Episode Details

In this episode, Kelly and I chat about our favorite books that published in April through June 2025.

Our shared top reads:

1. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
2. This American Woman by Zarna Garg
3. My Friends by Fredrik Backman
4. It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

Kelly’s remaining top reads:

1. Abigail & Alexa save the Wedding by Lian Dolan
2. The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
3. Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin
4. The Names by Florence Knapp
5. The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram
6. The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb
7. King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
8. Home of the American Circus by Allison Larkin
9. The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison
10. The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley

Cindy’s remaining top reads:

1. The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper
2. Heartwood by Amity Gaige
3. The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer
4. No More Tears by Gardiner Harris
5. The Eights by Joanna Miller
6. Park Avenue by Renee Ahdieh
7. We Don't Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry
8. What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown
9. Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess
10. The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy

Kelly's Favorites of 2025 (so far):

1. Dead Money by Jakob Kerr⁠
2. Seeking Shelter by Jeff Hobbs
3. The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens
4. Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley
5. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
6. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
7. This American Woman by Zarna Garg
8. The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
9. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans⁠
10. The Names by Florence Knapp
11. Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin
12. The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley

Cindy's Favorites of 2025 (so far):

1. What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange
2. Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
3. Dead Money by Jakob Kerr
4. Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell
5. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
6. Heartwood by Amity Gaige 
7. No More Tears by Gardiner Harris
8. The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer
9. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans