Books

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

An iconic landscape architect’s Southern trek, revisited

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

What G&G editors and contributors loved reading this year

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 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

Four new releases shake up the region’s culinary traditions

Fall brings extra servings of cookbooks, historic novels, stirring biographies, and a secret garden book you’ll want to spend an afternoon paging through

Our collection of best-sellers includes S Is for Southern, The Southerner’s Cookbook, The Southerner’s Handbook, and Good Dog

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