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Welcome to From the Front Porch, a weekly conversational podcast on books, small business, and life in the South, produced by The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia.
This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter discuss their top 10 favorite books of 2025!
Annie 1. A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar2. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans3. Flashlight by Susan Choi4. Tilt by Emma Pattee5. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett6. Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li7. Memorial Days by Geradine Brooks8. Buckeye by Patrick Ryan9. Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo10. Awake by Jen Hatmaker
Hunter 1. Audition by Katie Kitamura2. Flashlight by Susan Choi3. Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones4. Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel5. Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor6. A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar7. Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett8. Middle Spoon by Alejandro Varela9. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett10. Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez
Annie - July picks1. Tilt by Emma Pattee2. Flashlight by Susan Choi3. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans4. Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li5. Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld6. Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks7. Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green8. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett9. Lucky Night by Eliza Kennedy10. Playworld by Adam RossHunter - July picks1. Audition by Katie Kitamura2. Ordinary Time by Annie B Jones3. Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett4. Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez5. Among Friends by Hal Ebbott6. The Wilderness by Angela Flourney7. Open, Heaven by Sean Hewitt8. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett9. Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico10. Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino
From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.
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This week, Annie is reading Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon. Hunter is reading Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club.
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Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.
From the Front Porch
Welcome to From the Front Porch, a weekly conversational podcast on books, small business, and life in the South, produced by The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia.
