Well-Read Episode 130 - Our Favorite Books of 2023

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 KingsolverThe Covenant of Water by Abraham VergheseAnn’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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