37. Quarterly Favorites: the best books we read in Fall 2020

Today, we reflect on our favorite reads from the last three months. These quarterly reflections might be our favorite episodes to record. It’s lovely to take time to consider our favorite episodes, our favorite reads, and what we’ve learned over the course of the season. We’re sharing a bunch of book recommendations in this episode; shop our recs here.  Visit our podcast pals Heaving Bosoms! Follow Novel Pairings on Instagram or Twitter. Subscribe to our newsletter.  Use our Libro.fm affiliate code NOVELPAIRINGS to get an audiobook subscription for yourself or purchase a gift.    Books mentioned: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia Luster by Raven Leilani Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell Like Lovers Do by Tracey Livesay On Beauty by Zadie Smith  Intimations by Zadie Smith Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust The Next Great Jane by K.L Going The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance She Come by It Natural by Sarah Smarsh All My Mother’s Lovers by Ilana Masad How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafa   Winter lineup:   December My Antonia by Willa Cather Little Women by Louisa May Alcott   January Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff   February There is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter