Two Girls One Book - Book Club Podcast

Send us Fan MailThe August featured read was People in Love by Claire Daverley. As always, spoiler free chats!

Send us Fan MailQuick fire, spoiler free discussions on the following books that we have been reading:The Vivisectors - Missouri WilliamsClara And Christina - Andrew Cunning (Brief honourable mention for John of John - Douglas Stuart)Helen Of Nowhere - McKenna GoodmanThe Mare - Angharad HampshireThe Palm House - Gwendoline RileyBig Little Lies - Liane MoriartyThe Shadow Of The Object - Chloe AridjisMain Characters - Bobby PalmerFawn - C.N. Vair

Send us Fan MailJuly's buddy read (that is going up slightly late) is American Fantasy by Emma Straub. Join us to hear our spoiler free thoughts and feelings!

Send us Fan MailAhead of the movie's release, this month we read and discussed The Odyssey. Well Hannah did anyway...

Send us Fan MailWe were invited to host the Bloomsbury Big Night In once again in collaboration with Tandem Collective.We love this event and got to read some banging books and talk to some fabulous authors!This episode contains spoiler free chats on the following:The Children - Melissa AlbertFemme Feral - Sam BeckbessingerStations - Louise KennedyEmbrace - Bal KhabraThe Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion - Beth BrowerThe Last Starborn Seer - Venetia Constantine 

Send us Fan MailWe had a couple of episodes off so we've had a mountain of books to catch up on, and honestly we really enjoyed every single book we discussed on this episode. Spoiler free chats on all of the following wonderful books:Lost Lambs - Madeline CashHello Limerence - Momo YamaguchiJohn Of John - Douglas StuartWaiting On A Friend - Natalie AdlerWifehouse - Sonya WalgerThat Time Everything Was On Fire - Kerry DownesLittle Vanities - Sarah GilmartinGood Bad Girl - Alice FeeneyThe Truth About Ruby Cooper - Liz NugentSaid The Dead - Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Send us Fan MailToday's episode features a Women's Prize Longlist read - The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine. Spoiler free chats as always.

Send us Fan MailThis week we have spoiler free chats on all of the following:On Earth As It Is Beneath - Ana Paula MaiaThe God Of The Woods - Liz MooreA Guardian And A Thief - Megha MajumdarDear Darling - Ella KingDominion - Addie E CitchensDarkening Song - Delphine SeddonYesteryear - Caro Claire BurkeWorkhorse - Caroline PalmerUpward Bound - Woody BrownThe Love Of Our Lives - Emma Steele

Send us Fan MailThis month's featured read is Wreck by Catherine Newman. Spoiler free chats as always!

Send us Fan MailA bumper edition today as apparently we had lots to talk about! Spoiler free chats and brief reviews on all of the following books, many of which are new releases that should be on your radar!California Gold - Jodie ChapmanThe Echoes - Evie WyldLaws of Love and Logic - Debra CurtisWestward Women - Alice MartinService - Sarah GilmartinMy Husband’s Wife - Alice FeeneyHow to Get Away with Murder - Rebecca PhilipsonScratch Moss - David BarnettThe Wax Child - Olga RavnThe Last Starborn Seer - Venetia Constantine

Send us Fan MailToday we have spoiler free chats about Jennette McCurdy's new divisive novel, Half His Age.

Send us Fan MailThis week's episode contains spoiler free chats on all of the following books:(A lot of excellent reads here!)Prairie Oyster - Sophie RobinsonSupper Club - Lara WilliamsMeet The Newmans - Jennifer NivenLullaby - Leila SlimaniHeart The Lover - Lily KingThe Book of Two Ways - Jodi PicoultAll The Light We Cannot See - Anthony DoerrFloodlines - Saleem HaddadThe Correspondent - Virginia EvansThis Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar, Max GladstoneStill Running After All These Tears - Lisa Jackson

Send us Fan MailOur first featured read for 2026 is Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy.This was a much anticipated read and here are our spoiler free thoughts and feelings.

Send us Fan MailWelcome to our first episode of 2026! Here we give spoiler free thoughts and feelings on some of our most recent reads. This month we have included some big hitters as well as some new releases and some lesser known books too:Strangers - Belle BurdenTwin 1 Twin 2 - Holly WaterworthBeautiful Ugly - Alice FeeneyThe Old Fire - Elisa Shua DusapinAll Fours - Miranda JulyHelm - Sarah HallNothing Good Happens After 2am - Niamh HarganRoyals - Emma ForrestThrone Of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

Send us Fan MailOur favourites episode is always our favourite to record. Here we talk about our best books of 2025. All spoiler free of course!You Are Here - David NichollsSmall Boat - Vincent DelacroixThe Nightingale - Kristin Hannah The Artist - Lucy SteedsFrank & Red - Matt CoyneMy Friends - Fredrik BackmanWhen The Cranes Fly South - Lisa RidzénIsola - Allegra GoodmanThe Wedding People - Alison Espach Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

Send us Fan MailAfter a month off we are back! December's read was Rivals by Jilly Cooper. Come listen! But beware as this episode isn't entirely spoiler free.

Send us Fan MailThis month we discuss the behemoth that is Alchemised by SenLinYu.

Send us Fan MailAs always, a quick fire round up of all the books we've been reading lately, Hannah has powered through the whole of the Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist so listen up if you want to find out if any of them are up your street!Spoiler free chats on all of the following:Audition -Katie KitamuraOur Hideous Progeny - C.E. McGill Flashlight - Susan ChoiThe Nightingale - Kristin Hannah The Land In Winter - Andrew MillerEmpire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas Flesh - David SzalayThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny - Kiran Desai

Send us Fan MailThis week we discuss Booker Prize shortlist nominee, The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits. Spoiler free chats as per usual!

