This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved this summer. You get 10% off your books when you order your Summer Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read this summer.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 596), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Summer Reading Recap Bundle - $81

Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker

Wasp?s Nest by Kat Stoddard

The Amateur by Chris Bohjilihan

The Foursome by Christina Baker Klein

Audiobook narrated by Marin Ireland

Garden by the Sea by Mercé Rodoreda 

The Book of Goose by Yiyum Li

The Fervent Whites by De?Shawn Charles Winslow

The Dinner by Herman Koch and Little Fires Everywhere by Celese Ng

The Land and Its People by David Sedaris

Audiobook narrated by David Sedaris 

Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker

Family of Origin by CJ Hauser and Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close

Night Objects by Eli Raphael

True Biz by Sara Novic

Audiobook narrated by Lisa Flanagan & Kaleo Griffith

Wasp?s Nest by Kat Stoddard

The Amateur by Chris Bohjilihan 

Audiobook narrated by Melora Hardin

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Switzy by Emma Cline (September 8th, 2026).

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Joseph Shorter IV, Beth, Jammie Treadwell, Kimberly, Gene Queens, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins and Cammy Tidwell.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 595) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app.

Lizzy:

The House of Mirth or The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe

The Group by Mary McCarthy

Kate:

Literary westerns

The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzales James

Outlawed by Anna North

God?s Country by Percival Everett

News of the World by Paulette Jiles

The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain

The Plague of Doves and The Round House by Louise Erdrich

Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Prioux

Plainsong by Kent Haruf

The Son by Philipp Meyer

Train Dreams by Denis Johnson

Butcher?s Crossing by John Williams

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt

The Dying Grass by William T. Vollman

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer

Rachel:

Books about Spain

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafòn

A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende

The Muse by Jessie Burton

Alberto?s Lost Birthday by Diana Rosie

Homage to Barcelona by Colm Toibin

Ellen:

Fantasy

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

The Bright Sword (Arthurian retelling) by Lev Grossman

Circe by Madeline Miller

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Romantasy:

A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft 

The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer l armentrout

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Quicksilver by Callie Hart

Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry

Lindsay: Literary palate cleansers

Humor/memoir

Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly

Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb

Kid lit

Bloomability by Sharon Creech

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is listening to Tenderness by Rowan Beaird.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Joseph Shorter IV, Beth, Jammie Treadwell, Kimberly, Gene Queens, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins and Cammy Tidwell.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is speculating what Rory Gilmore (from WB/CW show Gilmore Girls) might read now, in 2026. If she walked into The Bookshelf, what books would Annie put into her hands? Or what books do we sell that she?s already read and loved? Dysfunctional family lit? Reimaginings of her favorite classics? Books about quirky small towns and their inhabitants? Here?s what Annie came up with:

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 594), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

James by Percival Everett

SPQR by Mary Beard

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood 

The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri

Audition by Katie Kitamura

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Last Days of Vic and Coco (March 2, 2027) by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Joseph Shorter IV, Beth, Jammie Treadwell, Kimberly, Gene Queens, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins and Cammy Tidwell.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a New Release Rundown! Annie and Erin share the August releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 584), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie?s books

Everything That Is Beautiful by Louise Nealon (August 6th, 2026)

A Tender Age by Chang-Rae Lee (August 11th, 2026)

Crocodilopolis by John Manuel Arias (August 25th, 2026)

Erin?s books

Etna by Paul Yoon

Sunlight Finds You by Laura Moriarty

Kitten by Stacey Yu 

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Wasp?s Nest by Kat Stoddard. Erin is listening to Carl?s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Joseph Shorter IV, Beth, Jammie Treadwell, Kimberly, Gene Queens, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins and Cammy Tidwell.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie wraps up our Summer Readings series! In this series, Annie introduces you to one book you should read this summer by reading an excerpt (with permission from publishers).

Today, Annie reads a passage from Andrew Sean Greer?s new book Villa Coco. Use code SUMMERREADINGS at checkout to get 10% off Villa Coco this week.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 592) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

The View from Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Little Friend by Donna Tartt.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, Martha, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, our Summer Readings series continues! In this series, Annie introduces you to one book you should read this summer by reading an excerpt (with permission from publishers).

