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August reading brought five-star surprises, major disappointments, and plenty of unfiltered opinions. We’re recapping the romances, fantasy epics, literary fiction, sci-fi, and horror that defined our month, then revealing the one book each of us recommends above all the rest.

Pour yourself a drink, prepare to add to your TBR, and join the conversation!

What was your best—or most disappointing—read of August?

BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Blood Over Bright Haven — M. L. Wang
• The Sword of Kaigen — M. L. Wang
• Fourth Wing — Rebecca Yarros
• A Photo Finish — Elsie Silver
• Heartless — Elsie Silver
• Seed — Ania Ahlborn
• The Unseen — Ania Ahlborn
• The Shuddering — Ania Ahlborn
• Brother — Ania Ahlborn
• The Night We Met — Abby Jimenez
• Say You’ll Remember Me — Abby Jimenez
• Just for the Summer — Abby Jimenez
• I Leave It Up to You — Jinwoo Chong
• Them — W. H. Chizmar
• Scion — James Islington
• The Will of the Many — James Islington
• The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 — Beth Brower
• The Renovation — Kenan Orhan
• Malice — John Gwynne
• Valor — John Gwynne
• Ruin — John Gwynne
• A Time of Dread — John Gwynne
• The Wolves of War — John Gwynne
• We Burn So Bright — T. J. Klune
• The House in the Cerulean Sea — T. J. Klune
• Somewhere Beyond the Sea — T. J. Klune
• The Bones Beneath My Skin — T. J. Klune
• The Knight and the Moth — Rachel Gillig
• The Knave and the Moon — Rachel Gillig
• One Dark Window — Rachel Gillig
• Two Twisted Crowns — Rachel Gillig
• The Calamity Club — Kathryn Stockett
• The Help — Kathryn Stockett
• The Murderbot Diaries — Martha Wells