Episode 160 - Fall 2025 Preview

Autumn is just around the corner, and it’s time to get our fall TBRs in order!

 

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann Patchett books
Taylor Jenkins Reid books
Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall
Broadchurch (TV)
Jane Austen books
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold
Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh
Succession (TV)
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark
When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa
These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean

Ann’s picks:

•  Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love by Samin Nosrat (releases September 16)
  – Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat
  – Salt Fat Acid Heat (TV)
•  The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller (releases October 7)
  – The Change by Kirsten Miller
  – Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
•  All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles (releases October 7)
  – Death in the Spires by KJ Charles
• Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer (releases October 7)
  – Grady Hendrix books
  – Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
• Happy People Don’t Live Here by Amber Sparks (releases October 14)
  – Only Murders in the Building (TV)
  – Angela Carter books
• The Unveiling by Quan Barry (releases October 14)
  – We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
• Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree (releases November 11)
  – Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
•  Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino (releases November 25)

Halle’s picks:

• Amity by Nathan Harris (releases September 2)
  – The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
  – Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
  – Doc by Mary Doria Russell
  – Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
  – William W. Johnstone books
•  Buckeye by Patrick Ryan (releases September 2)
  – Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
  – Our Town by Thornton Wilder
  – Wallace Stegner books
•  The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy (releases September 16)
•  The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O’Clover (releases September 23)
•  Heart the Lover by Lily King (releases September 30)
  – Writers & Lovers by Lily King
• An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister (releases November 11)
• Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz (releases November 18)
• I, Medusa by Ayana Gray (releases November 18)
  – Circe by Madeline Miller
  – Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
  – Rick Riordan books
  – Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian
• Halle: When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén

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