Today, Annie reads a passage from Rachel Beanland?s new book The Half Life. Use code SUMMERREADINGS at checkout to get 10% off The Half Life this week.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 591) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Half Life by Rachael Beanland

Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachael Beanland

The House Is on Fire by Rachael Beanland

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading A Private Man by Stephanie Sy-Quia.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, Martha, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, our Summer Readings series continues! In this series, Annie introduces you to one book you should read this summer by reading an excerpt (with permission from publishers).

Today, Annie reads a passage from Jesmyn Ward?s latest book On Witness and Respair. Use code SUMMERREADINGS at checkout to get 10% off On Witness and Respair this week.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 589) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

On Witness and Respair by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, our Summer Readings series is back! In this series, Annie introduces you to one book you should read this summer by reading an excerpt (with permission from publishers).

Today, Annie reads a passage from Anna McCallie?s new book Abby Offsides. Use code SUMMERREADINGS at checkout to get 10% off Abby Offsides this week.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 589) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Abby Offsides by Allie McCallie

Conform by Ariel Sullivan

Liar's Dice by Juliet Faithful

Into the Blue by Emma Brodie

Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell

Play It Again by Georgia Clark

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Garden by the Sea by Mercé Rodoreda.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter discuss the best books of 2026 (so far)!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 588) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie

First five-star read: The Reservation by Rebecca Kauffman

Most surprising: Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai Nguyen

Least favorite: Man Overboard! By Kathleen Rooney (July 7th, 2026) and Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune

Next on your TBR: June Baby by Shannon Garvey

Most anticipated fall release: The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw (September 29th, 2026), Fair Ones by Lydia Millett (October 6th, 2026)

Annie?s Top 10 1. Kin by Tayari Jones 2. Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin 3. Strangers by Belle Burden 4. The Reservation by Rebecca Kauffman 5. The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout 6. Anywhere Else by Rachel Knox 7. Whistler by Ann Patchett 8. Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer 9. Good People by Patmeena Shaw 10. This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman Hunter?s Top 10 1. Brawler by Lauren Groff 2. Whidbey by Kira Madden 3. Just Watch Me by Lior Torenberg 4. Departures by Julian Barnes 5. Kin by Tayari Jones 6. Gunk by Saba Sams 7. My Dear You by Rachel Khong 8. Murder Bimbo by Rebecca Novak 9. The Complex by Karan Mahajan 10. Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object by Laurie Colwin. Hunter is reading Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie chats with her mom, Susie, about books for readers with PG-13 tastes. Use code SHOPMOMSELECTS at checkout online and in the store to get 10% off Susie?s favorite books!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 587) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Little Bookshop by the Harbor by Jean Stone

The Second Story Bookshop by Denise Hunter Jump and Find Joy by Hoda Kotb Discernment by Henry Nouwen Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs by Heather Lende Ordinary Time - the Paperback with new essays by Annie B. Jones Royal Spin by Omid Scobie and Robin Benway More Things in Heaven and Earth by Jeff High Each Shining Hour by Jeff High A Poem to Read Aloud Every Day of the Year Edited by Liz Ison Wisdom from the Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben A Moment of Calm a Soothing Poem for every Day of the Year Edited by Ana Sampson Homecoming Meditations by Jessica Boston

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline. Shop Mom is reading Summer State of Mind by Kristy Woodson Harvey.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley! Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock, to chat about what they?re reading ? but also what they?re watching, listening to, and buying.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 586) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie is reading: ? Anywhere Else by Rachel Knox ? Down with the Shipmans by Meg Mitchell Moore ? The Shampoo Effect  by Jenny Jackson (out June 30)

Ashley is reading: ? Brawler by Lauren Groff ? Fat Swim by Emma Copley Eisenburg ? Theo of Golden by Allen Levi ? Kin by Tayari Jones ? Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri ? The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos ? Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Annie is watching: ? Off Campus ? The Dark Wizard Ashley is watching: ? Love Story ? Company Retreat ? Her shark on Fahlo Annie listening to: ? The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline ? Mumford & Sons ? Noah Kahan ? Writing music

