Well-Read Episode 97 - Our Favorite Books of 2021

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)