Somehow this year is already halfway over (!!!!!), so it’s time to check in on our reading goals and parts of our book lives.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:



Litsy

Next Chapter Society Book Club

Libba Bray books

@mysterymanon on Instagram

@mother.horror on Instagram

@ash.reads.horror on Instagram

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights (film)

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Romanceopoly 2026

@booksandlala on Instagram

Emma M. Lion series by Beth Brower

Off-Campus series by Elle Kennedy

Sarah J. Maas books

New York Times Bestsellers list

J.D. Robb books

C.J. Box books

Into the Blue by Emma Brodie

Dead Weight by Hildur Knútsdóttir

The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane

This Land Is Your Land by Beverly Gage

A Far-Flung Life by M.L. Stedman

Land by Maggie O’Farrell

Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry

Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry

Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Strangers by Belle Burden

Famesick by Lena Dunham

Whistler by Ann Patchett

Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen books

Naked in Death by J.D. Robb

Sue Grafton books

Hannah Swensen series by Joanne Fluke

Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino

A Good Person by Kirsten King

Alan Opts Out by Courtney Maum

Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke

The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez

Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo

Alex Stern series by Leigh Bardugo

Taipei Story by R.F. Kuang

The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon

Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason

Partita by Barbara Kingsolver

Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus

Let’s Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard

It’s Different This Time by Joss Richard





What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton


• Halle: The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
  
  – The Help by Kathryn Stockett

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