Ashley listening to: ? Porch Light by Noah Kahan ? Begin Again by Mumford and Sons ? Sleepyhead by Young and Sick

Annie buying: ? House stuff

Ashley buying: ? Cotton Candy grapes

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Fair Ones (out October 6) by Lydia Millet. Ashley is reading Anywhere Else by Rachel Knox.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by her actual dad and The Bookshelf?s Shop Dad, Chris! Annie and Chris chat about his reading life and some of his favorite books in honor of Father?s Day. These books are perfect for giving to your own dad or anyone who?s been there for you like a dad.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 585) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders by Joshua Sharpe

A Killer Wedding by Joan O'Leary

Daikon by Samuel Hawley

Running Deep by Tom Clavin

James by Percival Everett

Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida by Gilbert King

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmond Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon

So Far Gone by Jess Walter

Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra

All Carry by Gene Wojciechowski

The Fourth Branch: How State Government Can Save Our Union by Daniel Squadron

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page. Shop Dad is reading Homeschooled by Stefan Merrill Block.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia share the June (and some July) releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 584), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie?s books

Whistler by Ann Patchett

Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer (June 9th, 2026)

The Fervent Whites by De?Shawn Carles Winslow (June 9th, 2026)

JULY PICK: The Half Life by Rachel Beanland (July 14th, 2026)

Olivia?s books

The Children by Melissa Albert

The Heirs by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Voyagers by Meg Charlton (June 16th, 2026)

JULY PICK: The Mortons by Justine Larbalestier & Scott Westerfeld (July 21st, 2026)

Erin?s books

Down with the Shipmans by Meg Mitchell Moore (June 2nd, 2026)

Heather by Caitlin Mullen (June 9th, 2026)

The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson (June 30th, 2026)

JULY PICK: Not with a Bang by Temi Oh (July 14th, 2026)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is listening to Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune. Olivia is reading The Final Chapter by C.B. Everett. Erin is listening to Heather by Caitlin Mullen.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in May. You get 10% off your books when you order your May Reading Recap bundle. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 583), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

May Reading Recap Bundle - $71

Whistler by Ann Patchett (June 2nd, 2026)

Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel

The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand

Whistler by Ann Patchett (June 2nd, 2026)

Go Gentle by Maria Semple

Anywhere Else by Rachel Knox

The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O?Connor

Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel

Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune

The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is listenting to The Other Florida by Gloria Jahoda (unavailable to order).

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a new episode of Into the Backlist! Today, Annie changes her focus from new releases to dive into the backlist: the books that came out years ago, the books that didn?t get enough attention, the books you may stumble upon while browsing in an indie bookstore like The Bookshelf.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 582) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

Heart the Lover by Lily King

Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 by MK Czerwiec

How to Survive a Plague by David France

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

The Farewell Symphony by Edmund White

And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts

Just Kids by Patti Smith

Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin

So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder

Four Squares by Bobby Finger

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is listenting to Go Gentle by Maria Semple.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie invites you to join our Conquer a Classic book club! It?s not too late. A Year With Flannery is a communal exploration of Georgia author Flannery O?Connor?s short stories (and novels). Listen to learn how to join our From the Front Porch Patreon Conquer a Classic book club (you?ll also find details below).

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 581) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

From the Front Porch Patreon

Conquer a Classic 2026 Collection

The Complete Stories by Flannery O?Connor

Conquer a Classic 2026 Bundle

This bundle includes

The Complete Stories

The Violent Bear it Away

Wise Blood

Mystery & Manners: Occasional Prose

Now is a great time to join the From the Front Porch Patreon community and our Conquer a Classic Book Club. One perk of being a Patreon member is being a part of our super-popular, year-long Conquer a Classic book club! Each year, Annie and Hunter select a classic book and read it with our Patreon community over the course of the year. 

Join our Conquer a Classic book club: 

Step 1. Join the Patreon here. You?ll unlock bonus episodes of the podcast where Annie and Hunter discuss Flannery?s works, plus discussion forums with other Conquer a Classic book club members.

