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Do you have a list of authors who are auto-buys when they release a new book? We’re delving into some of ours!

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann Patchett books Emily Henry books Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Abby Jimenez books Ali Hazelwood books Liz Moore books Kate Morton books Tana French books Leigh Bardugo books Celeste Ng books Anthony Horowitz books Sarah Dessen books Sarah MacLean books Ruth Ware books

Ann’s picks:

• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters – Fingersmith by Sarah Waters – The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters – The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
• Still Life by Louise Penny – Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny – How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
• The Diviners by Libba Bray – The Diviners series by Libba Bray – Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray

Halle’s picks:

• The Best Man by Kristan Higgins – Katherine Center books – Look on the Bright Side by Kristan Higgins – Blue Heron series by Kristan Higgins
• What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty – Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty – Rainbow Rowell books – Big Little Lies (TV)
• Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon – The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon – The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon – I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Plus One by S.C. Lalli – Sonya Lalli books – The White Lotus (TV) – The Guest List by Lucy Foley
• Halle: Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

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In honor of Valentine’s Day, learn everything you need to know about the romance genre!

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Webinar: Crash Course in Romance Nicholas Sparks books Colleen Hoover books Hello Stranger by Katherine Center Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Sarah Adams books Mindy Klasky Tropes List Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory The Hating Game by Sally Thorne The Hating Game (film) Ali Hazelwood books Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood With Love, from Cold World by Alicia Thompson Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare Knockout by Sarah MacLean The Singles Table by Sara Desai Battle Royal by Lucy Parker It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey Role Playing by Cathy Yardley Scandalized by Ivy Owens Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn Bridgerton (TV) How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman Jasmine Guillory books Tia Williams books Helen Hoang books Susan Elizabeth Phillips books Christina Lauren books Mia Sosa books Olivia Dade books Natalie Caña books Beverly Jenkins books Adriana Herrera books Evie Dunmore books Courtney Milan books Jane Austen books Georgette Heyer books Julia Quinn books Cat Sebastian books Tessa Dare books Sarah MacLean books Lisa Kleypas books Judith McNaught books Jude Deveraux books Julie Garwood books Mary Balogh books Nora Roberts books Amanda Quick books Jayne Ann Krentz books Romancing the Stone (film) Carla Neggers books Sarah J. Maas books Blood and Ash series by Jennifer L. Armentrout Freya Marske books Olivia Atwater books Kresley Cole books J.R. Ward books Bride by Ali Hazelwood Lana Harper books April Asher books Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton Twisted series by Ana Huang Elsie Silver books Rebekah Weatherspoon books Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage Devney Perry books Jennifer Lohmann books Mariana Zupata books Icebreaker by Hannah Grace Sarina Bowen books Elle Kennedy books Windy City series by Liz Tomforde Twilight Saga series by Stephenie Meyer Kimberly Lemming books Ice Planet Barbarians series by Ruby Dixon Diana Biller books Ana María and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Surrender: Forty Songs, One Story by Bono
• Halle: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

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We’re back with our superlatives episode – one of our favorites of the year!

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Halle’s Instagram Women’s Prize for Fiction Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry From the Front Porch (podcast) Book of the Month Club

Most Timely Ann: Spare by Prince Harry Halle: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Most Disappointing Ann: The Cloisters by Katy Hays and Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian Halle: Happiness Falls by Angie Kim and Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld – Miracle Creek by Angie Kim – Saturday Night Live (TV)

Favorite Reread Ann: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Halle: Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid and The Guncle by Steven Rowley – Daisy Jones & the Six (TV)

Biggest Surprise Ann: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree and Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See Halle: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen – The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen

Least Favorite Ann: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros and The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown Halle: Mean Baby by Selma Blair

Book That Lived Up to the Hype: Ann: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Halle: Happy Place by Emily Henry Best Distraction Ann: The Last Word by Taylor Adams Halle: Katherine Center books – Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center – Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

The Book That Ended a Mini Reading Slump Ann: Homecoming by Kate Morton Halle: Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler

Most Unputdownable Ann: What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall and Look Closer by David Ellis Halle: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell and Drowning by T.J. Newman

Better Late Than Never Ann: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid and The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Halle: The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline and My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Book That Has Stayed With Me Ann: The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle Halle: Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

