A roundup of the best new Southern releases of January 2026.
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All articles filed in Chelsea Risley
Chelsea Risley is a writer, editor, and floral designer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She is the Executive Director of SoLit and Editor-in-Chief of the Southern Review of Books. She has an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte, and her work has appeared in Juked, Barrelhouse Magazine, Pidgeonholes, Kissing Dynamite, Lunch Ticket, and the Phi Kappa Phi Forum.
2025 Staff Favorites
The SRB editorial team looks back on the best books they read in 2025.
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Books to Celebrate in December 2025
A non-exhaustive list of queer Southern books published in the second half of 2025.
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The Best Books of November 2025
A roundup of the best Southern books of November 2025.
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The Best Southern Books of October 2025
A roundup of some of October 2025’s best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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The Best Southern Books of September 2025
A collection of some of the best Southern poetry, fiction, and nonfiction of September 2025.
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The Best Southern Books of August 2025
A roundup of the best new Southern releases in August 2025.
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The Best Southern Books of July 2025
A collection of some of the best Southern poetry, fiction, and nonfiction of July 2025.
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Books to Celebrate in June 2025
Celebrate Pride by reading one of the queer Southern fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books published in the first half of 2025.
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Join the Southern Summer Book Club
The SRB crew and Bradley Sides invite you to read along with us!
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