Step 2. Buy your copy of THE COMPLETE STORIES or your Conquer a Classic bundle here. Your order will include an exclusive reading guide and bookmark. 

On Patreon, you can choose from two different tiers to join our Conquer a Classic book club: 

For $5/month, you get: 

Monthly Conquer a Classic recap episodes with Annie and Hunter for THE COMPLETE STORIES

Monthly Porch Visits on Zoom with Annie

For $20/month, you get: 

Monthly Conquer a Classic recap episodes with Annie and Hunter for THE COMPLETE STORIES

Monthly Porch Visits on Zoom with Annie

Quarterly book club conversations about O?Connor?s books: WISE BLOOD, THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY, and MYSTERY AND MANNERS

Biannual movie recap episodes with Annie and Hunter: FLANNERY (2019) and WILDCAT (2023)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving by Virginia Eubanks (out August 11).

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia share the May releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 580), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester (May 5th, 2026)

Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick (May 26th, 2026)

Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan (May 26th, 2026)

Olivia's books:

Five by Ilona Bannister (May 5th, 2026)

Young World by Soman Chainani (May 5th, 2026)

Night Objects by Eli Raphael (May 26th, 2026)

Erin's books:

Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel (May 5th, 2026)

The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline (May 12th, 2026)

Babylon, South Dakota by Tom Lin (May 26th, 2026)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading Whistler by Ann Patchett. Olivia is reading The Mortons by Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier. Erin is listening to Into the Blue by Emma Brodie

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in April. You get 10% off your books when you order your April Reading Recap bundle. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 579), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer (releases June 9)

Lake Effect by Cynthia D?Aprix Sweeney

The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson (releases June 30)

Down with the Shipmans by Meg Mitchell Moore (releases June 2)

Everything That Is Beautiful by Louise Nealon (releases August 4)

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Make Nice by Ryan Effgen (releases July 14)

Famesick by Lena Dunham

The Half Life by Rachel Beanland (releases July 14)

Judy Blume by Mark Oppenheimer  

April Reading Recap Bundle  - $76

Lake Effect by Cynthia D?Aprix Sweeney 

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai  

Judy Blume by Mark Oppenheimer  

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is reading Monster of a Land by Lauren Hough.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 578) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app.

Anonymous Voicemail:

Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin (backordered)

Love by the Book by Jessica George

Ordinary People by Diana Evans

At the Pond by Margaret Drabble

Anonymous Voicemail:

Joyful Anyway by Kate Bowler

The Reservation by Rebecca Kauffman

This is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman

So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder

Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell

Caroline

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevins

The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Jeanette

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Time of the Child by Niall Williams

Diary of a Country Priest by George Bernanos

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon

A Place at the Table by Susan Rebecca White

Ordinary Time by Catherine Rentzenbrink

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Tales of a Country Parish by Colin Heber-Percy

Even After Everything by Stephanie Duncan Smith

The Irrational Season by Madeline L'Engle and Graham Greene

Trudy

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

This Is Where I Leave You byJonathan Tropper

Flight by Lynn Steger Strong

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

Mercury by Amy Jo Burns

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Like Family by Erin White 

Family Trust by Kathy Wang

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.

This week, Annie is listening to Judy Blume by Mark Oppenheimer.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a special treat: a recording of our live show from The Bookshelf?s March 2026 Reader Retreat! In this episode, Annie and Hunter engage in an abbreviated March Madness debate and play the Newlywed Game with help from Ashley. Enjoy!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 577), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

The Liar's Club by Mary Karr vs. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara vs. The Goldfinch by Donna Tart

Edinburgh by Alexander Chee vs. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Fates & Furies by Lauren Groff vs. Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates vs. Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout

The Road by Cormac McCarthy 

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie shares the modern books she would recommend to the March sisters from Little Women. Listen to find out what books Annie would recommend for Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy if they walked into The Bookshelf.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 576), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

For Meg

The Hidden Art of Homemaking by Edith Schaffer

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall

For Jo

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

A Swim in the Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Masterclass on Writing, Reading and Life by George Saunders

Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

For Beth

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

For Amy

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith

Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Love By The Book by Jessica George.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia share the March releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 575), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie?s books ? The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne (4/7) ? Love by the Book by Jessica George (4/7) ? Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai Mguyen (4/14)

Olivia?s books ? The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke (April 7th) ? Anna-Jane and the Endless Summer by Paige Classey (April 28th) ? We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune (April 28th)

Erin?s books ? Like This, But Funnier by Hallie Cantor (April 7th) ? Small Town Girls by Jayne Anne Phillips (April 21st) ? The Radiant Dark by Alexandra Oliva (April 28th)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian. Olivia is reading Young World by Soman Chainani. Erin is reading Detour by Jeff Rake and Rob Hart.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in March. You get 10% off your books when you order your March Reading Recap bundle. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 574), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Reading Recap Bundle

Upward Bound by Woody Brown

Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan

One & Only by Maureen Goo

The Mash Up by Laura Marie Meyers

Joyful Anyway by Kate Bowler

Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai Nguyen

Unspeakable Things by Brooke Nevils

Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester

Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick

Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin

All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Abby Offsides by Anna McCallie.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s all about books and basketball! Annie is joined by her husband and friend, Jordan, to set different books head to head and debate their merits in this beloved yearly tradition.

If you love From the Front Porch, get your tickets to our live show on Saturday, March 28 at 8 p.m. in Thomasville, Georgia! Join us for an evening of book banter, laughter, and fun. Learn more and get your tickets here.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 573), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

My Southern Kitchen by Ivy Odom vs. Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry vs. It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

Heartwood by Amity Gaige vs. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

A Century of Healing: Centennial Reflections on the John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital by C. L. Bragg vs. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans vs. The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry

Same by Hannah Rosenberg vs. A Rebellion of Care by David Gate

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes vs. Onyx Storm  by  Rebecca Yarros

Ordinary Times by Annie B. Jones vs. The Complete Stories by Flannery O?Connor

A Woman?s Place is in the Paint T-Shirt

From the Front Porch Live Tickets - Saturday, March 28

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie chats with her mom, Susie, about books for readers with PG-13 tastes. You get 10% off the Susie-approved reads mentioned in this episode when you use code SHOPMOMSELECTS at checkout online and in-store!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 572), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff

Hurricane Season by Lauren K Denton

The Chancellor's Mansion: A Renovation Story of Family, Home, History, and Mystery by Jamie Arty

A Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband,Career, and Everything I Owned to Become A Nun by Sister Monica Claire

Awake: A Memoir by Jen Hatmaker

Summer Light on Nantucket by Nancy Thayer

A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

The Women on Platform Two by Laura Anthony

Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn

Something to Look Forward To by Fanny Flagg

Marce Catlett: The Fore of a Story by Wendell Berry

My Beloved: A Mitford Novel by Jan Karon

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

The Sisters of Book Row by Shelly Noble

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

More Than Enough by Anna Quindlan

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is listening to Annie is reading Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan. Susie is reading The Little Bookshop by the Harbor by Jean Stone.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia share the March releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 571), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

Whidbey by T. Kira Madden

Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin

Upward Bound by Woody Brown

Olivia's books:

Phoenix by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Everyone in This Bank is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson

The Fountain by Casey Scieszka

Erin's books:

Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser

Once and Again by Rebecca Serle

This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is listening to Annie is reading Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester. Olivia is reading Devious Prey by Scott Reintgen. Erin is listening to Escape! by Stephen Fishbach.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in February. You get 10% off your books when you order your February Reading Recap bundle. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 570), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Kin by Tayari Jones 

Another Marvelous Thing by Laurie Colwin 

Man Overboard! by Kathleen Rooney 

Strangers by Belle Burden 

Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra 

February Reading Recap Bundle

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is listening to One and Only by Maureen Goo.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley! Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock, to chat about what they?re reading ? but also what they?re watching, listening to, and buying.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 569) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie reading:

Kin by Tayari Jones

The Reservation by Rebecca Kauffman

Ashley reading:

Lit by Mary Karr

The Secret Place by Tana French

Annie listening to:

This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum

Ashley listening to:

Beth?s Dead

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Kin by Tayari Jones. Ashley is reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s an episode of The Bookshelf Recommends! In this series, Annie (and occasionally other team members) curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you ? just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. This time, Annie, Caroline, and Kyndall chat about publisher 831 Stories, the romance genre, and their favorite 831 Stories novellas.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 568) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie:

Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff

Caroline:

Set Piece by Lana Schwartz

Kyndall:

Hardly Strangers by AC Robinson

831 Stories Book Bundle, including all three novellas

Silent Reading Hour tickets

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Reservation by Rebecca Kauffman. Caroline is reading Comedic Timing by Upasna Barath. Kyndall is reading Phoebe Berman?s Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia share the February releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 567) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's Books:

This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman

So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder

More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen

Olivia's Books:

Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra

Birdy by N West Moss

PostScript by Cory McCarthy

Erin's Books:

Good People by Patmeena Sabit

The Reservation by Rebecca Kauffman

A Good Animal by Sara Maurer

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Homeschooled by Steffan Merrill Block. Olivia is reading Detour by Jeff Rake and Rob Hart. Erin is listening to  Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in January. You get 10% off your books when you order your January Reading Recap bundle. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 566), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood 

The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller 

Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven 

Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash 

The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits 

This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman 

Vigil by George Saunders 

This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum 

The Reservation by Rebecca Kauffman 

Homeschooled by Stefan Merrill Block 

January Reading Recap Bundle

The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller 

Homeschooled by Stefan Merrill Block 

Vigil by George Saunders 

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Whidbey by T. Kira Madden

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a new episode of Into the Backlist! Today, Annie changes her focus from new releases to dive into the backlist: the books that came out years ago, the books that didn?t get enough attention, the books you may stumble upon while browsing in an indie bookstore like The Bookshelf.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 565) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Walking With Sam by Andrew McCarthy

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Homeschooled by Stefan Merrill Block.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 564) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie shares the modern books she would recommend to Jane Austen, in honor of Jane?s recent 250th birthday. Listen to find out what books Annie would put in Jane?s hands if she walked into The Bookshelf.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 563) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Miracles and Other Reasonable Things by Sarah Bessey

Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs by Heather Lende

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

The Complete Stories by Flannery O?Connor

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Mona?s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

Happy New Year! This week on From the Front Porch, Annie chats about the unsung books you may not have heard about in 2025.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 562) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen

The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley

So Far Gone by Jess Walter

Among Friends by Hal Ebbott

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie reads the New York Sun reporter Francis P. Church?s timeless response to eight-year-old Virginia O?Hanlon?s question: ?Is there a Santa Claus?? Read the letter from 1897 and learn about its history here.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, bookshelfthomasville.com. 

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter discuss their top 10 favorite books of 2025!

Annie 1. A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar 2. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 3. Flashlight by Susan Choi 4. Tilt by Emma Pattee 5. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 6. Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li 7. Memorial Days by Geradine Brooks 8. Buckeye by Patrick Ryan 9. Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo 10. Awake by Jen Hatmaker

Hunter 1. Audition by Katie Kitamura 2. Flashlight by Susan Choi 3. Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones 4. Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel 5. Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor 6. A Guardian and a Thief by  Megha Majumdar 7. Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett 8. Middle Spoon by Alejandro Varela 9. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 10. Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez

Annie - July picks 1. Tilt by Emma Pattee 2. Flashlight by Susan Choi 3. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 4. Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li 5. Show Don?t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld 6. Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks 7. Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green 8. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 9. Lucky Night by Eliza Kennedy 10. Playworld by Adam Ross Hunter - July picks 1. Audition by Katie Kitamura 2. Ordinary Time by Annie B Jones 3. Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett 4. Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez 5. Among Friends by Hal Ebbott 6. The Wilderness by Angela Flourney 7. Open, Heaven by Sean Hewitt 8. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 9. Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico 10. Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Grace and Henry?s Holiday Movie Marathon. Hunter is reading Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, The Bookshelf staff share their favorite books of 2025!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 559) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Olivia: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Erin: Life, & Death, & Giants by Ron Rindo

