Reading Glasses

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2026 Reading Glasses Challenge: participate in a readathon! Plus, they give tips on finding novellas and recommend romance with protagonists that use wheelchairs. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Reinventing Love by Mona Chollet, translated by Susan Emanuel

Metropolitan Life by Fran Lebowitz

Knot My Type by Evie Mitchell

The Year We Fell Down by Sabrina Bowen

Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens edited by Marieke Nijkamp

Brea and Mallory recommend escapist reads, solve a book tech problem about buying an ereader, and answer a question about the jacket copy on books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wasteland by Sarah Brooks

Black-Owned by Char Adams

 

The Mill House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, translated by Ho-Ling Wong

Cambric Creek series by C.M. Nacosta

Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft

Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

Mr. Flood’s Last Resort by Jess Kidd

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

The Mermaid The Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda Hall

Mallory and Brea discuss the term “well-read” with special guest Rebecca Schinsky, chief of staff at Bookriot! Plus, they recommend fiction books for non-fiction readers and solve a problem about putting books down. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe

The Humboldt Cut by Allison Mick

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Ann Patchett

James by Percival Everett

The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy

Welcome to the Hyunam- Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna Tan

How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang

Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2026 Reading Glasses Challenge: read a genre or subgenre you’ve never tried! Plus, they talk about how to figure out which bookstores to support, and recommend literary fiction for SFF readers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

Queenie and the Krakens by Aleera Anaya Ceres

Odd Man In by Stephen Whyno

Dreamer by Nazem Kadri

Black Aces by Julian McKenzie
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

Brea and Mallory debate length of time read vs books read as a metric for tracking your reading. Plus, they solve a book tech problem about library eBooks, and discuss putting spicy romance in Little Free Libraries. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman

The Body by Bethany C Morrow