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Books Mentioned - 

Pet by Catherine Chidgey

The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman

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2026 Reading Glasses Challenge

BOOKS

Currently banned book by an author that?s still alive

A book in a genre/subgenre you?ve never tried
Queernorm book
Give an author a second chance
Book that takes place in a hotel/motel

 

ACTIVITIES

Themed snack/drink with the book you?re reading

Try a reading app/gadget
Update your wheelhouse

Participate in a read-a-thon

Thank a librarian

Books Mentioned - 

Dwelling by Emily Hunt Kivel

The Unveiling by Quan Barry

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Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood

Fiend by Alma Katsu

Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Harnett

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Daughter of Daring by Mallory O?Meara

Old Soul by Susan Barker

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman 

What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

The Dry Season by Melissa Febos

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab 

Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller

Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd

Clean by Alia Trabucco Zeran, translated by Sophie Hughes

Strange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion

The Brain at Rest by Joseph Jebelli

Somebody is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell, performed by Annette Amelia Oliveira

It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei

El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott

Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

Vantage Point by Sara Sligar

This is My Body by Lindsey King-Miller

The Original by Nell Stevens

Vera Wong?s Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Salvage by Anbara Salam

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

Here?s Your Hat What?s Your Hurry by Elizabeth McCracken

Brea and Mallory pick their favorite book covers of 2025. Plus they interview Alonso Duralde about his new Christmas movie book, and give ideas for gifts for ereaders. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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The Midnight Shift by Seon-Ran Cheon, translated by Gene Png

Willing Prey by Allie Oleander

Best Covers!

Best Series:

Brea: Adrift in Currents Clear and Clean by Seanan McGuire

Mallory: Mockingbird Court by Juneau Black

Best Horror:

Brea: Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

Mallory: Fiend by Alma Katsu

Best Nonfiction:

Brea: Sister Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson by Claire Hoffman

Mallory: Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul

Cutest:

Brea: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Mallory: Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare

Best SFF:

Brea: The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker

Mallory: Emily Wilde?s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

Best Literary:

Brea: Blob by Maggie Su

Mallory: Stop Me If You?ve Heard This One by Kristin Arnett

Best Smut/Romance:

Brea: Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Mallory: A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera

Oh, Christmas Tree! by Brian Herald, Brandon Gray, Daniel Thompson

Christmas: A Biography by Judith Flanders

Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson

Roan Parrish

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A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

King Sorrow by Joe Hill

Weaveworld by Clive Barker

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Enlightenment by Sarah Perry

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Libraries with Out of Country Cards:

Chappel Hill public library, Broward county library in Florida, The new york society, The mercantile, Redwood Library, Austin public library

Queens Borough Library, NY has an annual membership for non residents - $50

Many of the London borough libraries - free international membership that you can sign up for online - Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea libraries

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in Charlotte, North Carolina

Queer Liberation Library - free

Orange County Public Library System in Florida - $150/year

Virginia?s Shenandoah Valley- $10 for six months

Books Mentioned -

The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis

What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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Book Riot Article

 

Books Mentioned -

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kishiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood

Shady Hollow by Juneau Black

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

Payback?s a Witch by Lana Harper

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White

Vera Wong?s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller

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Books Mentioned - 

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

Somebody is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell

November

Bitter Honey by Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström
Literary fiction, mother-daughter relationship, Swedish pop star whose mother is trying to protect her from the past

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Literary fiction, family curse, a woman whose family believes she is another family member reincarnated

Lucky Seed by Justinian Huang

Literary fiction, matriarch of a wealthy family is pushing her gay nephew to produce an heir for the family

Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Literary fiction, woman learning the truth of her glamorous grandmother?s star crossed queer love story

That?s Not How It Happened by Craig Thomas
Literary fiction, family whose lives get adapted into a movie and chaos ensues, creator of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Literary fiction, bad-mom trope, generational trauma, Siddhartha reimagining

Queen Esther by John Irving
Return to the world of The Cider House Rules

 

The Amberglow Candy Store by Hiyoko Kurisu, translated by Matt Treyvaud
Magical realism, a fox spirit who sells magic healing treats to humans

Deeper than the Ocean by Mirta Ojito
Literary fiction, multigenerational, immigration, family ties

The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie
Short stories, magical realism

Palaver by Bryan Washington
Literary fiction, family, healing

The Pelican Child by Joy Williams
Short stories, the struggle of living

Days at the Torunka Cafe by Satoshi Yagisawa, translated by Eric Ozawa
Literary fiction, set in Tokyo, three people find literal and emotional nourishment

The Botanist?s Assistant by Peggy Townsend

Mystery, cozy, research assistant to a botanist must solve a murder

The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum
Historical mystery, Jazz Age Harlem, woman and her orphaned charge must solve a murder

The Perfect Hosts by Heather Gudenkauf
Thriller, someone dies at a ?pistols and pearls? gender reveal party, secrets

Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino
Thriller, satire, competitive real estate market, woman who has lost out on 11 houses will do anything to get her dream home

With Friends Like These by Alissa Lee
Thriller, group of college friends who have been playing a killing game known as The Circus for 20 years

The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan
Thriller, dark academia, Scotland, rivalling secret orders of women battling to find a medieval manuscript, murder

Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop
Fantasy, contemporary, paranormal detective, start of series

The Nameless Land by Kate Elliot
Fantasy, epic, sequel to The Witch Roads

The Merge by Grace Walker
Sci fi, dystopian, a world where the separate consciousnesses of two people can be put in one body

Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
Third book of Legends and Lattes

I, Media by Ayana Gray
Historical fiction, retelling, Greek mythology, villain origin story

Aphrodite by Phoenicia Rogerson
Historical fiction, retelling, Greek mythology

Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen, translated by David Hackston
Historical fiction, Finland, triple timeline, 1700s naturalist, 1850s Alaskan governor finds mysterious skeleton, 1950s museum curator

Last Call at the Savoy by Brisa Carleton
Historical fiction, historian investigating story of first female celebrity bartender

The Mad Wife by Meagan Church
Historical fiction, 1950s housewife, motherhood, identity

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry
Horror, child disappearance, scary house, woman returning home to confront childhood mystery

The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo
Horror, gothic, Philippines, diaspora, intergenerational trauma, demons

Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade
Contemporary romance, small town, plus size heroine, second chance, grumpy/grumpy

Blackthorn by J.T. Geissinger
Dark romance, gothic, paranormal, forbidden, grumpy/grumpy, enemies to lover, dark magic, touch her and die

The Marriage Narrative by Claire Kann
Contemporary romance, reality TV, marriage of convenience

Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi
Romantasy, spicy, set in the Black South, queer, magic