Book That We Didn’t Think We’d Like, But Then We Did! Ann: The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei and Gods of the Wyrdwood by RJ Barker – Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson Halle: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

Author(s) we discovered in 2023 that we’re most excited to read more from in 2024 Ann: Nilima Rao, T. Kingfisher, Heather Fawcett – A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao – Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett – Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett Halle: Sarah Adler and Jessica Joyce – Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler – You, With a View by Jessica Joyce

Hidden Gem: Ann: A Death in Denmark by Amulya Malladi and Role Playing by Cathy Yardley and Better the Blood by Michael Bennett Halle: Talking at Night by Claire Daverley and Chance of a Lifetime series by Kate Clayborn – Normal People by Sally Rooney Best Audiobook Experience of the Year: Ann: Kala by Colin Walsh and Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley – Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley Halle: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears, narrated by Michelle Williams

Our Favorite Non-Book Media Property of the Year Ann: “Planet of the Bass” by DJ Crazy Times (song)    Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (film)    Barbie (film)    The Shop Around the Corner (film)    Remember the Night (film)    Bob’s Burgers (TV) Halle: Lessons in Chemistry (TV)    Daisy Jones & The Six (TV)     The Bear (TV)     The Great Canadian Baking Show (TV)     First Draft (podcast)     Sentimental Garbage (podcast)     –The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue     – You’ve Got Mail (film)     – Sleepless in Seattle (film)

The Book We Recommended the Most This Year Ann:  Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling and Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Halle: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Stateless by Elizabeth Wein – Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
• Halle: Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas – A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas

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Our favorite episode of the year, full of our favorite books of the year. Happy Holidays from your friends at Well-Read!

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Ann’s picks:

• Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher – Sleeping Beauty
• Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling – Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• How Can I Help You by Laura Sims – Patricia Highsmith books
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin – The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
• Homecoming by Kate Morton
• Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
• The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle
• Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
• Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood
• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree – Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Halle’s picks:

• Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
• The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
• Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli
• Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
• Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• Exiles by Jane Harper – Tana French books
• Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
• River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
• Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood – Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood – Happy Place by Emily Henry
• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett – Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao
• Halle: Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey

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This week, we’re talking about book trends! Whether you’re deep in romantasy or cozy everything, we’re covering some of the biggest trends in publishing right now.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros The Maid by Nita Prose Anne McCaffrey books Game of Thrones (TV) A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R.R. Martin The Inheritance Cycle series by Christopher Paolini Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R Tolkein Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai Debbie Macomber books Sweet Magnolias (TV) Virgin River (TV) The Sweet Magnolias series by Sherryl Woods Virgin River series by Robin Carr A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto The Summer Seekers by Sarah Morgan The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Miss Marple series by Agatha Christie The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson Helen Mirren filmography A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas Zodiac Academy series by Caroline Peckham Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins @beachreadsandbubbly on Instagram Jennifer L. Armentrout books Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka Serial (podcast) Role Playing by Cathy Yardley People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Get Out (film) Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Victor LaValle books Mexican Gothic by Silvia Morena-Garcia Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele Circe by Madeline Miller Queen Hereafter by Isabelle Schuler Macbeth by William Shakespeare Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
• Halle: Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley – Uzma Jalaluddin books – Maggie Knox books – Karma Brown books

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Depending on which co-host you ask, it’s the most wonderful time of the year: Halloween! We have plenty of books for all your spooky reading needs this season. As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Episode 11 – Spooky Books for Halloween The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young ALA RUSA CODES Reading List Hocus Pocus (film) Bleeding Hart Yard by Elly Griffiths Harbinder Kaur series by Elly Griffiths The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths

Ann’s picks:

• Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
• Overdue by Richie Tankersley Cusick – Christopher Pike books – Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine – Fear Street series by R.L. Stine – The Mall by Richie Tankersley Cusick – The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux – Silent Stalker by Richie Tankersley Cusick – Inferno by Dante Alighieri
• Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

Halle’s picks:

• The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
• The Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
• Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll – The Whispers by Ashley Audrain – The Push by Ashley Audrain

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
• Halle: Meet the Benedettos by Katie Cotugno – Keeping Up with the Kardashians (TV) – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – The Kardashians (TV) – Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

