Well-Read Episode #55 - Fall 2019 Book Preview

Fall is the biggest season for publishing, and there are so many great books to choose from this year! Ann and Halle discuss what they're excited to read as the weather cools down, and they end with what they're reading this week.

(Apologies for Ann's audio quality - sometimes things don't go right and you don't find out until you're editing!)

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ingram Content Group
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Ann's picks:

• The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea (releases September 3)
  - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
• The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (releases September 24)
  - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
• Violet by Scott Thomas (releases September 24)
• The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith (releases October 1)
  - A Novel from Hell's Library series by A.J. Hackwith
• How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones (releases October 8)
  - Saeed Jones books
  - Roxane Gay books
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (releases October 8)
  - Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
  - Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo
  - Nikolai duology by Leigh Bardugo
• White Elephant by Trish Harnetiaux (releases October 29)
  - Clue (film)
  - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
• The Witches are Coming by Lindy West (releases November 5)
  - Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West
  - Shrill (TV)

Halle's picks:

• The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (releases September 3)
  - Hello Sunshine - Reese's book club
  - Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
  - Boris Pasternak books
  - John le Carré books
• Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory (releases October 1)
  - The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
  - The Wedding Date series by Jasmine Guillory
  - The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
• The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (releases October 1)
  - Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
  - Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
  - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
• Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia (releases October 8)
  - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
• Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (releases October 29)
  - The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
  - The Family Fang (film)
• Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz (releases October 29)
  - Educated by Tara Westover
  - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
  - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (releases November 5)
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (releases November 5)
  - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

What We're Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Summer List by Amy Mason Doan
  - "Fade into You" (song by Mazzy Star)
• Halle: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (releases September 24)
  - Ann Patchett books
  - Parnassus Books

Well-Read Episode #54 - We’re Back!

Hi! Remember when we used to be podcast friends? We sure do! Ann and Halle are back with an update over what’s been happening for the past two (!) years, and some of their favorite reads during that time. And of course, they’ll end with what they’re reading this week. 

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

NoveList (check your local library)
Parnassus Books
Ann Patchett books
Favorite Books of 2017
Favorite Books of 2018
ALA RUSA CODES Reading List

Ann’s picks:

• The Witch Elm by Tana French
  – Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French
• Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein
  – Top Chef (TV)

Halle’s picks:

• The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
  – A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
  – John Irving books
• City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
  – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  – Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
  – Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  – Episode 17: 2016 Reading Resolutions
  – Episode 43: 2017 Reading Resolutions
  – War and Peace (TV)
  – Andrew Davies films
  – Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
  – War and Peace (film)
• Halle: Fumbled by Alexa Martin
  – Playbook series by Alexa Martin
  – Intercepted by Alexa Martin

Halle’s Instagram: @halle770
Halle’s goodreads
Ann’s Instagram: @ferskner
Ann’s Litsy: @ferskner
Ann’s goodreads

Well-Read Episode #53 - Books About Books

Who doesn't love a book about books? (Possibly Ann.) Listen to our picks for the ultimate reading angle for book-lovers. We'll end with what we're reading this week and some news.

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry (releases August 15)

Ann's picks:

• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
  - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  - Books by Isak Dinesen
• The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman
  - Voynich Manuscript
  - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
• The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller
  - Andy Miller's blog
  - Moby Dick, or, The Whale by Herman Melville
  - The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Halle's picks:

• My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul
  - The New York Review of Books
  - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
  - The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

What We're Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera
  - Episode 51 - Summer Reads
• Halle: Caraval by Stephanie Garber
  - The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer
  - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  - Episode 28 - Our All-Time Favorites

Well-Read Episode #52 - Book Tourism - Southeast Asia

We’re starting a new series where we’ll play tourist through books! Our first stop is Southeast Asia. As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann’s picks:

• The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill
  – Dr. Siri Paiboun series by Colin Cotterill
  – No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith
  – The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
• The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee
• The Girl from the Coast by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, tr. Willem Samuels

Halle’s picks:

• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
  – Newbery Medal
• In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
  – Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Lauren Hillenbrand
• The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls’ Escape from Slavery to Union Hero by Cate Lineberry (releases June 20)
  – Materials about Robert Smalls at Beaufort County Library
  – Be Free or Die events at Beaufort County Library
• Halle: Your Perfect Life by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke

Well-Read Episode #51 - Summer Books

The temperature is rising and we’ve got books to get you in that summertime radness! As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

Episode 1 – Beach Reads

Ann’s picks:

• Austenland by Shannon Hale
  – Austenland (film)
  – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  – Pride & Prejudice (TV)
  – Jane Austen books
  – Regency House Party (TV)
  – Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
• The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
  – The Tourist series by Olen Steinhauer
  – The Yalta Boulevard Sequence series by Olen Steinhauer
• The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews
  – Mary Kay Andrews books
  – Dorothea Benton Frank books

Halle’s picks:

• On Folly Beach by Karen White
  – Karen White books
  – The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen White
• Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
  – Fargo (TV)
  – Legion (TV)
• Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
  – Morgan Matson books

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  – Episode 4 – Winter 2016-17 Book Previews
• We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby
  – Bitches Gotta Eat (blog)
  – Jenny Lawson books

Well-Read Episode #50 - Summer Reading Preview

We’ve reached our 50 episode milestone! We’ll share some behind the scenes info about the podcast, and give you a preview of what you’ll be reading this summer. The episode finishes with what we’re reading this week.

Ann’s picks:

• Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (releases June 6)
  – Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie
  – Miss Marple series by Agatha Christie
  – Anthony Horowitz books
  – Foyle’s War (TV)
  – Midsomer Murders (TV)
• You’ll Never Know, Dear by Hallie Ephron (releases June 6)
• People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder (releases June 6)
• The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (releases June 13)
• The Witches of New York by Ami McKay (releases July 11)
• Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong (releases July 11)
  – Lucky Peach (magazine)
• The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker (releases August 1)
  – Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
• See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (releases August 1)

Halle’s picks:

• The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (releases June 6)
  – The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
  – Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (releases June 13)
• Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay (releases June 13)
  – Roxane Gay books
  – Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay
• The Windfall by Diksha Bazu (releases June 27)
  – The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang
• Morningstar: Growing Up with Books by Ann Hood (releases August 1)
  – The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood
• How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry (releases August 15)
  – Book Depository
  – Jenny Colgan books
• Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin (releases August 22)
  – The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
  – Choose Your Own Adventure series
• The Burning Girl by Claire Messud (releases August 29)
  – The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: A Castle in England by Jamie Rhodes (releases August 15)
  – March series by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
  – Audubon: On the Wings of the World by Fabien Grolleau and Jérémie Royer
• Halle: The Breakdown by B.A. Paris (releases July 18)
  – Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

Well-Read Episode #49 - Epistolary Novels

We’re diving into epistolary novels, one of our favorite book formats (and, it turns out, are more than just a book of letters!). As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

Goodreads

Ann’s picks:

• Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn
• Sorcery & Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
  – Patricia C. Wrede books
  – Caroline Stevermer books
  – Jane Austen books
  – Cecelia and Kate series by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
  – Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence by Nick Bantock
  – Griffin & Sabine series by Nick Bantock
  – Morning Star series by Nick Bantock
  – The Pharos Gate: Griffin & Sabine’s Lost Correspondence by Nick Bantock
  – Nick Bantock books

Halle’s picks:

• Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
  – Rainbow Rowell books
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
  – We Need to Talk About Kevin (film)
• Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
  – Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
  – Arrival (film)
  – 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Quick by Lauren Owen
  – The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• Halle: The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman

Well-Read Episode #48 - Wartime Stories

This week, we'll visit stories that touch on the experience of war, whether on the front lines or at home. As always, we'll end with what we're reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness

Ann's picks:

• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
  - Cold Mountain (film)
  - The Odyssey by Homer
  - National Book Award
• Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
  - Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
  - Jacqueline Winspear books
• The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro

Halle's picks:

