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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