Dolly Parton, Martha Stewart and more: 13 new fall cookbooks we're devouring

If you like watching Stephen Colbert and you enjoy food with a Southern vibe, you'll get a kick out of this cookbook written by The Late Show host and his wife, Evie (a native of Charleston influenced by her mother's home cooking). Expect recipes for classics like biscuits and deviled eggs alongside laugh-out-loud anecdotes from the pair.

From a home empire legend comes her 100th book! It's a collection of Martha's top 100 recipes, plus photos and the anecdotes behind them, scrapbook style. You'll find her famous paella, recipes for weeknight meals, dinner-party favorites and more. It's a good thing.

In this book, the beloved actress and host of the CNN show Searching for Mexico shares her love of Mexican traditions and ingredients, plus 100 favorite recipes. We can't wait to dive into the Shrimp Aguachile and Pollo Asado.

You may recognize Ashleigh Shanti from Top Chef season 19, and now the celebrated chef from Asheville, N.C., has a written her first cookbook. It's an ode to Southern Black cooking that highlights regional ingredients and dishes like smoky grilled oysters from the Lowcountry and Fish Camp Hush Puppies from the Backcountry.

Fans of Tieghan Gerard's Half Baked Harvest recipes will love all the comforting, flavorful, Instagram-worthy food in this book. The recipe for Cheeseburger Pasta — an updated take on Hamburger Helper — had us running to the store for a pound of ground beef stat.

Sarah Kieffer is famous for her original pan-banging chocolate chip cookie recipe in the New York Times. Several Yahoo staffers jumped at the chance to recommend this baking book, which features 100 recipes for crave-able one-bowl cakes, brownies, bars and other desserts.

A book of 500 recipes from as trusted a resource as the team behind the successful cooking show, America's Test Kitchen? Sign us up! Even if you've never seen the show, this vast collection is worth a look. It spans the series' 25-year history of culinary discoveries and innovative techniques and covers the ways this team has revolutionized so many go-to recipes.

From the creator of Rainbow Plant Life comes a tome of plant-based recipes that are bursting with flavor. Vora aims to educate and empower home cooks to create vegan dishes that range from quick weeknight dinners to indulgent takeout copycats like her Vegan Crunchwrap Supreme. Sounds like a great way to get back to meatless Mondays!

Food Network star Bobby Flay's 18th book is a stunner. It includes essays about his career in restaurants and television and his most iconic recipes. Bottom line? It's a gorgeous coffee table book that you can actually put to good use. 

Yahoo staffers Scott Simone and Britt Ross were adamant that we include this collection of updated family recipes from the popular Brooklyn, N.Y., restaurant Agi's Counter. Written by Jeremy Salamon, a second-generation Hungarian Jew, this book celebrates the chef's heritage.

Philadelphia-based James Beard award-winning chef Nok Suntaranon brings us the flavors of Southern Thai food as she remembers them from her childhood. With this book, she shows home cooks how doable Thai cooking is and includes easy-to-follow instructions and tips for beginners.

“Hey, good lookin’—what ya got cookin’?" is what Dolly Parton sings to her sister, Rachel Parton George, whenever they're in the kitchen together. In this book, the duo offers a year's worth of holiday menus with classics like barbecue spare ribs, mac and cheese and strawberry shortcake.

Part memoir, part cookbook, this release from the James Beard award-winning chef, restaurateur and Top Chef judge recounts his journey from a working-class Italian upbringing to modern-day culinary celebrity. On Instagram, Colicchio shared, "The recipes included throughout the book are ones I love to make at home for my family and friends. These dishes make up the memories of my life and I hope they create memories for you too."