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Well-Read Episode #44 - Spring 2017 Book Preview


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Despite some sound quality issues (sorry!), we’re back from our hiatus and ready to tell you what you’ll be reading this spring! As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann’s picks:

  • White Tears by Hari Kunzru (releases March 14, 2017)
  • The Gargoyle Hunters by John Freeman Gill (releases March 21, 2017)
  • American War by Omar El Akkad (releases April 4, 2017)
  • The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova (releases April 11, 2017)
  • The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
    Episode 8 – Back to School
    The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
  • If We Were Villains by M.L.Rio (releases April 11, 2017)
  • The Secret History by Donna Tartt
  • The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown (releases April 25, 2017)
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (releases May 9, 2017)
  • York: The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby (releases May 16, 2017)
  • Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
    York series by Laura Ruby
    The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

    Halle’s picks:

    • The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (releases March 7, 2017)
    Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
  • One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul (releases March 7, 2017)
  • Lindy West books
    Roxane Gay books
    Jenny Lawson books
  • Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (releases March 7, 2017)
  • The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck (releases March 28, 2017)
  • The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah
    Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
    The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
  • The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn (releases May 2, 2017)
  • Jane Austen books
    Lost in Austen (TV)
  • Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan (releases May 9, 2017)
  • Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
    Commencements by J. Courtney Sullivan
    The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan
  • Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (releases May 16, 2017)
  • The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner
    Episode 4 – Young Adult Books for Adults
    George R.R. Martin books
    A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R.R. Martin
  • When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
  • What We’re Reading This Week:

    • Ann: I See You by Clare Mackintosh
    Tana French books
    I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
  • Halle: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli (releases April 11, 2017)
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