Spring Reading List
G&G’s style director recommends eight great design-minded books to pore over

Arts & Culture
A New Book Looks at Bringing Civil Rights-Era Murderers to Justice
In Race Against Time, a Mississippi journalist recounts the cold cases he helped solve

Arts & Culture
New Books We Are Loving This Winter
Cozy up with a funny new novel, a collection of nearly forgotten stories, fascinating biographies, and a beautiful look-ahead to spring gardening

Arts & Culture
Jericho Rising
How the push and pull of the South feed Louisiana native Jericho Brown’s soul-shaking, award-winning poetry