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It’s time to revisit books about books! We discuss some recent and evergreen favorites.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Ann’s picks:

• The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths – Harbinder Kaur series by Elly Griffiths
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (film)
• The Last Word by Taylor Adams

Halle’s picks:

• The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer – Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl – The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
• The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn – Booklist (magazine) – One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris – The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
• The Dictionary of Lost World by Pip Williams – The Bookbinder by Pip Williams

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Lone Women by Victor LaValle – Midsommar (film) – The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle
• Halle: The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young – Weyward by Emilia Hart – Practical Magic (film) – Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman – Practical Magic series by Alice Hoffman

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September puts us in the mood for back-to-school books, but why not add a mysterious twist? We’re talking dark academia titles this week!

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt (buy from Bookshop) Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (buy from Bookshop) The Likeness by Tana French (buy from Bookshop) The Magicians by Lev Grossman (buy from Bookshop) Dead Poets Society (film) Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling Joanna Gaines

Ann’s picks:

• The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton (buy from Bookshop)
• Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (buy from Bookshop) – Truly Devious series by Maureen Johnson
• Babel by R.F. Kuang (buy from Bookshop) – The Secret History by Donna Tartt (buy from Bookshop) – Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (buy from Bookshop) – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (buy from Bookshop)

Halle’s picks:

• The Cartographers by Peng Shephard (buy from Bookshop)
• Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian (buy from Bookshop) – Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay – Dexter (TV)
• Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (buy from Bookshop) – The Secret Place by Tana French (buy from Bookshop)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Cloisters by Katy Hays (buy from Bookshop) – The Met Cloisters
• Halle: The Lost Husband by Katherine Center (buy from Bookshop) – Halle’s Instagram – Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center (buy from Bookshop) – Hello Stranger by Katherine Center (buy from Bookshop) – Katherine Center books – The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center (buy from Bookshop)

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It’s that time again…the books we’re looking forward to the most publishing September through February!

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann’s picks:

• Reykjavík by Ragnar Jónasson and Katrín Jakobsdottír (releases September 5) (buy from Bookshop) – Arnaldur Indriðason books – Parnassus Books – Ann Patchett books – Independent People by Halldór Laxness (buy from Bookshop)
• Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison (releases September 19) (buy from Bookshop) – Cackle by Rachel Harrison (buy from Bookshop) – The Return by Rachel Harrison (buy from Bookshop)
• Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot (releases September 19) (buy from Bookshop) – The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones (buy from Bookshop)
• Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling (releases October 10) (buy from Bookshop) – The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling (buy from Bookshop)
• Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (releases November 7) (buy from Bookshop) – Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (buy from Bookshop)
• The Excitements by C.J. Wray (releases January 30) (buy from Bookshop) – The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (buy from Bookshop) – Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (buy from Bookshop)
• The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden (releases February 13) (buy from Bookshop) – The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (buy from Bookshop)
• The Kamowaga Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai (releases February 13) (buy from Bookshop) – Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (buy from Bookshop)

Halle’s picks:

• The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman (releases September 26) (buy from Bookshop) – Bad on Paper (podcast)
• The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab (releases September 26) (buy from Bookshop) – The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (buy from Bookshop) – Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab
• Family Meal by Bryan Washington (releases October 10) (buy from Bookshop) – Memorial by Bryan Washington (buy from Bookshop) – Lot by Bryan Washington (buy from Bookshop) – Bryan Washington at New York Times Cooking
• The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok (releases October 10) (buy from Bookshop) – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (buy from Bookshop) – Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (buy from Bookshop)
• Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (releases November 7) (buy from Bookshop) – Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (buy from Bookshop) – A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas – The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
• The Bride Bet by Tessa Dare (releases January 15) (buy from Bookshop) – Girl Meets Duke series by Tessa Dare
• Come and Get It by Kiley Reid (releases January 9) (buy from Bookshop)
• Bride by Ali Hazelwood (releases February 6) (buy from Bookshop) – Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (buy from Bookshop)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann:  Ascension by Nicholas Binge (buy from Bookshop) – Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (buy from Bookshop) – The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (buy from Bookshop)
• Halle: Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (buy from Bookshop) – The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (buy from Bookshop) – With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (buy from Bookshop)

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