Episode 268 - Goodbye Big Book Summer, Hello Shorty September!

Welcome to Episode 268!

We recap our Big Book Summer reads, which were all good. There wasn’t a DNF among them, although Chris hasn’t yet finished ROOTS.

Wake Now in the Fire by Jarrett Dapier and AJ Dungo

All We Hide by Robyn Gigl

11/22/63 by Stephen King

Obstinate Daughters: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution by Denise Kiernan

Land by Maggie O’Farrell

Point of Origin: Scarpetta #9 by Patricia Cornwell

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman, release date 9/8/2026

American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee, release date 9/29/2026

Time marches on, so although it is goodbye to Big Book Summer, we now say hello to Shorty September! This year, we’ve challenged ourselves to choose books that are <200 pages.