
Blue Dot
BLUE DOT: Episode 117: Our Best Books of 2026 So Far…
We’re popping into the feed with a special episode. Leah and Graylin share their best reads of the year so far along with their least favorite…listen for some hot takes on popular titles! “Read every day – it is a practice that dignifies humans. Become a great reader of books and it will help you with reality, you’ll more easily grasp the truth of things and that will set you up for life. And don’t expose your brain to low-quality art forms because there will be a certain measure of pollution.” — Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Best: A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica The Capital of Dreams by Heather O’Neill Watership Down by Richard Adams Every Exit Brings You Home by Naeem Murr Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden The Land and Its People by David Sedaris David Sedaris on his Duolingo obsession: ‘Today is the last day,’ I told myself – but I was powerless to stop Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children by Mac Barnett The My Friends series by Jane Duncan Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt Worst: Theo of Golden by Allen Levi Whistler by Ann Patchett

