We’re excited to be back in your podcast feeds to pair highly anticipated fall book releases with beloved backlist favorites. Prepare to overload your TBR pile as we dive into an exciting fall publishing season filled with moody, atmospheric titles.
In today’s episode, we’ll share our carefully curated lists of outstanding upcoming fiction from both renowned authors and indie presses, along with a selection of diverse fiction and nonfiction we think you’ll enjoy, all paired with a backlist book to explore while you await your library holds and pre-orders.
Before diving into the books, we want to remind our community that Chelsey will be on maternity leave this fall. As a small (very small!) business, this requires significant planning and adjustments. To best manage our schedules while preserving the community we've created, we will take a short break from the main feed while focusing on providing fun, nerdy new content on Patreon at patreon.com/novelpairings.
We aim to return to the main feed in December or January with a special episode featuring the best books of 2024, along with a thrilling spring season. In the meantime, we will continue to offer bonus episodes, discussion-based classes, and book club events through our Patreon community. You can join us at either the $5 or $10 level, depending on your desired level of participation.
We are incredibly thankful for your support. Thank you for being with us!
Books Mentioned
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Guide Me Home by Attica Locke
The Headmaster by Tiffany Reisz
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia
The Professor by Charlotte Bronte
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Graveyard Shift by ML Rio
If We Were Villians by ML Rio
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osmond
The Wildes by Louis Bayard
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Jackie & Me by Louis Bayard
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Heir by Sabaa Tahir
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Don’t Be a Stranger by Susan Minot
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
All Fours by Miranda July
The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann
The Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Curdle Creek by Yvonnne Battle-Felton
Ours by Philip B. Williams
Lone Women by Victor Lavalle
The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews
The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Wedgford Trials by Courtney Milian
The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes
Homefire by Kamila Shamsie
Rental House by Weike Wang
Chemistry by Weike Wang
Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang
Goodbye Vitamin by Rachel Kong
The Fortnite In September by RC Sheriff
Also Mentioned
The English Teacher
A Discovery of Witches
Fiction Matters Substack
Joyce Carol Oates
Algonquin Books
Anonymous Divorce/Sex Substack
Cup of Jo Substack
Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Semiweekly
- PublishedSeptember 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM UTC
- Length57 min
- Episode154
- RatingClean