Ep. 164: Dark Academia? For Fall? Groundbreaking. 🍂

Books mentioned, in order:Five Little Indians by Michelle GoodLaurus by Eugene Vodolazkin, translated by Lisa C. HaydenStill Life by Louise PennyTemperance Novels by Kathy ReichsFruit Fly by Josh SilverYesteryear by Caro Claire BurkeYellowface by RF KuangHollywood, Ending by John GreenThe Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt DinnimanAs You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky ChambersThe Sentence by Louise ErdrichFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected] 

Books mentioned, in order:Turtles All the Way Down by John GreenExit Party by Emily St. John MandelStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanThe Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine ChidgeyPet by Catherine ChidgeyI’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy NelsonThe Sky is Everywhere by Jandy NelsonChasing Homer by László Krasznahorkai, translated by John BatkiIshmael by Daniel QuinnMoby Dick by Herman MelvilleMoss’d in Space by Rebecca ThorneMoss Effect by Rebecca ThorneHollywood, Ending by John GreenFoundation by Isaac AsimovFive Little Indians by Michelle GoodLinks mentioned:https://shelleyparkerchan.com/historical-figures/https://youtu.be/fyXVdMgWPh4 Find Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected] 

Plus, Pam has a rant.Books mentioned, in order: The Everlasting by Alix E HarrowInkheart by Cornelia FunkeThat's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You by Elyse MyersWitch Hat Atelier: Vol 1 by Kamome Shirahama, translated by Stephen KohlerAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandAgnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather FawcettThe Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee MohamedAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryPolybius by Collin ArmstrongThe Turn of the Key by Ruth WareThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather MorrisIn My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley WinsteadExit Party by Emily St. John MandelLife Out of Order by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerAs You Wake Break the Shell by Becky ChambersTo Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky ChambersA Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky ChambersOur Infinite and Inevitable Ends by A. D. SuitThe Dragonfly Gambit by A. D. SuitThe Iron Garden Sutra by A. D. SuitAn End in Itself by Terry FallisAlbatross by Terry FallisLinks mentioned:Tattooist of Auschwitz review https://www.auschwitz.org/gfx/auschwitz/userfiles/_public/memoria/en/pdf/memoria14en.pdfGifford Prize https://www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/Giller Prize https://gillerprize.ca/ National Book Award https://www.nationalbook.org/ Kirkus Prize https://www.kirkusreviews.com/prize/ Novel Prize https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/ Booker Prize https://thebookerprizes.com/ Atwood Gibson Prize https://www.writerstrust.com/awards/atwood-gibson-writers-trust-fiction-prize Hugo Prize https://www.thehugoawards.org/ 55 Canadian fiction books https://www.cbc.ca/books/55-canadian-fiction-books-we-re-excited-about-this-fall-9.7295667Find Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected] 

Books mentioned, in order:Heart the Lover by Lily KingWriters and Lovers by Lily KingSeasons of Glass and Iron by Amal el-MohtarThe River Has Roots by Amal el-MohtarThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal el-Mohtar and Max GladstoneCharity and Sylvia by Tillie WaldenOn a Sunbeam by Tillie WaldenWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyOnce There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghyMigrations by Charlotte McConaghyThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaMystery Play by Elizabeth KostovaAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanYume by Sifton Tracey AnipareTheo of Golden by Allen LeviAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Anthem by Ayn RandThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna ClarkeLinks mentioned: HRCYED - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm--qS8neH8Charity and Sylvia - https://www.charityandsylvia.com/Find Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected] 

Books mentioned, in order:The Dream Thieves: The Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater, adapted and illustrated by Sas MilledgeThe Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie StiefvaterThe Scorpio Races by Maggie StiefvaterJulius Julius by Aurora Stewart de PeñaThe Feast by Margaret KennedyThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaMystery Play by Elizabeth KostovaThe Odyssey by HomerDuplex by Mike NagelCuldesac by Mike NagelSeasons of Glass and Iron by Amal el-MohtarCharity and Sylvia by Tillie WaldenHeart the Lover by Lily KingEuphoria by Lily KingWriters and Loves by Lily KingThe Book on the Bookshelf by Henry PetroskiFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected] 

