Well-Read

Ann Cox and Halle Carlson

As librarians, books are kind of our thing. Listen in as we talk about what we're reading, make book recommendations, and all sorts of book-related fun.

  1. 31 de mai.

    Episode 172 – Authors We Want To Read More From

    If you’re anything like us, you often read a book you love, add the author’s books to your TBR…and there they sit, unread. Thanks to a listener suggestion, we’re making goals this week to rectify that!   Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Meg Mitchell Moore books Ann’s picks: All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore – Runner by Ashton Lattimore – Ariel Lawhon books – The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides – Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – The Maidens by Alex Michaelides – The Help by Kathryn Stockett – The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett The Woman in Black by Susan Hill – The Woman in Black (film) – The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill – Simon Serrallier series by Susan Hill – Ruth Rendell books – Inspector Wexford series by Ruth Rendell Halle’s picks: The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue – Sentimental Garbage (podcast) – Sex and the City (TV) – The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins – The Gifts series by Caroline O’Donoghue – Skipshock by Caroline O’Donoghue – Katabasis by R.F. Kuang – Yellowface by R.F. Kuang – Sarah MacLean books Ana María and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa – Isabel and the Rogue by Liana De la Rosa – Gabriela and His Grace by Liana De la Rosa – Mutual Discord by Liana De la Rosa Three Junes by Julia Glass – The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne – The Whole World Over by Julia Glass – The Women’s Prize for Fiction – The Correspondent by Virginia Evans What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Better the Devil by Erik J. Brown – The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature Halle: Off-Campus series by Elle Kennedy – Heated Rivalry (TV) – Off Campus (TV) – The Sweet Magnolias series by Sheryl Woods Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Instagram Well-Read on Bookshop

    1h 1min
  2. 10 de mai.

    Episode 171 - Summer 2026 Book Preview

    Summer is here, and so is a new crop of books! Relax by the pool, go on vacation, or just hang out in air conditioning with our picks. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman Ann Patchett books Catherine Newman books Katherine Center books The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder Kin by Tayari Jones A Far-Flung Life by M.L. Stedman Whidbey by T. Kira Madden Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Theo of Golden by Allen Levi Unbound by Peyton Corinne The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden A Fortune of Sand by Ruta Sepetys Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monahan Whistler by Ann Patchett Ann’s picks: A Perfect Hand by Ayelet Waldman (releases May 19) - Upstairs, Downstairs (TV) - Downton Abbey (TV) The Children by Melissa Albert (releases June 2) - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow The Pinnacle by Abir Mukherjee (releases June 16) - The White Lotus (TV) - Only Murders in the Building (TV) Tillinghast by Clare Cavenagh (releases June 23) - Marion by Leah Rowan - Psycho (film) The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders (releases July 7) - The Wedding People by Alison Espach Hide and Seek by Søren Sveistrup (releases July 7) - The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup - The Chestnut Man (TV) Time to Burn by Ellery Lloyd (releases August 4) - The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd Meet Me in the Garden by Nina LaCour (releases August 4) Halle’s picks: Five by Ilona Bannister (releases May 5) - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister - The Passengers by John Marrs The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff (releases May 19) - The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue by Zoulfa Katouh (releases June 2) - As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh Tropesick by Lauren Okie (releases June 16) - How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang - Any Trope But You by Victoria Lavine Romantic Hero by Kirsty Greenwood (releases June 16) - The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood Leave and Come Back by Lavanya Lakshmi (releases June 16) The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson (releases June 30) Die for Me by Shirlene Obuobi (releases July 14) What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Greedy by Callie Kazumi - The Menu (film) Halle: Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray - Book of the Month - Presumed Innocent (TV) - Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow - Presumed Innocent (film) Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Twitter Well-Read on Instagram

    1h 5min
  3. 29 de mar.

    Episode 169 - Readalikes for Our Childhood Favorites

    Thanks to a listener suggestion, we’re finding adult-audience readalikes for the books we loved as kids!   Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Little House Cookbook by Barbara M. Walker Ann’s picks: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen – The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion series by Beth Brower The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright and You’ll Never Know, Dear by Hallie Ephron – Fear Street series by R.L. Stine – Christopher Pike books – The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell Halle’s picks: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin and Anxious People by Fredrik Backman – Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia – Janice Hallett books Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal and Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings – Gossip Girl (TV) The Babysitters’ Club series by Ann L. Martin and Lovelight series by B.K. Borison – Dream Harbor series by Laurie Gilmore What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: L.A. Women by Ella Berman – Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid – Neapolitan series by Elena Ferrante Halle: Hungered by Amanda Rizkalla – Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Instagram Well-Read on Bookshop

    41 min

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As librarians, books are kind of our thing. Listen in as we talk about what we're reading, make book recommendations, and all sorts of book-related fun.

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