Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of the fourth quarter of 2026.
Mary’s Titles:
October
The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford by Nafissa Thompson Spires
What Nature Teaches Us by Clay and Amber Vilhauer
When The Night Comes Knocking by Katherine Daniel
This Is What Happens When Women Read by Julianna Glasse
November
Revenge Plot by Stephanie Wrobel
Almost Animal by Amy Irvine
Stations by Louise Kennedy
All the Little Secrets by May Cobb
December
Wild Aster by Anna Hogeland
Pamela’s Titles:
October
Luna, Phoenix, Queen by Julie Orringer
Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson
The Memory of Borrowed Books by Meg Anderson
Before You Were Anne by Emiko Jean
The Names of the New World by Kawai Strong Washburn
Partita by Barbara Kingsolver
November
Peregrine Hill by Nina de Gramont
Mr. Disappear by Virginia Trench
Oh, Now! by Niall Williams
Whale Harbor by Mary Beth Keane
The Shared Life of Egan & Lucian by Rose Smith
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