Books

In a new book, writers pay homage to his words. Read an exclusive excerpt here

Where to encounter the latest page-turners and the authors behind them

No one has tapped into Southern truths quite like the Virginia-raised author, whose fifteen novels span Appalachia to the Florida Keys. Just ask the legion of writers who praise Smith for guiding their own stories

The Baltimore-raised essayist, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter on being funny, a plague of frogs, and his new book about returning to his roots

Gosh a’mighty, it’s not hard to find a toddy—or inspiration for the next great Southern novel—in this writerly college town

At Dickson Street Bookshop, time capsules capture misplaced, lost, and discarded treasures

New blue-ribbon reads worth a spot in the kitchen

SEC football documentaries lead August’s top series, movies, and podcasts with Southern ties

G&G staff and contributors pick their favorite new novels, bold memoirs, and beach reads, plus a few books to put on preorder

Odes to the late legendary author from James Lee Burke, S.A. Cosby, and more

Spine-tingling page-turners from a longtimer and a rising writer

The author’s vivid childhood makes for a captivating look back in her new book

“This is the same road as any serious writer with elbow patches and a whiskey addiction and a log cabin in the woods,” says the newly minted novelist and daughter of the late bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank

A look inside the Texas journalist’s cathartic new book

G&G readers share their treasured book repositories and reading nooks around the South

The author of Cold Mountain on his writing routine, North Carolina roots, and taking his characters beyond the South

A best-selling crime novelist on building suspense, her go-to spots around Charleston, and her new book’s surprising tie to G&G

The author of Big Fish reaches hard-wrung reconciliation in a new memoir

A huge new coffee table book, The Outlands, dips into the photographer’s unseen archive

A photo tour of our favorite ideas and takeaways for interiors and decor