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Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Harnett
Daughter of Daring by Mallory O’Meara
Old Soul by Susan Barker
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall
Sky Daddy by Kate Folk
Blob by Maggie Su
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Sick Houses by Leila Taylor
The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker
Vantage Point by Sara Sligar
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It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei and Harmony Becker
The Lilac People by Milo Todd
July
Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild
Literary fiction, family drama, dual timelines, moral dilemmaThe Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
Sequel to The Woman in Cabin 10Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
Thriller, mystery, woman trying to solve her own murder before she diesA Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan
Historical fantasy, WWII, British witches, magic book, magical espionage, FranceVolatile Memory by Seth Haddon
Sci fi, queer love story, adventure, novella, tech, AIThe Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Horror, witches, 19th century Mexico, 1990s Massachusetts, dual timelinesAngel Down by Daniel Kraus
Historical horror/fantasy, WWI, angels, soldiersTotally and Completely Fine by Elissa Sussman
Romance, dual timelines, widowed single mom, normal person/celebrity, small town MontanaRose in Chains by Julie Soto
Romantasy, first in trilogy, princess imprisoned in castle auctioned off to rivalsThe Irresistible Urge to Fall in Love with Your Enemy by Brigette Knightley
Romantasy, Dramoine, sick assassin falling in love with enemy healer, first in duology, slow burn enemies to lovers, rival magician ordersA Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Romantasy, cozy, witch and magical historian at an enchanted inn, talking foxTenderly, I Am Devoured by Lyndall Clipstone
YA, gothic, horromance, queer, folklore, love triangle, rituals, godsGlorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
YA, Inheritance Games saga, competition, puzzles, secretsImmortal Consequences by I.V. Marie
YA, romantasy, dark academia, boarding school, competition
No Sense in Wishing by Lawrence Burney
Essay collection, critical moments with art that transformed the author, Black diasporaA Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
Nonfiction, married couple who sells everything to live on a sailboatI Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman
Essay collection, funny, living in AmericaKilling Stella by Marlen Haushofer, translated by Shaun Whiteside
Novella, literary fiction, confession from housewife of crimeThe Age of Video Games: A Graphic History of Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond by Jean Zeid, illustrated by Émilie Rouge, translated by Jen Vaughn
Nonfiction, graphic historyThe Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne by Chris Sweeney
Nonfiction, forensic ornithologyNecessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde
Queer literary fiction, multiple POV, Lagos, navigating identitiesBeasts of Carnaval: A Caribbean Historical Fantasy Tale of Mystery and Magic at El Carnaval De Bestias by Rosália Rodrigo
YA historical fantasy, Caribbean islands, Black diaspora, decadent carnivalHot Girls With Balls by Benedict Nguyễn
Literary fiction, satire, queer, competitive volleyball, social media, trans volleyball players, romanceThe Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida translated by Bruno Navasky
Magical realism, Japanese convenience store, three interconnected storiesSimplicity by Mattie Lubchansky
Surreal graphic novel, near future sci fi, trans protagonist, isolated communityThe Dance and the Fire by Daniel Saldaña París, translated by Christina MacSweeney
Cli fi, love triangle, dancing, three friends returning to hometown, Mexico, surrealArchive of Unknown Universes by Ruben Reyes Jr.
