Brea and Mallory talk about their most anticipated books for September and October! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Readathon - 9/13 Glasser Book Club Pick - The Bewitching Books Mentioned - The Good House by Tananarive Due Another by Paul Tremblay September Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy Nonfiction, memoir, mother/daughter relationship, India Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman Romance, book world, rival book editors Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross Set in the Divine Rivals universe All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert Memoir, love, queer, addiction, codependency The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown New Robert Langdon book History Matters by David McCullough Essay collection Awake by Jen Hatmaker Memoir, grief, divorce, infidelity, marriage What Can We Know by Ian McEwan Sci fi, a hundred years in the future an academic searches for a mysterious poem read out loud in 2014 What a Time to Be Alive by Jade Chang Grieving broke young woman accidentally become viral self help guru It’s Me They Follow by Jeannine Cook Magical realism, bookstore owner helps people find love through books but is lonely herself Best Woman by Rose Dommu Literary fiction, family dramedy, coming-of-age, trans protagonist, wedding drama The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy Literary fiction, female friendship across 25 years Vianne by Joanne Harris Sequel to Chocolat Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? by Sarah McCoy Literary fiction, 1950s actress leaves to become a nun Life and Death and Giants by Ron Rindo Literary fiction, teenage boy who is almost eight feet tall and changes people who meet him The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Takami Nieda Literary fiction, feel good, Japan, people get emotionally healed by a hippo ride at a playground We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad Weird fiction, both prequel and sequel to Bunny One of Us by Dan Chaon Horror, historical, 1915, orphaned twins on the run join a carnival Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada, translated by Philip Gabriel Literary, Japan, food, Tokyo library/cafe that is only open at night and serves meals inspired by books by dead authors A Different Kind of Tension by Jonathan Lethem Short stories, literary, surreal, specific Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood Literary, woman with strange disease starts to lose grip on reality in pandemic Little Movements by Lauren Morrow Literary, race, class, art, small town, choreography Sympathy Tower Tokyo by Rie Qudan, translated by Jesse Kirkwood Sci fi, Japan, near future, architect designing a skyscraper for housing criminals becomes friends with chatbot The Killer Question by Janice Hallett Mystery, amateur sleuth must solve a murder set during pub trivia, clubs are revealed through trivia questions, texts, and emails A Killer Wedding by Joan O’Leary Mystery, matriarch of ultra-rich Irish family is found dead at expensive wedding A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau Mystery, queer, historical, NYC A Rather Peculiar Poisoning by Chrystal Schleyer Historical cozy mystery, turn of the century, two brothers vie for the same woman, one gets poisoned The Librarians by Sherry Thomas Mystery, four librarians band together after two patrons show up dead The Belles by Lacey N. Dunham Thriller, dark academia, historical, 1950s, secluded college Old Money by Kelsey Miller Thriller, returning to a small town twenty years later to solve murder of family member Hot Wax by M. L. Rio Thriller, rock and roll, road trip Witch You Would by Lia Amador Contemporary romance, paranormal, low stakes, witches Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola Contemporary romance, second chance, wedding drama The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell Paranormal romance, feuding stars of an Austen film adaptation accidentally travel back in time It Seemed Like a Good Idea by Lauren Blakely Contemporary romance, small town, rom com, grumpy/sunshine, bodyguard, mistaken identity, forbidden romance, only one bed Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun Queer contemporary romance, travel, Portugal, sapphic, “practice” relationship that turns real It Had to be Him by Adib Khorram Gay contemporary romance, spicy, second chance, former classmates reuniting in Italy Lady Like by Mackenzi Lee Historical queer romance, Regency, two women vying for the same duke fall in love with each other The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish Gay contemporary romance, New Orleans, low stakes, ghosts, toasty, haunts By the Horns by Ruby Dixon Second book in Royal Artifactual Guild series Witch of the Wolves by Kaylee Archer Romantasy, witches, werewolves, Victorian, enemies to lovers Spellcaster by Jaymin Eve Romantasy, slow burn, dark academia, enemies to lovers, spicy, magic What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller Romantasy, spicy, princess in matriarchal fantasy world must kidnap