Show Notes
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 KingsolverThe Covenant of Water by Abraham VergheseAnn’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 Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on TwitterWell-Read on BookshopWell-Read on Instagram
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We love a TBR episode, and even better is a TBR episode when we pick books for each other! Listen in for our selections, and we’ll end with what we’re reading this week. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Ann’s picks:
Somehow this year is already halfway over (!!!!!), so it’s time to check in on our reading goals and parts of our book lives.