2025 Reading Preview Part 2

Bad On Paper

Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 374

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Episode description

It’s time for Part 2 of our 2025 reading preview! We invited some friends of the pod to chat about the books they’re most excited to pick up this year!

Lauren Puckett-Pope’s Picks - Katabasis by R. F. Kuang (Out August 26), Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab

Kristen L. Berry’s Picks - Greenwich by Kate Broad (Out July 22), It's Different This Time by Joss Richard (Out September 30). Her Novel, We Don’t Talk about Carol is out now!

Morgan Pager’s Picks - My Train Leaves at Three by Natalie Guerrero (Out July 15), Along Came Amor by Alexis Daria. Her Book The Art of Vanishing is out July 1!

Clémence Michallon’s Picks - El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott, Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson. Her Book Our Last Resort is out July 8!

Nnenna's Picks - Plus Size Player by Danielle Allen, The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy (Out September 16)

Becca’s Picks - Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh, The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham (Out September 2)

Olivia’s Picks - What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown, The Compound by Aisling Rawle (Out June 24)

Obsessions

Olivia - Her Paper Palace Playlist

Becca - Seen Scalp Restore Serum

What we read this week

Becca - It’s A Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

Olivia - We Don’t Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry

June Book Club Pick - All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman

July Book Club Pick - Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Have thoughts about these books you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])