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Ep 417 - Anticipated Books for July and August!

26 juni 2025 | 42 min

Brea and Mallory go through their most anticipated books for July and August. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei and Harmony Becker

The Lilac People by Milo Todd

July

Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild
Literary fiction, family drama, dual timelines, moral dilemma

The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
Sequel to The Woman in Cabin 10

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
Thriller, mystery, woman trying to solve her own murder before she dies

A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan
Historical fantasy, WWII, British witches, magic book, magical espionage, France

Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon
Sci fi, queer love story, adventure, novella, tech, AI

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Horror, witches, 19th century Mexico, 1990s Massachusetts, dual timelines

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Historical horror/fantasy, WWI, angels, soldiers

Totally and Completely Fine by Elissa Sussman
Romance, dual timelines, widowed single mom, normal person/celebrity, small town Montana

Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
Romantasy, first in trilogy, princess imprisoned in castle auctioned off to rivals

The Irresistible Urge to Fall in Love with Your Enemy by Brigette Knightley
Romantasy, Dramoine, sick assassin falling in love with enemy healer, first in duology, slow burn enemies to lovers, rival magician orders

A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Romantasy, cozy, witch and magical historian at an enchanted inn, talking fox

Tenderly, I Am Devoured by Lyndall Clipstone
YA, gothic, horromance, queer, folklore, love triangle, rituals, gods

Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
YA, Inheritance Games saga, competition, puzzles, secrets

Immortal Consequences by I.V. Marie

YA, romantasy, dark academia, boarding school, competition

No Sense in Wishing by Lawrence Burney
Essay collection, critical moments with art that transformed the author, Black diaspora

A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
Nonfiction, married couple who sells everything to live on a sailboat

I Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman
Essay collection, funny, living in America

Killing Stella by Marlen Haushofer, translated by Shaun Whiteside
Novella, literary fiction, confession from housewife of crime

The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History of Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond by Jean Zeid, illustrated by Émilie Rouge, translated by Jen Vaughn
Nonfiction, graphic history

The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne by Chris Sweeney
Nonfiction, forensic ornithology

Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde
Queer literary fiction, multiple POV, Lagos, navigating identities

Beasts of Carnaval: A Caribbean Historical Fantasy Tale of Mystery and Magic at El Carnaval De Bestias by Rosália Rodrigo
YA historical fantasy, Caribbean islands, Black diaspora, decadent carnival

Hot Girls With Balls by Benedict Nguyễn
Literary fiction, satire, queer, competitive volleyball, social media, trans volleyball players, romance

The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida translated by Bruno Navasky
Magical realism, Japanese convenience store, three interconnected stories

Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky
Surreal graphic novel, near future sci fi, trans protagonist, isolated community

The Dance and the Fire by Daniel Saldaña París, translated by Christina MacSweeney
Cli fi, love triangle, dancing, three friends returning to hometown, Mexico, surreal

Archive of Unknown Universes by Ruben Reyes Jr.
Literary fiction, dual timelines, Salvadoran civil war, love

The Payback by Kashana Cauley
Literary fiction, three co-workers turned friends launch a heist to wipe out student debt

Pan by Michael Clune
Literary fiction, teen having panic attacks and thinks the god Pan is trapped inside of him

Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu
Literary fiction, 1990s New England college campus, coming of age, Catholic guilt, art world

The Original by Nell Stevens
Queer historical fiction, 1899 English country house, aspiring art forger must figure out if her long-lost cousin is an impostor

Human Rites by Juno Dawson
Book 3 in Her Majesty’s Royal Coven

Call Your Boyfriend by Olivia A. Cole and Ashley Woodfolk
YA sapphic rom com, two teen girls want revenge on the popular girl they’re in love with

Moon Rising by Claire Barner
Queer near future romantisci, lunar colony, battling eco terrorists

The Gryphon King by Sara Omer
Queer Southwest Asian inspired epic fantasy, monsters, dynastic politics, slow burn romance

Taste the love by Karelia and Fay Stetz-Waters
Sapphic romance with rival chefs

No Body No Crime by Tess Sharpe
Queer thriller, romance, secrets, two girls killing a shitty guy

House of Beth by Kerry Cullen
Queer literary fiction, unhinged women, OCD, family secrets

Wayward Girls by Susan Wiggs
Queer historical fiction, 1960s Buffalo, six girls in a Catholic reform school

The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson
Queer fantasy, waystation for the dead, ghosts

The Elysium Heist by Y. M. Resnik
Queer sci fi, heist in a space casino with six women, intergalactic card tournament

The Haunting of Bellington Cottage by Laura Parnum
Middle grade horror, two girls trying to see if they’re still friends in a haunted vacation house

Another by Paul Tremblay
Paul’s middle grade horror debut!!!!!

The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw
Horror, wicked dark academia, dark magic academy for the dangerously powerful

Girl in the Creek by Wendy M. Wagner
Horror, Pacific Northwest, missing hiker, body horror, eco-horror, sporror

Oddbody by Rose Keating
Horror short stories, “weird girl fiction”

Never the Roses by Jennifer K. Lambert
Romantasy, epic fantasy, Circle meets The Witch’s Heart

The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths
Sci fi thriller, time traveling cold case team

How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold
Fantasy thriller, famous horror author dies & invites writers to his manor to play a game, locked room mystery

The Secret Market of the Dead by Giovanni De Feo
Fantasy, Italian inspired, historical, gothic, magic competition, “young woman who finds her power in the nocturnal realm that lurks beneath her town.”

The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager
Sci fi, love story between a museum employee and a man in a painting

The Alchemy of Flowers by Laura Resau
Modern fantasy take on The Secret Garden

Arcana Academy by Elise Kova
Romantasy, woman who wield magic tarot cards in a fake relationship with the headmaster of a mysterious academy, first in series

Hit Me with Your Best Charm by Lillie Vale
YA fantasy, small magic town, autumn festival, secrets, magic forest, missing kid

Soulgazer by Maggie Rapier
Pirate romantasy, lost mystical isle

August

The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
Historical horror, mystery, small town, girls transforming into hounds

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen
Psychological thriller, psychiatric institution, solving a murder, shady rich family

Too Old for This by Samantha Downing
Funny thriller, elderly female serial killer, small town Oregon

Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham
Mystery, new series, journalist solving case, old diary, vineyard, Southern

House of the Beast by Michelle Wong
Dark fantasy, fairy tales, pact with a magical entity, revenge on rich family

The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar
Adult cozy fantasy, princess escaping arranged marriage with quirky found family

The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown
Fantasy, secret society protecting world from powerful magical objects, London

Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher
Fantasy, Snow White retelling, herbal healing, potions, magic mirrors

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Fantasy, two PhD students go to hell to rescue their crappy advisor

These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma
Sci fi, memory, thriller, memory-monitoring tech, memory capitalism

Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Horror, queer, sexual repression, film archives, exploitation films, lost film

Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Horror, cosmic horror, Vegas casino, statistics, mysterious federal agent

What Hunger by Catherine Dang
Horror, coming of age, teen angst, generational trauma, female rage

The End of the World as We Know It edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene

Horror anthology inspired by The Stand

The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas

Horror, historical, 1700s northern Mexico, demon, gothic

Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings
Romance, second chances with publicly documented dates

Love Arranged by Lauren Asher
Romance, Lakefront Billionaires series, fake relationship

Mistress of Bones by Maria Z. Medina
YA debut fantasy, multiple POV, necromancer who wants to bring her sister back from the dead, romance, floating continents, rapier fights

Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs
Biography of James Baldwin, queer history Vulture by Phoebe Greenwood Literary fiction, Gaza war correspondent protagonist, dark comedy A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi Surreal literary sci fi, protagonist with multiple personalities Extinction Capital of the World by Mariah Rigg Short stories, cli fi, Hawaii, love and regret The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn Romance, rom-com, lovers to enemies to lovers, her ex goes on a reality dating show while she’s hired to ghost write his memoir Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Cozy fantasy in autumn in New England!!!, witch trying to reconnect with her mother, spells

The Midnight Shift by Seon-Ran Cheon, translated by Gene Png
Queer vampire murder mystery in Korea

Toni and Addie Go Viral by Melissa Marr
Sapphic romance, fake relationship, Victorian historian and actress

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Ep 409 - Most Anticipated Books for May and June + Cures for Book Hangovers!

1 maj 2025 | 50 min

Brea and Mallory talk about their most anticipated books for May and June! Plus, they give out book hangover cures. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Spring Readathon
May 18th!

Books Mentioned -

The Day the World Stopped Shopping by J.B. MacKinnon

Why I Love Horror edited by Becky Spratford

May

Decolonizing Language by Ngugi W. Thiong’o
Nonfiction, modern African literature, post colonial literary criticism

And the Trees Stare Back by Gigi Griffis
YA horror, Soviet Russia, historical, “came back wrong”

Eliza, from Scratch by Sophia Lee - YA rom-com, cooking, high school, Korean food

The Lost Queen by Aimee Phan - YA fantasy, magic, sisters, Vietnamese lore, past lives

Titan of the Stars by E.K. Johnson - YA sci fi horror, space, aliens, Mars, trapped on a spaceship

Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala - YA mystery, tarot, teen detective, vanished girl

You and Me on Repeat by Mary Shyne - YA rom-com graphic novel, time loop, friendship

Home Has No Borders by Sona Charaipotra and Samira Ahmed - Short story collection, YA, South Asian writers

The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei - Historical fiction, Singapore, family saga, sisters

My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende - Historical fiction, 19 century, Chile, San Francisco, female writer sent to cover civil war

The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong - Literary fiction, chosen family, friendship between elderly woman and the young man she saves

My Friends by Fredrick Backman - Literary fiction, 25 year saga about four friends in a seaside town

The Tenant by Freida McFadden - Thriller, man rents a room to a woman who is not what she seems

The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North - Thriller, serial killer, criminal profiler solving case he survived as a child

The Incandescent by Emily Tesh - Fantasy, dark academia, sapphic romance

Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle - Urban fantasy, NYC, chef who can taste ghosts

Awake in the Floating City by Susanna Kwan
Sci fi, eco-fiction, flooding, artist bonding with elderly woman who remembers the city’s history

The Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve - Sci fi, mystery, technology that lets you visit the most pivotal moment of your life for one hour

The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling - Historical horror, sapphic erotica, cannibals, medieval, surreal

Never Flinch by Stephen King - Horror, next Holly book

Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan - Third in Skyland series

The Love Haters by Katherine Center
Contemporary romance, swimming, cynicism, Key West

The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
Romantasy, divination magic, gothic, hot knight

A Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBride
Romantasy, Celtic inspired, magic, dragon riding, hot prince

Bad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship by Tiffany Watt Smith
Nonfiction

Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
Nonfiction

Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang - Literary horror, friendship, technology that enhances empathy

Forest Euphoria by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian - Nonfiction, queerness in wildlife and nature

Fake Work: How I Began to Suspect Capitalism is a Joke by Leigh Claire la Berge - Nonfiction

So Many Stars: an Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro de Robertis
Nonfiction

Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan
Literary fiction, trans protagonist, love, betrayal, “allure of bougie domesticity”

And They Were Roommates by Page Powars - Queer YA romance, trans protagonist, boarding school

Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus
Queer YA romance, cult, small town, secret love

Summertime by Yigit Karaahmet, translated by Nicholas Glastonbury
Queer thriller, Turkey, “the Birdcage but by Patricia Highsmith”

When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur
YA horror, Southern gothic, small town, vanished teen

Of Earthly Delights by Goldy Moldavsky
YA horroromance, contemporary gothic, family secrets, mysterious garden

Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson - Literary fiction, funny, family road trip

Gingko Season by Naomi Xu Elegant - Literary fiction, finding yourself after a heartbreak, friendship

The South by Tash Aw
Gay literary fiction, family, summer, small town, secret love

The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis - Cozy fantasy, magic school in New England, werewolf protagonist

June

The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton - Romantasy, forbidden love, forbidden magic, political intrigue

A Far Better Thing by H.G. Parry - Fantasy, fairy revenge, historical, French revolution

A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek - Queer YA fantasy, sapphic Swan Lake retelling

A Magic Deep and Drowning by Hester Fox - Historical romantasy, Dutch Golden Age, Little Mermaid retelling

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab - Queer spec fic, immortality, romance

Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell - Historical fantasy, Hercules retelling, funny and sweet

I Think I’m in Love with an Alien by Ann Aguirre - Romantiscifi, space, rom-com

The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery by Clarence A. Haynes - Queer fantasy, ghosts, funny, magical past

The Lady, The Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall - Fantasy, circus, mystery, dark magic, revenge

The Palace of Illusions by Rowena Miller - Historical fantasy, Paris, 1900s World’s Fair, magical clockmaker

The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older - Sapphic cozy space mystery, third in series

A Girl Walks into the Forest by Madeleine Roux - Fantasy, journey through evil forest, monsters

The Beautiful Maddening by Shea Ernshaw - YA contemporary romantasy, family love curse, magic tulips

The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King - Queer fantasy, magic, memories contained in pencils, lost connections across time and space

Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare
Queer romantiscifi, sapphic, two women in different worlds trying to find the right timeline to be together

Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings - Sci fi, mysterious doors to new worlds, sisters

Best of all Worlds by Kenneth Oppel
YA spec fi thriller, survival story

The Two Lives of Faven Sythe by Megan O’Keefe - Sci fi, missing person search uncovers galaxy-wide conspiracy, space opera

Pearly Gates by Bonnie Solomon - Queer cozy funny fantasy, drag queen protagonist in after life, found family

Ecstasy by Ivy Pochoda - Horror, Greek tragedy retelling, female empowerment

Strange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion
Japanese mystery horror, disturbing architecture

This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman - Queer fantasy, high fantasy, magic princess on a quest, fairytale satire

Work Nights by Erica Peplin - Queer literary fiction, young woman in love triangle, NYC

Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee
Queer Jewish new adult literary fiction, 1990s road trip from NYC to San Francisco

These Heathens by Mia McKenzie
Queer new adult historical fiction, 1960s Atlanta, queer Black community, civil rights movement

If I Told You I’d Have to Kiss You by Mae Marvel - Sapphic romance, if Mr. and Ms. Smith was gay

Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski - Queer literary fiction, bisexual protagonist, woman risking it all for a second chance at first love

A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell - Sapphic historical romance, archaeologist teaming up with childhood enemy

Ready to Score by Jodie Slaughter - Sapphic contemporary romance, spicy, small town, Texas football

It’s Not the End of the World by Jonathan Parks-Ramage
Cli-fi thriller, queer, family saga, near future sci fi

What is Queer Food? How We Served a Revolution by John Birdsall
Nonfiction

El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott - Thriller, all woman pyramid scheme, Detroit, crime, female friendship, power

The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans
Gothic historical thriller, family secrets, dark academia

The Farmhouse by Chelsea Conradt - Horror, family moves to a creepy house in the middle of nowhere, corn!!!!!

Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto - Mulan reimagined as a contemporary romance

Someone Knows by Vi Keeland - Thriller, sexy, English professor has a dark past come back to haunt her, murder, affair

The Compound by Aisling Rawle - Dystopian thriller, Lord of the Flies meets Love Island, reality TV

Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady
Contemporary romance, rivalry between two managers at the same bookstore

Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
Cozy mystery, murder on a Parisian river cruise

The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick
Spec fic, what if there was a scientific cure for heartbreak

King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Crime thriller, family drama, Southern, inspired by The Godfather

The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater - Historical romantasy, 1940s Appalachia, luxury hotel, magic

With a Vengeance by Riley Sager
Historical horror, trains, murder, 1940s midwest America

The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Sixth in the Blood and Ash series

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Historical romance, 1980s, NASA, astronauts

The Dry Season by Melissa Febos - Celibacy memoir

Ep 408 - Self Imposed Book Rules and Romance Ratings!

24 april 2025 | 35 min

Ep 407 - How to Protect Libraries From Fascism + Bookshop eBooks!

17 april 2025 | 39 min

Ep 406 - Dumb Butts - Pick a Book Based on the Title!

10 april 2025 | 37 min

Ep 405 - Spring Book Rex + Book Tattoos from Trash Baby Authors

3 april 2025 | 45 min

Ep 404 - The Best and Worst Reading Snacks

27 mars 2025 | 34 min

Ep 403 - Can You Beat Mallory in Book Trivia?

20 mars 2025 | 35 min

Bonus Content Sample - MORE AMA!

19 mars 2025 | 12 min

Ep 402 - The Oldest Book on Your TBR + Rex for Grandmas!

13 mars 2025 | 32 min

Ep 401 - Hot Genre Alert - Queernorm Books!

6 mars 2025 | 35 min

Ep 400 - Our Favorite Books of ALL TIME + AMA to Celebrate 400 Episodes!

27 februari 2025 | 40 min

Ep 399 - How to Get into History Books + Daughter of Daring!

20 februari 2025 | 51 min

Ep 398 - Library Newsletter and Helping Picky Readers

13 februari 2025 | 37 min

Ep 397 - How To Write a Book Review

6 februari 2025 | 32 min

Ep 396 - Most Anticipated Books for the Start of 2025 + Clay McLeod Chapman!

30 januari 2025 | 56 min

Brea and Mallory discuss their most anticipated books for the start of 2025, and interview Clay McLeod Chapman about his new book WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Books Mentioned -

Daughter of Daring by Mallory O’Meara

Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch

January

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire

Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
Historical fiction, love story, 1940s, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Chinese diaspora

Y2K by Colette Shade
Nonfiction, essay collection, 2000s

Good Girl by Aria Aber
Debut literary fiction, coming of age, Berlin nightlife, racial tensions

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Literary fiction, writing, publishing, reality mixing with fantasy

We Do Not Part by Han King, translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
Literary fiction, hidden history, Korea

Black in Blues by Imani Perry
Nonfiction, Black history, the color blue

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Fantasy, third in Fourth Wing series

Old Soul by Susan Barker

Literary thriller, Japan, mysterious lady killer

Blob by Maggie Su

Debut literary novel, weird fiction, sentient blob, woman looking for love

Flirting with Disaster by Naina Kumar

Romance, second chance, accidental marriage, Texas

Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton

Funny literary fiction, small dying Italian village is saved by gigantic truffle

Mystery Royale by Kaitlyn Cavalancia

YA fantasy mystery, murder, family secrets, competition

Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

Literary fiction, multi-generational family epic, mystery heirloom, racism

The Queen’s Spade by Sarah Raughley

Historical thriller, revenge, romance, Victorian England, kidnapped African princess

The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold

Sapphic YA thriller, two teens fall in love in an abandoned bookstore in the apocalypse

The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill

Magical realism, trans protagonist, magic bookstore, time travel

The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang, translated by Slin Jung

Fantasy, magic to change your life, magic cat

Vantage Point by Sarah Sligar

Literary thriller, New England, family curse, digital haunting

Pretend We’re Dead: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Women in Rock in the 1990s by Tanya Pearson

Nonfiction

All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall
Sci fi, dystopia, trying to save a museum from a flood

Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan

Romantasy, royal court, gods

We Could be Rats by Emily Austin

Queer literary fiction, sisters, family reconnection

February

Reading the Waves by Lidia Yuknavitch

Queer memoir

Loca by Alejandro Heredia

Literary fiction, queer, debut, NYC, friendship

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

Carmilla reimagining

Soft Core by Brittany Newell

Literary fiction, coming of age, sex work, woman finding herself

Dengue Boy by Michel Neva, translated by Rahul Berry

Weird fiction, part mosquito part boy goes on journey through dystopian world

Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

Historical fiction, queer entrepreneurs in Gilded Age NYC

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

Thriller, black humor, murderous governess

The Echoes by Evie Wyld

Literary fiction, ghost protagonist, grief, relationships

Crush by Ada Calhoun

Literary fiction, debut, polyamory, relationships, marriage

The Lamb by Lucy Rose

Horror, folk horror, queer, gothic

Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya

Memoir, surviving mental breakdown through books

Little Mysteries by Sara Gran

Short stories, mystery

One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed

Sci fi, dystopia, short stories

Beta Vulgaris by Margie Sarsfield

Weird fiction, “vegetable gothic”

The Poorly Man and Other Things by Sam Rebelein

Horror short story collection set in world of his previous book Edenville

Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford

Literary fiction, thriller, family gathering, lurking darkness

The World After Gaza: A Short History by Pankaj Mishra

Nonfiction

Nothing Serious by Emily J Smith

Thriller, feminist, modern dating, murder

The Rose Bargain by Sarah Peyton Smith

Romantasy, Victorian England, fae

(S)kin by Ibi Zoboi

Contemporary fantasy, Caribbean folklore, inherited magic, novel in verse

The Forest King’s Daughter by Elly Blake

Romantasy, enemies to lovers, adventure, magic war

Dream Girl Drama by Tessa Bailey

Romance, hockey, spicy, family drama

Book Boyfriend by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka

Romance, fantasy fans and fandom, workplace

A Circle of Uncommon Witches by Paige Crutcher

Romantasy, witches, curses, adventure

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

Romance, diver and swimmer, Olympics

Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

Fantasy, third in series

Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

Historical fiction, Black history, novelization of life of Jessie Redmon Fauset, Harlem renaissance

Back After This by Linda Holmes

Romance, funny, podcasting

March

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters

Novella collection, speculative fiction

Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One by Kristen Arnett

Literary fiction, clowns, funny, authenticity, finding yourself

Cover Story by Celia Laskey

Romance, sapphic, Hollywood

The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses

Horror, post apocalyptic, body horror, creepy convent

The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

Sci fi, near future dystopia, dream monitoring

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

Literary fiction, story of four interconnected women, love

The Antidote by Karen Russell

Fantasy, “dust bowl epic”, prairie witch

Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance edited by Edmund Ghareeb and Naseer Aruri

Poetry anthology

Sucker Punch of Scaachi Koul

Memoir of divorce

The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T Wurth

Horror, psychic, haunted hotel

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Historical horror, vampire

I’ll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan by Giaae Kwon

Nonfiction

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Fifth Hunger Games novel

Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley

Romance, funny, falling apart marriage, crime

The Love Simulation by Etta Easton

Romance, funny, competition, teachers

The Bane Witch by Ava Morgyn

Romantasy, thriller, Gone Girl meets Practical Magic

Malinalli by Veronica Chapa

Historical reimagining of life of Mexican interpreter, epic tale

Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall

Literary, romance, suspense, small town secrets

Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky

Literary fiction, black humor, money, marriage, sex, revenge

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Literary fiction, climate fiction, science researchers, Antarctica, secrets

Salt Water by Katy Hays

Thrillers, murder, family, secrets, Capri

Elphie by Gregory Maguire

Prequel to Wicked

The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue

Historical fiction, 1895, France

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

Sci fi, John fuckin Scalzi

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Nonfiction

Nowhere by Allison Gunn

Horror, disappearances in a small town

A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames

Cozy fantasy, magic, love spell gone awry, talking cat

They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

YA horror, Louisiana, small town disappearances, underwater monsters

Fable at the End of the World by Ava Reid

Sci fi, dystopia, queer romance, wasteland

The Burial Tide by Neil Sharpson

Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta

Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin

Ep 395 - Tracking Your Reading with Traci Thomas!

23 januari 2025 | 55 min

Ep 394 - How to Handle Book Snobs

16 januari 2025 | 50 min

Ep 393 - Why 3 Star Reads Are Important

9 januari 2025 | 34 min

Ep 392 - 2025 Reader Resolutions!

2 januari 2025 | 50 min

Ep 391 - Best Books of 2024!

26 december 2024 | 65 min

Ep 390 - 2024 Challenge Wrap Up + Next Year’s Challenge!

19 december 2024 | 47 min

Ep 389 - Non-Numerical Reading Goals for the New Year!

12 december 2024 | 34 min

Ep 388 - Are Cozy Books Brat?

5 december 2024 | 36 min

Ep 387 - December Most Anticipated Books!

28 november 2024 | 42 min

Brea and Mallory reveal their last anticipated books episode for 2024! Plus, they test out the Boox eReader and settle a debate about Audible Originals. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J Maas

Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Literary fiction, grief, family, love, slow burn apocalypse

Rental House by Weike Wang
Literary fiction, short, marriage, family seen through the lens of two vacations

Woo Woo by Ella Baxter
Literary fiction, making art as a woman

Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe
Queer literary fiction, two ancient sisters who are both human and snake

The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall

Romantasy, monsters, hot blacksmith, journey through hellscape

The Rivals by Jane Pek

Mystery, sequel to The Verifiers

My Darling Boy by Helen Cooper

Thriller, murder, small town, disappearance, two angry moms

Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson

Paranormal romance, Scotland, Loch Ness monster

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt by Chelsea Iversen

Historical fantasy, magic garden, Victorian London

We Are the Beasts by Gigi Griffis

YA historical horror inspired by the Beast of Gevaudan

What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould

YA horror, Yellowjackets meets Girl, Interrupted, queer

Dust by Alison Stine

YA sci fi, dystopia, climate change, partially deaf protagonist

How Could You by Ren Strapp

New adult queer graphic novel, friendship, love

The Rules of Royalty by Cale Dietrich
YA romance, gay, spin on The Princess Diaries

Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samantha Allen
Queer supernatural romance, ghostwriting for an actual ghost

I Might Be in Trouble by Daniel Aleman
Literary, gay, comedy, mystery, guy waking up to find his date is dead

The Shutouts by Gabrielle Korn

Queer dystopian literary sci fi, road trip, survival

No Place to Bury the Dead by Karina Sainz Borgo, translated by Elizabeth Bryer

Literary, dystopia, plague that causes amnesia, migrant crisis, border crisis

Berlin Atomized by Julia Kornsberg, translated by Jack Rockwell and Julia Kornsberg

Literary epic, spans 30 years all over globe, follows 3 siblings at the end of the world

Statistically Speaking by Debbie Johnson

Literary, romance, anxious protagonist, finding yourself, funny

The World With Its Mouth Open by Zahid Rafiq

Debut short story collection, literary

Untethered by Angela Jackson-Brown

Historical fiction, 1960s Alabama, self discovery

Dating & Dragons by Kristy Boyce

YA romance about D&D

Stuck in the Country With You by Zuri Day
City-meets-country romance

Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall

Regency romance, marriage of convenience

How to Get a Life in Ten Dates by Jenny L. Howe
Rom-com, fat protagonist, besties to lovers

P.S. I Hate You by Lauren Connely

Rom-com, enemies to lovers, cross country journey

Mechanize My Hands to War by Erin K. Wagner
Sci fi, near future, AI, rural Appalachia, state violence

How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis
Romanti-scifi, sequel

Trouble Island by Sharon Short
Historical thriller, Lake Erie, 1930s, locked room mystery, prohibition gangster wives

Alter Ego by Alex Segura

Sci fi, mystery, comic books, superheroes, storytelling

Kingdom of No Tomorrow by Fabienne Josaphat

Historical fiction, 1960s Oakland and Chicago, Black Panther Party, misogyny in social movements

Ep 386 - Fable + Are Social Media Apps Worth It?

21 november 2024 | 42 min

Ep 385 - Picking a Book Based on the Cover + Bookish Candles!

14 november 2024 | 36 min

Ep 384 - How Long Should You Keep a Book on Your TBR?

7 november 2024 | 32 min

Ep 383 - Holiday Reads and Help for Mood Readers!

31 oktober 2024 | 34 min

Ep 382 - Monsters and Demons + Tips on Recommending Books!

24 oktober 2024 | 40 min

Ep 381 - Book Hangover Cures + Tom Ryan!

17 oktober 2024 | 50 min

Ep 380 - Is This Book Buzzy or a Modern Classic?

10 oktober 2024 | 38 min

Ep 379 - Mo’ Book Clubs, Mo’ Problems

3 oktober 2024 | 42 min

Ep 378 - Autumn’s Hottest Books!

26 september 2024 | 47 min

Brea and Mallory name their most anticipated books for October and November! Plus, they discuss a book tech problem about ex libris stickers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

Hum by Helen Phillips

Summers End by Juneau Black

OCTOBER

The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch
Red White and Royal Blue meets the Nightmare before Christmas

Coup de Grace by Sofia Ajram
Queer horror, Montreal, time loop, psychological

The Bog Wife by Kay Caronister
Horror, Appalachian gothic, siblings, supernatural bargain, family, nature magic

The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin
YA horror, sisterhood, Vancouver, ghosts, demons

Killer House Party by Lily Anderson
YA horror, haunted mansion house party goes bad, ghosts

The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudora

Horror, short story collection, surreal, subversive

This Cursed House by Del Sandeen
Historical horror, Southern gothic, 1960s New Orleans, curses, family secrets

Red in Tooth and Claw by Lish McBride
YA horror, Western, fantasy, monsters, remote frontier town

Uncanny: The Origins of Fear by Junji Ito
Non fiction, memoir

All the Hearts You Eat by Hailey Piper
Queer horror, small town mysteries, folklore, ghosts, occult

American Rapture by CJ Leede
Sci fi horror, apocalyptic, virus sweeping across country

Where the Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh
Horror, possession, ghosts, Nigeria, murder, family drama, secrets

Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews
Queer YA horror, psychological, monsters, woods, art

Marigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun, translated by Shanna Tan
Speculative fiction, magic laundromat that erases people’s painful memories

Impractical Magic by Emily Grimoire

Witchy romance, grumpy/sunshine, slow burn, small town, cozy

Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London
Queer horromance, vampires, fantasy, rom-com

Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi
Romantasy, food magic, kitchen witch, Halloween

Jasmine is Haunted by Mark Oshiro

Queer middle grade fantasy, ghosts, grief, friendship

The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
Fantasy, demons, angels, epic love story, history

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara

Fantasy, grim reapers and souls, stressed out mom solving a mystery

How to Help a Hungry Werewolf by Charlotte Stein
Horromance, cozy, small town, witch + werewolf

Gentlest of Wild Things by Sarah Underwood
Sapphic romantasy, mysteries, myth, Eros and Psyche retelling, vampire

The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones
YA fantasy, magical competition, monsters, a hunt

A Pirate’s Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne
Romantasy, lesbian pirates, enemies to lovers

A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang
Fantasy, womanhood, kingdoms warring, spies

The Night Mother by Jeremy Lambert and Alexa Sharpe

The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling
Witchy Yuletide romance

The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo
Literary fantasy, motherhood, magic, search for a lost child, 1940s Texas

The Crescent Moon Tea Room by Stacy Sivinski
Fantasy, 3 clairvoyant sisters, family curse

The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche
Historical fantasy, witches, gem magic, mystery, 1300s Italy

Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim, translated by Anton Hur
Epic fantasy, empire run on necromancy, magic

Swordcrossed by Freya Marske
Gay romantasy, low stakes, enemies to lovers, bodyguard

The Stars are Dying by Chloe C. Peñaranda
Romantasy, dark fantasy, Greek myths, vampires

Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy
Queer romantasy, magic forest, curses, sorcerer and his rival

Legend of the White Snake by Sher Lee

Queer YA romantasy, Chinese fairytale retelling, romance

If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens
Horromance, Scotland, haunted castles, enemies to lovers writers

The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke

Fantasy short story set in the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
Fantasy, third in series

Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer
4th in series

Run by Blake Crouch
Sci fi, apocalyptic thriller, rage epidemic

Metal from Heaven by August Clarke
Queer fantasy, lesbian revenge, class warfare

Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
Sci fi, time bending, puzzles, sixty protagonists

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah Dawson
Sci fi horror, thriller, secluded artist’s colony, murder, secrets

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. Parry
Historical fantasy, fairies, curses and spells, magic, 1920s England, friendship

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
Fantasy, mage school, ancient secrets, misogyny

The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond
Fantasy, sequel

The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
Queer sci fi, cat sidekick, space travel/exploration

The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide by Cody Daigle-Orians
Non fiction

Women’s Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery
Queer literary fiction, 1960s NYC, funny

How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Ekland? by Anna Montague
Literary fiction, lesbian awakening, roadtrip, grief, funny

Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta
Queer horrormance, small town, sexy, monsters (not sexy monsters)

The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan
Mystery, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone meets The Goonies, seaside town, family secrets, secret societies

The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni
Thriller, sequel

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

Rough Pages by L.C. Rosen
Mystery, sequel

Much Ado About Margaret by Madeleine Roux

Regency romance, publishing, scandal, mistaken identities

The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes
Historical Greek myth retelling, Oedipus and Antigone

NOVEMBER

I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call by Jamison Shea
Queer YA horror, sequel

Dead Girls Don’t Dream by Nino Cipri
Queer YA horror, scary woods, magic, small town, legends, rituals

Versailles by Kathryn Davis
Historical fiction, Marie Antoinette retelling

Taiwan Travelogue by Shuang-zi Yang, translated by Lin King
Historical fiction, sapphic, Taiwan, 1930s

The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews
Historical romance, horse girl

Vanishing Treasures by Katherine Rundell
Nonfiction, animals on the verge of extinction

The Dead of Winter by Sarah Clegg
Nonfiction, history, folklore of Krampus and other Yuletide monsters

City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim
Literary, ballet, broken dreams, Russia

Lowest Common Denominator by Pirkko Saisio, translated by Mia Spangenburg
Queer historical literary fiction, coming of age, Finland

Interstellar Megachef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Sci fi, gay Masterchef in space

Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher
Queer historical fantasy, granddaughter of Robin Hood

Thanks for Listening by Molly Horan
Ace romance, YA, high school, secret advice app

Leap by Simina Popescu
YA graphic novel, queer ballerinas at a boarding school

Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar
If the Taste video by Sabrina Carpenter was a book, sapphic YA romance

Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June
YA gay Christmas romance

Wake Up, Nat and Darcy by Kate Cochrane
Sapphic hockey romance, rivals to lovers

The Legacy of Arniston House by T.L. Huchu

We Shall be Monsters by Alyssa Wees
Fantasy, fairies, witches, moms + daughters

Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley
Romantasy, fairies, fae court, deadly trials, monsters, secret rebellion

Breath of Oblivion by Maurice Broaddus
Sci fi, second in trilogy, Black Panther meets The Expanse

The Lotus Empire by Tasha Suri
Fantasy, third in trilogy, epic

The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson
Romantasy, horny fairies, monsters, magic

Red Sonja: Consumed by Gail Simone
Epic fantasy novel

The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso
Sapphic epic fantasy, romance, time magic

Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
Fifth in series

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
Fantasy, found family magical cat, motley crew, fortune telling

Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch
Mystery, grumpy pony protagonist, murder, feel-good

Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney
Thriller, forensic science, serial killer, teen protagonist, small town

A Trinket for the Taking by Victoria Laurie
Historical cozy fantasy mystery, 1840s Copenhagen, magic detective

Darkly by Marisha Pessl
YA thriller, game design, murder, puzzles

Ep 377 - How to Find Someone Reading the Same Book as You

19 september 2024 | 36 min

Ep 376 - Gay and Spooky - Queer Horror Rex!

12 september 2024 | 37 min

Ep 375 - Sexy Spreadsheets - Testing the CAWPILE System

5 september 2024 | 33 min

Ep 374 - The Best Book Rating Systems + Huge News!

29 augusti 2024 | 36 min

Ep 373 - Top Glasser Books of the 21st Century!

22 augusti 2024 | 35 min

Ep 372 - So Much Sand - Favorite Summer Books!

15 augusti 2024 | 41 min

Ep 371 - Stop Picking Up the Wrong Books!

8 augusti 2024 | 32 min

Ep 370 - A New Fake World - Reading Appeal Factors

1 augusti 2024 | 33 min

Ep 369 - Most Anticipated Books for August and September!

25 juli 2024 | 37 min

Brea and Mallory talk about their most anticipated books for August and September, test out coaster bookmarks, and give advice for people who hate hardcovers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

Loneliness and Company by Charlee Dyroff

The Girl Who Slept with God by Val Brelinski

August

There is a Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes Jr
SFF short stories

Jellyfish Have No Ears by Adele Rosenfeld, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman
Literary fiction about deafness

There’s Nothing Wrong With Her by Kate Weinburg

Literary fiction, mental health, funny, chronic illness, speculative

Hum by Helen Phillips
Sci fi thriller, dystopian, marriage, motherhood, selfhood

The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

Literary fiction, funny, bird protagonist

We Were Pretending by Hannah Gersen
Literary fiction, female friendship, mushrooms, Canada

Times Agent by Brenda Peynado

Grief, motherhood, late stage capitalism and pocket worlds (a geographically small world hidden within our reality)

Clickbait by Holly Baxter

Debut literary fiction, hilarious, life falling apart

The Italy Letters by Vi Khi Nao

Queer literary fiction, epistolary, Las Vegas, queer love

Godzilla and the Song Bird by Manzu Islam

Historical fiction, Bangladesh, brothers, cinema

There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

Historical fiction, multiple timelines, Gilgamesh

The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable

Historical fiction, music, violins, Venice, 1700s

Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia

Literary short stories set in the desert

One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun, translated by Jung Yewon

SFF, magical realism, Seoul, capitalism

The Sunforce by Sascha Stronach

Queer fantasy, sequel to The Dawnhounds

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Queer romance, two disaster bisexual exes on a European tour

How to Leave the House by Nathan Newman

Gay literary fiction, small town secrets, quirky characters

The Palace of Eros by Caro de Robertis
Queer Greek myth retelling of Psyche and Eros

Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
Queer romantasy, murder mystery on a magical ship

Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore
Queer spooky romance, ghosts

Wild Failure by Zoe Whitall

Queer feminist short stories

The Other Ones by Fran Hart

YA spooky queer romance

Rise and Divine by Lana Harper

Lesbian witch romance

Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters

Gay YA romance, Los Angeles

A Bahn Mi for Two by Trinity Nguyen

YA sapphic foodie romance

A Grand Love - Stories for Grandparents of Trans Grandchildren by Janna Barkin

Nonfiction

Queer as Folklore - The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters by Sasha Coward
Nonfiction

Confounding Oaths by Alexis Hall

Gay romantasy, historical

Hers for the Weekend by Helena Greer
Sapphic opposites-attract romance, fake dating

Come Out, Come Out by Natalie C. Parker
Queer YA horror, trans characters, ghosts

Full Shift by Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton

Queer YA graphic novel, werewolves

You’re the Problem, It’s You by Emma R. Alban

Gay enemies-to-lovers Victorian romance

The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson

Folk horror, small town, female rage

The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee-Ya

YA horror, queer, small town, an Entity

Helga by Catherine Yu

YA horror, satire, science experiment makes a girl and she escapes into the world

Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen

Horror, Chinese mythology, returning to a small town

The Madness by Dawn Kurtagich

Horror, feminist Dracula retelling

The Volcano Daughters by Gina Maria Balibrera

Historical fiction, sisterhood, El Salvador, California, Paris, ghosts

Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson

Fantasy, magical island, witches, demons, polyamory, myths

The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins

Historical fiction, gothic, powerful family, magic silk, 1800s

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

Feminist Macbeth retelling

Peggy by Rebecca Godfrey

Imagined life of Peggy Guggenheim

The Story Collector by Evie Woods

Historical fiction, book about books, Ireland, small town, fairies (not horny ones)

The Seventh Veil by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Historical fiction, 1950s Hollywood

The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard
Historical Fantasy, 1910s, cat who becomes a ghost who witnesses history

Truly Madly Magically by Hazel Beck

Book 3 of Witchlore Series

Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud

Horror novella, historical sci fi, hospital experiments

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Sci fi, cat sidekick, veteran protagonist, trapped in a fantasy dungeon video game

Asunder by Kerstin Hall

Fantasy, Sabriel meets Witch King

She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor
West African SFF novella in the Who Fears Death universe

The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki, translated by Jesse Kirkwood

Japanese cozy fantasy, talking cats, magic coffee shop

A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire by Sarah Hawley

Supernatural romance, werewolves, vampires

Glass Houses by Madeline Ashby

Sci fi thriller, AI, deserted island, women in tech, near future whodunit

The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. Maclean

Romantasy, cozy, magic zoo

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark

Fantasy novella, gods, assassins, magic city

The Coven by Harper L. Woods

Vampire romantasy

Strange Folk by Alli Dyer

Fantasy, Appalachia, magic estranged family, debut

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

Fantasy, Goose Girl reimagining, Brothers Grimm, magic, murder

Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis

Sci fi novella, sexy space heist

The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood

Historical sci fi, time traveling, genetics

Bite by Bill Schutt
Micro history of teeth

I Want to Die But I Still Want to Eat Tteobokki by Baek Sehee, translated by Anton Hurr

Nonfiction, sequel

Everyday Rituals by Pearl Katz

Nonfiction about the power of routine and ritual

Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallow Marlowe

Debut romance, cryptid hunter and producer learn to fall in love again while looking for Mothman and aliens

Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks

Opposites attract romance with a mortician and a widow

Dark Restraint by Katee Roberts

Smutty minotaur/Ariadne romance

Second Tide’s The Charm by Chandra Blumberg
Second chance marine biologist romance, sharks!!!

The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

Workplace Native rom-com

Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha
Poly romantasy, sexy people fighting ancient evil

House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias

Thriller, coming of age, teens seeking vengeance for a murder

The Antique Store Detective by Clare Chase
Cozy mystery, small town, antiques

Better Left Buried by Mary E. Roach
YA thriller, teen girls solving mysteries in an abandoned amusement park

Eye of the Beholder by Emma Bamford
Thriller, inspired by Vertigo, Scottish highlands, beauty industry

Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson
YA mystery, historical island mansion, queer

Wordhunter by Stella Sands
Mystery, detective with uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns

Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown
Thriller, secret society, upper class secrets

Dear Hanna by Zoje Stage

Follow up to Baby Teeth

I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell

Mystery, advice columnist solving her predecessor’s murder

Highway Thirteen by Fiona McFarlane

Interconnected short stories about the same serial killer

Talking to Stranger by Fiona Barton
Thriller, detective and reporter racing each other to a solve a murder

We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft
Thriller, vampires, toxic female friendship, 1970s London disco scene

Scrap by Calla Henkel
Thriller, true crime obsessed artist hired by insanely wealthy family with dark secrets

The Naturalist’s Daughter by Tea Cooper

Historical thriller, platypus mystery!!!

September

Babe in the Woods by Julie Heffernan

Graphic novel, literary, motherhood, lost in the woods, memory

We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida, translated by E. Madison Shimoda

Literary fiction, Japanese, healing power of cats

Dawnland by Tess Callahan

Literary fiction, Cape Cod, family secrets

Where the Forest Meets the River by Shannon Bowring
Queer literary fiction, Maine, small town, grief

Please Fear Me by Jennifer Love
Queer literary fiction, teen runaway, circus, coming of age

Still Life by Katherine Packet Burke
Queer literary fiction, queer friendship, trans characters, womanhood

Playground by Richard Powers
Literary fiction, multiple POVs, ocean setting

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
YA thriller, trans protagonist, Appalachia, classism, ghosts

Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas
Book 2 of Sunbearer duology

This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinka
YA poly romantasy, magic, fairytales

Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner
YA trans horror, small town, monster, sacrifice

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea

The World is Not Yours by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Sci fi novella, space horror

Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy

Witchy YA sapphic romance

A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

Dark academia sapphic romantasy

At the End of the River Styx by Michelle Kulwicki
Queer YA Horror, curses, monsters

Love and Sportsball by Meka James
Sapphic sports romance

Flamboyants - The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I’d Known by George M. Johnson

Nonfiction

The Haunting of Moscow House by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

Gothic horror, historical Russia, haunted house

The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal
Horror, Iceland, grief, possession

So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
Horror, vampires, female satisfaction

Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne

YA horror, doppelgangers

Ruin Road by Lamar Giles
YA horror, curses, high school

Dearest by Jacquie Walters
Stressed mom horror

We Are Hunted by Tomi Oyemakinde
YA horror, White Lotus meets Jurassic Park

The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig

YA horromance, dark fairytale

Sweetest Darkness by Leslie Lutz
YA horror, psychic teen, abandoned hotel

Devils Kill Devils by Johnny Compton

Horror, Southern gothic, demons, angels

In the Garden of Monsters by Crystal King
Historical fiction, Hades and Persephone retelling, gothic romance, evil garden

What We Sacrifice for Magic by Andrea Jo DeWera
Historical fiction, witches, 1960s, Minnesota, family, small town

The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk

Historical fiction, 1913, Poland, WWI, sanitarium

The Vampire of Kings Street by Asha Greyling

Historical fantasy, 1800s New York, vampires, law

The Light Between Us by Elaine Chiew

Historical speculative romance, 1920s Singapore

The Booklover’s Library by Madeline Martin
Historical fiction, London, mother-daughter relationship, books

The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Historical fiction, 1700s Wales, gothic, isolated estate, secrets

The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods
Historical thriller, 1890s Minneapolis, woman banding together to stand a serial killer

The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi, translated by Jesse Kirkwood
Cozy Japanese fantasy, magical photo studio, afterlife

Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood

Debut cozy fantasy, witches, burnout

Bringer of Dust by J.M. Miro

Sequel to Ordinary Monsters

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Sci fi epic, space, aliens, politics

An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson
Dark academia, magic school, dark fantasy

We Need No Wings by Ann Davila Cardinal
Fantasy, grief, love, flying

The Scarlet Throne by Amy Leow

Political epic fantasy, talking cats, demons, power and corruption

Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
Sci fi, world with no white people

This Will be Fun by E. B. Asher
Cozy quest romantasy, Prince Bride comp, friendship

Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
Fantasy, Dracula retelling, gothic

Bright I Burn by Molly Aitken
Historical fantasy, Ireland, witches

Vilest Things by Chloe Gong

Sequel to Immortal Longings

Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker

Horror, ghosts, reality show, TV production, new adult

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
Fantasy, magic, hope

The Cottage Around the Corner by D.L. Soria

Romantasy, mage-witch rivalry, rom com, small town

The Village Library Demon Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner
Librarian solving supernatural murders

The Midnight Club by Margot Harrison
Fantasy, dark academia, friend reunion

Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente
Sequel to Space Opera

Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik

Fantasy short stories

Horror for Weenies by Emily C. Hughes
Nonfiction, crash course in horror movies

The Extinction of Experience by Christine Losen
Nonfiction, how to experience being human in a digital world

Bone of the Bone by Sarah Smarsh
Nonfiction, essays on the working class

Magically Black and Other Essays by Jerald Walker

Nonfiction on Black culture

By the Fire We Carry by Rebecca Nagle
Nonfiction, fight for Native land

Book and Dagger by Elyse Graham

Nonfiction, WWII librarian spies

The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers
Bookish second chance romance

Sunshine and Spice by Aurora Palit
Opposites attract fake dating, cooking

My Vampire Plus One by Jenna Levine
Fake dating rom-com with a vampire

A Jingle Bell Mingle by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Christmas rom-com, forced proximity

The Worst Duke in London by Amalie Howard

Historical romance, Bridgerton meets 10 Things I Hate About You

The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel
Mystery, old friends reunite in a Hitchcock-themed hotel, murder

Guide Me Home by Attica Locke
Third in Highway 59 trilogy

Where They Last Saw Her by Marcie R. Rendon

Thriller, Native woman solving disappearances and murder

Passiontide by Monique Roffey
Thriller, local island women banding together to solve murder

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Father/daughter murder solving, thriller

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath and Hassan Otsmane Elhaou
Graphic novel thriller, Richard Scarry meets Dexter

William by Mason Coile
Sci fi thriller, cyber noir, psychological thriller, house haunted by AI

Bitter is the Heart by Mina Hardy
Horror, generational trauma, evil mom

The Curse of the Dead Man’s Diamond by Christyne Morrell

Middle grade mystery, haunted manor, ghosts

Snake Oil by Kelsey Rae Dimburg

Literary thriller, wellness culture, female ambition

The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-Kia
Thriller, satire, celebrity culture, obsession

The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard
Mystery, granddaughter of a serial killer must solve copy cat murder

Ep 368 - Dealing With Bad Book Opinions with Jordan Morris!

18 juli 2024 | 56 min

Ep 367 - Worms for Pencils and All the Types of Fantasy!

11 juli 2024 | 30 min

Ep 366 - Reading Buzzy Books and Cone Fingers

4 juli 2024 | 37 min

Ep 365 - Can You Convert a Non-Reader? Plus Jeremy Lambert!

27 juni 2024 | 43 min

Ep 364 - Best Books of the Year Halftime Show!

20 juni 2024 | 42 min

Ep 363 - Books Set in a Country You’ve Never Been To + Book Muscles!

13 juni 2024 | 37 min

Ep 362 - Gateway Fantasy Rex! Plus Honker Reading Tips

6 juni 2024 | 43 min

Ep 361 - Ep 361 - How to Budget Your Book Money + Alonso Duralde & Hollywood Pride!

30 maj 2024 | 47 min

Ep 360 - Overcoming Content Warnings and Crappy Stickers

23 maj 2024 | 35 min

Ep 359 - A Date with Bugs: Tips for Reading in Public

16 maj 2024 | 33 min

Ep 358 - Debut Novels and Shopping for an eReader!

9 maj 2024 | 41 min

Ep 357 - Angry Robots and Queerd Fiction - the Hottest Books for Summer!

2 maj 2024 | 42 min

Brea and Mallory pick their most anticipated books for June and July. Plus, they discuss books they love that aren’t in their wheelhouses. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Stagtown by Punko

Puzzleheart by Jenn Reese

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Long Division by Kiese Laymon

June

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
Coming back for one last job, art heist in space

Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
Literary, Maine, family, small town secrets

One Star Romance by Laura Hankin
Romance, enemies to lovers, publishing, academia

Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood -
Romance, women in STEM, business, secret affair

Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope
Historical fantasy, gods and myths, woman on a journey, ancient magic

Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
Literary, romance, astronomy, friendship, mystery, science

Lady Eve’s Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow
Queer sci fi romance, be gay do space crimes

Dancers of the Dawn by Zulekha A. Afzal
YA fantasy, dance magic, desert setting, dancer assassins, adventure

Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire
Sequel to Middlegame

The Pecan Children by Quinn Connor
Small town horror, Southern US setting, sisters, folklore

We Speak Through the Mountain by Premee Mohamed
Sequel to The Annual Migration of Clouds

The Unrelenting Earth by Kritika H. Rao
Book 2 of The Rages Trilogy

The Phoenix Ballroom by Ruth Hogan
Literary, elderly widow reviving a community and her heart

Moonbound by Robin Sloan
Sci fi and fantasy, AI narrator, magic, journey

The Girl Who Kept the Castle by Ryan Graudin
Middle grade fantasy, dragons, magic castles, cat character, magic competition

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
Sci fi, reincarnation, friendship, time stuff

The Cautious Traveler’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
Historical fantasy, train trip, magic, monsters, friends

Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima
Short stories, speculative fiction, strange

Darkness and Demon Song by M.R. Founet
Middle grade horror, monsters, forbidden spells, moms, Southern US setting

Please Stop Trying to Leave by Alana Saab
Literary, surreal, lesbian, mental illness, healing

Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez
Literary, queer, coming of age, immigrant story, mother relationship

Hot Summer by Elle Everheart
Lesbian romance, reality show, comedy

The Lion’s Den by Iris Mwanza
Historical queer legal thriller

Six of Sorrow by Amanda Lismeir
Queer YA horror, small town, friendships, Yellowjackets comp

Unexploded Remnants by Elaine Gallagher
Queer sci fi, space, AI, woman on a journey

A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell
Trans historical romance on the British seaside

Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet by Molly Morris
Queer literary fiction, ghosts, resurrection, friendship, California

All Friends are Necessary by Tomas Moniz
Queer literary fiction, queer community, found family, Washington

Director’s Cut by Carlyn Greenwald
Lesbian romance, Hollywood, academia, rivals to lovers

The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza
Gay luchadores!!!!!, family, Mexico City, Los Angeles, 1980s, literary

Make It Count by Cece Telfer
Trans sports memoir, running, Olympics

Cicada Summer by Erica McKeen
Literary, queerd (queer + weird) fiction, book about a book, grief

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron
Historical fiction, queer lady pirate

But How Are You Really by Ella Dawson
Romance, disaster bisexuals, found family

Triple Sec by TJ Alexander
Queer poly romance, cocktail bars, NYC

We Could Be Heroes by Philip Ellis
Gay romance, Hollywood, drag, acting

The Future Was Color by Patrick Nathan
Gay historical fiction, 1950s Hollywood, LA, NYC, Las Vegas

Blessings by Chukwebuka Ibeh
Literary fiction, gay, new adult, coming of age, Nigeria

youthjuice by E.K. Sathue
Horror, satire, NYC, beauty industry

The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monica Kim
Horror, female serial killer

I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNichol
Memoir, female pursuit of pleasure

Traveling by Ann Powers
Joni Mitchell biography

Swimming Pretty by Vicki Valosik
History of women and swimming

Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Abike Iyimide and Adiba Jaigirdar
Romance, ex-best friends to lover, holiday celebration

Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb
Romance, bird book

Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen
Romance, fat protagonist, funny

How to Age Disgracefully by Claire Pooley
Senior romance, funny, community

The Lonely Hearts Trivia Night by Lauren Farnsworth
Romance, London, friendship, trivia

A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd
Historical romance, Romeo and Juliet reimagining

Swift River by Essie Chambers
Literary, new adult, 1980s, New England, family saga, mother and daughter, family secrets

Bright and Tender Dark by Joanna Peason
Literary, murder, college campus, urban legends, debut

Bear by Julia Philips
Literary, sisters, family, mysterious creature in the woods

Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
Literary, family drama

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
Horror, multiple timelines, surreal, filmmaking

Once Upon a Fever by Angharad Walker
YA sci fi thriller, world where emotions are thought to cause disease

Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell
YA thriller, murder, debut

Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter
Thriller, debut, sister’s disappearance, social media, dark corners of the internet

The Unwedding by Ally Condie
Thriller, White Lotus meets Agatha Christie

One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon
Thriller, Get Out meets The Stepford Wives

What Fire Brings by Rachel Howzell Hall
Thriller, writer searching for missing friend, Los Angeles

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
Thriller, locked room murder mystery, luxury resort

Death in the Air by Ram Murali
Mystery, debut, locked room, Knives Out meets Crazy Rich Asians

That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk
Locked room mystery in a library, college, dark academia

Icon and Inferno by Marie Lu
YA mystery romance, secret agents

Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
Horror, family, motherhood

Moral Injuries by Christie Watson
Psychological thriller, friendships, medicine, revenge

Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell
Debut thriller, serial killer

July

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
Horror, slasher, 1980s, Texas

The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani
Queer thriller, Kill Bill meets Thelma and Louise

The Ghost Keeper by Johanna Taylor
Queer YA graphic novel, gothic horror romance, ghosts

Exes and Foes by Amanda Woody
YA queer romance, competition

So Witches We Became by Jill Baguchinsky
Queer YA horror, witches, female rage

No Road Home by John Fram
Queer thriller, Texas, family secrets

Queen B by Juno Dawson
Next in Her Majesty’s Royal Coven

You Had Me At Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky
Gay romance, mixology, Pennsylvania

Nicked by M.T. Anderson
Debut, queer historical fantasy, medieval heist

Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam Sass
YA gay romance, vineyard summer job, rose festival

Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna
Queer literary fiction, London, new adult, sexy, funny

A Rose by Any Other Name by Mary McMyne
Queer fantasy, Shakespeare retelling, occult romance

Toward Eternity by Anton Hur
Queer sci fi, bio tech, nano-tech, meaning of life

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
Queer horror, Hollywood

Misrecognition by Madison Newbound
Queer new adult literary fiction, funny, debut, sexuality

Portrait of a Shadow by Meriam Metoui
YA horror romance, mystery, family secrets

Our Wicked Histories by Amy Goldsmith
YA horror, Ireland, estranged friends, creepy house

The Road to the Salt Sea by Samuel Kolawole
Literary, hotel, man on a journey, class, immigration

House of Shades by Lianne Dillsworth
Historical fiction, Victorian London, female doctor, secrets

The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton
Historical fantasy, romance, magic, birds, rom com, competition, England

The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames
Historical thriller, Italy, 1960s, village full of secrets, romance

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula Brackston
Historical fantasy, Victorian England, ghosts, library

A Lethal Lady by Nekesa Afria
Historical mystery, Paria, perfume, murder

The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux by M.J. Robotham
Historical fiction, Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo readalike

My Lady’s Secrets by Katy Moran
Historical fiction, regency England, spies, romance

Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi
Historical fantasy, Persephone retelling, court intrigue

Teddy by Emily Dunlay
Debut historical fiction, Mad Men meets Lessons in Chemistry

They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar
Literary fiction, epic family saga, family and identity

Liars by Sarah Manguso
Literary fiction, motherhood, marriage, art

Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca Segal
Literary fiction, heart warming, island in the South Atlantic, funny, quirky, community

The Coin by Yasmin Zaher
Literary fiction, NYC, teacher, a woman unraveling

Let Me Liberate You by Andie Davis
Literary fiction, satire about activism and privilege

Tell It to Me Singing by Tita Ramirez
Literary fiction, Cuban American family drama, debut, secrets, twisty

Smothermoss by Alisa Alering
Literary, 1980s, Appalachia, sisters, monsters, weird fiction

Mysterious Setting by Kazushige Abe, translated by Michael Emmerich
Japanese novella, funny and dark, sibling competition

The Losts Souls of Benzaiten by Kelly Murashige
YA sci fi, Japanese mythology, mental health, robot vacuum cleaner

In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundiran
Epic fantasy novella, visions, priestesses, cosmic war

A Certain Kind of Starlight by Heather Webber
Fantasy, magic, small town, friendship

The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill
Epic contemporary fantasy, Texas, magic, monsters, friendship

The Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra Bracken
Sequel to Silver in the Bone

My Mother Cursed My Name by Anamely Salgado Reyes
Magical realism, generational trauma, grief, family saga

One Year Ago in Spain by Evelyn Skye
Magical realism romance, second chance romance, ghosts and souls

Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard
Found family space opera romance

Daughters of Chaos by Jen Fawkes
Queer historical fantasy, Civil War era Nashville, female rage, powers, cult

The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
Romantasy, magical world, disappearances

The Melancholy of Untold History by Minsoo Kang
East-Asian inspired fantasy saga, gods and myths

The Second Son by Adrienne Tooley
Sequel

Grief in the Fourth Dimension by Jennifer Yu
Spec fic YA, death and afterlife

The Book of Elsewhere by China Mieville and Keanu Reeves
Genre bendy spec fic

Primal Mirror by Nalini Singh
Romantasy, family secrets, telepaths

All This and More by Peng Shepard
Choose your own adventure fantasy

The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons
High fantasy, heist with dragons

Quickly, While They Still Have Horses by Jan Carson
Spec fic short stories

The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miya Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun Lee
Cozy Korean fantasy

The Great Hemisphere by Mateo Askaripour
Sci fi, invisible protagonist

Illustrated Girl by Josephine Angelin
YA cozy fantasy

Women in the Valley of the Kings by Kathleen Shepard
Feminist Egyptology history

Meet the Neighbors by Brandon Keim
Science of animal intelligence

Jewel Me Twice by Charish Reid
Steamy heist romance, second chances, Europe trip

The Widow on Dwyer Court by Lisa Kusel
Sexy psychological thriller, writer protagonist

Body Check by Elle Kennedy
Spicy hockey rom-com

Just Playing House by Farah Heron
Romance, forced proximity, second chances, celebrity romance

Look in the Mirror by Catherine Steadman
Thriller, inheritance with a cost, mansion in the British Virgin Islands

The Woman in the Garden by Jill Johnson
Botanical poison murder mystery, plants, London

Bright Objects by Ruby Todd
Thriller, debut, astronomy, romance, murder, a comet

The Astrology House by Carinn Jade
Thriller, astrology, debut, wealthy retreat, secrets

The Bang Bang Sisters by Rio Youers
Thriller, all girl vigilante rock band

The Wilds by Sarah Pearse
Chilling thriller, vanish twin, Portuguese national park, mysterious map

It’s Elementary by Elise Bryant
Mystery romance, missing principal, elementary school politics

The Hollywood Assistant by May Cobb
Thriller, Hollywood, murder, famous family and their secrets

Summer’s End by Juneau Black
Next Shady Hollow book

Docile by Hyesseung Song
Memoir about being a daughter of Korean immigrants, mental illness, subverting model minority myth

Dateable by Jessica Slice and Caroline Cupp
Guide to dating for disabled people

Ep 356 - Tips and Tricks for Managing Your Giant TBR

25 april 2024 | 34 min

Ep 355 - Manageable Chunk Style - Books with Short Chapters

18 april 2024 | 40 min

Ep 354 - Library Browsing Can Improve Your Reading Life

11 april 2024 | 31 min

Ep 353 - Check Yourself Before You Rex Yourself - Book Friend Dilemmas and Gay Cowboys!

4 april 2024 | 37 min

Ep 352 - Books to Get You Into EVERY Genre!

28 mars 2024 | 52 min

BONUS TEASER - Reading Shows from the 80s and 90s

25 mars 2024 | 12 min

Ep 351 - How To Read BETTER!

21 mars 2024 | 49 min

Go Fact Yourself #MaxFunDrive Kick-off Spectacular featuring Danielle Radford, John-Luke Roberts, Brea Grant, and Mallory O'Meara

18 mars 2024 | 17 min

Ep 350 - Books That Represent You As a Reader

14 mars 2024 | 43 min

Ep 349 - Hot Genre Alert - Horromance! And Hot Tub Reading!

7 mars 2024 | 39 min

Ep 348 - The Best Book Organization Systems

29 februari 2024 | 36 min

Ep 347 - Perks and Tricks for eReaders!

22 februari 2024 | 43 min

Ep 346 - Book Buying vs Book Reading, Plus Mike Chen!

15 februari 2024 | 51 min

Ep 345 - The State of the Readers - Reading One Percenters

8 februari 2024 | 47 min

Ep 344 - Varmints & Marmots - Books by Nonbinary Authors

1 februari 2024 | 47 min

Ep 343 - How to Find More Books You’ll Like

25 januari 2024 | 42 min

Ep 342 - Making Physical Books Better (Or Cuter)

18 januari 2024 | 36 min

Ep 341 - Hot Genre Alert - Romantasy

11 januari 2024 | 37 min

Ep 340 - Public Reader Number One - 2024 Reader Resolutions

4 januari 2024 | 36 min

Ep 339 - 2023 Challenge Review Plus 2024’s Challenge Reveal!

21 december 2023 | 40 min

Ep 338 - Best Books of 2023!

14 december 2023 | 59 min

Ep 337 - 30 Minutes From Horny Town to Cozy Town - Reading Holiday Books

7 december 2023 | 48 min

Ep 336 - 2023 Holiday Bookish Gift Guide

30 november 2023 | 43 min

Ep 335 - 3 Out of 8 Bears: Reading a Book Over a Long Period of Time

23 november 2023 | 39 min

Ep 334 - Appeal Factors to Help You Find Better Books

16 november 2023 | 46 min

Ep 333 - Sci Fi Books for Your Dads and Husbands

9 november 2023 | 40 min

Ep 332 - Become Liam Neeson - Getting Borrowed Books Back

2 november 2023 | 42 min

Ep 331 - How to Get Into New Book Formats

26 oktober 2023 | 40 min

Ep 330 - Readers Who Read… Too Much!

19 oktober 2023 | 39 min

Ep 329 - Hearing the Tinkling of the Fairies - Making Yourself Love a Genre

12 oktober 2023 | 39 min

Ep 328 - Disabled Protagonists and Troublesome Dragons with Sharon Emmerichs!

5 oktober 2023 | 59 min

Ep 327 - Kill-dren and Stressed Out Parent Horror with Clay McLeod Chapman

28 september 2023 | 64 min

Ep 326 - Don’t Light Your Book on Fire - Getting Stickers Off of Books

21 september 2023 | 45 min

Ep 325 - Haunted F*ckin Houses, Baby - Spooky Settings with Sarah Hollowell

14 september 2023 | 59 min

Ep 324 - Libraries Are So Cool - Attend a Library Event

7 september 2023 | 36 min

Ep 323 - Too Many Hobbies, Too Many Vitamins - How to Balance Your Reading Life

31 augusti 2023 | 36 min

Ep 322 - How to Get More From Audiobooks

24 augusti 2023 | 44 min

Ep 321 - How to Buy Books on Vacation

17 augusti 2023 | 36 min

Ep 320 - The Spoiler is Coming From Inside the Book!

10 augusti 2023 | 36 min

Ep 319 - The Favorite Book of Someone You Love & Do AI Book Recommenders Work?

3 augusti 2023 | 40 min

Ep 318 - Our Favorite Beach Reads!

27 juli 2023 | 39 min

Ep 317 - Can Readers Be TOO Picky?

