Visit the state’s oldest independent bookstore to find something new to fill up your brain—and then head a few blocks south to Johnny’s Restaurant, where you can fill up your belly (with fried green tomatoes). [ ] Gifty and her family leave Ghana for Huntsville in this novel drawn from Gyasi’s life as the daughter of immigrants. [ ] A National Book Award finalist, Covington’s book covers the trial of Glenn Summerford and a snake handling church in Appalachia with generous curiosity.
[ ] Jones is Alabama’s current poet laureate; her 2021 collection was longlisted for the PEN / Voelker Award. Find your way to Nelle Harper Lee’s gravesite in Monroeville and leave a penny as tribute. [ ] The archives, stacks, and reading rooms here don’t skimp on majesty, and the design of the library itself—perched waterside and flanked by Thunder, Jumbo, Juneau, Roberts, and McGinnis peaks—is evocative of a bird poised for flight.
[ ] This tale of an Inuit girl and her adoptive wolf pack is an adventure classic. [ ] by Michael Chabon A master observer of place and people, McPhee’s travels through Alaska introduce readers to prospectors, politicians, and the bush community of Eagle. [ ] The Tlingit poet and former state laureate’s “The Spoken Forest” is installed at Totem Bight State Park in Ketchikan.
[ ] Jack London fans will find echoes of in Skagway, Alaska, where much of Buck’s story unfolds. [ ] Find 98 acres of botanical garden for walks and many desert lands.