Books mentioned, in order:The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerAnne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud MontgomeryThe Story Girl by Lucy Maud MontgomeryComedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson, translated by Damion SearlsCharity and Sylvia by Tillie WaldenDuplex by Mike NagelCuldesac by Mike NagelYume by Sifton Tracey AnipareThe Group by Mary McCarthy Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-MohtarLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyMigrations by Charlotte McConaghyThe Huntress by Kate QuinnThe Feast by Margaret Kennedy Yesteryear by Caro Claire BurkeHammajang Luck by Makana YamamotoGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muirhttps://www.charityandsylvia.com/Find Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected] 

Books mentioned in order:Tusk Love by Thea GuanzonBride + Mate by Ali HazelwoodThe Huntress by Kate QuinnThe Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey BurgesRuth by Kate RileyMy Favourite Thing is Monsters: Volume 1 by Emil FerrisShubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed, tr. by Deena MohamedComedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson, translated by Damion SearlsIndelicacy by Amina CainThe Apple in the Dark by Clarice LispectorCarrion Crow by Heather ParryThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyA Green Equinox by Elizabeth MavorChasing Homer by László Krasznahorkai, translated by John BatkiThe Odyssey by Homer translated by EV and DCH RieuShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerSeasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-MohtarThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarThe River Has Roots by Amal El-MohtarSlewfoot by BromSublimation by Isabel J. KimLinksLhttps://hrcyed.my.canva.site/hrcyed-3-0/Emily Wilson’s review of The Odyssey https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man Find Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected] 

Books mentioned, in order:Doctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakSunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsEarth 7 by Deb Olin UnferthBarn 8 by Deb Olin UnferthCanon by Paige LewisPercy Jackson series by Rick RiordanThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanGuards Guards by Terry PratchettMartyr! By Kaveh AkbarThe Book on the Bookshelf by Henry PetroskiThe Book on the Bookshelf by Henry PetroskiMy Favourite Thing is Monsters: Volume 1 by Emil FerrisThe Huntress by Kate QuinnTusk Love by Thea GuanzonShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanThe Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon ChakrabortyExit Party by Emily St. John MandelStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelLinks:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/ https://duckstamp.com/art-contest/https://www.instagram.com/p/DayCUUFkdTG/?img_index=1Find Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected] 

Books mentioned, in order:A Sorceress Comes to Call by T KingfisherWhat Moves the Dead by T KingfisherHemlock and Silver by T KingfisherA Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T KingfisherPaladin’s Grace by T KingfisherNinth House by Leigh BardugoThe Frequency of Living Things by Nick Fuller GooginsThe Great Transition by Nick Fuller GooginsA Botanical Daughter by Noah MedlockBloom by Delilah S. DawsonJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna ClarkeEarth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth Barn 8 by Deb Olin UnferthThe Book on the Bookshelf by Henry PetroskiThe Pencil by Henry PetroskiLinks referenced:https://youtu.be/nm--qS8neH8https://hrcyed.my.canva.site/hrcyed-3-0/Find Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected] 

Books mentioned:Scott Pilgrim Vol 1 and 2 by Bryan Lee O’MalleyDucks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate BeatonDucks Newburyport by Lucy EllmannFinal Space: The Final Chapter by Olan RogersThe Girl from the Sea by Lee Knox OstertagThe Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector tr. Benjamin MoserThe Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje tr. David McKayNice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne OELKEThis is the Journey by Alison MaleeWhere the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuireThe Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun LeeThe Everlasting by Alix E. HarrowGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirSakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag tr. Srinath PerurOn Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle tr. Barbara J HavelandOn Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle tr. Barbara J HavelandBlue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie StiefvaterAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell The Raven Boys Graphic Novel by MS, adapted by Stephanie Williams and Sas MilledgeOn a Sunbeam by Tillie WaldenLost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura, translated by Yuki TejimaAre You My Mother? By Alison BechdelWhat Strange Paradise by Omar El AkkadLes sentiers de neige by Kev LambertCity in Glass by Paul Aster, graphic novel adaptation by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli, with a new introduction by Art SpiegelmanDuplex by Mike NagelCuldesac by Mike NagelA Botanical Daughter by Noah MedlockA Sorceress Comes to Call by T KingfisherPlant Based Bride + The Everlasting: https://youtu.be/c1ZU9fjzXYQ?Deedi Reads + The Everlasting: https://deedireads.com/book-reviews/the-everlastingFind Pam and Hallie online!Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.comPam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheartOr, send us both a message at [email protected]