20 juli 2023 | 39 min

Ep 316 - Guilt-Free Reading Time with Seanan McGuire

13 juli 2023 | 49 min

Ep 315 - The Sounds of a Fairy Cottage - Reading Background Music and Liz Kerin

6 juli 2023 | 42 min

Ep 314 - Best Books of the Year Halftime Show 2023

29 juni 2023 | 50 min

Ep 313 - Bookish Civil Disobedience - Little Free Library Drama

22 juni 2023 | 49 min

Ep 312 - Books for Grieving and Polyamorous Shelving

15 juni 2023 | 54 min

Ep 311 - Getting More from a Book with Author Interviews

8 juni 2023 | 38 min

Ep 310 - What to Do When a Book is… Just Okay

1 juni 2023 | 35 min

Ep 309 - Movies as Books - Novelizations and Tre’vell Anderson

25 maj 2023 | 51 min

Ep 308 - Books with a Side of Books: Why We Love Books about Books

18 maj 2023 | 45 min

Ep 307 - Spring Flowers and Winter Swords - Seasonal Reads

11 maj 2023 | 37 min

Ep 305 - Fan Fiction Counts as Real Books with Sarah Kuhn and Arielle Jovellanos

4 maj 2023 | 83 min

Ep 305 - Which Books to Bring on Vacation

27 april 2023 | 46 min

Ep 304 - How Giving a Book Another Chance Can Improve Your Reading Life

20 april 2023 | 50 min

Ep 303 - Are You a Mood Reader?

13 april 2023 | 41 min

Ep 302 - So Much Velvet - Dark Academia Reads

6 april 2023 | 38 min

Ep 301 - Best Books to Bust You Out of a Reading Slump

30 mars 2023 | 57 min

Ep 300! - Best of Reading Glasses - 300 Episode Extravaganza

23 mars 2023 | 57 min

Anticipated Books! (Teaser)

20 mars 2023 | 9 min

Ep 299 - That’s Not Sprite: How Your Thoughts on a Book Can Change

16 mars 2023 | 44 min

Ep 298 - How to Figure Out Your Doghouse

9 mars 2023 | 40 min

Ep 297 - Jackets or Cloaks? What Exactly is Literary Fiction? and Danielle and the Silent Book Club!

2 mars 2023 | 56 min

Ep 296 - Bookselves and Bookshelves with Rachel Koller Croft

23 februari 2023 | 44 min

Ep 295 - Hornytown, USA: Tracking Your Book Settings and Cody Daigle-Orians

16 februari 2023 | 42 min

Ep 294 - You Don’t Need a Tower - Worldbuilding with Annalee Newitz

9 februari 2023 | 53 min

Ep 293 - How to Deal with Post Book Sadness

2 februari 2023 | 43 min

Ep 292 - So Sexy - Why We Love Vampire Books with Mike Chen!

26 januari 2023 | 57 min

Ep 291 - The Novella and the Book Thief

19 januari 2023 | 40 min

Ep 290 - Captain of the Book Ship - Solving Your Book Club Problems

12 januari 2023 | 43 min

Ep 289 - Busting an ExXxtreme Book Slump

5 januari 2023 | 34 min

Ep 288 - 2022 In Reading + 2023 Challenge!

29 december 2022 | 35 min

Ep 287 - Re-Upload! Best Books of the Year 2022!

22 december 2022 | 84 min

Ep 286 - Snug as a Slug in a Rug - Cozy Reading Setups

15 december 2022 | 53 min

Ep 285 - Tempted by the Fruit of a Cover - Special Editions with Lauren Panepinto!

8 december 2022 | 59 min

Ep 284 - Reading Books and Watching Their Adaptations

1 december 2022 | 42 min

Ep 283 - Baby Got Backlist - Frontlist vs Backlist Books

24 november 2022 | 48 min

Ep 282 - Book Aesthetics - Jackets and Fancy Edges Galore

17 november 2022 | 45 min

Ep 281 - How To Figure Out Your Reading Doorway, and Travis Baldree!

10 november 2022 | 43 min

Ep 280 - Using Palate Cleanser Books To Refresh Your Brain

3 november 2022 | 44 min

Ep 279 - Halloween Sporror Special with Clay McLeod Chapman!

27 oktober 2022 | 55 min

Ep 278 - Soup, Bonfires, and Sweaters - Autumnal Books Galore with Lev Rosen!

20 oktober 2022 | 59 min

Ep 277 - Be A Book Reaper - How To Deal with Reading FOMO

13 oktober 2022 | 63 min

Ep 276 - Get Out Your Wool Socks - Cozy Reads

6 oktober 2022 | 52 min

Ep 275 - No Pamphlets! The Best Way to Mail Books

29 september 2022 | 51 min

Ep 274 - Ask Someone What They’re Reading

22 september 2022 | 37 min

Ep 273 - Bookstores - When You’re Here You’re Family

15 september 2022 | 55 min

Ep 272 - Dick Lit and Gendered Books with Constance Wu

8 september 2022 | 66 min

Ep 271 - Flat Bottomed Bags Make the Bookish World Go Round

1 september 2022 | 63 min

Ep 270 - How To Retain More of What You Read

25 augusti 2022 | 39 min

Ep 269 - Read Like You’ve Never Been Hurt Before - Unfinished Series

18 augusti 2022 | 39 min

Ep 268 - Don’t Have a Baby With This Book - Changing Reading Tastes

11 augusti 2022 | 37 min

Ep 267 - Don’t Get a Sunburn on Your Book - Tips for Outside Reading

4 augusti 2022 | 50 min

Ep 266 - The Best and Worst Reading Positions

28 juli 2022 | 38 min

Ep 265 - Like Cover Songs but Books - Why People Love Retellings

21 juli 2022 | 43 min

Ep 264 - How To Get in the Mood to Read

14 juli 2022 | 39 min

Ep 263 - Extreme Cottagecore - Amish Romances

7 juli 2022 | 47 min

Ep 262 - Best Books of the Year So Far!

30 juni 2022 | 47 min

Ep 261 - Not Beige - Book Apps You Need!

23 juni 2022 | 49 min

Ep 260 - Books with a Tan Line - Preserving Your Books and eReaders

16 juni 2022 | 42 min

Ep 259 - Your Main Book and Your Side Pieces - Reading Multiple Books At Once

9 juni 2022 | 39 min

Ep 258 - The Best Way to Track Your Reading

2 juni 2022 | 44 min

Ep 257 - How to Find Books Like Your Favorite Media with Tade Thompson

26 maj 2022 | 48 min

Ep 256 - Cozy but also Spicy - Who Makes the Genre Rules? With Glory Edim

19 maj 2022 | 38 min

Ep 255 - Book Rex for AAPI Heritage Month

12 maj 2022 | 35 min

Ep 254 - Weird Reader Behavior - Is It Really That Weird?

5 maj 2022 | 41 min

Ep 253 - Genre Curious? How To Try A Genre You’ve Never Read Before

28 april 2022 | 38 min

Ep 252 - Mighty Morphin’ Authors - Why Authors Use Pen Names

21 april 2022 | 37 min

Ep 251 - Don’t Forget the Barbarians - Reading the First in a Series

14 april 2022 | 41 min

Ep 250 - No More New Buttholes - What To Do When You Hated A Book

7 april 2022 | 39 min

Ep 249 - What’s the Ideal Amount of Time to Read For?

31 mars 2022 | 34 min

Ep 248 - Slow Readers and Fast Eaters

24 mars 2022 | 40 min

Ep 247 - Do Visual Novels Count as Books?

17 mars 2022 | 42 min

Ep 246 -Talking Bears and Long Roads - Finding Very Specific Books with Sara Gran!

10 mars 2022 | 39 min

Ep 245 - Being a Reader is So Sexy - Reader/Non Reader Couples

3 mars 2022 | 45 min

Ep 244 - Why Am I Reading This Book?!

24 februari 2022 | 37 min

Ep 243 - Are You Shelfrighteous? Bookklempt? Specific Words for Reader Feelings

17 februari 2022 | 49 min

Ep 242 - Queer Romances for Valentine’s Day!

10 februari 2022 | 38 min

Ep 241 - To Sleep or Not to Sleep - Should You Stay Up All Night with a Book?

3 februari 2022 | 47 min

Ep 240 - Don’t Bend The Space Rules - Unlikeable Characters and Mike Chen!

27 januari 2022 | 44 min

Ep 239 - How To Tie Your Shoes and Other Self Help Books

20 januari 2022 | 43 min

Ep 238 - What To Do With the Books You Got For Christmas

13 januari 2022 | 38 min

Ep 237 - Reading Glasses Challenge 2022 and New Years Reader Resolutions

6 januari 2022 | 39 min

Ep 236 - 2021 in Reading: Mom Books, Audiobooks and Virtual Events

30 december 2021 | 56 min

Ep 235 - Best Books of 2021!

16 december 2021 | 56 min

Ep 233 - Fonts, Margins and Deckled Edges, Oh My! Book Interiors with Lauren Panepinto

9 december 2021 | 73 min

Ep 232 - Pulling Books Out of a Hat - What Makes a Good Book Event

2 december 2021 | 39 min

Ep 231 - Trust Elves But Not Willy Wonka - Magic Food Books

25 november 2021 | 48 min

Ep 230 - Robots, Werewolves and Weird Sh*t - Books for Native American Heritage Month

18 november 2021 | 37 min

Ep 229 - 2021 Holiday Bookish Gift Guide

11 november 2021 | 49 min

Ep 228 - Give Tuesday a Reason to Shine - Why Books Come Out on Tuesdays

4 november 2021 | 39 min

Ep 227 - Horny Werewolves and Candlesticks in Books - Halloween 2021 with Maggie Tokuda-Hall

28 oktober 2021 | 55 min

Ep 226 - Microhistories and Girly Drinks!

21 oktober 2021 | 38 min

Ep 225 - Magic Spells to Give You More Time to Read

14 oktober 2021 | 41 min

Ep 224 - Comfort Reads and Comfort Chairs

7 oktober 2021 | 40 min

Ep 223 - Banned Books Week

30 september 2021 | 36 min

Ep 222 - Improving Your Reading Habits with Anne Bogel

23 september 2021 | 54 min

Ep 221 - Send That Monster to the Grocery Store and Cadwell Turnbull!

16 september 2021 | 56 min

Ep 220 - Gotta Get Back to Kansas - Characters on a Journey and Cassandra Khaw

9 september 2021 | 49 min

Ep 219 - What Books Are Coming Out? Plus Spooky Season Kickoff with Becky Spratford

2 september 2021 | 52 min

Ep 218 - How to Call a Book on the Phone and Tom Merritt

26 augusti 2021 | 46 min

Ep 217 - Enemies, Lovers, Chosen Ones - All About Tropes

19 augusti 2021 | 48 min

Ep 216 - How To Become a Book Dragon - Getting Books for Cheap

12 augusti 2021 | 41 min

Ep 215 - How to Dump Books without Dumping Social Justice Goals

5 augusti 2021 | 37 min

Ep 214 - How To Review A Book You Hated

29 juli 2021 | 39 min

Ep 213 - How To Read When You’re Stressed Out and Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn

22 juli 2021 | 53 min

Ep 212 - Book Sniffing and Jordan Morris and Tony Cliff talking Bubble!

15 juli 2021 | 62 min

Ep 211 - What Makes a Swiss Army Recommendation and Helenna Santos

8 juli 2021 | 53 min

Ep 210 - We Love Bookstores and Libraries

1 juli 2021 | 39 min

Ep 209 - Hot Gossip and Small Town Books

24 juni 2021 | 46 min

Ep 208 - When You Give a Mouse a Cookie and Books We Read As Kids

17 juni 2021 | 51 min

Ep 207 - How To Get Rid of Books You Don’t Want

10 juni 2021 | 48 min

Ep 206 - We Love Libraries! with T.L. Huchu

3 juni 2021 | 50 min

Ep 205 - What To Do When A Book Lets You Down

27 maj 2021 | 39 min

Ep 204 - Sarah Books

20 maj 2021 | 44 min

Ep 203 - Hair Brushing, Enchanted Forests and Swamp Sounds - How to Find the Right Background Noise for Reading

13 maj 2021 | 51 min

Ep 202 - How to Decide What to Read Next

6 maj 2021 | 72 min

Ep 201 - Eating A Good Book and Other Book Finishing Rituals and Silvia Moreno-Garcia!

29 april 2021 | 52 min

Dead Pilots Society - Space Bound Table Read

28 april 2021 | 49 min

Ep 200 - 200th Episode AMA Celebration!

22 april 2021 | 52 min

Ep 199 - Space Operas and Charlie Jane Anders!

15 april 2021 | 51 min

Ep 198 - Sh*ts, Giggles and Buying eBooks

8 april 2021 | 43 min

Ep 197 - If You Wanna Be My Bookmark, You Gotta Get In My Book

1 april 2021 | 41 min

Ep 196 - Getting Rex From the Library and Annabelle Gurwitch!

25 mars 2021 | 41 min

Ep 195 - Alert! We Got An Unreliable Narrator Situation!

18 mars 2021 | 41 min

Ep 194 - Reading Is… Reading and Annalee Newitz!

11 mars 2021 | 50 min

Ep 193 - Why We Love Being Stressed Out By Thrillers

4 mars 2021 | 41 min

Ep 192 - Poetry Cleared My Skin and Now I Can Do More Sit Ups

25 februari 2021 | 40 min

Ep 191 - I’ll Just Read the Book! Review a Book by a BIPOC Author

18 februari 2021 | 40 min

Ep 190 - Bookshelf Creeping

11 februari 2021 | 43 min

Ep 189 - What Takes Us Out of Books and Author Sylvain Neuvel

4 februari 2021 | 50 min

Ep 188 - What Do People Do in the Apocalypse? Hopeful Books and Mike Chen

28 januari 2021 | 54 min

Ep 187 - Magical Bread and Florida - Reader Wheelhouses 2021

21 januari 2021 | 40 min

Ep 186 - Hot from the Bible!

14 januari 2021 | 38 min

Ep 185 - 2021 Reader Resolutions

7 januari 2021 | 49 min

Ep 184 - A Ghost A Minute! A Thrill Ride! with Adam Sockel!

24 december 2020 | 59 min

Ep 183 - 2020 Reading Glasses Challenge and 2021 Announcement!

17 december 2020 | 49 min

Ep 182 - Best Books of 2020!!

10 december 2020 | 63 min

Ep 181 - Remote Gift Giving, Book Freaks, and Chelsea Devantez!

3 december 2020 | 51 min

Ep 180 - Alligators, Chimpanzees and Family Books, Oh My!

26 november 2020 | 47 min

Ep 179 - A Big Thanks to Google Docs - How To Make A Book Podcast

19 november 2020 | 50 min

Ep 178 - Survived the Titanic? Get a Ghostwriter!

12 november 2020 | 48 min

Ep 177 - The Writing Advice Episode

5 november 2020 | 56 min

Ep 176 - Find A Book You Love and Let It Kill and Megan Rosenbloom

29 oktober 2020 | 41 min

Ep 175 - A Hot Mug of Bookmarks in the Morning

22 oktober 2020 | 50 min

Ep 174 - No Pants, No Parking - Virtual Book Events

15 oktober 2020 | 35 min

Ep 173 - Gimme Those Chunks! How to Get Through Required Reading

8 oktober 2020 | 47 min

Ep 172 - How Do You Make A Graphic Novel?

1 oktober 2020 | 43 min

Ep 171 - AnnoTEAted Bags

24 september 2020 | 50 min

Ep 170 - Pandemic Reading

17 september 2020 | 40 min

EP 169 - Friendships in Books with Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman!

10 september 2020 | 48 min

Ep 168 - Donating Books In Pandemic World

3 september 2020 | 30 min

Ep 167 - Exiled To The Drawer

27 augusti 2020 | 44 min

Bonus! Anticipated Books for the Rest of 2020

25 augusti 2020 | 12 min

Ep 166 - Converting Books to Pizza and other Book Nostalgia

20 augusti 2020 | 49 min

Ep 165 - Who Is Writing These Questions? Reader Guides

13 augusti 2020 | 32 min

Ep 164 - How Does A Bird Work?

6 augusti 2020 | 50 min

Ep 163 - Authors: They Like to Eat

30 juli 2020 | 52 min

Ep 162 - Two First Names - Dad Books with Noah Segan

23 juli 2020 | 55 min

Ep 161 - Book Criminals with Rider Strong

16 juli 2020 | 61 min

Ep 160 - Aliens, Animals, Amoebas and Other Nonhuman Protagonists

9 juli 2020 | 43 min

Ep 159 - Downsizing? Divorcing? Death? Gimme Those Books!

2 juli 2020 | 41 min

Ep 158 - Harry Potter Readalikes That Aren’t Written By Trash Babies

25 juni 2020 | 40 min

Ep 157 - Read More Black Authors!

18 juni 2020 | 47 min

Ep 156 - How To Read Diversely Without Feeling Creepy

11 juni 2020 | 42 min

Ep 155 - So Horny! Romance Book Challenge with L.C. Rosen

4 juni 2020 | 52 min

Ep 154 - Don't Get Crumbs in Your Book Butt (aka THE SNACK EPISODE)!

28 maj 2020 | 43 min

Ep 153 - How To Focus on Reading During Quarantine

21 maj 2020 | 38 min

Ep 152 - Read A Book By A Woman of Color

14 maj 2020 | 33 min

Ep 151 - Your Book Doghouse

7 maj 2020 | 37 min

Ep 150 - I Am A 3D Puzzle and Ways To Help Bookstores

30 april 2020 | 36 min

Ep 149 - Recommending Books on Social Media and Hoarding Cookies

23 april 2020 | 37 min

Ep 148 - If You Love A Book, Let It Go

16 april 2020 | 37 min

Ep 147 - An Ice Bath, 72 Eggs and Speed Reading

9 april 2020 | 45 min

Ep 146 - Teddy Ruxpin Was The Original Audiobook

2 april 2020 | 34 min

Ep 145 - Share Your Fruit in the Apocalypse

26 mars 2020 | 43 min

Ep 144 - Hunker with A Honker: Reading in Isolation

19 mars 2020 | 52 min

Ep 143 - Just Being Weird - Specific Book Recommendations

12 mars 2020 | 34 min

Ep 142 - Dump That Book!

5 mars 2020 | 34 min

Ep 141 - Ask Your Horse Friends About New Releases

27 februari 2020 | 35 min

Ep 140 - We Heard You Like Book Podcasts and Overdue!

20 februari 2020 | 50 min

Ep 139 - What To Do When an Author Says Something Shitty

13 februari 2020 | 47 min

Ep 138 - Reading Books Set In Another Country

6 februari 2020 | 36 min

Ep 137 - Being Part of the Book Community and Riley Black!

30 januari 2020 | 36 min

Ep 136 - This Motherf**ker Was Picked By Oprah!

23 januari 2020 | 44 min

Ep 135 - Re-Reading Books and Mike Chen!

16 januari 2020 | 43 min

Ep 134 - Like Living Inside of Goodreads and Donna Freitas!

9 januari 2020 | 40 min

Ep 133 - Learning Things From Books and Courtenay Hameister!

2 januari 2020 | 45 min

Ep 132 - Our Best Books of the Year!

26 december 2019 | 47 min

Ep 131 - Not Enough Tub Reading - 2019 Reader Challenge and Tres Dean!

19 december 2019 | 50 min

Ep 130 - Murder Books with Wendy Heard

12 december 2019 | 54 min

Ep 129 - What Gets You To Pick Up A Book and Lindsey Dunn!

5 december 2019 | 45 min

Ep 128 - Power Moves and Trigger Warnings with Isa Mazzei!

28 november 2019 | 46 min

Ep 127 - Everyone’s Just Doing Their Best and Zoraida Cordova and Dhonielle Clayton!

21 november 2019 | 55 min

Ep 126 - Yelp for Books with Sarah Enni!

14 november 2019 | 52 min

Ep 125 - Just Fucking Write - NaNoWriMo with Tom Merritt

7 november 2019 | 44 min

Ep 124 - Be A Secret Witch with Ben Blacker!

31 oktober 2019 | 53 min

Ep 123 - Scary Books for Halloween and Clay McLeod Chapman!

24 oktober 2019 | 50 min

Ep 122 - Space: The Ultimate Escape and Madeleine Roux

17 oktober 2019 | 48 min

Ep 121 - Punks, Goths and Russian Composers - Music Scene Books and Elizabeth Keenan!

10 oktober 2019 | 40 min

Ep 120 - Mr. Dewey Is A Trash Baby and Library Systems with Adam Sockel

3 oktober 2019 | 44 min

Ep 119 - Extremely Beige - The Goodreads Rundown

26 september 2019 | 46 min

Ep 118 - Co-Written Books with Maika & Maritza Moulite!

19 september 2019 | 42 min

Ep 117 - Reading Series Is Like Dating and JY Yang!

12 september 2019 | 48 min

Ep 116 - Books on the Immigrant Experience and Tope Folarin!

5 september 2019 | 46 min

Ep 115 - Books That Make You Feel Old and Other Historical Fiction with E.R. Ramzipoor!

29 augusti 2019 | 53 min

Ep 114 - A Lovely Bread Dream and Other Happy Books and Gabrielle Civil!

22 augusti 2019 | 45 min

Ep 113 - Who’s Making These Books?

15 augusti 2019 | 33 min

Ep 112 -How to Boil Water and Other Cookbooks and Sam Slaughter!

8 augusti 2019 | 49 min

Ep 111 - Dusty, Sweaty Westerns and Del Howison!

1 augusti 2019 | 28 min

Ep 110 - The Benefits of the Snargle-Flargen - Your Brain on Books

25 juli 2019 | 31 min

Ep 109 - When a Book is On a Bagel You Can Buy It Anytime and Matilda Sabal from the Bluestockings NYC Bookstore!

18 juli 2019 | 43 min

Ep 108 - Prison Libraries and How to Help Them and Jill Grunenwald

11 juli 2019 | 37 min

Ep 107 - Test Out God and Other Nonfiction with Ross Blocher and Carrie Poppy

4 juli 2019 | 50 min

Ep 106 - Pride Reading Recommendations 2019

27 juni 2019 | 28 min

Ep 105 - Authors are Like Spiders with Sarah Kuhn!

20 juni 2019 | 48 min

Ep 104 - Empty Planets, Trains and Swamps and Deb Spera!

13 juni 2019 | 42 min

Ep 103 - Cups and Balls and Magic with Sarah Gailey

6 juni 2019 | 49 min

Ep 102 - How To Talk About Books and Stoya!

30 maj 2019 | 37 min

Ep 101 - Animal, Vegetable or Jesus? And Other Nature Books and Meredith May!

23 maj 2019 | 38 min

Ep 100 - Reader Challenge Check In - Our 100th Episode!

16 maj 2019 | 39 min

Ep 99 - Mysteries But In A Hurry and Tom Ryan!

9 maj 2019 | 40 min

Ep 98 - French Flaps and Fancy Books and Alex Brown!

2 maj 2019 | 29 min

Ep 97 - Becoming A Tree Child and Adventure Books and Christopher Golden!

25 april 2019 | 32 min

Ep 96 - Cult Watch 2019 and Erica Boyce!

18 april 2019 | 36 min

Ep 95 - Come Hither and Read with Kameron Hurley!

11 april 2019 | 38 min

Ep 94 - Wet Grocery Flyers and How to Relax with Books with Lynn Chen!

4 april 2019 | 50 min

Ep 93 - Sci Fi vs. The Bible with Henry Zebrowski

28 mars 2019 | 50 min

Ep 92 - Harry Potter and All The Magical Animals with Podcaster Vanessa Zoltan!

21 mars 2019 | 48 min

Ep 92 - Sexy Book Lists and Other Book Quirks with Mike Chen!

14 mars 2019 | 38 min

Ep 91 - Pre Orders Are Like Book Sex and Lit Agent DongWon Song!

7 mars 2019 | 41 min

Ep 90 - Open Your Mouth and Pages Come Out : How to Make a Book

28 februari 2019 | 35 min

Ep 89 - If That Book Comes A-Honkin’: Long Books and Jenn Lyons!

21 februari 2019 | 31 min

Ep 88 - Secret Babies and the Hosts of the Read Me Romance Podcast!

14 februari 2019 | 37 min

BONUS EPISODE - AMA for Reading Glasses

11 februari 2019 | 33 min

Ep 87 - YA or GTFO and lit agent Eric Smith!

7 februari 2019 | 38 min

Ep 86 - So Many Books! Tracking Your Reading and M. Lynx Qualey!

31 januari 2019 | 43 min

Ep 85 - Seize the Book and Little Free Libraries

24 januari 2019 | 34 min

Ep 84 - Our Fav Trans Authors and Author Holly Malholm!

17 januari 2019 | 38 min

Ep 83 - Tomatoes, Movies and Craft Books with Don Coscarelli

10 januari 2019 | 48 min

Ep 82 - Books To Get Your Sh*t Together with Gaby Dunn!

3 januari 2019 | 47 min

Ep 81 - Our 2019 Challenge and Sam Maggs!

27 december 2018 | 42 min

Ep 80 - Cats With Knives and Our Fav Books of 2018!

20 december 2018 | 40 min

Ep 79 - Mr. Billy Bookshelf and Other Great Bookish Gifts and bookseller Amber Brown!

13 december 2018 | 47 min

Ep 78 - Book Recommendation Flow Chart with Nnekay Fitzclarke

6 december 2018 | 50 min

Ep 77 - Books Are Like Sandwiches and publisher Chad W Post!

29 november 2018 | 43 min

Ep 76 - Everyone's in the Loo and Claire Handscombe!

22 november 2018 | 42 min

Ep 75 - Don’t Put Mayonnaise On Your Books and Janelle Milanes!

15 november 2018 | 37 min

Ep 74 - Book Detectives for Satan

8 november 2018 | 31 min

Ep 73 - Literary Re-Tellings with L.L. McKinney

1 november 2018 | 42 min

Ep 72 - Scary Halloween Comics with Ben Blacker

25 oktober 2018 | 50 min

Ep 71 - Books for Halloweenies and Madeleine Roux!

18 oktober 2018 | 46 min

Ep 70 - Try the Hummus and Short Audio Fiction with Alasdair Stuart

11 oktober 2018 | 43 min

Ep 69 - Hot, Fresh Opinions and Delilah Dawson!

4 oktober 2018 | 49 min

Ep 68 - Sci Fi is My Religion and Annalee Newitz & Charlie Jane Anders!

27 september 2018 | 46 min

Ep 67 - Make Your Own Book Score and Grady Hendrix

20 september 2018 | 43 min

Ep 66 - Write Your Own Book Rhyme and Ways to Mark Your Books

13 september 2018 | 38 min

Ep 65 - Reading as Self-Care with Anne Bogel!

6 september 2018 | 38 min

Ep 64 - What's a Video Game and How Do I Read It? with Travis McElroy!

30 augusti 2018 | 42 min

Ep 63 - Tweets That You Ask For and Anne T. Donahue

23 augusti 2018 | 45 min

Ep 62 - No Trivia Books in the Bathroom and Andy McElfresh!

16 augusti 2018 | 38 min

Ep 61 - Library Stew with Brazos Price

9 augusti 2018 | 37 min

Ep 60 - F*&k That Whale and Other Public Domain Books

2 augusti 2018 | 32 min

Pop Up Video for Books and Anthony Oliveira!

26 juli 2018 | 37 min

Ep 58 - Reading Sword and Glasses Laser - Crossover Episode!

19 juli 2018 | 65 min

Ep 57 - Books That Changed Your Life and Guy Branum!

12 juli 2018 | 44 min

Ep 56 - So Many Crimes and Billy Jensen!

5 juli 2018 | 48 min

Ep 55 - Should You be Afraid of the Bermuda Triangle and Oh No Ross and Carrie!’s Ross Blocher!

28 juni 2018 | 49 min

Ep 54 - Reading is Dangerous and Other Health Tips

21 juni 2018 | 31 min

Ep 53 - Too Much Dog Death, Book Reviews and Alex Brown!

14 juni 2018 | 44 min

Ep 52 - Two Werewolves F*%king and Other Self Published Books and Leslye Penelope!

7 juni 2018 | 40 min

Ep 51 - Making Book Friends, Book Priests and author Bethany C Morrow!

31 maj 2018 | 49 min

Ep 50 - Pod-i-versary Ep - We Answer Questions!

24 maj 2018 | 35 min

Ep 49 - Punching Submarines and author Brian McClellan

17 maj 2018 | 45 min

Ep 48 - Books to Make You Sh*t Yourself and Norton publicist Will Scarlett!

10 maj 2018 | 41 min

Ep 47 - When Two Books Love Each Other and editor Navah Wolfe!

3 maj 2018 | 41 min

Ep 46 - Put it on a Clock, Book Notes and Brazos talks about VR!

26 april 2018 | 29 min

Ep 45 - Readers Doing Good with Patrick Rothfuss

19 april 2018 | 38 min

Ep 44 - Fuck Boys, Get Horses with Erin Whitehead

12 april 2018 | 43 min

Ep 43 - Bookish Internet, Panda Aunts and Jonny Sun!

5 april 2018 | 43 min

Ep 42 - Don’t Be A Moby Dick in Your Online Book Club and comicbookgirl19!

29 mars 2018 | 39 min

Ep 41 - Radical Book Acceptance and Interview with Amanda Palmer!

22 mars 2018 | 48 min

Ep 40 - Reading with Kids, Horse Books and One Bad Mother’s Theresa Thorn

15 mars 2018 | 43 min

Ep 39 - Break Up with Bad Books and Lore’s Aaron Mahnke

8 mars 2018 | 37 min

Ep 38 - Fitbits for Books and Other Book Apps plus Karen Keninger from the National Library Service!

1 mars 2018 | 45 min

Ep 37 - Drop that Book Guilt and a Review of a Plastic Bag!

22 februari 2018 | 41 min

Ep 36 - Small Presses, Microcosm Publishing and Big Relationship Advice

15 februari 2018 | 44 min

Ep 35 - Classics are Goth, Leni Zumas and Advice to Get Rid of that Stinky Book!

8 februari 2018 | 36 min

Ep 34 - Get More Pages In and John Hodgman!

1 februari 2018 | 40 min

Ep 33 - If You Wanna be My Lover, You Gotta Get with My Library and Overdrive’s Adam Sockel and Jill Grunenwald!

25 januari 2018 | 41 min

Ep 32 - Audiobooks, Bed Hamburgers and Wil Wheaton!

18 januari 2018 | 37 min

Ep 31 - Short Stories are Like a Box of Chocolates and Interview with author Amal El-Mohtar!

11 januari 2018 | 39 min

Ep 30 - Adding more Ampersands to Your Life and New Year’s Resolutions You MIGHT ACTUALLY KEEP

4 januari 2018 | 26 min

Ep 29 - Born with Glasses and Memoirs with Anna Akana

21 december 2017 | 31 min

Ep 28 What to Give the Book Person who has Everything and Ask a Librarian with Brazos Price!

14 december 2017 | 27 min

Ep 27 Indie Bookstores: Great Place For A Date (Unless You're Mallory) and Steven Salardino of Skylight Books!

7 december 2017 | 35 min

Ep 26 - Sexy, Naked Books and Book Cover Discussion! and Creative Director Lauren Panepinto

30 november 2017 | 38 min

Ep 25 - Do Bestseller Lists Matter?

23 november 2017 | 33 min

Ep 24 - How to Always Have Snacks and Other Self-Help Books and Brook Sitgraves Turner talks Adulting!

16 november 2017 | 33 min

Ep 23 - There's a Pencil Stuck in My Nose and Other Middle Grade Issues and a Colin Meloy Interview!

9 november 2017 | 30 min

Ep 22 - Should You Throw Away Your Books by Garbage People? and Jessa Crispin Interview!

2 november 2017 | 35 min

Ep 21- Small Talk at Parties or Werewolves: A Guide to Scary Halloween Books and Paul Tremblay

26 oktober 2017 | 35 min

Ep 20 - Comic Sans on Your Tombstone and Amber Benson!

19 oktober 2017 | 39 min

Ep. 19 - The Dragon and Murderer Book Club and Also Other Book Club Advice

12 oktober 2017 | 36 min

Ep 18 - Nonfiction: Not Just for Dads! and Caitlin Doughty Interview!

5 oktober 2017 | 34 min

Ep 17 - Crowbar the Movie out of Your Brain: Movie Adaptations and Author Shrabani Basu

28 september 2017 | 33 min

Ep 16 - A Large Latte and a Translated Book Please plus Translator Didi Chanoch!

21 september 2017 | 30 min

Ep 15 - Book Etiquette Tips or Maybe Just Put People in the Trash and Gail Carriger!

14 september 2017 | 38 min

Ep. 14 - Book Shame and How to Deal with It plus Confessions from Daniel H. Wilson

7 september 2017 | 36 min

Ep. 13 - Don't Drink a Mud Puddle and Other Bibliotherapy! Plus Disability Advocate Heather Ratcliff

31 augusti 2017 | 33 min

Ep 12 - Books: Not Just for Rich People Anymore! and Tor.com's Mordicai Knode

24 augusti 2017 | 34 min

Ep 11 - You're Gonna Die with a TBR List! (And How to Accept that) and Writer/Disability Activist Elsa Sjunneson-Henry

17 augusti 2017 | 34 min

Ep 10 - Get a Dead Finger - Put Your Book Love on Display and Sarah Kuhn

10 augusti 2017 | 37 min

Ep 9 Who Did the Murdering in this Book & Beach Reads Reclaimed! Plus Banned Books with Tonia Thompson

3 augusti 2017 | 37 min

Ep 8 - Authors: They're Just Like Us! They Even Use Pinterest! Plus interview with Mur Lafferty

27 juli 2017 | 33 min

Ep 7 - Mallory is Obsessed with Iceland and Interview with Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

20 juli 2017 | 34 min

Ep. 6 - Wipe Your Hands and Other Book Event Advice with IDW's Chris Ryall

13 juli 2017 | 37 min

Ep 5 - Jesus Holds Your E-Books and Other Travel Tips with Tom Merritt

6 juli 2017 | 36 min

Should You Give a S*^t about Book Awards? and Cecil Castellucci

29 juni 2017 | 35 min

Ep 3 - Readers in a Non-Reader World

22 juni 2017 | 33 min

Episode 2 - Navigating New Releases/Nick White

15 juni 2017 | 36 min

Episode 1 - Book Slumps with Sara Benincasa

8 juni 2017 | 32 min

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Ep 417 - Anticipated Books for July and August!

Ep 416 - Fooled by Blondes - Best and Worst Tropes

Ep 415 - How Tall is that Ship? Journey Books + Madeleine Roux!

Ep 414 - Book Buying vs Book Reading - Different Hobbies!

Ep 413 - Award Winning Books and Reading Grease

Ep 412 - Do You Need a TBR? TBR Tips!

Ep 411 - Authors Are Like Spiders - Tips for Author Interactions and Plot Driven Rex!

Ep 410 - Facts for Parties - Science Books for the Reading Glasses Challenge!

Ep 409 - Most Anticipated Books for May and June + Cures for Book Hangovers!

Ep 408 - Self Imposed Book Rules and Romance Ratings!

Ep 407 - How to Protect Libraries From Fascism + Bookshop eBooks!

Ep 406 - Dumb Butts - Pick a Book Based on the Title!

Ep 405 - Spring Book Rex + Book Tattoos from Trash Baby Authors

Ep 404 - The Best and Worst Reading Snacks

Ep 403 - Can You Beat Mallory in Book Trivia?

Bonus Content Sample - MORE AMA!

Ep 402 - The Oldest Book on Your TBR + Rex for Grandmas!

Ep 401 - Hot Genre Alert - Queernorm Books!

Ep 400 - Our Favorite Books of ALL TIME + AMA to Celebrate 400 Episodes!

Ep 399 - How to Get into History Books + Daughter of Daring!

Ep 398 - Library Newsletter and Helping Picky Readers

Ep 397 - How To Write a Book Review

Ep 396 - Most Anticipated Books for the Start of 2025 + Clay McLeod Chapman!

Ep 395 - Tracking Your Reading with Traci Thomas!

Ep 394 - How to Handle Book Snobs

Ep 393 - Why 3 Star Reads Are Important

Ep 392 - 2025 Reader Resolutions!

Ep 391 - Best Books of 2024!

Ep 390 - 2024 Challenge Wrap Up + Next Year’s Challenge!

Ep 389 - Non-Numerical Reading Goals for the New Year!

Ep 388 - Are Cozy Books Brat?

Ep 387 - December Most Anticipated Books!

Ep 386 - Fable + Are Social Media Apps Worth It?

Ep 385 - Picking a Book Based on the Cover + Bookish Candles!

Ep 384 - How Long Should You Keep a Book on Your TBR?

Ep 383 - Holiday Reads and Help for Mood Readers!

Ep 382 - Monsters and Demons + Tips on Recommending Books!

Ep 381 - Book Hangover Cures + Tom Ryan!

Ep 380 - Is This Book Buzzy or a Modern Classic?

Ep 379 - Mo’ Book Clubs, Mo’ Problems

Ep 378 - Autumn’s Hottest Books!

Ep 377 - How to Find Someone Reading the Same Book as You

Ep 376 - Gay and Spooky - Queer Horror Rex!

Ep 375 - Sexy Spreadsheets - Testing the CAWPILE System

Ep 374 - The Best Book Rating Systems + Huge News!

Ep 373 - Top Glasser Books of the 21st Century!

Ep 372 - So Much Sand - Favorite Summer Books!

Ep 371 - Stop Picking Up the Wrong Books!

Ep 370 - A New Fake World - Reading Appeal Factors

Ep 369 - Most Anticipated Books for August and September!

Ep 368 - Dealing With Bad Book Opinions with Jordan Morris!

Ep 367 - Worms for Pencils and All the Types of Fantasy!

Ep 366 - Reading Buzzy Books and Cone Fingers

Ep 365 - Can You Convert a Non-Reader? Plus Jeremy Lambert!

Ep 364 - Best Books of the Year Halftime Show!

Ep 363 - Books Set in a Country You’ve Never Been To + Book Muscles!

Ep 362 - Gateway Fantasy Rex! Plus Honker Reading Tips

Ep 361 - Ep 361 - How to Budget Your Book Money + Alonso Duralde & Hollywood Pride!

Ep 360 - Overcoming Content Warnings and Crappy Stickers

Ep 359 - A Date with Bugs: Tips for Reading in Public

Ep 358 - Debut Novels and Shopping for an eReader!

Ep 357 - Angry Robots and Queerd Fiction - the Hottest Books for Summer!

Ep 356 - Tips and Tricks for Managing Your Giant TBR

Ep 355 - Manageable Chunk Style - Books with Short Chapters

Ep 354 - Library Browsing Can Improve Your Reading Life

Ep 353 - Check Yourself Before You Rex Yourself - Book Friend Dilemmas and Gay Cowboys!

Ep 352 - Books to Get You Into EVERY Genre!

BONUS TEASER - Reading Shows from the 80s and 90s

Ep 351 - How To Read BETTER!

Go Fact Yourself #MaxFunDrive Kick-off Spectacular featuring Danielle Radford, John-Luke Roberts, Brea Grant, and Mallory O'Meara

Ep 350 - Books That Represent You As a Reader

Ep 349 - Hot Genre Alert - Horromance! And Hot Tub Reading!

Ep 348 - The Best Book Organization Systems

Ep 347 - Perks and Tricks for eReaders!

Ep 346 - Book Buying vs Book Reading, Plus Mike Chen!

Ep 345 - The State of the Readers - Reading One Percenters

Ep 344 - Varmints & Marmots - Books by Nonbinary Authors

Ep 343 - How to Find More Books You’ll Like