Books

New books out this month, including Appalachian noir, a definitive sports biography, a coastal mystery, and a cookbook that’s quite cheesy

A vanishing Virginia island foretells a changing coastline

We’re halfway through the year, but still just getting through our pile of great Southern reads. Make time for some—if not all two dozen—of these novels, cookbooks, and coffee table tomes before the second half of the year brings even more goodies for book lovers

A historian scopes out the country’s bond with hunting

A new book offers cocktail recipes that start with grocery-store ingredients. Just add bourbon, gin, vodka…

Springtime brings a crop of fresh cookbooks and new novels, plus beautiful coffee table tomes

It’s time to crack the spines of the new literary classics

Dozens of books cross Garden & Gun editors’ desks each week. Here are a handful of out-in-January titles that we can’t wait to take home and read

With stunning photography, a new book gives an up-close look at some of Georgia’s most majestic residents

A new book, The Authentics, chronicles the fascinating lives of twenty-seven tastemakers, including some of our favorite Southerners

A new book documents the Crescent City’s surprising role in shaping the entertainment empire

The meticulously crafted world of an American style legend

As a student, author Wiley Cash discovered the work of the incomparable Louisiana writer Ernest J. Gaines. It was the start of a literary bond that has lasted two decades—and an education in the power of the place you call home

Go inside the Georgia art and design university’s forty most famous structures around the world

There’s nothing quite like a good dog story

The beloved author’s Georgia home starts a new chapter

Jesmyn Ward’s latest novel expands the Southern canon

Thoughts on rivalry football couples, dove-hunting duds, and classic Southern beach reads

We asked the experts at independent bookstores across the South for the summer reads they’re recommending to book lovers right now

A journalist delves into the riveting truth behind a series of mysterious fires in Virginia