Books

In A Time for Mercy, Mississippi attorney Jake Brigance is back

A balm of beautiful photos, powerful memoirs, and fiction from beloved Southern authors, including Lee Smith, Jill McCorkle, and James Lee Burke

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

The prolific Southern novelist just might be the grandfather the world needs right now

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

Think of this latest Foxfire book as a dictionary that’s slick as a butterbean

A look at the Harper Lee classic and its message, then and now

If stranded on a desert island, these Southerners would read…

Twenty Southern literary treasures, novels, cookbooks, and escapist thrillers.

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

A Duke University researcher’s fascinating new book on the Civil War submarine shines new light on a longstanding mystery

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

CNN analyst Bakari Sellers looks at the long-ignored lives of rural African Americans

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

Ways to support your local independent bookstore during coronavirus distancing

A South Carolina trio elevates the work of Southern storytellers

G&G’s style director recommends eight great design-minded books to pore over

In Race Against Time, a Mississippi journalist recounts the cold cases he helped solve

Cozy up with a funny new novel, a collection of nearly forgotten stories, fascinating biographies, and a beautiful look-ahead to spring gardening

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