Keila: Water Moon by Samantha Soto Yambao

Kyndall: Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading A Beautiful Year by Diana Butler Bass.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s an episode of Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you ? just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. This month, Annie recommends her favorite holiday reads.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 558) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

A Home for the Holidays by Taylor Hahn

Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen

Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah by Jean Meltzer

Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey

Grace and Henry?s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in August. You get 10% off your books when you order your November Reading Recap bundle. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 557), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

November Reading Recap Bundle

This bundle includes

Wreck by Catherine Newman (hardcover)

The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee (hardcover)

Grace and Henry?s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman (paperback) (currently backordered)

The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne 

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Wreck by Catherine Newman

 How to Survive in the Woods by Kat Rosenfield

The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee

Grace and Henry?s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Upward Bound by Woody Brown.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we announce our Conquer a Classic book club selection for 2026! We?re excited to announce A Year With Flannery ? a communal exploration of Georgia author Flannery O?Connor?s short stories (and novels). Listen to learn how to join our From the Front Porch Patreon Conquer a Classic book club (you?ll also find details below).

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 556) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

From the Front Porch Patreon

Conquer a Classic 2026 Collection

The Complete Stories by Flannery O?Connor

Conquer a Classic 2026 Bundle

This bundle includes

The Complete Stories

The Violent Bear it Away

Wise Blood

Mystery & Manners: Occasional Prose

Now is the perfect time to join the From the Front Porch Patreon community and our Conquer a Classic Book Club. One perk of being a Patreon member is being a part of our super-popular, year-long Conquer a Classic book club! Each year, Annie and Hunter select a classic book and read it with our Patreon community over the course of the year. 

Our Conquer a Classic book club begins in January 2026. Your Conquer a Classic orders ship by Friday, December 12. 

Join our Conquer a Classic book club: 

Step 1. Join the Patreon here. You?ll unlock bonus episodes of the podcast where Annie and Hunter discuss Flannery?s works, plus discussion forums with other Conquer a Classic book club members.

Step 2. Buy your copy of THE COMPLETE STORIES or your Conquer a Classic bundle here. Your order will include an exclusive reading guide and bookmark. Your order will ship by Friday, December 12.

On Patreon, you can choose from two different tiers to join our Conquer a Classic book club: 

For $5/month, you get: 

Monthly Conquer a Classic recap episodes with Annie and Hunter for THE COMPLETE STORIES

Monthly Porch Visits on Zoom with Annie

For $20/month, you get: 

Monthly Conquer a Classic recap episodes with Annie and Hunter for THE COMPLETE STORIES

Monthly Porch Visits on Zoom with Annie

Quarterly book club conversations about O?Connor?s books: WISE BLOOD, THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY, and MYSTERY AND MANNERS

Biannual movie recap episodes with Annie and Hunter: FLANNERY (2019) and WILDCAT (2023)

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s an episode of Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you ? just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. This month, Annie recommends a short list of her favorite nonfiction reads.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 555) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Cherished Belonging by Gregory Boyle

Awake by Jen Hatmaker

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

Bone Valley by Gilbert King

Blessings and Disasters by Alexis Okeowo

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie, Erin, and Olivia share the November releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 554) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

How About Now by Kate Baer

Like Family by Erin O. White

Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel

With Friends Like These by Alissa Lee

The Sunshine Man by Emma Stonex

59 Minutes by Holly Seddon

Helm by Sarah Hall

The Tortoise?s Tale by Kendra Coulter

Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Journey Towards Morning by Victoria Safford. Olivia is reading The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown. Erin is reading The Tortoise?s Tale by Kendra Coulter.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in August. You get 10% off your books when you order your October Reading Recap bundle. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 553), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar

The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O?Neill

Often I Am Happy by Jens Christian Grondahl - unavailable on ingram

Fake Skating by Lynn Painter

More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen

Cherry Baby by Rainbow Rowell

Bone Valley by Gilbert King

October Reading Recap bundle

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, we have a special treat: a recording of our live show from The Bookshelf?s October Reader Retreat! In this episode, Annie, Hunter, and Ashley are joined by extra-special author guest Amy Poeppel, our Reader Retreat featured author, to do a snake draft of literary and pop culture homes. Enjoy!