Literary fiction, dual timelines, Salvadoran civil war, loveThe Payback by Kashana Cauley
Literary fiction, three co-workers turned friends launch a heist to wipe out student debtPan by Michael Clune
Literary fiction, teen having panic attacks and thinks the god Pan is trapped inside of himLonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu
Literary fiction, 1990s New England college campus, coming of age, Catholic guilt, art worldThe Original by Nell Stevens
Queer historical fiction, 1899 English country house, aspiring art forger must figure out if her long-lost cousin is an impostorHuman Rites by Juno Dawson
Book 3 in Her Majesty’s Royal CovenCall Your Boyfriend by Olivia A. Cole and Ashley Woodfolk
YA sapphic rom com, two teen girls want revenge on the popular girl they’re in love withMoon Rising by Claire Barner
Queer near future romantisci, lunar colony, battling eco terroristsThe Gryphon King by Sara Omer
Queer Southwest Asian inspired epic fantasy, monsters, dynastic politics, slow burn romanceTaste the love by Karelia and Fay Stetz-Waters
Sapphic romance with rival chefsNo Body No Crime by Tess Sharpe
Queer thriller, romance, secrets, two girls killing a shitty guyHouse of Beth by Kerry Cullen
Queer literary fiction, unhinged women, OCD, family secretsWayward Girls by Susan Wiggs
Queer historical fiction, 1960s Buffalo, six girls in a Catholic reform schoolThe Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson
Queer fantasy, waystation for the dead, ghostsThe Elysium Heist by Y. M. Resnik
Queer sci fi, heist in a space casino with six women, intergalactic card tournamentThe Haunting of Bellington Cottage by Laura Parnum
Middle grade horror, two girls trying to see if they’re still friends in a haunted vacation houseAnother by Paul Tremblay
Paul’s middle grade horror debut!!!!!The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw
Horror, wicked dark academia, dark magic academy for the dangerously powerfulGirl in the Creek by Wendy M. Wagner
Horror, Pacific Northwest, missing hiker, body horror, eco-horror, sporrorOddbody by Rose Keating
Horror short stories, “weird girl fiction”Never the Roses by Jennifer K. Lambert
Romantasy, epic fantasy, Circle meets The Witch’s HeartThe Frozen People by Elly Griffiths
Sci fi thriller, time traveling cold case teamHow to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold
Fantasy thriller, famous horror author dies & invites writers to his manor to play a game, locked room mysteryThe Secret Market of the Dead by Giovanni De Feo
Fantasy, Italian inspired, historical, gothic, magic competition, “young woman who finds her power in the nocturnal realm that lurks beneath her town.”The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager
Sci fi, love story between a museum employee and a man in a paintingThe Alchemy of Flowers by Laura Resau
Modern fantasy take on The Secret GardenArcana Academy by Elise Kova
Romantasy, woman who wield magic tarot cards in a fake relationship with the headmaster of a mysterious academy, first in seriesHit Me with Your Best Charm by Lillie Vale
YA fantasy, small magic town, autumn festival, secrets, magic forest, missing kidSoulgazer by Maggie Rapier
Pirate romantasy, lost mystical isleAugust
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
Historical horror, mystery, small town, girls transforming into houndsThe Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen
Psychological thriller, psychiatric institution, solving a murder, shady rich familyToo Old for This by Samantha Downing
Funny thriller, elderly female serial killer, small town OregonForget Me Not by Stacy Willingham
Mystery, new series, journalist solving case, old diary, vineyard, SouthernHouse of the Beast by Michelle Wong
Dark fantasy, fairy tales, pact with a magical entity, revenge on rich familyThe Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar
Adult cozy fantasy, princess escaping arranged marriage with quirky found familyThe Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown
Fantasy, secret society protecting world from powerful magical objects, LondonHemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher
Fantasy, Snow White retelling, herbal healing, potions, magic mirrorsKatabasis by R.F. Kuang
Fantasy, two PhD students go to hell to rescue their crappy advisorThese Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma
Sci fi, memory, thriller, memory-monitoring tech, memory capitalismBlack Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Horror, queer, sexual repression, film archives, exploitation films, lost filmLucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Horror, cosmic horror, Vegas casino, statistics, mysterious federal agentWhat Hunger by Catherine Dang
Horror, coming of age, teen angst, generational trauma, female rageThe End of the World as We Know It edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene
Horror anthology inspired by The Stand
The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas
Horror, historical, 1700s northern Mexico, demon, gothic
Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings
Romance, second chances with publicly documented datesLove Arranged by Lauren Asher
Romance, Lakefront Billionaires series, fake relationshipMistress of Bones by Maria Z. Medina
YA debut fantasy, multiple POV, necromancer who wants to bring her sister back from the dead, romance, floating continents, rapier fightsBaldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs
Biography of James Baldwin, queer history Vulture by Phoebe Greenwood Literary fiction, Gaza war correspondent protagonist, dark comedy A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi Surreal literary sci fi, protagonist with multiple personalities Extinction Capital of the World by Mariah Rigg Short stories, cli fi, Hawaii, love and regret The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn Romance, rom-com, lovers to enemies to lovers, her ex goes on a reality dating show while she’s hired to ghost write his memoir Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Cozy fantasy in autumn in New England!!!, witch trying to reconnect with her mother, spellsThe Midnight Shift by Seon-Ran Cheon, translated by Gene Png
Queer vampire murder mystery in KoreaToni and Addie Go Viral by Melissa Marr
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Brea and Mallory talk about their favorite - and most hated - book tropes. Plus, they discuss the origin of the word paperback, and recommend books for moms. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Mood Machine by Liz Pelly
Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
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A Girl Walks into the Forest
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Clean by Alia Trabucco Zeran, translated by Sophie Hughes
A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghyThe Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
The Cautious Traveler’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
I’m Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay
Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi
James by Percival Everett
Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
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Brea and Mallory discuss how book buying and book reading are different hobbies. Plus, they try a reader color quiz, and recommend queer romantasy. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com.
