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Well-Read Episode 97 - Our Favorite Books of 2021

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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:

Ann’s picks:

  • The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia (buy from Bookshop)
  • The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod (buy from Bookshop)
  • This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno (buy from Bookshop)
  • Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (buy from Bookshop)
  • A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes (buy from Bookshop)
  • Horseman by Christina Henry (buy from Bookshop)
    • - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (buy from Bookshop)
  • The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (buy from Bookshop)
  • Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (buy from Bookshop)
    • - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (buy from Bookshop)
  • Mrs. March by Virginia Feito (buy from Bookshop)
    • - Patricia Highsmith books
  • Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (buy from Bookshop)
    • - Reese's Book Club

    Halle’s picks:

    • The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (buy from Bookshop)
  • Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny (buy from Bookshop)
  • Arsenic & Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (buy from Bookshop)
    • - Tana French books
    - Louise Penny books
  • Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall (buy from Bookshop)
    • - The Great British Baking Show (TV)
    - The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (buy from Bookshop)
    - Battle Royal by Lucy Parker (buy from Bookshop)
    - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London (buy from Bookshop)
  • The Push by Ashley Audrain (buy from Bookshop)
    • - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (buy from Bookshop)
    - Take It Back by Kia Abdullah (buy from Bookshop)
  • The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (buy from Bookshop)
    • - Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon (buy from Bookshop)
  • The Guncle by Steven Rowley (buy from Bookshop)
    • - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (buy from Bookshop)
  • The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris (buy from Bookshop)
  • Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (buy from Bookshop)
    • - Fleabag (TV)
    - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (buy from Bookshop)
  • The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller (buy from Bookshop)

    • What We’re Reading This Week:

    • Ann: Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews (buy from Bookshop)
    - Elena Ferrante books
    - The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (buy from Bookshop)
  • Halle: The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (buy from Bookshop)

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