Avid readers, as well as casual ones, will enjoy this annual episode, in which the hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Ellison Weist chat about a 14 newly released books they’ve read and (mostly) recommend. The literary talk starts around 4:13, after Ellison shares about her recent move. 

Here are the 14 books the hosts discuss:

Blue Sisters: Coco Mellors

The Most: Jessica Anthony

Here One Moment: Liane Moriarty

Death at the Sign of the Rook: Kate Atkinson

Colored Television: Danzy Senna

Tell Me Everything: Elizabeth Strout

Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner. 

Our Evenings: Alan Hollinghurst 

The Wildes: Louis Bayard

The Sequel: Jean Hanff Korelitz (P.S. SBS is enjoying its snarky tone!)

Devil at His Elbow: Valerie Bauerlein

Kingmaker: Sonia Purnell

Bone of the Bone: Sarah Smarsh

Paris in Ruins: Sebastian Smee

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