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Read Your Color Quiz
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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Sick Houses by Leila Taylor
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean
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Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge - read an award winning book by an author of color! Plus, they test out a book cart and give tips on reading beaten up paperbacks. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Mallory in NY in August!Book Cart
Books Mentioned -Sky Daddy by Kate Folk
Why We Love and Hate Twilight by Sarah Elizabeth Gallagher
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
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Brea and Mallory give tips on making a TBR list. Plus, they solve a book tech problem about an ex having access to your Libby account, and recommend sapphic romances with trans protagonists. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch
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Mallory’s Kansas City Event
Books Mentioned -The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker
The Antidote by Karen RussellRoller Girl by Vanessa North
Fake It by Lilly Seabrook
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Brea and Mallory give tips on interacting with authors in person, test out a bookish candle, and recommend plot driven books to keep your attention. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Manderly Candle
Books Mentioned -
Dog Flowers by Danielle GellerThe Night Guest by Hildur Knuttsdotir, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
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Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a science book! Plus, they solve a problem about getting a library book signed, and recommend YA books that deal with social justice. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Sunday May 18th
Books Mentioned -The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Attack of the Black Rectangles by A.S. King
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Brea and Mallory talk about their most anticipated books for May and June! Plus, they give out book hangover cures. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Spring Readathon
May 18th!
Books Mentioned -The Day the World Stopped Shopping by J.B. MacKinnon
Why I Love Horror edited by Becky Spratford
May
Decolonizing Language by Ngugi W. Thiong’o
Nonfiction, modern African literature, post colonial literary criticismAnd the Trees Stare Back by Gigi Griffis
YA horror, Soviet Russia, historical, “came back wrong”Eliza, from Scratch by Sophia Lee - YA rom-com, cooking, high school, Korean food
The Lost Queen by Aimee Phan - YA fantasy, magic, sisters, Vietnamese lore, past lives
Titan of the Stars by E.K. Johnson - YA sci fi horror, space, aliens, Mars, trapped on a spaceship
Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala - YA mystery, tarot, teen detective, vanished girl
You and Me on Repeat by Mary Shyne - YA rom-com graphic novel, time loop, friendship
Home Has No Borders by Sona Charaipotra and Samira Ahmed - Short story collection, YA, South Asian writers
The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei - Historical fiction, Singapore, family saga, sisters
My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende - Historical fiction, 19 century, Chile, San Francisco, female writer sent to cover civil war
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong - Literary fiction, chosen family, friendship between elderly woman and the young man she saves
My Friends by Fredrick Backman - Literary fiction, 25 year saga about four friends in a seaside town
The Tenant by Freida McFadden - Thriller, man rents a room to a woman who is not what she seems
The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North - Thriller, serial killer, criminal profiler solving case he survived as a child
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh - Fantasy, dark academia, sapphic romance
Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle - Urban fantasy, NYC, chef who can taste ghosts
Awake in the Floating City by Susanna Kwan
Sci fi, eco-fiction, flooding, artist bonding with elderly woman who remembers the city’s historyThe Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve - Sci fi, mystery, technology that lets you visit the most pivotal moment of your life for one hour
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling - Historical horror, sapphic erotica, cannibals, medieval, surreal
Never Flinch by Stephen King - Horror, next Holly book
Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan - Third in Skyland series
The Love Haters by Katherine Center
Contemporary romance, swimming, cynicism, Key WestThe Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
Romantasy, divination magic, gothic, hot knightA Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBride
Romantasy, Celtic inspired, magic, dragon riding, hot princeBad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship by Tiffany Watt Smith
NonfictionMark Twain by Ron Chernow
NonfictionImmaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang - Literary horror, friendship, technology that enhances empathy
Forest Euphoria by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian - Nonfiction, queerness in wildlife and nature
Fake Work: How I Began to Suspect Capitalism is a Joke by Leigh Claire la Berge - Nonfiction
So Many Stars: an Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro de Robertis
NonfictionDisappoint Me by Nicola Dinan
Literary fiction, trans protagonist, love, betrayal, “allure of bougie domesticity”And They Were Roommates by Page Powars - Queer YA romance, trans protagonist, boarding school
Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus
Queer YA romance, cult, small town, secret loveSummertime by Yigit Karaahmet, translated by Nicholas Glastonbury
Queer thriller, Turkey, “the Birdcage but by Patricia Highsmith”When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur
YA horror, Southern gothic, small town, vanished teenOf Earthly Delights by Goldy Moldavsky
YA horroromance, contemporary gothic, family secrets, mysterious gardenRun for the Hills by Kevin Wilson - Literary fiction, funny, family road trip
Gingko Season by Naomi Xu Elegant - Literary fiction, finding yourself after a heartbreak, friendship
The South by Tash Aw
Gay literary fiction, family, summer, small town, secret loveThe Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis - Cozy fantasy, magic school in New England, werewolf protagonist
June
The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton - Romantasy, forbidden love, forbidden magic, political intrigue
A Far Better Thing by H.G. Parry - Fantasy, fairy revenge, historical, French revolution
A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek - Queer YA fantasy, sapphic Swan Lake retelling
A Magic Deep and Drowning by Hester Fox - Historical romantasy, Dutch Golden Age, Little Mermaid retelling
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab - Queer spec fic, immortality, romance
Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell - Historical fantasy, Hercules retelling, funny and sweet
I Think I’m in Love with an Alien by Ann Aguirre - Romantiscifi, space, rom-com
The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery by Clarence A. Haynes - Queer fantasy, ghosts, funny, magical past
The Lady, The Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall - Fantasy, circus, mystery, dark magic, revenge
The Palace of Illusions by Rowena Miller - Historical fantasy, Paris, 1900s World’s Fair, magical clockmaker
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older - Sapphic cozy space mystery, third in series
A Girl Walks into the Forest by Madeleine Roux - Fantasy, journey through evil forest, monsters
The Beautiful Maddening by Shea Ernshaw - YA contemporary romantasy, family love curse, magic tulips
The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King - Queer fantasy, magic, memories contained in pencils, lost connections across time and space
Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare
Queer romantiscifi, sapphic, two women in different worlds trying to find the right timeline to be togetherMeet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings - Sci fi, mysterious doors to new worlds, sisters
Best of all Worlds by Kenneth Oppel
YA spec fi thriller, survival storyThe Two Lives of Faven Sythe by Megan O’Keefe - Sci fi, missing person search uncovers galaxy-wide conspiracy, space opera
Pearly Gates by Bonnie Solomon - Queer cozy funny fantasy, drag queen protagonist in after life, found family
Ecstasy by Ivy Pochoda - Horror, Greek tragedy retelling, female empowerment
Strange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion
Japanese mystery horror, disturbing architectureThis Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman - Queer fantasy, high fantasy, magic princess on a quest, fairytale satire
Work Nights by Erica Peplin - Queer literary fiction, young woman in love triangle, NYC
Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee
Queer Jewish new adult literary fiction, 1990s road trip from NYC to San FranciscoThese Heathens by Mia McKenzie
Queer new adult historical fiction, 1960s Atlanta, queer Black community, civil rights movementIf I Told You I’d Have to Kiss You by Mae Marvel - Sapphic romance, if Mr. and Ms. Smith was gay
Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski - Queer literary fiction, bisexual protagonist, woman risking it all for a second chance at first love
A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell - Sapphic historical romance, archaeologist teaming up with childhood enemy
Ready to Score by Jodie Slaughter - Sapphic contemporary romance, spicy, small town, Texas football
It’s Not the End of the World by Jonathan Parks-Ramage
Cli-fi thriller, queer, family saga, near future sci fiWhat is Queer Food? How We Served a Revolution by John Birdsall
NonfictionEl Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott - Thriller, all woman pyramid scheme, Detroit, crime, female friendship, power
The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans
Gothic historical thriller, family secrets, dark academiaThe Farmhouse by Chelsea Conradt - Horror, family moves to a creepy house in the middle of nowhere, corn!!!!!
Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto - Mulan reimagined as a contemporary romance
Someone Knows by Vi Keeland - Thriller, sexy, English professor has a dark past come back to haunt her, murder, affair
The Compound by Aisling Rawle - Dystopian thriller, Lord of the Flies meets Love Island, reality TV
Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady
Contemporary romance, rivalry between two managers at the same bookstoreMurder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
Cozy mystery, murder on a Parisian river cruise
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick
Spec fic, what if there was a scientific cure for heartbreakKing of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Crime thriller, family drama, Southern, inspired by The GodfatherThe Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater - Historical romantasy, 1940s Appalachia, luxury hotel, magic
With a Vengeance by Riley Sager
Historical horror, trains, murder, 1940s midwest AmericaThe Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Sixth in the Blood and Ash seriesAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Historical romance, 1980s, NASA, astronauts
The Dry Season by Melissa Febos - Celibacy memoir
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Books Mentioned -Butter by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton
Darkly by Marisha Pessl
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Brea and Mallory talk about what you can do to protect libraries! Plus, they discuss Bookshop ebooks and recommend books about being in love with your best friend. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Mallory at the LA Times Festival of Books!
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Five CallsHi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP]. I’m calling to urge [REP/SEN NAME] to work to protect federal funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Libraries and museums are vital parts of our communities and provide so many essential services. Please show up for our libraries and urge the White House to hold back its attack on their funding. Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Books Mentioned -
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Secret History of the Rape Kit by Pagan Kennedy
All About Love by bell hooks
The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann
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Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: pick a book based on the title. Plus, they solve a problem about reading graphic novels in public, and recommend hopepunk books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch
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Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
Woodworking by Emily St. James
A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
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Brea and Mallory recommend spring books! Plus, they test out cork bookmarks and solve a problem about bookish tattoos from authors who turned out to be trash babies. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Books Mentioned -Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriott
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Twilight Falls by Juneau Black
Miranda July’s All Fours
The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Wildwood Whispers by Willa Reece
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Stuck in the Country With You by Zuri Day
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To celebrate MaxFunDrive 2025, Brea and Mallory do some scientific research and find the best and worst reading snacks. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
The Undesired by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
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It’s MaxFunDrive 2025! To celebrate, see if you can beat Mallory in book trivia! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Books Mentioned -
Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q Sutanto
Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton
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Sample our bonus content! Every year during the Maximum Fun drive, we do a bonus episode and in this one, we get personal with an AMA. To hear the entire episode, go to maximumfun.org/join and join at ANY LEVEL to get access to this one and all of our bonus content from the last eight years!
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Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest! Plus, they solve a TBR problem, and recommend books for grandmas. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Books Mentioned -Priest by Sierra Simone
Vantage Point by Sara Sligar
Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Louise Heal Kawai
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
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Brea and Mallory have a Hot Genre Alert for queernorm books! Plus, they review a water bottle carrier and solve a problem about ordering books in the UK. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
Old Soul by Susan Barker
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Empress of Salt and Fortune by Ngih Vo
Someone to Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher
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Brea and Mallory celebrate 400 EPISODES with a list of their favorite books of all time, and questions from Glassers! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Books Mentioned -A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
Blob by Maggie Su
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatksy
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi
X-Factor by Peter David
Wild at Heart by Barry Gifford
God Country by Donny Cates
A Headful of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Abandon Me by Melissa Febos
Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
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