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Well-Read Episode #85 - Our Favorite Books of 2020

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It’s our favorite episode of the year featuring our favorite books of the year!

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

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Ann’s picks:

  • Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (buy from Bookshop)
  • Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (buy from Bookshop)
  • Circe by Madeline Miller (buy from Bookshop)
    • – The Odyssey by Homer (buy from Bookshop)
  • A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Colette (buy from Bookshop)
    • – A Game of Cones by Abby Colette (buy from Bookshop)
  • Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal (buy from Bookshop)
    • – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (buy from Bookshop)
  • Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (buy from Bookshop)
    • – I Await the Devil’s Coming by Mary MacLane (buy from Bookshop)
  • How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (buy from Bookshop)
    • – Three Pines series by Louise Penny
  • Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (buy from Bookshop)
    • – One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (buy from Bookshop)
  • The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware (buy from Bookshop)
    • – The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (buy from Bookshop)
  • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (buy from Bookshop)
    • – Moby Dick by Herman Melville (buy from Bookshop)

    Halle’s picks:

    • Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (buy from Bookshop)
    – Episode 72 – Fiction by Black Authors
    – Lena Waithe filmography
  • The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (buy from Bookshop)
    • – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (buy from Bookshop)
    – A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (buy from Bookshop)
  • Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (buy from Bookshop)
    • – Game of Thrones (TV)
  • A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight (buy from Bookshop)
    • – Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (buy from Bookshop)
  • The Other Americans by Laila Lalami (buy from Bookshop)
  • The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (buy from Bookshop)
    • – Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig (buy from Bookshop)
  • Long Bright River by Liz Moore (buy from Bookshop)
    • – Liz Moore books
  • Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon (buy from Bookshop)
    • – The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon (buy from Bookshop)
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (buy from Bookshop)
    • – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (buy from Bookshop)
    – Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (buy from Bookshop)
    – The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (buy from Bookshop)
  • The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (buy from Bookshop)
    • – Episode 66 – Spring/Summer 2020 Preview
    – Episode 71 – Beach Reads

    What We’re Reading This Week:

    • Ann: White Elephant by Trish Harnetiaux (buy from Bookshop)
    – Episode 55 – Fall 2019 Book Preview
  • Halle: The Human Son by Adrian J. Walker (buy from Bookshop)

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