Well-Read Episode #85 - Our Favorite Books of 2020

from Well-Read · host Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman

It’s our favorite episode of the year featuring our favorite books of the year! Books and other media mentioned in this episode: VH1 (TV) Ann’s picks: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (buy from Bookshop) Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (buy from Bookshop) Circe by Madeline Miller (buy from Bookshop) – The Odyssey by Homer (buy from Bookshop) A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Colette (buy from Bookshop) – A Game of Cones by Abby Colette (buy from Bookshop) Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal (buy from Bookshop) – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (buy from Bookshop) Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (buy from Bookshop) – I Await the Devil’s Coming by Mary MacLane (buy from Bookshop) How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (buy from Bookshop) – Three Pines series by Louise Penny Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (buy from Bookshop) – One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (buy from Bookshop) The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware (buy from Bookshop) – The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (buy from Bookshop) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (buy from Bookshop) – Moby Dick by Herman Melville (buy from Bookshop) Halle’s picks: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (buy from Bookshop) – Episode 72 – Fiction by Black Authors – Lena Waithe filmography The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (buy from Bookshop) – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (buy from Bookshop) – A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (buy from Bookshop) Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (buy from Bookshop) – Game of Thrones (TV) A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight (buy from Bookshop) – Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (buy from Bookshop) The Other Americans by Laila Lalami (buy from Bookshop) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (buy from Bookshop) – Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig (buy from Bookshop) Long Bright River by Liz Moore (buy from Bookshop) – Liz Moore books Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon (buy from Bookshop) – The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon (buy from Bookshop) The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (buy from Bookshop) – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (buy from Bookshop) – Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (buy from Bookshop) – The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (buy from Bookshop) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (buy from Bookshop) – Episode 66 – Spring/Summer 2020 Preview – Episode 71 – Beach Reads What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: White Elephant by Trish Harnetiaux (buy from Bookshop) – Episode 55 – Fall 2019 Book Preview Halle: The Human Son by Adrian J. Walker (buy from Bookshop) Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Twitter Well-Read on Bookshop Well-Read on Instagram

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It’s our favorite episode of the year featuring our favorite books of the year! Books and other media mentioned in this episode: VH1 (TV) Ann’s picks: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (buy from Bookshop) Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (buy from Bookshop) Circe by Madeline Miller (buy from Bookshop)– The Odyssey by Homer (buy from Bookshop) A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Colette (buy from Bookshop)– A Game of Cones by Abby Colette (buy from Bookshop) Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal (buy from Bookshop)– Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (buy from Bookshop) Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth (buy from Bookshop)– I Await the Devil’s Coming by Mary MacLane (buy from Bookshop) How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (buy from Bookshop)– Three Pines series by Louise Penny Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (buy from Bookshop)– One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (buy from Bookshop) The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware (buy from Bookshop)– The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (buy from Bookshop) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (buy from Bookshop)– Moby Dick by Herman Melville (buy from Bookshop) Halle’s picks: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (buy from Bookshop)– Episode 72 – Fiction by Black Authors– Lena Waithe filmography The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (buy from Bookshop)– The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (buy from Bookshop)– A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (buy from Bookshop) Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (buy from Bookshop)– Game of Thrones (TV) A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight (buy from Bookshop)– Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (buy from Bookshop) The Other Americans by Laila Lalami (buy from Bookshop) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (buy from Bookshop)– Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig (buy from Bookshop) Long Bright River by Liz Moore (buy from Bookshop)– Liz Moore books Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon (buy from Bookshop)– The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon (buy from Bookshop) The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (buy from Bookshop)– A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (buy from Bookshop)– Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (buy from Bookshop)– The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (buy from Bookshop) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (buy from Bookshop)– Episode 66 – Spring/Summer 2020 Preview– Episode 71 – Beach Reads What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: White Elephant by Trish Harnetiaux (buy from Bookshop)– Episode 55 – Fall 2019 Book Preview Halle: The Human Son by Adrian J. Walker (buy from Bookshop) Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on TwitterWell-Read on BookshopWell-Read on Instagram

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