• Fives and Twenty-Fives by Michael Pitre
  - Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
  - Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)
  - Redeployment by Phil Klay
  - Serial: Season 2 (podcast)
  - The Hurt Locker (film)
• Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• North and South trilogy by John Jakes
  - North and South by John Jakes
  - Love and War by John Jakes
  - Heaven and Hell by John Jakes
  - North and South (TV)
  - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
  - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

What We're Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
  - LaRose by Louise Erdrich
  - The Round House by Louise Erdrich
• Halle: Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

Well-Read Episode #47 - Books for Men

While we 100% believe that everyone should read whatever they want, experience has shown us that lots of guys gravitate toward certain kinds of reads. Listen for our ideas for books for men, and we’ll close with what we’re reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

The New York Times Best Sellers
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Ann’s picks:

• The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
  – Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke
  – James Lee Burke books
• The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
  – National Book Award
  – James McBride books
• Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
  – Pirates of the Caribbean series (film)
  – Carl Hiaasen articles at the Miami Herald
  – Jimmy Buffet albums and books
  – The Big Lebowski (film)
  – Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen
  – Episode 32 – Fall 2016 Book Preview

Halle’s picks:

• Doc by Mary Doria Russell
  – Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell
  – Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
  – The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
  – Tombstone (film)
• The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
  – John Grisham books
• The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
  – Inspector Alan Grant series by Josephine Tey
  – Josephine Tey books
  – Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
  – Richard III by William Shakespeare
• Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
  – Bossypants by Tina Fey
  – Yes Please by Amy Poehler
  – The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer

Well-Read Episode #46 - Mystery Deep Dive

This week, we'll tell you everything you need to know about the vast and wonderful mystery genre! As always, we'll close with what we're reading.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

History of the genre:
"The Murders at the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Agatha Christie books
Dorothy L. Sayers books
Dashiell Hammett books
Raymond Chandler books
Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
Hardy Boys series by Franklin W. Dixon
James Patterson books

Cozies:
Masterpiece Mystery! (TV)
Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie
Miss Marple series by Agatha Christie
Lord Peter Wimsey series by Dorothy L. Sayers
Ngaio Marsh books
Josephine Tey books
Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley
Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny
A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery series by Diane Mott Davidson
Laura Childs books
A Tea Shop Mystery series by Laura Childs
Mrs. Murphy series by Rita Mae Brown
The Cat Who... series by Lillian Jackson Braun
Goodreads

Police Procedurals:
Kurt Wallander series by Henning Mankell
Leaphorn & Chee series by Tony Hillerman
Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French
Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak series by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Among the Ruins by Ausma Zehanat Khan

Hardboiled:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Philip Marlowe series by Raymond Chandler
Easy Rawlins series by Walter Mosley
Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke
Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly
V.I. Warsawski series by Sara Paretsky
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Softboiled:
Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich
Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton

Literary:
Tana French books
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Episode 16 - Favorite Reads of 2015
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Pamuk books
Ripper by Isabel Allende

Suspense and Thriller:
Clive Cussler books
Alex Cross series by James Patterson
Michael Connelly books
Harlan Coben books
Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben
Mary Higgins Clark books
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Big Little Lies (TV)

Crossover Genres:
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Her Royal Spyness series by Rhys Bowen
The Agency series by Y.S. Lee
Gaslight Mystery series by Victoria Thompson
Anne Perry books
An Aunt Dimity Mystery series by Nancy Atherton
Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
Fever series by Karen Marie Moning
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Dirk Gently series by Douglas Adams
Peter Grant/Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Nora Roberts books
J.D. Robb books
Julie Garwood books
Linda Howard books

Resources:
Stop, You're Killing Me!
Cozy Mystery List

What We're Reading This Week:

• Ann: Dorie's Cookies by Dorie Greenspan
  - Rachael Ray books
  - America's Test Kitchen books
  - America's Test Kitchen (TV)
  - Alton Brown books
  - Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
  - Nigella Lawson books
  - Dorie Greenspan books
  - Dorie Greenspan on NPR
  - Dorie Greenspan in the Washington Post
  - Ina Garten books
• Halle: The Book of Unknown Americans by Christina Henríquez
  - Episode 44 - Spring 2017 Book Preview