Booked Solid

S4:E7 Summer Reading Roundup and Exciting Fall Releases

Kathleen, Kat, and James get together with special guest Sam to celebrate four successful seasons and 2,000 downloads of our humble little library podcast.

The cover of Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, a choppy close up picture of the ocean in an orange half light

S5: E1 Our Wives Under the Sea

This month, Kathleen, Kat, and James venture into the unexplored depths of Julia Armfield’s haunting book, Our Wives Und

The author's name "Geraldine Brooks" appears on the top of the cover, beneath it is a sunset in a painterly style with the title "Horse" in the foreground

S5: E2 Horse

This month, Kat, Kathleen, and James saddle up to explore a genre that they all rarely read: historical fiction, courtesy of Geraldine Brooks' award-winning novel

Cover of the book "Killers of the Flower Moon," a setting sun against a red sky with an oil derrick in the foreground

S5: E3 Killers of the Flower Moon

This month, Kat, Kathleen, and James read the first nonfiction book of the season, Killers of the Flower Moon

Cover of the book "The Fifth Season" by N.K. Jemisin. A symbol before a bluegreen background

S5: E5 The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

Kathleen, Kat, and James travel down the Silk Road and encounter con artists, storytellers, and danger around every corner in Daniel Nayeri’s book

The title "Mexican Gothic" with a woman in a red dress holding flowers

S5: E6 Mexican Gothic

Kathleen, Kat, and James come face to face with unexpected horrors and unfriendly in-laws in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s book

S5: E7 Booked Solid's Annual Summer Reading Roundup

With Season 5 of Booked Solid fading into the rearview mirror, hosts Kathleen, Kat, and James are on break until the fall… but not before they recommend some of the best books they’ve read this year and highlight the upcoming summer releases they

New Canaan Library