Some books entertain us. Others absolutely wreck us. đź“šđź’”
This week on Well Read & Unfiltered, we’re talking about the books that made us feel: the ones that shattered our hearts, made us angry, left us speechless, or somehow became the stories we still think about years later.
We ask ourselves (and the listeners!): Why do certain books affect us so deeply? And how much do our own experiences shape the way we connect with them?
We also talk comfort reads, rereading old favorites, trigger warnings, and whether a book can ever be too emotionally devastating.
Be sure to sound off in the comments: What book made the biggest emotional impact on you? The one that broke your heart, made you ugly cry, filled you with rage, or simply stayed with you long after you finished it?
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BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST
- The Women — Kristin HannahÂ
- The Nightingale — Kristin Hannah
- The Great Alone — Kristin HannahÂ
- Hamnet — Maggie O’Farrell
- A Little Life — Hanya Yanagihara
- Theo of Golden — Allen Levi
- The Kite Runner — Khaled Hosseini
- A Thousand Splendid Suns — Khaled Hosseini
- And the Mountains Echoed — Khaled HosseiniÂ
- A Language of Limbs — Dylin HardcastleÂ
- My Friends — Fredrik BackmanÂ
- All the Colors of the Dark — Chris WhitakerÂ
- Shark Heart — Emily HabeckÂ
- Bird Box — Josh Malerman
- To Shake the Sleeping Self — Jedidiah JenkinsÂ
- Small Town Horror — Ronald Malfi
- Red Rising — Pierce Brown
- Golden Son — Pierce Brown
- Morning Star — Pierce Brown
- I Was a Teenage Slasher — Stephen Graham Jones
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter — Stephen Graham JonesÂ
- American Rapture — C.J. Leede
- Liveship Traders Trilogy — Robin Hobb
- Farseer Trilogy — Robin Hobb
- Realm of the Elderlings — Robin HobbÂ
- The House in the Cerulean Sea — TJ KluneÂ
- The Spellshop — Sarah Beth Durst
- Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir
- Dungeon Crawler Carl — Matt DinnimanÂ
- The Caretaker — Marcus Kliewer
- Beartown — Fredrik Backman
- Tender Is the Flesh — Agustina BazterricaÂ
- The First Witch of Boston — Andrea Catalano
- The Fury of the Gods — John Gwynne
- It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over — Anne de MarckenÂ
