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 Kingsolver
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

Ann’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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