Well-Read Episode 125 - Fall/Winter 2023 Preview

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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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