To purchase Amy?s books, stop by the store or visit our website:

Far and Away

The Sweet Spot

Small Admissions

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s a Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 551) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Kristi's voicemail:

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring

Empire Falls by Richard Russo The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington (unavailable to order) My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (unavailable to order) Like Family by Erin O. White (releases 11/4) The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff We Loved to Run by Stephanie Reents The Headmaster by John McPhee (unavailable to order) Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin (unavailable to order)

Courtney's voicemail:

The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant

These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera The Professor by Lauren Nossett (unavailable to order)

The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett (unavailable to order) Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

Molly's voicemail:

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan The Likeness by Tana French Table for Two by Amor Towles Play for Me by Libby Hubscher Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

Christine's voicemail:

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Heartwood by Amity Gaige Fox by Joyce Carol Oates Penitence by Kristen Koval Knife River by Justine Champine Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols

Matt's voicemail:

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino Heart the Lover by Lily King Playworld by Adam Ross Among Friends by Hal Ebbott Dinosaurs by Lydia Milett Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney Flashlight by Susan Choi

Alana's voicemail:

Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emilie Culliton (unavailable to order) Far and Away by Amy Poeppel My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey (unavailable to order) The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Margo?s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

Ana's voicemail:

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty Macdonald The Midnight Post and the Postbox Clock by Sarah Dean (unavailable to order) Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman All the Best Dogs by Emily Jenkins Charlotte?s Web by E.B. White

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s an episode of Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you ? just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. This month, Annie recommends a short list of her favorite spooky reads.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 550) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols

Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza

Strangers in the Car by C.M. Ewan (releases 11/4)

Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark (releases in paperback 10/14)

Your Favorite Scary Movie by Ashley Cullins

Fox by Joyce Carol Oates

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is listening to The Running Man by Stephen King.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it?s another New Release Rundown! Annie and Erin share the October releases they?re excited about to help you build your TBR. When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order!

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 549) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie's books:

A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (10/14) Same: Poems by Hannah Rosenberg (10/21) Wreck by Catherine Newman (10/28)

Erin's books:

Bog Queen by Anna North (10/14) Pride and Pleasure by Amanda Vaill (10/21) The Devil is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson (10/28)

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading A Guardian and A Thief by Megha Mujumdar.  Erin is listening to The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in August. You get 10% off your books when you order your September Reading Recap. Each month, we offer a Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie?s favorite books she read that month.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 548), or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Your Favorite Scary Movie by Ashley Cullins

So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder (releases 2/17/26) Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino (releases 11/25/25)

Annie's September Reading Recap Bundle - $46

Your Favorite Scary Movie by Ashley Cullins

Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.

This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley! Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, Ashley Sherlock, to chat about what they?re reading ? but also what they?re watching, listening to, and buying.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 547) or download and shop on The Bookshelf?s official app:

Annie is reading:

The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand Summer of ?69 by Elin Hilderbrand Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

Ashley is reading:

The Will of the Many by James Islington The Griffin Sisters? Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner Palm Meridian by Grace Flahive

Thank you to this week?s sponsor, Discover Thomasville. Gracefully tucked within the storied Red Hills of South Georgia, Thomasville curates a distinguished Downtown experience that meanders along several blocks of our iconic red brick streets. Here, bespoke boutiques, master craftsmen, coveted antique art purveyors, and celebrated culinary artisans converge in harmony with the cultural richness of the Pebble Hill Plantation art tour and the tranquil allure of Birdsong Nature Center. Here, you Discover the Soul of the South. Here, you Discover Thomasville. Learn more by visiting thomasvillega.com/news.

From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf?s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today?s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. 

A full transcript of today?s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy.

If you liked what you heard in today?s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.

We?re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.