Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn - Second Quarter 2026 Recommended Reads

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of the second quarter of 2026.  Mary’s Titles: April Everything has Happened by T. Greenwood Love & Other Monsters by Emily Franklin Moonshine Women by Michelle Collins Anderson The Drop by SR Masters Go Gentle by Maria Semple Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth May Homebound by Portia Elan American Rambler by Isaac Fitzgerald The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline Take Me With You by Steven Rowley June Marion by Leah Rowan Carrion Crow by Heather Parry   Pamela’s Titles: April A Killer in the Family by Amin Ahmad Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Break Room by Miye Lee May Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel Five by Iona Bannister Daytime Moon by Kerri Schletterman The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett Pollock's Last Lover by Stephen Kiernan Ghost Town by Tom Perrotta The Author Weekend by Laura Zigman Coyoteland by Vanessa Hua Mercy Hill by Hannah Thurman Patient, Female by Julie Schumacher June It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson   Shoutouts at the end of the episode: The Windsor Affair by Melanie Benjamin A Murder Most Camp by Nicolas DiDomizio Whistler by Ann Patchett Daughter of Sun and Moon by Lisa See A Fortune of Sand by Ruta Sepetys Dad, Love, Me by Matthew Quick Beneath a Broken Sky by Joshua Moelling Donate to the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Venmo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for my literary salon in Virginia. Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2026? Check out our fifth ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Literary Lookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead, and we color-code by genre in this one!  Looking for something new to read? Here is my monthly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buzz Reads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ column with five new recommendations each month. Connect with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  Mary's social media handles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠. Pamela's social media handles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices