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The year is almost over, and it’s time to reveal our favorite books of 2025! Happy Holidays from your friends at Well-Read!   Books and other media mentioned in this episode:Marble Hall Murders by Anthony HorowitzJane Austen booksAgatha Christie booksThe Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika KimWhat You’re Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko AoyamaThe Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi KashiwaiPromise Me Sunshine by Cara BastoneReady or Not by Cara BastoneGrace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew NormanIf It Makes You Happy by Julie OliviaDeep End by Ali HazelwoodRose in Chains by Julie SotoAlchemised by SenLinYu Ann’s picks: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree– Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling Long Bright River by Liz Moore– Long Bright River (TV) The Bad Seed by William March The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali– My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto– Finlay Donovan series by Elle Cosimano Umma: A Korean Mom’s Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes by Sarah Ahn and Nam Soon Ahn– @ahnestkitchen on Instagram– America’s Test Kitchen– Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home by Eric Kim The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays by CJ Hauser– “The Crane Wife” by CJ Hauser (essay) A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher– “The Goose Girl” Halle’s picks: Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – And How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari The Will of the Many by James Islington– Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling– Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins– Divergent series by Veronica Roth Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna The Correspondent by Virginia Evans The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett– Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe– The Wedding People by Alison Espach Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune The Names by Florence Knapp Heart the Lover by Lily King– The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald– Writers & Lovers by Lily King What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: The Lack of Light by Nino Haratischwili– Persuasion by Jane Austen– The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili– The International Booker Prize Halle: The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on InstagramWell-Read on Bookshop  

As temperatures drop, we like nothing more than getting cozy with a book. Find out our suggestions for cozy reads this week!   Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Ann’s picks: Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz– Susan Ryland series by Anthony Horowitz– Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama– The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai– Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa Cackle by Rachel Harrison Halle’s picks: A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna– The Very Secret Society for Irregular Witches by Sanga Mandanna With Love from London by Sarah Jio Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman– While You Were Sleeping (film) What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Halle: Set the Record Straight by Hannah Bonam-Young Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on InstagramWell-Read on Bookshop

We’ve been away for a bit, thanks to our travels this fall, but that just means we have a lot of books to talk about!

We’re looking back at the formative books that made us the readers we are today, and we’ll end with what we’re reading this week! Books and other media mentioned in this episode:Andrew Lang booksLittle House series by Laura Ingalls WilderBeauty by Robin McKinleyThe Ordinary Princess by M.M. KayeAnne of Green Gables series by L.M. MontgomeryThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan AikenThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareAnn Rinaldi booksA Break with Charity by Ann RinaldiIn a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin SchwartzFear Street series by R.L. StineChristopher Pike booksCam Jansen series by David A. AdlerEncyclopedia Brown series by Donald J. SobolMasterpiece Mystery! (TV)The Babysitters Club series by Ann M. MartinSleepover Friends series by Susan SaundersThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe Search for Delicious by Natalie BabbittBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsSweet Valley High series by Francine PascalSweet Valley Twins series by Francine PascalFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsDollanganger series by V.C. AndrewsGoosebumps series by R.L. SteinRichie Tankersley Cusick booksNora Roberts booksWalden by Henry David ThoreauThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieJane Austen booksSherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan DoyleJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMary Higgins Clark booksJohn Jakes booksNorth and South series by John JakesNorth and South (TV)A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude DevereauxWhitney, My Love by Judith McNaughtGone Girl by Gillian FlynnFrances Burney booksDiane Mott Davidson booksAnne Perry booksThe Eight by Katherine NevilleComing Home by Rosamunde PilcherSarah Dessen booksBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingNine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLeanThe Water Mirror by Kai MeyerNinth House by Leigh BardugoThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaSorrow and Bliss by Meg MasonDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsBird Box by Josh MalermanThe Silent Companions by Laura PurcellThe Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyMary Kay Andrews books What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn Halle: The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill– Read with Jenna– Thousand Voices Books Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on TwitterWell-Read on InstagramWell-Read on Bookshop