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- "The Correspondent" by Virginia Evans reviewed
Brian and Barbara review The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, the only book to make the New York Times hardcover fiction list every week of the year 2026 so far. .
Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!
bestseller episode #38, recorded May 31, 2026
44 min - "Broken Country" by Clare Leslie Hall reviewed
Brian and Barbara review the novel Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, a Reese's Book Club pick and one of the top performing books of 2025 according to the New York Times hardcover fiction list.
Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!
bestseller episode #37, recorded February 7, 2026
40 min - "Never Flinch" by Stephen King reviewed
Brian and Barbara review the suspense novel Never Flinch by Stephen King, number one on the June 15, 2025 New York Times hardcover fiction list.
Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!
bestseller episode #36, recorded 8/10/2025
48 min - "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid reviewed
Brian and Barbara review the novel Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, number one on the July 20, 2025, New York Times hardcover fiction list, and GMA Book Club pick for June, 2025.
Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!
Episode #35 of bestseller, recorded 7/21/2025
47 min - "The Perfect Divorce" by Jeneva Rose reviewed
Brian and Barbara review the suspense novel The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose, number one on the New York Times hardcover fiction list of May 4, 2025.
Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!
episode #34 of bestseller, recorded June 28, 2025
38 min - "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah reviewed
Brian and Barbara review Kristin Hannah's 2015 World War II novel, The Nightingale, which spent 82 weeks on the New York Times hardcover fiction list at the time of its initial release, and re-entered the list on March 9, 2025, when reissued in a deluxe, ten-year-anniversary hardcover edition.
Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!
bestseller episode #33, recorded May 17, 2025
45 min - "Iron Flame" by Rebecca Yarros reviewed, plus 2024 wrap-up
Brian and Barbara count down the top ten performing hardcover fiction bestsellers of 2024, and review #BookTok sensation Rebecca Yarros's megahit novel, Iron Flame, the second book in her planned five volume romantic fantasy series, "The Empyrean."
Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it, or regift it!
episode #32 of bestseller, recorded March 30, 2025.
50 min - "The God of the Woods" by Liz Moore reviewed
Brian and Barbara review the suspense novel The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, 28 weeks and counting on the New York Times hardcover fiction list.
Twenty minutes with us and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!
episode #31 of bestseller, recorded 2/1/2025
33 min - "James" by Percival Everett reviewed
Brian and Barbara review the novel James by Percival Everett, number one on the New York Times hardcover fiction list of December 29, 2024.
Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!
episode #30 of bestseller, recorded 12/31/2024
40 min - "Funny Story" by Emily Henry reviewed
Brian and Barbara review the novel Funny Story by Emily Henry, number one on the New York Times hardcover fiction lists of May 12 and May 19, 2024.
episode #29 of bestseller, recorded November 30, 2024.
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About Bestseller
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Brian and Barbara review the latest books topping the hardcover fiction list. Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!
Five essential facets are rated: GRIP & GRAB (does the story pull us in); SHE GOT FLAIR (does the writing crackle and pop, or lie there, dead on the page); BEAM ME UP (is this is a world we'd want to visit); NEW BEST FRIENDS (what about the characters); and ALL THE FEELS (emotional impact of the read).
Brian and Barbara engage books as passionate, life-long readers; we're always on the lookout for the next great imaginative realm. Join us as we sift the bestseller list for that priceless find, a book that goes there and takes us with it.
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