Our favorite episode of the year, full of our favorite books of the year. Happy Holidays from your friends at Well-Read!

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann’s picks:

The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia (buy from Bookshop)

The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod (buy from Bookshop)

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno (buy from Bookshop)

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (buy from Bookshop)

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes (buy from Bookshop)

Horseman by Christina Henry (buy from Bookshop)- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (buy from Bookshop)

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (buy from Bookshop)

Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (buy from Bookshop)- Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (buy from Bookshop)

Mrs. March by Virginia Feito (buy from Bookshop)- Patricia Highsmith books

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (buy from Bookshop)- Reese's Book Club

Halle’s picks:

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (buy from Bookshop)

Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny (buy from Bookshop)

Arsenic & Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (buy from Bookshop)- Tana French books- Louise Penny books

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall (buy from Bookshop)- The Great British Baking Show (TV)- The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (buy from Bookshop)- Battle Royal by Lucy Parker (buy from Bookshop)- One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London (buy from Bookshop)

The Push by Ashley Audrain (buy from Bookshop)- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (buy from Bookshop)- Take It Back by Kia Abdullah (buy from Bookshop)

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (buy from Bookshop)- Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon (buy from Bookshop)

The Guncle by Steven Rowley (buy from Bookshop)- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (buy from Bookshop)

The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris (buy from Bookshop)

Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (buy from Bookshop)- Fleabag (TV)- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (buy from Bookshop)

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller (buy from Bookshop)

What We’re Reading This Week:

Ann: Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews (buy from Bookshop)- Elena Ferrante books- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (buy from Bookshop)

Halle: The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (buy from Bookshop)

Podden och tillhörande omslagsbild på den här sidan tillhör Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman. Innehållet i podden är skapat av Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman och inte av, eller tillsammans med, Poddtoppen.