It's the year-end edition of Your Next Great Read. No guest this month so Hannah and I took a few minutes to talk about our favorite and least favorite reads from this year as well as our regular conversation about what we're reading and why you might enjoy it too. Remember - you can purchase all the books mentioned on the show through the links below or by visiting the Next Great Read store on Bookshop.org. Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram Hannah Best of the Year: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir Leave No Trace - Mindy Mejia The Power - Naomi Alderman Verity - Coleen Hoover Into the Water - Paula Hawkins J Best of the Year: Dead Silence - S.A. Barnes Blowback - James Patterson and Brendan DuBois The Invention of Sound - Chuck Palahniuk We Could Be Heroes - Mike Chen Time and Again - Clifford D. Simak Other books mentioned The Martian - Andy Weir Resurrection Day - Brendan DuBois Everything You Want Me to Be - Mindy Mejia Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins City - Clifford D. Simak Way Station - Clifford D. Simak Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Shop the Bookcast on Bookshop.org Music by JuliusH