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Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara

Want to learn how to make the most of your reading life? Join Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara every week as they discuss tips and tricks for reading better! Listeners will learn how to vanquish their To-Be-Read piles, get pointers on organizing their bookshelves and hear reviews on the newest reading gadgets. Brea and Mallory also offer advice on bookish problems. How do you climb out of a reading slump? How do you support authors while still getting books on the cheap? Where do you hide the bodies of the people who won’t stop talking while you’re trying to read? Mallory and Brea engage in a weekly discussion geared towards all kinds of book lovers -- no matter what you read or how you read it.

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Brea and Mallory discuss their most anticipated books for the start of 2026! Plus, they talk to Danika Ellis from Book Riot about their 2026 Read Harder Challenge! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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2026 Read Harder

The Lesbrary

Danika Ellis

Read Harder Newsletter

 

Books Mentioned -

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Love in Exile by Shon Faye

Joy to the Girls by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

Really Cute People by Markus Harwood Jones

Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology by Angela Hsieh

January

Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo
Literary fiction, feminist retelling of Moby Dick

The Hitch by Sara Levine
Magical realism, funny, woman trying to help nephew who is possessed by a dead corgi

Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin
Literary fiction, queer, lesbian, librarians fighting book banners

If I Ruled the World by Amy Dubois
Literary fiction, late 1990s, hip hop, magazine industry

Scavengers by Kathleen Boland
Literary fiction, dysfunctional mother-daughter team looking for buried treasure

The Charmed Library by Jennifer Moorman
Magical realism, books about books, small town, librarian protagonist, book magic

The Jills by Karen Parkman
Thriller, Buffalo Bills cheerleader solving the murder of a fellow cheerleaders

The Unwritten Rules of Magic by Harper Ross
Fantasy, magic typewriter, grief, three generations of women, family history

Dandelion is Dead by Rosie Storey
Contemporary romance, woman sets up a date on her dead sister’s dating app

The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead
Literary fiction, music executive trying to bring band back from the brink, sisters, friendship

Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash
Literary fiction, humor, family dysfunction

The Old Fire by Elisa Shua
Literary fiction, translated, family drama in a crumbling house in the French countryside

Sheer by Vanessa Lawrence
Literary fiction, beauty industry, female mogul, secrets, queer

How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley
Literary, historical, 1980s, murder mystery, Indian-American tween protagonist who murders her uncle but she blames it on the British

The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams
Literary, multi-generational epic family saga, secrets

The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara
Historical, 1800s Tibet, journey, Indian schoolteacher spying for the empire, English lady explorer disguising herself as a man

The Bookbinder’s Secret by A.D. Bell
Historical fiction, thriller, bookbinder finds confession hidden in a burned book and hunts a story of murder and love

Women of a Promiscuous Nature by Donna Everhart
Historical fiction, 1940s North Carolina, a young woman subjected to involuntary medical treatment fights back

Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven
Historical fiction, behind the scenes drama on a 1960s family sitcom

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward
Horror, Peter Pan inspired, gothic, two fleeing siblings find sanctuary at mysterious ranch

Definitely Maybe Not a Detective by Sarah Fox
Mystery, romcom, woman’s fake detective agency accidentally hired to solve a real murder

Cross Your Heart and Hope He Dies by Jenny Elder Moke
Mystery, romcom, rich people behaving badly

All the Little Houses by May Cobb
Thriller, 1980s Texas, mean girls and mean moms, family secret

My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
Thriller, mind-bending psychological marriage mystery

The Storm by Rachel Hawkins
Thriller, Alabama, hurricane, old hotel, gothic, old murder

Missing Sam by Thrity Umrigar
Thriller, queer, lesbian, missing wife, suburban dread

Humboldt Cut by Allison Mick
Horror, eco-horror, northern California, dark humor, bark monsters

Hollow by Celina Myers
Horror, paranormal romance, romantasy, vampires, found family

On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield
Horror, southern gothic, Georgia, ghosts, haints

A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James
Horror, siblings returning to childhood home after being called by dead brother

This House Will Feed by Maria Tureaud
Historical horror, 1840s Ireland, haunted house, gothic, suspense

Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief by T. Kingfisher
YA fantasy, novella, humor, band of hapless goblins on a quest

A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa, translated by Slin Jung
Fantasy, Korean, cozy, woman who inherits magical bakery

The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
Romantasy, epic fantasy, historical, hot evil prince, poetry magic

Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McQuire
Next Wayward Children book

We Who Have No Gods by Liza Anderson
Romantasy, witches, gothic, dark academia, magic academy, secret societies

Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez
Romantasy, historical, renaissance Italy, competition hosted by secret immortal family

The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman
Queer retelling of Bisclavret the werewolf, historical, 12 century, court intrigue

A Vow in Vengeance by Jaclyn Rodriquez
Romantasy, tarot, magic, dark academia, enemies to lovers, forced proximity

The Book of Blood and Roses by Annie Summerlee
Romantasy, sapphic, paranormal, vampires, mysterious university

The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotta Yambao
Cozy fantasy, train that takes you to your life’s purpose

Two Left Feet by Kallie Emblidge
Queer romance, MLM, contemporary sports romance, British premier league football

Most Eligible by Isabelle Engel
Contemporary romance, journalist sneaks onto a reality TV dating show

The Shop on Hidden Lane by Jayne Ann Krentz
Paranormal romance, romantic suspense, psychic dangers, warring paranormal families

Greta Gets the Girl by Melissa Marr
Contemporary sapphic romance, forbidden romance, publishing

The Lust Crusade by Jo Segura
Contemporary romance, librarian and archaeologist fake dating, Greek mythology

Last First Kiss by Julian Winters
Queer romance, contemporary, MLM, second chance, rom com

Ain’t Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton by Martha Ackmann
Nonfiction

The Royal Insider: My Life with the Queen, the King, and Princess Diana by Paul Burrell
Nonfiction, memoir

Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself, and China by Jung Chang
Nonfiction, memoir, three generations of women

The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Nonfiction, memoir, grief, death of a sister, friendship, marriage

Blood Bible: An American History by DaMaris Hill
Nonfiction, history, racism, slave trade history, national identity, personal identity

Winter: The Story of a Season by Val McDermid
Creative nonfiction, history of winter community events, Scotland

When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy by Beronda L. Montgomery
Nonfiction, history of Black botany through seven trees

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy
Literary fiction, drama, age gap romance,
Catch Her if You Can by Tessa Bailey
Romance, contemporary, sports, baseball, marriage of convenience

Vigil by George Saunders
Literary fiction, magical realism, eco-drama, dying oil CEO

Fruit of the Flesh by I.V. Ophelia
Historical fantasy, gothic romance, marriage of convenience, dark appetites

The Bones Beneath My Skin by T.J. Klune
Queer thriller, MLM, 1990s, gay couple helping little girl with powers

Football by Chuck Klosterman
Nonfiction about football

Cry Havoc by Rebecca Wait
Historical mystery, 1980s failing English boarding school, dark academia, funny, strange contagion among students

Hemlock by Melissa Faliveno
Literary, gothic, queer, woman investigating mother’s disappearence

February

Laws of Love and Logic by Debra Curtis
Literary fiction, love triangle - first love vs devoted husband

One of Us by Elizabeth Day
Literary thriller, drama between old friends and wealth, murder

Everything Lost Returns by Sarah Domet
Literary fiction, historical, twin timelines, 1910s and 1980s, friendship

Where the Wildflowers Grow by Terah Shelton Harris
Literary fiction, fugitive hides out at rural Alabama flower farm, found family

Bad Asians by Lillian Li
Literary fiction, friend group saga

I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For by Bsrat Mezghebe
Literary fiction, historical, 1990s Washington DC, Ethiopian immigrant community

This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page
Literary fiction, woman receives books recommended by her dead husband

Royal Spin by Robin Benway and Omid Scobie
Literary fiction, workplace drama inside Buckingham Palace

Superfan by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Literary fiction, popstar and his superfan collide, fandom, loneliness

Belgrave Road: A Love Story by Manish Chauhan
Literary fiction, two young immigrants in a forbidden romance

This is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman
Literary fiction, funny, multi generational family drama, grief

Rebel English Academy by Hanif Mohammed
Literary fiction, Pakistan, political power, language, friendship

The Secret of Snow by Tina Harnesk, translated by Alice Menzies
Literary fiction, elderly couple crosses paths with two twentysomethings and discovers surprising shared history

