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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.

  1. 2 days ago

    Episode 174 - 2026 Mid-Year Check-In

    Somehow this year is already halfway over (!!!!!), so it’s time to check in on our reading goals and parts of our book lives.   Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Litsy Next Chapter Society Book Club Libba Bray books @mysterymanon on Instagram @mother.horror on Instagram @ash.reads.horror on Instagram Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights (film) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Romanceopoly 2026 @booksandlala on Instagram Emma M. Lion series by Beth Brower Off-Campus series by Elle Kennedy Sarah J. Maas books New York Times Bestsellers list J.D. Robb books C.J. Box books Into the Blue by Emma Brodie Dead Weight by Hildur Knútsdóttir The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane This Land Is Your Land by Beverly Gage A Far-Flung Life by M.L. Stedman Land by Maggie O’Farrell Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Strangers by Belle Burden Famesick by Lena Dunham Whistler by Ann Patchett Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen books Naked in Death by J.D. Robb Sue Grafton books Hannah Swensen series by Joanne Fluke Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino A Good Person by Kirsten King Alan Opts Out by Courtney Maum Sky Daddy by Kate Folk The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo Alex Stern series by Leigh Bardugo Taipei Story by R.F. Kuang The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason Partita by Barbara Kingsolver Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus Let’s Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard It’s Different This Time by Joss Richard What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton Halle: The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett – The Help by Kathryn Stockett Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Instagram Well-Read on Bookshop

  2. 21 Jun

    Episode 173 - Pride Month Reads

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  3. 31 May

    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

  4. 10 May

    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

  5. 12 Apr

    Our Bookish Confessions

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  6. 29 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

  7. 14 Mar

    Celebrating Irish Stories

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  8. 14 Feb

    Episode 167 - Reading from our TBRs: Pink Covers

    Get in the mood for Valentine’s Day (and to clear space off your shelves) when we tackle the pink books on our TBRs!   Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Ann’s picks: The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon – Sarah Vowell books – Audie Cornish on NPR The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley – The Guncle by Steven Rowley American Fantasy by Emma Straub – New Kids on the Block (band) Halle’s picks: The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson – Jenny Colgan books – Clare Pooley books – Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan Lovely War by Julie Berry – Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Love and Other Brain Experiments by Hannah Brohm – Ali Hazelwood books What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby – S.A. Cosby books Halle: Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams – The Last Word by Taylor Adams – Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Instagram Well-Read on Bookshop

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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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    Ann Cox and Halle Carlson
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    2015 - 2026
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