Well-Read Episode #85 - Our Favorite Books of 2020

It’s our favorite episode of the year featuring our favorite books of the year!

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

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Ann’s picks:

• Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (buy from Bookshop)
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (buy from Bookshop)
• Circe by Madeline Miller (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Odyssey by Homer (buy from Bookshop)
• A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Colette (buy from Bookshop)
  – A Game of Cones by Abby Colette (buy from Bookshop)
• Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal (buy from Bookshop)
  – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (buy from Bookshop)
• Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (buy from Bookshop)
  – I Await the Devil’s Coming by Mary MacLane (buy from Bookshop)
• How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (buy from Bookshop)
  – Three Pines series by Louise Penny
• Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (buy from Bookshop)
  – One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (buy from Bookshop)
• The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (buy from Bookshop)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (buy from Bookshop)
  – Moby Dick by Herman Melville (buy from Bookshop)

Halle’s picks:

• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (buy from Bookshop)
  – Episode 72 – Fiction by Black Authors
  – Lena Waithe filmography
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (buy from Bookshop)
  – A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (buy from Bookshop)
• Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (buy from Bookshop)
  – Game of Thrones (TV)
• A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight (buy from Bookshop)
  – Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (buy from Bookshop)
• The Other Americans by Laila Lalami (buy from Bookshop)
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (buy from Bookshop)
  – Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig (buy from Bookshop)
• Long Bright River by Liz Moore (buy from Bookshop)
  – Liz Moore books
• Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon (buy from Bookshop)
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (buy from Bookshop)
  – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (buy from Bookshop)
  – Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (buy from Bookshop)
  – The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (buy from Bookshop)
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (buy from Bookshop)
  – Episode 66 – Spring/Summer 2020 Preview
  – Episode 71 – Beach Reads

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: White Elephant by Trish Harnetiaux (buy from Bookshop)
  – Episode 55 – Fall 2019 Book Preview
• Halle: The Human Son by Adrian J. Walker (buy from Bookshop)

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