# Book Club Fiction, Cozy Mysteries & Summer Rom-Coms With Bookish AF

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Podcast: [What to Read Next — Book Recommendations for Romance, Thrillers & Escape Reads](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-to-read-next-book-recommendations-for-romance-thrillers-escape-reads-9873)
Published: 2026-06-26T00:00:00+00:00
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This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. If you're the kind of reader who wants heartfelt book recs and a peek behind the curtain of building a reading life worth writing about, this one's for you. Audry Fryer of the Bookish AF Substack joins us to talk about the books she can't stop recommending — from Fredrik Backman's quietly devastating My Friends to the winter read she's still thinking about, The Frozen River . We also get into the joys of audiobooks as genuine self-care, how to ease into romantasy without the overwhelm, and why "millennial mysteries" might be exactly the cozy-but-not-too-cozy genre you've been looking for. 📚 Books Mentioned My Friends by Fredrik Backman — Buy on Amazon | Literary Fiction / Contemporary | Audio ✅ Beartown by Fredrik Backman — Buy on Amazon | Literary Fiction / Sports | Audio ✅ A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman — Buy on Amazon | Literary Fiction | Audio ✅ The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon — Buy on Amazon | Historical Fiction | Audio ✅ Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall — Buy on Amazon | Literary Fiction The God of the Woods by Liz Moore— Buy on Amazon | Literary Thriller / Mystery | Audio ✅ Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes — Buy on Amazon | Contemporary Romance / Women's Fiction | Audio ✅ Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry — Buy on Amazon | Women's Fiction / Romance | Audio ✅ It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan — Buy on Amazon | Contemporary Romance / Rom-Com | Audio ✅ Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan — Buy on Amazon | Contemporary Romance / Women's Fiction | Audio ✅ The Guncle by Steven Rowley — Buy on Amazon | Commercial Fiction / LGBTQ+ | Audio ✅ (author narrates) Rachel West and the Fallen Starlet by Emma Mills — Buy on Amazon | Cozy Mystery ⏱…

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