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Well-Read Episode 130 - Our Favorite Books of 2023

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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 Kingsolver

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

Ann’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

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