Prepare for a week of storms, brusk winds, and lustrous lightning with a thriller, heist, and legal drama that cede the way to sunshine and rainbows with comedy and romance. This week’s forecast features mix of genres ranging from thriller to science and from sci-fi to historical fantasy and from historical fiction to humor. We’ll explore the culture of animal kingdoms, hunt for unicorns in a French forest, and search for a monstrously sized, magical jellyfish plagueing the Northeast US coast. Stay tuned for an episode that may knock your socks off with plain comedy, dramedy, or an almost Shakespearean-level romedy! Is one of these books your next read for the weekend?

This podcast was not sponsored nor elicited. All books were selected by the host for inclusion in this podcast out of sheer interest.

Publishing Week: 2 June 2026

Books included in this weeks forecast by Title & Author (* debut author)

1) An Artful Dodge by Karen Odden / Thriller Heist

2) A Pair of Aces by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

3) Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim *

4) The Hidden Nations of Animals: A Grand Tour of Earths’ Wild Civilizations y Ryan Huling

5) The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden

6) Alan Opts Out by Courtney Baum

7) The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang *

8) Meeting New People by Daniel M. Lavery

9) Puck boy Samantha Allen