Ep 43: It's Finally Sweater Weather! Our Autumn Preview for 2026

As the nights draw in, Joseph and Amanda look forward to all the autumn releases they hope to get through before December. Along the way, they meander through prize news, current reads and discover circular themes about the Epic of Gilgamesh, pianos and Dickens – and that’s all before they get to the mimmoths. Bookish NewsA Tale of Two Cities, a Marlowe Theatre ProductionThe Hugo AwardsThe Everlasting by Alix E Harrow @alix.e.harrowThe River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtarThis Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone @max.gladstoneA Wizard Of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel by Ursula K. LeGuin and Fred FordhamLud-In-The-Mist by Hope MirleesA Drop Of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett @r.jackson.bennettThe Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettCurrent ReadsThere Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak @shafakelifLand by Maggie O’Farrell @maggieofarrellofficialSophie, Standing There by Meg Mason @meg_mason_writerSorrow and Bliss by Meg MasonAutumn PreviewPly by Hernan DiazTrust by Hernan DiazAmerican Hagwon by Min Jin Lee @lee_minjinEnd Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor @naomiklein @astraamouraThe Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson @jennyjacksonpineapplePineapple Street by Jenny JacksonThe Wedding People by Alison Espach @alison.espachThe Strangers by Naomi Alderman @naomi_aldermanThe Power by Naomi AldermanPartita by Barbara Kingsolver @barbara.kingsolverMinihorror by Barbi Marković translated by Jen Calleja @barbimarkovich @jencalleja_Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte @tonytulaOff The Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjonesThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham-JonesGilgamesh by Simon Armitage @simonarmitage_officialLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus @bonnie_garmus_authorPeck & Peck by Bonnie GarmusStations by Louise Kennedy @louisekennedywriterTrespasses by Louise KennedyFurious, Disney PlusWidow’s Bay on Apple TVGaining Ground by Joan Barfoot (also know as Abra in Canada)Six Four by Hideo YokoyamaLady Joker by Kaoru TakamuraOn The Calculation of Volume - Volume V by Solvej BalleThe Pen: A Human History by Simon GarfieldThe Missing Ink: How Handwriting Made Us Who We Are by Philip HensherThe Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland AlanHudson by Hernán Ronsino, translated by Mallory Craig-KuhnFruit Fly by Josh SilverLook What You Made Me Do by John LancasterCapital by John LancasterCurious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudioFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast and Bluesky @curiousreaderspod.bsky.social for more recommendations in between episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.