Ember Eternal by Chlore Neill
Romantasy, thief with secret magic, court intrigue/imperial politics

Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Kremphotlz
Romantasy, plant witch and grumpy alchemist must save their small town from a magical plague

The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers
Romantasy, disgraced bookseller restores a magical bookshop and enters dark underworld of dark ink magic and shady collectors

Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood
Memoir

Cher: The Memoir, Part Two

The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation by Jim Clyburn
Memoir

Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore by Ashley D. Farmer
Biography of woman who helped found modern Black nationalism and who led the fight for reparations

We Did OK, Kid by Anthony Hopkins
Memoir

Star of the Show: My Life on Stage by Dolly Parton
Memoir

Bread of Angels by Patti Smith
Memoir

100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist?s Guide to a Happy Life by Dick Van Dyke
Autobiography

Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore by Char Adams
History, the role of Black-owned bookstores in Black political movements throughout U.S. history

Thirst Trap by Gráinne O'Hare
Literary fiction, queer, friendship, moving from late 20s to early 30s

Where There's Room for Us by Hayley Kiyoko
Queer YA romance in reimagined queernorm Victorian England

The Dramatic Life of Jonah Penrose by Robyn Green
Queer romance, Red White and Royal Blue but in the London theater scene

As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel
Queer romantasy, sapphic, witch and demon caught in game across multiple lifetimes

Petty Lies by Sulmi Bak, translated by Sarah Lyo
Horror, epistolary, four characters locked in a cycle of vengeance

December

The Snake-Eater by T Kingfisher
Fantasy, contemporary, horror, woman leaves the city to live in her late aunt?s house, an ancient god comes to collect on aunt?s unfulfilled promise

The Birdwater by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Literary fiction, journalist investigates a former classmate who is accused of murder

The Time Hop Coffee Shop by Phaedra Patrick
Magical realism, magical coffee which grants you a wish, protagonist wishes to revisit her past so she can change the present

House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Reprint of early novel - series of interconnected short stories

The Jaguar?s Roar by Micheliny Verunschk, translated by Juliana Barbassa
Historical fiction, parallel timelines - one is an Indigenous girl in the 1800s who is kidnapped, and another that is a modern woman?s search for her

Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson
Fantasy, short stories

Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana
Fantasy, woman must secretly join enemy?s magical school after her clan is killed, djinn, vengeance

We Will Rise Again edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older
Spec fic, short stories, essays, protest, resistance, hope, interviews

The Mating Game by Lana Ferguson
Paranormal romance, wolf shifter, Christmas, contemporary

Tender Cruelty by Katee Robert
Dark romance, Hera/Zeus, Greek retelling, spicy

The Dark is Descending by Chloe C. Peñaranda
Third in romantasy trilogy

The Sea Captain?s Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World by Tilar J. Mazzeo
History, Gold Rush?era, maritime adventure, Mary Ann Patten - first woman captain of a merchant ship

Galapagos by Fátima Vélez, translated by Hannah Kauders
Weird fiction, queer, group of artists who are dying of AIDS embark on a surreal final voyage through the Galapagos Islands

Song of Ancient Lovers by Laura Restrepo, translated by Caro de Robertis
Fantasy, retelling, mythical love story, Queen of Sheba and King Solomon

Cape Fever by Nadia Davids
Horror, gothic, psychological, historical, 1920s, maid finds herself entangled with the spirits of a decaying manor, secrets

An Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color edited by Deesha Philyaw
Short stories

Winter Stories by Ingvild Rishøi
Short stories

Secrets of the First School by TL Huchu
Final Edinburgh Nights book

Better in Black: Ten Stories of Shadowhunter Romance by Cassandra Clare
Short stories

The Happiness Collector by Crystal King
Spec fic, a historian?s dream job in Italy takes a dark turn when she discovers her employers aren?t human

The Last Vampire by Romina Garber
YA dark fantasy, boarding school, Pride and Prejudice meets Crave

The Library of Fates by Margot Harrison
Romantasy, two former classmates race to find a rare book that can foretell your future if you confess a secret from your past

A Grim Reaper's Guide to Cheating Death by Maxie Dara
Cozy fantasy mystery, when a killer targets her brother, a grim reaper risks everything to save him

Romantasy Cocktails by Jassy Davis
Cooking

A Steep and Savage Path by JJA Harwood
Romantasy, vampires, dark romance, enemies to lovers, journey to the underworld

We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark
Romantasy, Ancient Rome, Rome-antasy, vampires, slow burn, magic creatures, gods

An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole
Fantasy, dark academia, magic university, secret society

Murder in Manhattan by Julie Mulhern
Mystery, historical, female reporter solving crimes in the glamorous world of the rich and famous in 1920s Manhattan

Her Time Traveling Duke by Bryn Donovan
Romantasy, time travel, grumpy-sunshine, love spells brings a Regency duke to modern times

Seeing Other People by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Paranormal romance, two people literally haunted by their exes

Everyone in the Group Chat Dies by L.M. Chilton
Mystery, funny, 90s serial killer, TikTok true crime investigator

Twin Tides by Hien Nguyen
YA horror, long-lost twin sisters unravel the mystery behind their mother's disappearance

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Fiend

Books Mentioned -

The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li

Strange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion

The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia

Lakewood by Megan Giddings

Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

A Better World by Sarah Langan

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

Gather the Daughters by Jeannie Melamed

The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind, translated by John E. Woods

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

You Weren?t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White

The Taker by Alma Katsu

When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy

What Kind of Mother by Clay McLeod Chapman

Brea and Mallory discuss how specific writing styles can make or break a book. Plus, they solve a reader problem about reading in public, and recommend novels about banned books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Sister, Sinner by Claire Hoffman

Mockingbird Court by Juneau Black

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: read an epistolary book! Plus, they discuss the change in Libby?s suspend hold system that has Glassers in a tizzy, and solve a reader problem about wrist pain. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Play Nice by Rachel Harrison

Death of an Author by Nnedi Okorafor

The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker
 

A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall

Brea and Mallory give out tips on improving your reading focus! Plus, they test out the new app Focus Friend, and interview long time friend of the show Adam Sockel about his new book. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Glasser Book Club - October 10 - 5pm PT
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Sci Fi Rex for Dads and Husbands

Adam?s new book!

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Books Mentioned -

The Brain at Rest by Dr. Joseph Jebelli

The Salvage by Anbara Salam

Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi

The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

My Friends by Fredrik Bachman

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen

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Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

Fiend by Alma Katsu

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: read a book with a two person book club! Plus, they solve a problem about putting damaged books in a Little Free Library, and recommend books set in Scotland but NOT Edinburgh. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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We?re Taking Everyone Down with Us by Matthew Rosenberg, Stefano Landini, and Jason Wordie

Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller

Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso

Sister, Sinner by Claire Hoffman

Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley

The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel

The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld

Brea and Mallory talk about how to age up your reading tastes from YA to adult (and if you should bother!). Plus, they have Becky Spratford on to discuss her new book WHY I LOVE HORROR, and they recommend fantasy books with NO spice. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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RA for All

RA for All: Horror

Becky's Tour

Why I Love Horror

Books Mentioned -

Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell

A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan

An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Killer VHS Series

Hailey Piper Books

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

The Country Under Heaven by Frederic D. Durbin

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Emily Wilde?s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

The Magician?s Daughter by H.G. Parry

Brea and Mallory talk about reading signed books and debate how precious you need to be with them. Plus, they review Book Beau book covers and discuss how much protection books really need. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Forest of Reading

Book Beau

Readathon - 9/13

Glasser Book Club Pick - The Bewitching

Books Mentioned -

Esperance by Adam Oyebanji

Forest Euphoria by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

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Readathon - 9/13

Glasser Book Club Pick - The Bewitching

Books Mentioned -

The Good House by Tananarive Due

Another by Paul Tremblay

September

 

Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy
Nonfiction, memoir, mother/daughter relationship, India

Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman
Romance, book world, rival book editors

Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross
Set in the Divine Rivals universe

All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert
Memoir, love, queer, addiction, codependency

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
New Robert Langdon book

History Matters by David McCullough
Essay collection

Awake by Jen Hatmaker
Memoir, grief, divorce, infidelity, marriage

What Can We Know by Ian McEwan
Sci fi, a hundred years in the future an academic searches for a mysterious poem read out loud in 2014

What a Time to Be Alive by Jade Chang
Grieving broke young woman accidentally become viral self help guru

It?s Me They Follow by Jeannine Cook
Magical realism, bookstore owner helps people find love through books but is lonely herself

Best Woman by Rose Dommu
Literary fiction, family dramedy, coming-of-age, trans protagonist, wedding drama

The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
Literary fiction, female friendship across 25 years

Vianne by Joanne Harris
Sequel to Chocolat

Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? by Sarah McCoy
Literary fiction, 1950s actress leaves to become a nun

Life and Death and Giants by Ron Rindo
Literary fiction, teenage boy who is almost eight feet tall and changes people who meet him

The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Takami Nieda
Literary fiction, feel good, Japan, people get emotionally healed by a hippo ride at a playground

We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
Weird fiction, both prequel and sequel to Bunny

One of Us by Dan Chaon
Horror, historical, 1915, orphaned twins on the run join a carnival

Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada, translated by Philip Gabriel
Literary, Japan, food, Tokyo library/cafe that is only open at night and serves meals inspired by books by dead authors

A Different Kind of Tension by Jonathan Lethem
Short stories, literary, surreal, specific

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood
Literary, woman with strange disease starts to lose grip on reality in pandemic

Little Movements by Lauren Morrow
Literary, race, class, art, small town, choreography

Sympathy Tower Tokyo by Rie Qudan, translated by Jesse Kirkwood
Sci fi, Japan, near future, architect designing a skyscraper for housing criminals becomes friends with chatbot

The Killer Question by Janice Hallett
Mystery, amateur sleuth must solve a murder set during pub trivia, clubs are revealed through trivia questions, texts, and emails

A Killer Wedding by Joan O?Leary
Mystery, matriarch of ultra-rich Irish family is found dead at expensive wedding

A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau
Mystery, queer, historical, NYC

A Rather Peculiar Poisoning by Chrystal Schleyer
Historical cozy mystery, turn of the century, two brothers vie for the same woman, one gets poisoned

The Librarians by Sherry Thomas
Mystery, four librarians band together after two patrons show up dead

The Belles by Lacey N. Dunham
Thriller, dark academia, historical, 1950s, secluded college

Old Money by Kelsey Miller
Thriller, returning to a small town twenty years later to solve murder of family member

Hot Wax by M. L. Rio
Thriller, rock and roll, road trip

Witch You Would by Lia Amador
Contemporary romance, paranormal, low stakes, witches

Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola
Contemporary romance, second chance, wedding drama

The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell
Paranormal romance, feuding stars of an Austen film adaptation accidentally travel back in time

It Seemed Like a Good Idea by Lauren Blakely
Contemporary romance, small town, rom com, grumpy/sunshine, bodyguard, mistaken identity, forbidden romance, only one bed

Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun
Queer contemporary romance, travel, Portugal, sapphic, ?practice? relationship that turns real

It Had to be Him by Adib Khorram
Gay contemporary romance, spicy, second chance, former classmates reuniting in Italy

Lady Like by Mackenzi Lee
Historical queer romance, Regency, two women vying for the same duke fall in love with each other

The Most Unusual Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish
Gay contemporary romance, New Orleans, low stakes, ghosts, toasty, haunts

By the Horns by Ruby Dixon
Second book in Royal Artifactual Guild series

Witch of the Wolves by Kaylee Archer
Romantasy, witches, werewolves, Victorian, enemies to lovers

Spellcaster by Jaymin Eve
Romantasy, slow burn, dark academia, enemies to lovers, spicy, magic

What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller
Romantasy, spicy, princess in matriarchal fantasy world must kidnap a husband to become queen

The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi
Old Man?s War, book 7

A Ruin, Great and Free by Cadwell Turnbull
The Convergence Saga, book 3

The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed
Annual Migration of Clouds, book 3

Sunward by William Alexander
Low stakes sci fi, found family, space, courier training androids

Extremity by Nicholas Binge
Sci fi horror, time travel, police procedural, end of the world, Philip K Dick meets True Detective

Thief of Night by Holly Black
Sequel to Book of Night

The Formidable Miss Cassidy by Meihan Boey
Fantasy, horror, supernatural creatures, historical, Singapore, governess

Fate?s Bane by C.L. Clark
Novella, sapphic romantasy, tragic, adventure, warring clans

A Land So Wide by Erin A. Craig
Historical romantasy, gothic, Scottish fairytale retelling, Canadian wilderness

The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson
Queer horror, art history, gay, fantasy, cursed paintings

Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei
Sci fi, cli fi, dystopian, two sisters on search for third

The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez
Sapphic romantasy, Jewish folklore, gothic horror, golems

The Faerie Morgana by Louisa Morgan
Fantasy, Morgan le Fay reimagining

The Summer War by Naomi Novik
Fantasy novella, young witch trying to undo spell

Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon
Fantasy, prequel to Priory of the Orange Tree

Uncharmed by Lucy Jane Wood
Romantasy, low stakes, witches, found family

Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod Chapman
Horror, short stories

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi
Horror, funny, final girl, slasher

Spread Me by Sarah Gailey
Horror, erotic, novella, sci fi, mysterious specimen in remote lab breaks free

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
Horror, haunted house

Fiend by Alma Katsu
Horror, powerful family with evil secrets

We Are Always Tender with Our Dead by Eric LaRocca
Horror, queer, small town, New England, violence, gore

Galloway?s Gospel by Sam Rebelein
Horror, cult, small town

Why I Love Horror by Becky Spratford
Nonfiction anthology with essays about horror

The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt
Horror, cult horror movie, filmmaking

You Weren?t Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White
Queer horror, Alien meets Midsommar

What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
Sworn Soldier, book 3

I Want to Be Where the Song Is by Mary J. Blige
Memoir

Still Bobbi by Bobbi Brown
Memoir, makeup industry

The Improbable Victoria Woodhull: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman To Run for President by Eden Collinsworth
Women?s history

Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice by Rachel Renee Kolb
Memoir

Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Biography

Truly by Lionel Richie
Memoir

Night People: How To Be a DJ in ?90s New York City by Mark Ronson
Memoir

Super Natural: How Life Thrives in Impossible Places by Alex Riley
Science, creatures who live in extreme environments

Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach
Science, human body

October

The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O?Neill
Literary fiction, sisters returning home, Long Island, family secrets

Overdue by Stephanie Perkins
Literary fiction, librarian protagonist, couple agrees to a month of dating other people before they get married

Tom?s Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski
Epic Western, 1980s, Utah, two friends determined to rescue a pair of horses

The Devil is a Southpaw
Literary fiction, story within a story, teen escaping from a detention center

We?ll Prescribe You Another Cat by Syou Ishida, translated by E. Madison Shimoda
Sequel

Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen
Auto-fiction, mother-daughter relationship, China, moving to US

Soyangri Book Kitchen by Jee-hye Kim, translated by Shanna Tan
Literary fiction, woman opens bookstore/cafe and transforms community

Heart the Lover by Lily King
Prequel/sequel to Writers and Lovers

The Lucky Ride by Yasushi Kitagawa, translated by Takami Nieda
Magical realism, a depressed man takes a magical taxi that changes his life

The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee
Short stories, essay collection

Bog Queen by Anna North
Literary fiction, forensic anthropologist investigates strange ancient body found in bog

Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor
Literary fiction, NYC, queer, Blackness, art world

Menu of Happiness by Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood
Kamogawa Food Detectives, book 3

We Had a Hunch by Tom Ryan
Mystery, 3 former famous teen detectives return home to solve a new murder

Mockingbird Court by Juneau Black
Shady Hollow, book 6

Mirage City by Lev AC Rosen
Evander Mills, book 4

The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson
Historical fiction, Polynesian Islands, young girl on quest to save her people

Christmas at the Women?s Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery
Sequel to Women?s Hotel

The Women of Artemis by Hannah Lynn
Greek retelling, Amazon warriors building an army to fight abusive men

I am Cleopatra by Natasha Solomons
Cleopatra reimagining

The Haunting of Paynes Hollow by Kelley Armstrong
Horror, strange inheritance, lakefront cottage, secrets, something in lake

The Unveiling by Quan Barry
Horror, survival horror, film scout on cruise to Antarctic, gets stuck

Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake
Horror, dark academia, exclusive sorority with secrets

Herculine by Grace Byron
Horror, woman stalked by malevolent force flees to commune of trans women in Indiana

The Last Witch by C.J. Cooke
Historical horror, 1400s Austria, witchcraft, witch hunts

If the Dead Belong Here by Carson Faust
Horror, Indigenous Southern gothic, family ghosts, search for missing kid

King Sorrow by Joe Hill
Horror, dark academia, rare book thief, dragon who wants blood

Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer
Horror, queer, religious cult, crafting

The Hong Kong Widow by Kristen Loesch
Historical horror, 1950s Hong Kong, competition between mediums in a haunted house

Futility by Nuzo Onoh
Horror, Nigeria, women summoning spirit to get revenge on bad men

Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell
Horror, queer reimagining of Rappaccini?s Daughter

The Graceview Patient by Caitling Starling
Horror, autoimmune disease, experimental medical trial at weird hospital

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward
Horror, abandoned ranch of infamous movie star becomes refuge for teen runaways?but with a price

The Salvage by Anbara Salam
Horror, historical, gothic, Scotland, haunted shipwreck

The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur
Sapphic paranormal romance, deal with a sexy demon

Mate by Ali Hazelwood
Sequel to Bride

When I Picture You by Sasha Laurens
Queer contemporary romance, sapphic, music, forced proximity, workplace romance

Julia Song is Undateable by Susan Lee
Contemporary romance, high powered CEO hires dating coach

Thirsty by Lucy Lehane
Gay vampire romance, rom-com, screwball comedy, enemies to lovers

Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane
Contemporary romance, fake dating, office culture

Dealing with a Desperate Demon by Charlotte Stein
Paranormal romance, bookstore owner, demon, magic

And Then There Was the One by Martha Waters
Historical romance, 1930s England, murder mystery

Our Vicious Oaths by N.E. Davenport
Romantasy, magic, political intrigue, enemies to lovers

The Ordeals by Rachel Greenlaw
Romantasy, elite magical college, deadly trials, dark academia, supernatural creatures

Cinder House by Freya Marske
Romantasy, queer, Gothic romance, sapphic, Cinderella retelling

The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri
Romantasy, historical, sapphic, medieval folklore, Britain, knight and witch

Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber
Fantasy, romantasy, dark academia, historical, Los Angeles, magic

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
Fantasy, romance, genre-bendy, reluctant lady knight and historian travel through time to rewrite their fates

When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee
Fantasy, sapphic, reimagining of the secret societies of postcolonial Singapore

All That We See or Seem by Ken Lie
Sci fi thriller, hacking, technology, virtual reality mystery

Red City by Marie Lu
Fantasy, romance, alternative Los Angeles, magic warfare, dystopia

Witches of Dubious Origin by Jenn McKinlay
Low stakes fantasy, books, witches, magic, New England

The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller
Fantasy, modern day witches waging war on the patriarchy

Psychopomp and Circumstance by Eden Royce
Fantasy, Southern gothic, historical, post Reconstruction, family funeral drama

Kill the Beast by Serra Swift
Fantasy, The Witcher meets Howl?s Moving Castle

Queen Demon by Martha Wells
Rising World, book 2

A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo
Singing Hills, book 6

The Uncool by Cameron Crowe
Memoir

Vagabond by Tim Curry

Memoir

Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey through the Space-Time Continuum by Michael J. Fox and Nelle Fortenberry
Memoir

Joyride by Susan Orlean

Memoir, creativity

Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vaill
History

The Man of Many Fathers by Roy Wood Jr.
Memoir

Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers by Anthony Delaney
History

The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery Siddharth Kara

Letter from Japan by Marie Kondo and Marie Iida
Nonfiction, Japanese customs that inspired Kondo?s philosophy

Brea and Mallory talk about 2025 books they think are underrated! Plus, they talk about what to do if you don?t like an audiobook narrator, and recommend reluctant love stories. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Readathon - 9/13

Glasser Book Club Pick - The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Sweet Berries by C.M. Nacosta

Predatory Natures by Amy Goldsmith

It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei, illustrations by Harmony Becker

Old Soul by Susan Barker

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen

Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam

The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rosen

This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
 

Brea and Mallory debate about gifting books to nonreaders. Plus, they give advice on when you receive a book gift you don?t want, and recommend locked room mysteries! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Readathon - 9/13

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Barstow by Rebekah and David McKendry and Tyler Jenkins

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

The Woman in Cabin Ten by Ruth Ware

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: read a honker! Plus, they offer advice about attending specialty book events, and recommend books that feature loving friends and family! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

El Dorado by Megan Abbott

Credence by Penelope Douglas

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

Brea and Mallory discuss jailbreaking ereaders, figure out when to look at the photo section of a celebrity memoir, and recommend funny sci fi. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert

The Original by Nell Stevens

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis

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The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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When the Wolf Comes by Nat Cassidy

The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis

Catfishing on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer

I?m Most Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicol

The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim

Which Side Are You On by Ryan Lee Wong

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

The New Town Librarian by Kathy Anderson

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Going with Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi, translated by David Boyd

You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

Margo?s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

Seek You by Kristen Radtke

The Giant?s House by Elizabeth McCracken

Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell

What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Huang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna Tam

Phoebe?s Diary by Phoebe Wahl

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

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Murder on Sex Island by Jo Firestone

Stop Me If You?ve Heard This One by Kristen Arnett

Monsters: A Fans Dilemma by Claire Dederer

All Fours by Miranda July

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: read a book slowly! Plus, they test out a stretchy bookmark and recommend scary books with no body horror. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall by J. Ann Thomas

Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd

Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

Brea and Mallory do a mid-year reading goals check in, plus an extra special interview with G from Book Roast, the creator of CAWPILE! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Audition by Katie Kitamura

Best of all Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Harnett

Daughter of Daring by Mallory O?Meara

Old Soul by Susan Barker

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall

Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Blob by Maggie Su

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton

Vera Wong?s Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Sick Houses by Leila Taylor

The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker

Vantage Point by Sara Sligar

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It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei and Harmony Becker

The Lilac People by Milo Todd

July

Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild
Literary fiction, family drama, dual timelines, moral dilemma

The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
Sequel to The Woman in Cabin 10

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
Thriller, mystery, woman trying to solve her own murder before she dies

A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan
Historical fantasy, WWII, British witches, magic book, magical espionage, France

Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon
Sci fi, queer love story, adventure, novella, tech, AI

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Horror, witches, 19th century Mexico, 1990s Massachusetts, dual timelines

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Historical horror/fantasy, WWI, angels, soldiers

Totally and Completely Fine by Elissa Sussman
Romance, dual timelines, widowed single mom, normal person/celebrity, small town Montana

Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
Romantasy, first in trilogy, princess imprisoned in castle auctioned off to rivals

The Irresistible Urge to Fall in Love with Your Enemy by Brigette Knightley
Romantasy, Dramoine, sick assassin falling in love with enemy healer, first in duology, slow burn enemies to lovers, rival magician orders

A Witch?s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Romantasy, cozy, witch and magical historian at an enchanted inn, talking fox

Tenderly, I Am Devoured by Lyndall Clipstone
YA, gothic, horromance, queer, folklore, love triangle, rituals, gods

Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
YA, Inheritance Games saga, competition, puzzles, secrets

Immortal Consequences by I.V. Marie

YA, romantasy, dark academia, boarding school, competition

No Sense in Wishing by Lawrence Burney
Essay collection, critical moments with art that transformed the author, Black diaspora

A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
Nonfiction, married couple who sells everything to live on a sailboat

I Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman
Essay collection, funny, living in America

Killing Stella by Marlen Haushofer, translated by Shaun Whiteside
Novella, literary fiction, confession from housewife of crime

The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History of Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond by Jean Zeid, illustrated by Émilie Rouge, translated by Jen Vaughn
Nonfiction, graphic history

The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne by Chris Sweeney
Nonfiction, forensic ornithology

Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde
Queer literary fiction, multiple POV, Lagos, navigating identities

Beasts of Carnaval: A Caribbean Historical Fantasy Tale of Mystery and Magic at El Carnaval De Bestias by Rosália Rodrigo
YA historical fantasy, Caribbean islands, Black diaspora, decadent carnival

Hot Girls With Balls by Benedict Nguy?n
Literary fiction, satire, queer, competitive volleyball, social media, trans volleyball players, romance

The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida translated by Bruno Navasky
Magical realism, Japanese convenience store, three interconnected stories

Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky
Surreal graphic novel, near future sci fi, trans protagonist, isolated community

The Dance and the Fire by Daniel Saldaña París, translated by Christina MacSweeney
Cli fi, love triangle, dancing, three friends returning to hometown, Mexico, surreal

Archive of Unknown Universes by Ruben Reyes Jr.
Literary fiction, dual timelines, Salvadoran civil war, love

The Payback by Kashana Cauley
Literary fiction, three co-workers turned friends launch a heist to wipe out student debt

Pan by Michael Clune
Literary fiction, teen having panic attacks and thinks the god Pan is trapped inside of him

Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu
Literary fiction, 1990s New England college campus, coming of age, Catholic guilt, art world

The Original by Nell Stevens
Queer historical fiction, 1899 English country house, aspiring art forger must figure out if her long-lost cousin is an impostor

Human Rites by Juno Dawson
Book 3 in Her Majesty?s Royal Coven

Call Your Boyfriend by Olivia A. Cole and Ashley Woodfolk
YA sapphic rom com, two teen girls want revenge on the popular girl they?re in love with

Moon Rising by Claire Barner
Queer near future romantisci, lunar colony, battling eco terrorists

The Gryphon King by Sara Omer
Queer Southwest Asian inspired epic fantasy, monsters, dynastic politics, slow burn romance

Taste the love by Karelia and Fay Stetz-Waters
Sapphic romance with rival chefs

No Body No Crime by Tess Sharpe
Queer thriller, romance, secrets, two girls killing a shitty guy

House of Beth by Kerry Cullen
Queer literary fiction, unhinged women, OCD, family secrets

Wayward Girls by Susan Wiggs
Queer historical fiction, 1960s Buffalo, six girls in a Catholic reform school

The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson
Queer fantasy, waystation for the dead, ghosts

The Elysium Heist by Y. M. Resnik
Queer sci fi, heist in a space casino with six women, intergalactic card tournament

The Haunting of Bellington Cottage by Laura Parnum
Middle grade horror, two girls trying to see if they?re still friends in a haunted vacation house

Another by Paul Tremblay
Paul?s middle grade horror debut!!!!!

The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw
Horror, wicked dark academia, dark magic academy for the dangerously powerful

Girl in the Creek by Wendy M. Wagner
Horror, Pacific Northwest, missing hiker, body horror, eco-horror, sporror

Oddbody by Rose Keating
Horror short stories, ?weird girl fiction?

Never the Roses by Jennifer K. Lambert
Romantasy, epic fantasy, Circle meets The Witch?s Heart

The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths
Sci fi thriller, time traveling cold case team

How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold
Fantasy thriller, famous horror author dies & invites writers to his manor to play a game, locked room mystery

The Secret Market of the Dead by Giovanni De Feo
Fantasy, Italian inspired, historical, gothic, magic competition, ?young woman who finds her power in the nocturnal realm that lurks beneath her town.?

The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager
Sci fi, love story between a museum employee and a man in a painting

The Alchemy of Flowers by Laura Resau
Modern fantasy take on The Secret Garden

Arcana Academy by Elise Kova
Romantasy, woman who wield magic tarot cards in a fake relationship with the headmaster of a mysterious academy, first in series

Hit Me with Your Best Charm by Lillie Vale
YA fantasy, small magic town, autumn festival, secrets, magic forest, missing kid

Soulgazer by Maggie Rapier
Pirate romantasy, lost mystical isle

August

The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
Historical horror, mystery, small town, girls transforming into hounds

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen
Psychological thriller, psychiatric institution, solving a murder, shady rich family

Too Old for This by Samantha Downing
Funny thriller, elderly female serial killer, small town Oregon

Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham
Mystery, new series, journalist solving case, old diary, vineyard, Southern

House of the Beast by Michelle Wong
Dark fantasy, fairy tales, pact with a magical entity, revenge on rich family

The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar
Adult cozy fantasy, princess escaping arranged marriage with quirky found family

The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown
Fantasy, secret society protecting world from powerful magical objects, London

Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher
Fantasy, Snow White retelling, herbal healing, potions, magic mirrors

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Fantasy, two PhD students go to hell to rescue their crappy advisor

These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma
Sci fi, memory, thriller, memory-monitoring tech, memory capitalism

Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Horror, queer, sexual repression, film archives, exploitation films, lost film

Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Horror, cosmic horror, Vegas casino, statistics, mysterious federal agent

What Hunger by Catherine Dang
Horror, coming of age, teen angst, generational trauma, female rage

The End of the World as We Know It edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene

Horror anthology inspired by The Stand

The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas

Horror, historical, 1700s northern Mexico, demon, gothic

Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings
Romance, second chances with publicly documented dates

Love Arranged by Lauren Asher
Romance, Lakefront Billionaires series, fake relationship

Mistress of Bones by Maria Z. Medina
YA debut fantasy, multiple POV, necromancer who wants to bring her sister back from the dead, romance, floating continents, rapier fights

Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs
Biography of James Baldwin, queer history Vulture by Phoebe Greenwood Literary fiction, Gaza war correspondent protagonist, dark comedy A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi Surreal literary sci fi, protagonist with multiple personalities Extinction Capital of the World by Mariah Rigg Short stories, cli fi, Hawaii, love and regret The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn Romance, rom-com, lovers to enemies to lovers, her ex goes on a reality dating show while she?s hired to ghost write his memoir Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Cozy fantasy in autumn in New England!!!, witch trying to reconnect with her mother, spells

The Midnight Shift by Seon-Ran Cheon, translated by Gene Png
Queer vampire murder mystery in Korea

Toni and Addie Go Viral by Melissa Marr
Sapphic romance, fake relationship, Victorian historian and actress

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Mood Machine by Liz Pelly

Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

The Turner House by Angela Flournoy

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A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

The Cautious Traveler?s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks

I?m Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi

James by Percival Everett

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Sick Houses by Leila Taylor

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge - read an award winning book by an author of color! Plus, they test out a book cart and give tips on reading beaten up paperbacks. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Why We Love and Hate Twilight by Sarah Elizabeth Gallagher

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

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The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker

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Roller Girl by Vanessa North

Fake It by Lilly Seabrook

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The Night Guest by Hildur Knuttsdotir, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

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Spring Readathon
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The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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The Attack of the Black Rectangles by A.S. King

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The Day the World Stopped Shopping by J.B. MacKinnon

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May

Decolonizing Language by Ngugi W. Thiong?o
Nonfiction, modern African literature, post colonial literary criticism

And the Trees Stare Back by Gigi Griffis
YA horror, Soviet Russia, historical, ?came back wrong?

Eliza, from Scratch by Sophia Lee - YA rom-com, cooking, high school, Korean food

The Lost Queen by Aimee Phan - YA fantasy, magic, sisters, Vietnamese lore, past lives

Titan of the Stars by E.K. Johnson - YA sci fi horror, space, aliens, Mars, trapped on a spaceship

Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala - YA mystery, tarot, teen detective, vanished girl

You and Me on Repeat by Mary Shyne - YA rom-com graphic novel, time loop, friendship

Home Has No Borders by Sona Charaipotra and Samira Ahmed - Short story collection, YA, South Asian writers

The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei - Historical fiction, Singapore, family saga, sisters

My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende - Historical fiction, 19 century, Chile, San Francisco, female writer sent to cover civil war

The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong - Literary fiction, chosen family, friendship between elderly woman and the young man she saves

My Friends by Fredrick Backman - Literary fiction, 25 year saga about four friends in a seaside town

The Tenant by Freida McFadden - Thriller, man rents a room to a woman who is not what she seems

The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North - Thriller, serial killer, criminal profiler solving case he survived as a child

The Incandescent by Emily Tesh - Fantasy, dark academia, sapphic romance

Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle - Urban fantasy, NYC, chef who can taste ghosts

Awake in the Floating City by Susanna Kwan
Sci fi, eco-fiction, flooding, artist bonding with elderly woman who remembers the city?s history

The Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve - Sci fi, mystery, technology that lets you visit the most pivotal moment of your life for one hour

The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling - Historical horror, sapphic erotica, cannibals, medieval, surreal

Never Flinch by Stephen King - Horror, next Holly book

Can?t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan - Third in Skyland series

The Love Haters by Katherine Center
Contemporary romance, swimming, cynicism, Key West

The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
Romantasy, divination magic, gothic, hot knight

A Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBride
Romantasy, Celtic inspired, magic, dragon riding, hot prince

Bad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship by Tiffany Watt Smith
Nonfiction

Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
Nonfiction

Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang - Literary horror, friendship, technology that enhances empathy

Forest Euphoria by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian - Nonfiction, queerness in wildlife and nature

Fake Work: How I Began to Suspect Capitalism is a Joke by Leigh Claire la Berge - Nonfiction

So Many Stars: an Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro de Robertis
Nonfiction

Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan
Literary fiction, trans protagonist, love, betrayal, ?allure of bougie domesticity?

And They Were Roommates by Page Powars - Queer YA romance, trans protagonist, boarding school

Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus
Queer YA romance, cult, small town, secret love

Summertime by Yigit Karaahmet, translated by Nicholas Glastonbury
Queer thriller, Turkey, ?the Birdcage but by Patricia Highsmith?

When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur
YA horror, Southern gothic, small town, vanished teen

Of Earthly Delights by Goldy Moldavsky
YA horroromance, contemporary gothic, family secrets, mysterious garden

Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson - Literary fiction, funny, family road trip

Gingko Season by Naomi Xu Elegant - Literary fiction, finding yourself after a heartbreak, friendship

The South by Tash Aw
Gay literary fiction, family, summer, small town, secret love

The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis - Cozy fantasy, magic school in New England, werewolf protagonist

June

The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton - Romantasy, forbidden love, forbidden magic, political intrigue

A Far Better Thing by H.G. Parry - Fantasy, fairy revenge, historical, French revolution

A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek - Queer YA fantasy, sapphic Swan Lake retelling

A Magic Deep and Drowning by Hester Fox - Historical romantasy, Dutch Golden Age, Little Mermaid retelling

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab - Queer spec fic, immortality, romance

Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell - Historical fantasy, Hercules retelling, funny and sweet

I Think I?m in Love with an Alien by Ann Aguirre - Romantiscifi, space, rom-com

The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery by Clarence A. Haynes - Queer fantasy, ghosts, funny, magical past

The Lady, The Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall - Fantasy, circus, mystery, dark magic, revenge

The Palace of Illusions by Rowena Miller - Historical fantasy, Paris, 1900s World?s Fair, magical clockmaker

The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older - Sapphic cozy space mystery, third in series

A Girl Walks into the Forest by Madeleine Roux - Fantasy, journey through evil forest, monsters

The Beautiful Maddening by Shea Ernshaw - YA contemporary romantasy, family love curse, magic tulips

The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King - Queer fantasy, magic, memories contained in pencils, lost connections across time and space

Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare
Queer romantiscifi, sapphic, two women in different worlds trying to find the right timeline to be together

Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings - Sci fi, mysterious doors to new worlds, sisters

Best of all Worlds by Kenneth Oppel
YA spec fi thriller, survival story

The Two Lives of Faven Sythe by Megan O?Keefe - Sci fi, missing person search uncovers galaxy-wide conspiracy, space opera

Pearly Gates by Bonnie Solomon - Queer cozy funny fantasy, drag queen protagonist in after life, found family

Ecstasy by Ivy Pochoda - Horror, Greek tragedy retelling, female empowerment

Strange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion
Japanese mystery horror, disturbing architecture

This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman - Queer fantasy, high fantasy, magic princess on a quest, fairytale satire

Work Nights by Erica Peplin - Queer literary fiction, young woman in love triangle, NYC

Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee
Queer Jewish new adult literary fiction, 1990s road trip from NYC to San Francisco

These Heathens by Mia McKenzie
Queer new adult historical fiction, 1960s Atlanta, queer Black community, civil rights movement

If I Told You I?d Have to Kiss You by Mae Marvel - Sapphic romance, if Mr. and Ms. Smith was gay

Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski - Queer literary fiction, bisexual protagonist, woman risking it all for a second chance at first love

A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell - Sapphic historical romance, archaeologist teaming up with childhood enemy

Ready to Score by Jodie Slaughter - Sapphic contemporary romance, spicy, small town, Texas football

It?s Not the End of the World by Jonathan Parks-Ramage
Cli-fi thriller, queer, family saga, near future sci fi

What is Queer Food? How We Served a Revolution by John Birdsall
Nonfiction

El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott - Thriller, all woman pyramid scheme, Detroit, crime, female friendship, power

The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans
Gothic historical thriller, family secrets, dark academia

The Farmhouse by Chelsea Conradt - Horror, family moves to a creepy house in the middle of nowhere, corn!!!!!

Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto - Mulan reimagined as a contemporary romance

Someone Knows by Vi Keeland - Thriller, sexy, English professor has a dark past come back to haunt her, murder, affair

The Compound by Aisling Rawle - Dystopian thriller, Lord of the Flies meets Love Island, reality TV

Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady
Contemporary romance, rivalry between two managers at the same bookstore

Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
Cozy mystery, murder on a Parisian river cruise

The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick
Spec fic, what if there was a scientific cure for heartbreak

King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Crime thriller, family drama, Southern, inspired by The Godfather

The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater - Historical romantasy, 1940s Appalachia, luxury hotel, magic

With a Vengeance by Riley Sager
Historical horror, trains, murder, 1940s midwest America

The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Sixth in the Blood and Ash series

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Historical romance, 1980s, NASA, astronauts

The Dry Season by Melissa Febos - Celibacy memoir

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Butter by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton

Darkly by Marisha Pessl

Brea and Mallory talk about what you can do to protect libraries! Plus, they discuss Bookshop ebooks and recommend books about being in love with your best friend. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

The Secret History of the Rape Kit by Pagan Kennedy

All About Love by bell hooks

The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann

Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: pick a book based on the title. Plus, they solve a problem about reading graphic novels in public, and recommend hopepunk books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Woodworking by Emily St. James

A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Brea and Mallory recommend spring books! Plus, they test out cork bookmarks and solve a problem about bookish tattoos from authors who turned out to be trash babies. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriott

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

Twilight Falls by Juneau Black

Miranda July?s All Fours

The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Wildwood Whispers by Willa Reece

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Stuck in the Country With You by Zuri Day

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Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

The Undesired by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

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Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q Sutanto

Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton

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Priest by Sierra Simone

Vantage Point by Sara Sligar

Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg

The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Louise Heal Kawai

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

Brea and Mallory have a Hot Genre Alert for queernorm books! Plus, they review a water bottle carrier and solve a problem about ordering books in the UK. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

Old Soul by Susan Barker

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

Empress of Salt and Fortune by Ngih Vo

Someone to Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin

Blob by Maggie Su

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood

Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatksy

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

People?s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi

X-Factor by Peter David

Wild at Heart by Barry Gifford

God Country by Donny Cates

A Headful of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Abandon Me by Melissa Febos

Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

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The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming

Ice by Amy Brady

Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Let?s Get Physical by Danielle Friedman

Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus

The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O?Meara

Why Fish Don?t Exist by Lulu Miller

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Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

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Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch

January

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire

Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
Historical fiction, love story, 1940s, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Chinese diaspora

Y2K by Colette Shade
Nonfiction, essay collection, 2000s

Good Girl by Aria Aber
Debut literary fiction, coming of age, Berlin nightlife, racial tensions

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Literary fiction, writing, publishing, reality mixing with fantasy

We Do Not Part by Han King, translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
Literary fiction, hidden history, Korea

Black in Blues by Imani Perry
Nonfiction, Black history, the color blue

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Fantasy, third in Fourth Wing series

Old Soul by Susan Barker

Literary thriller, Japan, mysterious lady killer

Blob by Maggie Su

Debut literary novel, weird fiction, sentient blob, woman looking for love

Flirting with Disaster by Naina Kumar

Romance, second chance, accidental marriage, Texas

Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton

Funny literary fiction, small dying Italian village is saved by gigantic truffle

Mystery Royale by Kaitlyn Cavalancia

YA fantasy mystery, murder, family secrets, competition

Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

Literary fiction, multi-generational family epic, mystery heirloom, racism

The Queen?s Spade by Sarah Raughley

Historical thriller, revenge, romance, Victorian England, kidnapped African princess

The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold

Sapphic YA thriller, two teens fall in love in an abandoned bookstore in the apocalypse

The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill

Magical realism, trans protagonist, magic bookstore, time travel

The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang, translated by Slin Jung

Fantasy, magic to change your life, magic cat

Vantage Point by Sarah Sligar

Literary thriller, New England, family curse, digital haunting

Pretend We?re Dead: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Women in Rock in the 1990s by Tanya Pearson

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All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall
Sci fi, dystopia, trying to save a museum from a flood

Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan

Romantasy, royal court, gods

We Could be Rats by Emily Austin

Queer literary fiction, sisters, family reconnection

February

Reading the Waves by Lidia Yuknavitch

Queer memoir

Loca by Alejandro Heredia

Literary fiction, queer, debut, NYC, friendship

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

Carmilla reimagining

Soft Core by Brittany Newell

Literary fiction, coming of age, sex work, woman finding herself

Dengue Boy by Michel Neva, translated by Rahul Berry

Weird fiction, part mosquito part boy goes on journey through dystopian world

Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

Historical fiction, queer entrepreneurs in Gilded Age NYC

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

Thriller, black humor, murderous governess

The Echoes by Evie Wyld

Literary fiction, ghost protagonist, grief, relationships

Crush by Ada Calhoun

Literary fiction, debut, polyamory, relationships, marriage

The Lamb by Lucy Rose

Horror, folk horror, queer, gothic

Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya

Memoir, surviving mental breakdown through books

Little Mysteries by Sara Gran

Short stories, mystery

One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed

Sci fi, dystopia, short stories

Beta Vulgaris by Margie Sarsfield

Weird fiction, ?vegetable gothic?

The Poorly Man and Other Things by Sam Rebelein

Horror short story collection set in world of his previous book Edenville

Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford

Literary fiction, thriller, family gathering, lurking darkness

The World After Gaza: A Short History by Pankaj Mishra

Nonfiction

Nothing Serious by Emily J Smith

Thriller, feminist, modern dating, murder

The Rose Bargain by Sarah Peyton Smith

Romantasy, Victorian England, fae

(S)kin by Ibi Zoboi

Contemporary fantasy, Caribbean folklore, inherited magic, novel in verse

The Forest King?s Daughter by Elly Blake

Romantasy, enemies to lovers, adventure, magic war

Dream Girl Drama by Tessa Bailey

Romance, hockey, spicy, family drama

Book Boyfriend by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka

Romance, fantasy fans and fandom, workplace

A Circle of Uncommon Witches by Paige Crutcher

Romantasy, witches, curses, adventure

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

Romance, diver and swimmer, Olympics

Emily Wilde?s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

Fantasy, third in series

Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

Historical fiction, Black history, novelization of life of Jessie Redmon Fauset, Harlem renaissance

Back After This by Linda Holmes

Romance, funny, podcasting

March

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters

Novella collection, speculative fiction

Stop Me If You?ve Heard This One by Kristen Arnett

Literary fiction, clowns, funny, authenticity, finding yourself

Cover Story by Celia Laskey

Romance, sapphic, Hollywood

The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses

Horror, post apocalyptic, body horror, creepy convent

The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

Sci fi, near future dystopia, dream monitoring

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

Literary fiction, story of four interconnected women, love

The Antidote by Karen Russell

Fantasy, ?dust bowl epic?, prairie witch

Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance edited by Edmund Ghareeb and Naseer Aruri

Poetry anthology

Sucker Punch of Scaachi Koul

Memoir of divorce

The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T Wurth

Horror, psychic, haunted hotel

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Historical horror, vampire

I?ll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan by Giaae Kwon

Nonfiction

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Fifth Hunger Games novel

Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley

Romance, funny, falling apart marriage, crime

The Love Simulation by Etta Easton

Romance, funny, competition, teachers

The Bane Witch by Ava Morgyn

Romantasy, thriller, Gone Girl meets Practical Magic

Malinalli by Veronica Chapa

Historical reimagining of life of Mexican interpreter, epic tale

Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall

Literary, romance, suspense, small town secrets

Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky

Literary fiction, black humor, money, marriage, sex, revenge

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Literary fiction, climate fiction, science researchers, Antarctica, secrets

Salt Water by Katy Hays

Thrillers, murder, family, secrets, Capri

Elphie by Gregory Maguire

Prequel to Wicked

The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue

Historical fiction, 1895, France

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

Sci fi, John fuckin Scalzi

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Nonfiction

Nowhere by Allison Gunn

Horror, disappearances in a small town

A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames

Cozy fantasy, magic, love spell gone awry, talking cat

They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

YA horror, Louisiana, small town disappearances, underwater monsters

Fable at the End of the World by Ava Reid

Sci fi, dystopia, queer romance, wasteland

The Burial Tide by Neil Sharpson

Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta

Tell Me I?m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin

Brea and Mallory discuss how they?re tracking their reading in 2025, and solve a reader problem about a little free library. And they do it all with special in-studio guest, Traci Thomas from The Stacks podcast! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley

Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller

Pure Innocent Fun by Ira Madison III

Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez

Reagan by Max Boot