The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
Literary fiction, woman discovers her bathroom has been remodeled into a prison cell

Messenger Cat Cafe by Nagi Shimeno, translated by M. Jean
Magical realism, cozy, cat in the afterlife who must deliver 5 messages to people on earth before he can see his beloved owner again

A Crown of Stars by Shana Abé
Historical fiction, retelling of the last days of the Lusitania

The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang
Historical fiction, gothic, 1910s Shanghai, crumbling mansion, secrets

Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi
Historical fiction, retelling of Cleopatra’s life from her POV

Book of Forbidden Words by Louise Fein
Historical fiction, 1500s Paris, 1950s NYC, book banning, inspired by Voynich manuscript

The Pohaku by Jasmi ‘Iolani Hakes
Historical fiction, generations of women tasked with protecting Hawaiian history

A Slow and Secret Poison by Carmella Lowkis
Historical Gothic thriller, 1900s England, young gardener at lush manor falls for her mysterious boss

Murder Will Out by Jennifer Breedlove
Mystery, gothic, Maine, heartwarming

I’m Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home by Fergus Craig
Mystery, recently released from prison serial killer moves into retirement home when a murder happens and she has to prove she didn’t do it

Dirty Metal by Allison LaMothe
Historical mystery, 1990s NYC, reporter investigating two huge stories

Wolf Hour by Jo Nesbø, translated by Robert Ferguson
Thriller, Minnesota, true crime, serial killer, secrets

The Final Problem by Arturo Perez-Reverte, translated by Frances Riddle
Historical mystery, locked room, 1960s Greek island resort, washed up actor turned detective

Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams
Thriller, two friends go on a cave expedition and one gets murdered!!!

Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse, translated by Florian Duijsens
Thriller, lawyer finds peace through mindfulness and will do anything to protect it, even murder

Pinky Swear by Danielle Girard
Thriller, an expecting mother whose surrogate disappears days before birth

The Girls Before by Kate Alice Marshall
Thriller, search and rescue expert looking for missing woman

Paper Cut by Rachel Taff
Thriller, woman infamous for escaping a cult as a teen has secrets that come back to haunt her

Maria the Wanted by V. Castro
Horror, thriller, newly turned vampire in Mexico is on the run

Dead First by Johnny Compton
Horror, private investigator hired by mysterious billionaire to find out why he can’t die

She Made Herself a Monster by Anna Kovatcheva
Horror, gothic thriller, 1800s Bulgaria, fake vampire slayer joins forces with teen to make a monster

The Body by Bethany C Morrow
Horror, woman must survive bizarre attacks on her failing marriage

Dollface by Lindy Ryan
Horror, serial killer, 1990s, Barbie meets Scream

The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui
Horror, gothic, retelling of the fabled summer Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, as told by her Indian housemaid, Mehrunissa “Mehr” Begum

Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity
Fantasy, gothic, young woman who can see the dead strikes a deal with a mysterious and ruthless merchant to save her brother’s life

After the Fall by Edward Ashton
Sci fi, buddy comedy, alien invasion, humans as pets

The Fox Hunt by Caitlin Breeze
Fantasy, boarding school, secret society, girl transforms into magical beast

Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
Fantasy, a man must fight for his planet when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it

Sing the Night by Megan Jauregui Eccles
Fantasy, inspired by Phantom of the Opera, musical magician competition

The Hospital at the End of the World by Justin C. Key
Sci fi, near future where AI runs the world, medical student unravels family secrets

The Forest on the Edge of Time by Jasmin Kirkbride
Sci fi, Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks, time travel, cli-fi

Nightshade and Oak by Molly O’Neill
Fantasy, Iron Age goddess must grapple with becoming human, historical, magic

The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
Fantasy, book about books, magic books that are portals to worlds

The Iron Garden Sutra by A.D. Sui
Sci fi, locked room murder mystery, monk and researchers trapped on a spaceship

The Obake Code by Makana Yamamoto
Sci fi, caper, hacker forced by gangsters to take down crooked politician

The Daughter Who Remains by Nnedi Okorafor
Sci fi, She Who Knows book 3

Wicked Onyx by Debbie Cassidy
Romantasy, magical academy, girl must unravel dark family secrets, make alliances, and get revenge

Agnes Auburt’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
Romantasy, gentle fantasy, woman running cat rescue in 1920s Montreal and a grouchy charming magician who helps save her shelter

Half City by Kate Golden
Romantasy, young demon hunter enrolls in Harker Academy for Deviant Defense

The Legend of the Nine-Tailed Fox by Katrina Kwan
Romantasy, a nine-tailed fox and the hunter who captured her are banished to the underworld together

The Lies that Summon the Night by Tessonaja Odette
Romantasy, world where making art is illegal, revenge, sexy monster hunter

Crown of War and Shadow by J.R. Ward
Romantasy, fated mated, magic, hot mercenary, only one bed, touch her and die

Throne of Nightmares by Kerri Maniscalo
Romantasy, librarian, dangerous book magic, perilous quest

The Ballad of Fallen Dragons by Sarah A. Parker
Moonfall, book 2

Dawn of the North by Demi Winters
Ashen, book 3

The Heir and the Spare by Harper L. Woods
A Of Flesh and Bone novella

Brawler by Lauren Groff
Literary fiction, short stories

Kin by Tayari Jones
Literary fiction, lifelong female friendship in the American South

Love and Other Brain Experiments by Hannah Brohm
Contemporary romance, academic rivals to lovers, two neuroscientists fake dating

Insignificant Others by Sarah Jio
Sci fi romance, woman stuck in time loop of one day relationships with past boyfriends

Skate It Till You Make It by Rufaro Faither Mazarua
Contemporary sports romance, female hockey player, fake dating, rom-com

The Ex-Perimento by Maria J Morillo
Contemporary romance, woman enlists her favorite musician to win her ex back, rom-com, Venezuela

Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood
Contemporary romance, novella, enemies to loves, world of video games

Get Over It, April Evans by Ashely Herring Blake
Contemporary romance, sapphic, lake town resort

And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison
Contemporary romance, competing meteorologists, opposites attract

In Her Spotlight by Amy Spalding
Contemporary romance, sapphic, second chance, film industry

A Hymn to Life by Gisele Pelicot
Nonfiction, memoir

The Company of Owls by Polly Atkin
Memoir, chronic illness, owls

Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People’s Politician by Dan Chiasson
Nonfiction, biography

Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World by Julia Cooke
Nonfiction, biography of three groundbreaking female journalists

The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema by Paul Fisher
Biography

Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour by Mark Haddon
Memoir of the author who wrote The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

Unread: A Memoir of Learning (and Loving) To Read on TikTok by Oliver James
Memoir about learning how to read as an adult

Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love by James Lawson Jr & Emily Yellin
Nonfiction, posthumous memoir of Rev. James Lawson Jr, a principal architect of a nonviolent resistance movement

We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America by Norah O’Donnell
Nonfiction, history

 

I Told You So!: Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right by Matt Kaplan
Nonfiction, science, history

A World Appear: A Journey into Consciousness by Michael Pollan
Nonfiction, science

The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, a Violent System, and a Public Defender’s Search for Justice in America by Emily Galvin Almanza
Nonfiction

The People Can Fly: American Promise, Black Prodigies, and the Greatest Miracle of All Time by Joshua Bennett
Nonfiction

Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth by Daisy Hernández
Nonfiction

Fear and Fury: Bernie Goetz, the Reagan ’80s, and the Rebirth of White Rage by Heather Ann Thompson
Nonfiction

On Morrison by Namwali Serpell
Nonfiction, dive into work of Toni Morrison

Ep 445 - Most Anticipated for January and February + Danika from Book Riot!

Brea and Mallory discuss how they’re tracking books in the new year! Plus, they go over their CAWPILEs from 2025, and test out a bookish candle. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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CAWPILE Episode

CAWPILE by Book Roast

Book Buddy

Bookish Candle

 

Books Mentioned -

Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

A Physical Education by Casey Johnston

Ep 444 - New Year Book Tracking!

Brea and Mallory choose their new year’s reader resolutions! Plus, they give advice on what to do when reading makes you sleepy. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned - 

Pet by Catherine Chidgey

The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman

Ep 443 - 2026 New Year’s Reader Resolutions!

Brea and Mallory wrap up their year in reading. Plus, they reveal the 2026 Reading Glasses (Glasses) Challenge! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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2026 Reading Glasses Challenge

BOOKS

Currently banned book by an author that’s still alive

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

 

ACTIVITIES

Themed snack/drink with the book you’re reading

Try a reading app/gadget
Update your wheelhouse

Participate in a read-a-thon

Thank a librarian

Books Mentioned - 

Dwelling by Emily Hunt Kivel

The Unveiling by Quan Barry

Ep 442 - Yearly Reading Wrap Up + 2026 Challenge Reveal!

Brea and Mallory pick their best books of the year! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned - 

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood

Fiend by Alma Katsu

Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Harnett

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Daughter of Daring by Mallory O’Meara

Old Soul by Susan Barker

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman 

What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

The Dry Season by Melissa Febos

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab 

Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller

Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd

 

Clean by Alia Trabucco Zeran, translated by Sophie Hughes

Strange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion

The Brain at Rest by Joseph Jebelli

 

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

 

It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei

El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott

Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

Vantage Point by Sara Sligar

This is My Body by Lindsey King-Miller

The Original by Nell Stevens

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

The Salvage by Anbara Salam

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

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

Ep 441 - Best Books of the Year 2025!

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

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Women’s Prison Book Project

Daughter of Daring!

Sponsors

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Alonso Duralde
A Movie Little Christmas

Books Mentioned -

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

Willing Prey by Allie Oleander

Best Covers!

Best Series:

Brea: Adrift in Currents Clear and Clean by Seanan McGuire

Mallory: Mockingbird Court by Juneau Black

Best Horror:

Brea: Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

Mallory: Fiend by Alma Katsu

Best Nonfiction:

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

Mallory: Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul

Cutest:

Brea: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

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

Best SFF:

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

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

Best Literary:

Brea: Blob by Maggie Su

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

Best Smut/Romance:

Brea: Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Mallory: A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera

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

Christmas: A Biography by Judith Flanders

Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson

Roan Parrish

Ep 440 - Best Book COVERS of the Year + Alonso Duralde!

Brea and Mallory discuss what goes into making a best-of book list. Plus, they interview Meredith Borders from Fangoria about their new book, and recommend immersive books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Fangoria Kickstarter

Meredith Borders

Books Mentioned -

A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

King Sorrow by Joe Hill

Weaveworld by Clive Barker

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Enlightenment by Sarah Perry

Ep 439 - How to Make a Best of List + Meredith from Fangoria!

Brea and Mallory debate whether or not your wheelhouse can be too big. Plus, they list libraries that give out of country cards, and recommend books that will metaphorically punch you in the stomach. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Libraries with Out of Country Cards:

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

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

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

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in Charlotte, North Carolina

Queer Liberation Library - free

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

Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley- $10 for six months

Books Mentioned -

The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis

What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Ep 438 - What’s the Ideal Wheelhouse Size?

Brea and Mallory discuss their favorite establishments in books! Plus, they review StoryTerra and solve a reader problem about which library to use. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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StoryTerra

Book Riot Article

 

Books Mentioned -

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

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

Shady Hollow by Juneau Black

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White

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

Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller

Ep 437 - So Many Magical Cafes - Our Favorite Establishments in Books!

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Books Mentioned - 

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

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

November

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

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

Lucky Seed by Justinian Huang

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie
Short stories, magical realism

Palaver by Bryan Washington
Literary fiction, family, healing

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

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

The Botanist’s Assistant by Peggy Townsend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aphrodite by Phoenicia Rogerson
Historical fiction, retelling, Greek mythology

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood
Memoir

Cher: The Memoir, Part Two

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

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

We Did OK, Kid by Anthony Hopkins
Memoir

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

Bread of Angels by Patti Smith
Memoir

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

December

The Snake-Eater by T Kingfisher
Fantasy, contemporary, horror, woman leaves the city to live in her late aunt’s house, an ancient god comes to collect on aunt’s unfulfilled promise

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

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

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

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

Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson
Fantasy, short stories

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winter Stories by Ingvild Rishøi
Short stories

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

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

The Happiness Collector by Crystal King
Spec fic, a historian’s dream job in Italy takes a dark turn when she discovers her employers aren’t human

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

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

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

Romantasy Cocktails by Jassy Davis
Cooking

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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