Well-Read Episode #40 - Winter 2016-17 Book Preview

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)