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EPISODE · Sep 15, 2026 · 47 MIN

Reading Reality, Blending Books and Reality TV

from Beyond the Shelves: A Podcast from the Des Moines Public Library

What We're Reading     One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad  Kitten by Stacey Yu Meet me in the Garden by Nina LaCour The New People by Andrea Uptmor  Moby Dick by Herman Melville Names Have Been Changed by Yu-Mei Balasingamchow Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton Upward Bound by Woody Brown  Fall Releases  Mazywood by Tananarive Due Incarnate by Alma Katsu  Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell  It Looks Like You in the Dark by Mathilda Zeller   Reality TV Book Recs  Romance  One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London  The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall  Horror/Speculative/Dystopian   Small Game by Blair Braverman Hide by Kiersten White Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah   General Fiction   The Compound by Aisling Rawle The Book of Luke by Lovell Holder  The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews   Mystery/Thriller   One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell Murder on Sex Island by Jo Firestone  Books from Reality Stars   Open Book by Jessica Simpson  Bad Mormon by Heather Gay  You Better Believe I'm Gonna Talk About It by Lisa Rinna   Nonfiction  Cue the Sun: The Invention of Reality Television by Emily Nussbaum   Enter the Villa: The (Unauthorized) Reality Behind Love Island by Anna Peele  True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us by Danielle Lindemann  Not All Diamonds and Rose: The Inside Story of the Real Housewives by Dave Quinn   Book Bulletin   Ebooks are coming to Libro.fm 

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