Well-Read

The holidays are here! Let Ann and Halle help you pick the perfect book for everyone in your life. We’ll end with what we’re reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Books for your mom:Ann: Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden by Emily WhaleyHalle: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton– Kate Morton books

Books for your dad:Ann: I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson– Bill Bryson booksHalle: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes– I Am Pilgrim (film in development)

Books for teens:Ann: The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor– Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll– The Looking Glass Wars series by Frank BeddorHalle: March Books 1-3 by John Lewis– National Book Award– John Lewis acceptance speech for National Book Award

Books for kids:Ann: The Book with No Pictures by B.J. NovakHalle: El Deafo by Cece Bell– Episode 39 – Retellings

Books for non-readers (who you think should become readers):Ann: Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth HaynesHalle: The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson– Episode 2 – What to Read After The Girl on the Train– Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Books for a significant female in your life:Ann: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling– Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling– The Mindy Project (TV)– The Office (TV)Halle: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed– Episode 28 – Our All-Time Favorites– The Rumpus (website)

Books for a significant male in your life:Ann: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane– Shutter Island (film)Halle: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Books for your Harry Potter-obsessed friend:Ann: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke– Harry Potter series by J.K. RowlingHalle: Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

Books for your friend who loves books:Ann: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde– Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë– Thursday Next series by Jasper FfordeHalle: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan– Episode 30 – Books about Libraries and Librarians

Books for animal lovers:Ann: Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt– Andy Carpenter series by David Rosenfelt– Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog by John GroganHalle: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein– Chet and Bernie series by Spencer Quinn– Does the Dog Die (website)

Books for outdoorsy people:Ann: Hatchet by Gary PaulsenHalle: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Books for food lovers:Ann: A Tale of 12 Kitchens: Family Cooking in Four Countries by Jake TilsonHalle: A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg– Orangette (blog)

Books for sports fans:Ann: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander– Kwame Alexander books– Kwame Alexander reading from The Crossover– Newbery MedalHalle: Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger– Friday Night Lights (TV)– Friday Night Lights (film)

Books for gossip magazine fans:Ann: The Heiresses by Sara Shepard– Pretty Little Liars series by Sara Shepard– Pretty Little Liars (TV)Halle: A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean– Scandal & Scoundrel series by Sarah MacLean

Swiss Army Knife book (good for anyone):– Book Riot (website)Ann: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown– Audie Awards– Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Lauren HillenbrandHalle: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman– Fredrik Backman books

What We’re Reading This Week:

Ann: Across the Universe by Beth Revis– Pop Sugar 2016 Reading Challenge– Across the Universe series by Beth Revis

Halle: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner– In Death series by J.D. Robb– Titanic (film)– The Martian by Andy Weir– Lost (TV)– Starbound series by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

Pull out a cozy blanket - it's time to find out what you'll be reading this winter! As always, Ann and Halle end with what they're reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann's picks:

Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine by Sarah Lohman (releases December 6, 2016)

The Dry by Jane Harper (releases January 10, 2017)

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (releases January 10, 2017)

Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran (releases January 10, 2017) 

Hey Harry Hey Matilda by Rachel Hulin (releases January 17, 2017)

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough (releases January 31, 2017)- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai (releases February 7, 2017)- The Jetsons (TV)- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch- Ernest Cline books

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (releases February 7, 2017)- Coraline by Neil Gaiman- Stardust by Neil Gaiman- Stardust (film)- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Halle's picks:

Books for Living by Will Schwalbe (releases December 27, 2016)- The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel (releases December 27, 2016)

Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia (releases January 3, 2017)

The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen (releases February 7, 2017)- The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen- The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction- Episode 26 - Short Stories- In the Country by Mia Alvar

Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson (releases January 10, 2017)- The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson- Episode 2 - What to Read After The Girl on the Train - Rear Window (film)

The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker (releases January 31, 2017)

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (releases February 28, 2017)

The Fortunate Ones by Ellen Umansky (releases February 14, 2017)

What We're Reading This Week:

Ann: The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney (releases January 24, 2017)- "The Gone Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on the Train" (FiveThirtyEight article by Emily St. John Mandel)- The Girl Before (film)

Halle: Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed- Serial: Season 1 (podcast)

Ann and Halle discuss one of their favorite things to read: retellings of classic literature. They'll end with what they're reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Eligible by Curtis SittenfeldPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Ann's picks:

Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast by Robin McKinley- Beauty and the Beast

Jane by April Lindner- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë- Jane Austen books- William Shakespeare's complete works- Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

March by Geraldine Brooks- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott- Ralph Waldo Emerson books- Henry David Thoreau books- Little Women (film)- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction- Geraldine Brooks books

Halle's picks:

Longbourn by Jo Baker- Downton Abbey (TV)

When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James- Fairy Tales series by Eloisa James- House M.D. (TV)

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley- King Lear by William Shakespeare- National Book Critics Circle Award- The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh- The Arabian Nights- Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler- The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare- The Taming of the Shrew  (film)

What We're Reading This Week:

Ann: By Gaslight by Steven Price- Episode 32 - Fall 2016 Book Preview- By Gaslight on Goodreads- Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton- East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Halle: El Deafo by Cece Bell- Episode 34 - Childhood Favorites- Newbery Medal- Wonder by R.J. Palacio- Episode 5 - Books That Make You Cry

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

A Nightmare on Elm Street series (film)

Ann’s picks:The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle

- Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King

- Misery by Stephen King

- RA for All: Horror - Becky on the Five Things to Know in Horror

- Victor LaValle interview on NPR's Fresh Air

- Victor LaValle booksWytches Vol. 1 written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by JockA Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

- The Exorcist (film)

- Paranormal Activity series (film)

-We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

- Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul TremblayHalle’s picks:Coraline by Neil Gaiman

- Neil Gaiman books

- Coraline (film)The Fireman by Joe Hill

- 11/22/63 by Stephen King

- Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

- This is Spinal Tap (film)

- Star Trek: Voyager (TV)

- Orange is the New Black  (TV)

- One Life to Live (TV)The Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesWhat We’re Reading This Week:Ann: East by Edith Pattou

- East of the Sun and West of the Moon on Sur la Lune Fairy Tales

- Cupid and Psyche on Sur la Lune Fairy Tales

- Beauty and the Beast on Sur la Lune Fairy TalesHalle: The Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik

- The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

- The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh

- Episode 37 - What to Read Next

- The Notorious B.I.G.

- The Notorious R.B.G. tumblr

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