Episode 158 - 2025 Mid-Year Check-in

from Well-Read · host Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman

We’re halfway through the year, and it’s time to check in on our bookish goals and reading lives of 2025! Books and other media mentioned in this episode: 2025 ALA Annual Conference Jane Austen books Book of the Month Club Women’s Prize for Fiction Libba Bray books Agatha Christie books Emily Henry books Abby Jimenez books Strange Pictures by Uketsu Strange Houses by Uketsu Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake A Witch’s Guide to Magical Inkeeping by Sangu Mandanna The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins Left of Forever by Tara DeWitt Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Women in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware The Favorites by Layne Fargo The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown The Names by Florence Knapp One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune Heart the Lover by Lily King A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher Ready or Not by Cara Bastone The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Katabasis by R.F. Kuang Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley Alchemised by SenLinYu Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Manacled by SenLinYu Rose in Chains by Julie Soto Mate by Ali Hazelwood Bride by Ali Hazelwood Good Spirits by B.K. Borison Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer Grady Hendrix books What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Halle: The Will of the Many by James Islington – Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Twitter Well-Read on Instagram Well-Read on Bookshop

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We’re halfway through the year, and it’s time to check in on our bookish goals and reading lives of 2025! Books and other media mentioned in this episode: 2025 ALA Annual ConferenceJane Austen booksBook of the Month ClubWomen’s Prize for FictionLibba Bray booksAgatha Christie booksEmily Henry booksAbby Jimenez booksStrange Pictures by UketsuStrange Houses by UketsuDeep Cuts by Holly BrickleyBroken Country by Clare Leslie HallGifted & Talented by Olivie BlakeA Witch’s Guide to Magical Inkeeping by Sangu MandannaThe Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth DurstThe Spellshop by Sarah Beth DurstSunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne CollinsThe Hunger Games series by Suzanne CollinsLeft of Forever by Tara DeWittImmaculate Conception by Ling Ling HuangNatural Beauty by Ling Ling HuangOnyx Storm by Rebecca YarrosAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Women in Suite 11 by Ruth WareThe Favorites by Layne FargoThe Secret of Secrets by Dan BrownThe Names by Florence KnappOne Golden Summer by Carley FortuneHeart the Lover by Lily KingA Sorceress Comes to Call by T. KingfisherReady or Not by Cara BastoneThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham JonesThe Covenant of Water by Abraham VergheseCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverKatabasis by R.F. KuangBrigands & Breadknives by Travis BaldreeSisters in the Wind by Angeline BoulleyAlchemised by SenLinYuHarry Potter series by J.K. RowlingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodManacled by SenLinYuRose in Chains by Julie SotoMate by Ali HazelwoodBride by Ali HazelwoodGood Spirits by B.K. BorisonCrafting for Sinners by Jenny KieferGrady Hendrix books What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Halle: The Will of the Many by James Islington– Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on TwitterWell-Read on InstagramWell-Read on Bookshop

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