What’s on your reading list? We go through some of the best new books by Southern authors with Alison Law of the Literary Atlanta podcast and author Nicki Salcedo . Alison and Nicki's picks for the latest Southern novels you should read: The Vain Conversation by Anthony Grooms An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Brass by Xhenet Aliu A Scholar of Pain by Grant Jerkins Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown