Ep 387 - December Most Anticipated Books!

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Books Mentioned -

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J Maas

Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Literary fiction, grief, family, love, slow burn apocalypse
Rental House by Weike Wang
Literary fiction, short, marriage, family seen through the lens of two vacations

Woo Woo by Ella Baxter
Literary fiction, making art as a woman

Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe
Queer literary fiction, two ancient sisters who are both human and snake

The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall

Romantasy, monsters, hot blacksmith, journey through hellscape

The Rivals by Jane Pek

Mystery, sequel to The Verifiers

My Darling Boy by Helen Cooper

Thriller, murder, small town, disappearance, two angry moms

Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson

Paranormal romance, Scotland, Loch Ness monster

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt by Chelsea Iversen

Historical fantasy, magic garden, Victorian London

We Are the Beasts by Gigi Griffis

YA historical horror inspired by the Beast of Gevaudan

What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould

YA horror, Yellowjackets meets Girl, Interrupted, queer

Dust by Alison Stine

YA sci fi, dystopia, climate change, partially deaf protagonist

How Could You by Ren Strapp

New adult queer graphic novel, friendship, love

The Rules of Royalty by Cale Dietrich
YA romance, gay, spin on The Princess Diaries

Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samantha Allen
Queer supernatural romance, ghostwriting for an actual ghost

I Might Be in Trouble by Daniel Aleman
Literary, gay, comedy, mystery, guy waking up to find his date is dead

The Shutouts by Gabrielle Korn

Queer dystopian literary sci fi, road trip, survival

No Place to Bury the Dead by Karina Sainz Borgo, translated by Elizabeth Bryer

Literary, dystopia, plague that causes amnesia, migrant crisis, border crisis

Berlin Atomized by Julia Kornsberg, translated by Jack Rockwell and Julia Kornsberg

Literary epic, spans 30 years all over globe, follows 3 siblings at the end of the world

Statistically Speaking by Debbie Johnson

Literary, romance, anxious protagonist, finding yourself, funny

The World With Its Mouth Open by Zahid Rafiq

Debut short story collection, literary

Untethered by Angela Jackson-Brown

Historical fiction, 1960s Alabama, self discovery

Dating & Dragons by Kristy Boyce

YA romance about D&D

Stuck in the Country With You by Zuri Day
City-meets-country romance

Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall

Regency romance, marriage of convenience

How to Get a Life in Ten Dates by Jenny L. Howe
Rom-com, fat protagonist, besties to lovers

P.S. I Hate You by Lauren Connely

Rom-com, enemies to lovers, cross country journey

Mechanize My Hands to War by Erin K. Wagner
Sci fi, near future, AI, rural Appalachia, state violence

How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis
Romanti-scifi, sequel

Trouble Island by Sharon Short
Historical thriller, Lake Erie, 1930s, locked room mystery, prohibition gangster wives

Alter Ego by Alex Segura

Sci fi, mystery, comic books, superheroes, storytelling

Kingdom of No Tomorrow by Fabienne Josaphat

Historical fiction, 1960s Oakland and Chicago, Black Panther Party, misogyny in social movements