This week, we’re talking about book trends! Whether you’re deep in romantasy or cozy everything, we’re covering some of the biggest trends in publishing right now.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Maid by Nita Prose
Anne McCaffrey books
Game of Thrones (TV)
A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R.R. Martin
The Inheritance Cycle series by Christopher Paolini
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R Tolkein
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
Debbie Macomber books
Sweet Magnolias (TV)
Virgin River (TV)
The Sweet Magnolias series by Sherryl Woods
Virgin River series by Robin Carr
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Summer Seekers by Sarah Morgan
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Miss Marple series by Agatha Christie
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson
Helen Mirren filmography
A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas
Zodiac Academy series by Caroline Peckham
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
@beachreadsandbubbly on Instagram
Jennifer L. Armentrout books
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Serial (podcast)
Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Get Out (film)
Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Victor LaValle books
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Morena-Garcia
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele
Circe by Madeline Miller
Queen Hereafter by Isabelle Schuler
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
What We’re Reading This Week:
Well-Read on Facebook
Well-Read on Bookshop
Well-Read on Instagram
Episode 135 - Here Comes the Sun
Well-Read Episode 134 - Spring 2024 Book Preview
Well-Read Episode 133 - Reading from our TBRs 2024
Well-Read Episode 132 - Deep Dive into Romance
Well-Read Episode 131 - 2023 Superlatives
Well-Read Episode 130 - Our Favorite Books of 2023
Well-Read Episode 128 Halloween Books
Well-Read Episode 127 - Books About Books...Again!
Well-Read Episode 126 - Dark Academia
Well-Read Episode 125 - Fall/Winter 2023 Preview
Well-Read Episode 124 - Books We Wish We Could Read Again for the First Time
Well-Read Episode 123 - Books About Road Trips
Well-Read Episode 122 - Books Like Succession
Well-Read Episode 121 - Beach Reads
Well-Read Episode 120 - Books We Couldn’t Put Down
Well-Read Episode 119 - Spring & Summer 2023 Book Preview
Well-Read Episode 118: Read-alikes for Taylor Swift songs (with a special guest!)
Well-Read Episode 117 - Reading From Our TBRs
Well-Read Episode 116 - Collecting and Organizing our Books
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