This week, Ann and Halle talk about the books they’re looking forward to reading during the summer of 2016. As always, they close with what they’re reading this week.
Books and other media mentioned in this episode:
Ann’s picks:
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (releases June 7, 2016)
– Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart - Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach (releases June 7, 2016)
– Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach - I’m Just a Person by Tig Notaro (releases June 14, 2016)
– Live (comedy album by Tig Notaro) - Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler (releases June 21, 2016)
– Hogarth Shakespeare series
– The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
– The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
– The Gap of Time: The Winter’s Tale Retold by Jeanette Winterson
– Shylock Is My Name: The Merchant of Venice Retold by Howard Jacobsen
– The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
– Margaret Atwood books
– Hag-seed by Margaret Atwood
– The Tempest by William Shakespeare - Everything I Don’t Remember by Jonas Hassen Khemiri (releases July 12, 2016)
– Serial: Season 1 (podcast) - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (releases July 19, 2016)
– In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
– Agatha Christie books
– 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie - The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller (releases August 9, 2016)
- Arrowood by Laura McHugh (releases August 9, 2016)
– The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
– Kate Morton books
Halle’s picks:
- Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam (releases June 7, 2016)
- The Girls by Emma Cline (releases June 14, 2016)
- A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams (releases June 28, 2016)
- How To Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life by Heather Havrilesky (releases July 12, 2016)
– The Cut (online magazine) - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda (releases June 28, 2016)
– The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
– Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - First Comes Love by Emily Giffin (releases June 28, 2016)
– Emily Giffin books - Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty (releases July 28, 2016)
– Liane Moriarty books
– The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
– Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty - Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (releases August 23, 2016)
What We’re Reading This Week:
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