a husband to become queen The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi Old Man’s War, book 7 A Ruin, Great and Free by Cadwell Turnbull The Convergence Saga, book 3 The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed Annual Migration of Clouds, book 3 Sunward by William Alexander Low stakes sci fi, found family, space, courier training androids Extremity by Nicholas Binge Sci fi horror, time travel, police procedural, end of the world, Philip K Dick meets True Detective Thief of Night by Holly Black Sequel to Book of Night The Formidable Miss Cassidy by Meihan Boey Fantasy, horror, supernatural creatures, historical, Singapore, governess Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark Novella, sapphic romantasy, tragic, adventure, warring clans A Land So Wide by Erin A. Craig Historical romantasy, gothic, Scottish fairytale retelling, Canadian wilderness The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson Queer horror, art history, gay, fantasy, cursed paintings Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei Sci fi, cli fi, dystopian, two sisters on search for third The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez Sapphic romantasy, Jewish folklore, gothic horror, golems The Faerie Morgana by Louisa Morgan Fantasy, Morgan le Fay reimagining The Summer War by Naomi Novik Fantasy novella, young witch trying to undo spell Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon Fantasy, prequel to Priory of the Orange Tree Uncharmed by Lucy Jane Wood Romantasy, low stakes, witches, found family Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod Chapman Horror, short stories The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi Horror, funny, final girl, slasher Spread Me by Sarah Gailey Horror, erotic, novella, sci fi, mysterious specimen in remote lab breaks free Play Nice by Rachel Harrison Horror, haunted house Fiend by Alma Katsu Horror, powerful family with evil secrets We Are Always Tender with Our Dead by Eric LaRocca Horror, queer, small town, New England, violence, gore Galloway’s Gospel by Sam Rebelein Horror, cult, small town Why I Love Horror by Becky Spratford Nonfiction anthology with essays about horror The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt Horror, cult horror movie, filmmaking You Weren’t Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White Queer horror, Alien meets Midsommar What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher Sworn Soldier, book 3 I Want to Be Where the Song Is by Mary J. Blige Memoir Still Bobbi by Bobbi Brown Memoir, makeup industry The Improbable Victoria Woodhull: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman To Run for President by Eden Collinsworth Women’s history Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice by Rachel Renee Kolb Memoir Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner Biography Truly by Lionel Richie Memoir Night People: How To Be a DJ in ’90s New York City by Mark Ronson Memoir Super Natural: How Life Thrives in Impossible Places by Alex Riley Science, creatures who live in extreme environments Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach Science, human body October The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill Literary fiction, sisters returning home, Long Island, family secrets Overdue by Stephanie Perkins Literary fiction, librarian protagonist, couple agrees to a month of dating other people before they get married Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski Epic Western, 1980s, Utah, two friends determined to rescue a pair of horses The Devil is a Southpaw Literary fiction, story within a story, teen escaping from a detention center We’ll Prescribe You Another Cat by Syou Ishida, translated by E. Madison Shimoda Sequel Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen Auto-fiction, mother-daughter relationship, China, moving to US Soyangri Book Kitchen by Jee-hye Kim, translated by Shanna Tan Literary fiction, woman opens bookstore/cafe and transforms community Heart the Lover by Lily King Prequel/sequel to Writers and Lovers The Lucky Ride by Yasushi Kitagawa, translated by Takami Nieda Magical realism, a depressed man takes a magical taxi that changes his life The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee Short stories, essay collection Bog Queen by Anna North Literary fiction, forensic anthropologist investigates strange ancient body found in bog Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor Literary fiction, NYC, queer, Blackness, art world Menu of Happiness by Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood Kamogawa Food Detectives, book 3 We Had a Hunch by Tom Ryan Mystery, 3 former famous teen detectives return home to solve a new murder Mockingbird Court by Juneau Black Shady Hollow, book 6 Mirage City by Lev AC Rosen Evander Mills, book 4 The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson Historical fiction, Polynesian Islands, young girl on quest to save her people Christmas at the Women’s Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery Sequel to Women’s Hotel The Women of