Send us Fan MailThis podcast contains spoiler free discussions on all of the following books:Bride - Ali HazelwoodNotes On Infinity - Austin TaylorThe instrumentalist - Harriet Constable The Tower - Flora CarrAll the colours of the dark - Chris WhitakerArtificial Wisdom - Thomas R. WeaverLast Seen - J.T. EllisonLA Women - Ella BermanDidion and Babitz - Lili AnolikSouth and West - Joan Didion 

Send us Fan MailOur spoiler free thoughts and feelings on V.E. Schwab's new book!

Send us Fan MailA quick fire, spoiler free round up of all of these fab books:The Impossible Fortune - Richard OsmanAll The Other Mothers Hate Me - Sarah Harman The Dead Husband Cookbook - Danielle ValentineBittersweet - Hattie Williams Open Wide - Jessica Gross I Know How This Ends - Holly SmaleThe Nine Lives Of Rose Napolitano - Donna FreitasWolf.e - Paisley Hope 

Send us Fan MailJuly's featured read was My Friends by Fredrik Backman. Here are our spoiler free thoughts and feelings!

Send us Fan MailSpoiler free discussions on lots of books we've read and loved recently:Havoc - Rebecca WaitThey Never Learn - Layne Fargo A Flicker In The Dark - Stacy WillinghamThe Night Lagoon - Jo MoreyTuga Trilogy - Francesca SegalThe Conditions Of Will - Jessa HastingsThe Compound - Aisling RawleBy Any Other Name - Jodi PicoultHow To Be Both - Ali SmithBroken Country - Clare Leslie Hall

Send us Fan MailOur semi regular feature - our discussion on the new Taylor Jenkins Reid book. Spoiler free chats so dig in!!

Send us Fan MailJoin our chaotic episode where we discuss a book that we struggled to understand!

Send us Fan MailThis week we have spoiler free discussions on the following:Unravelling Oliver - Liz NugentThe Death Of Us - Abigail DeanRedemption - Jack JordanThe Housemaid - Frieda McFaddenThe Ministry Of Time - Kaliane BradleyThe Safekeep - Yale van der WoudenA Little Trickerie - Rosanna PikeBest Summer Ever - Heidi SwainPalm Meridian - Grace FlahiveDeep End - Ali Hazelwood

Send us Fan MailThis month we discuss The Names by Florence Knapp. Tune in for our spoiler free thoughts and feelings!

Send us Fan MailToday’s short stories episode features spoiler free chats on the following:When The Cranes Fly South - Lisa RidzénWaist Deep - Linea Maja ErnstSo Thrilled For You - Holly BourneAll The Other Mothers Hate Me - Sarah HartmanI Found A Body - Becky C. Brynolf Fruit Of The Dead - Rachel LyonSlags - Emma Jane UnsworthProbably Nothing - Lauren Bravo The Artist - Lucy SteedsFundamentally - Nussaihbah Younis

Send us Fan MailApril's buddy read was Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley. Have a listen to our spoiler free thoughts and feelings. We love a book that we have differing opinions on!!

Send us Fan MailThis week we are featuring all the books we have read in preparation for Bloomsbury's Big Night In 2025.Tickets can still be purchased here if you manage to catch this episode before April 10th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bloomsburys-global-night-in-tickets-1258006464199And here are all the books:Aftertaste - Daria LavelleJulie Chan Is Dead - Liann ZhangA Dance of Lies - Brittany ArenaBoudicca's Daughter - Elodie HarperThe Pretender - Jo Harkin

Send us Fan MailMarch's featured read is The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. This epic family saga made for a great conversation so tune in for spoiler free chats!

Send us Fan MailWelcome to this month's short stories episode. Today we willl be having spoiler free chats on all of the following books:The Animals In That Country - Laura Jean McKayThe Favourites - Layne FargoTest Kitchen - Neil D. A. StewartAdelaide - Genevieve WheelerAll Fours - Miranda JulyThe Garnett Girls - Georgina MooreFledging - Rose DiellThe Impossible Thing - Belinda BauerThe Paris Trilogy - Colombe SchneckSociopath - Patric Gagne

Send us Fan MailOur February featured read is The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson. Spoiler free chats as always.

Send us Fan MailSpoiler free discussions on all of the following:Death on the Nile - Agatha ChristieYou Are Fatally Invited - Ande PliegoSweat - Emma HealeyVictorian Psycho - Virginia FeitoNotes on An Execution - Danya KukafkaNew Animal - Ella BaxterThe Wedding People - Alison EspachThe South - Tash AwVariation - Rebecca YarrosWater Moon - Samantha Sotto Yambao

Send us Fan MailOur first official buddy read for 2025 was Want, a collection curated by Gillian Anderson. An interesting discussion that contains adult themes but that we managed to keep somewhat PG!

Send us Fan MailUnless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that Wicked fever has been everywhere for the last couple of months, so we thought it the perfect time to pick up the book and see what it's all about!

Send us Fan MailA long awaited short stories edition to chat about some of our most recent reads!This week we discussed:Girl In Pieces - Kathleen GlasgowBaby Teeth and Dear Hanna - Zoje StageThings In Jars - Jess KiddWarm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine ArdenNorth Woods - Daniel MasonMaybe Perhaps Possibly - Joanna GlenFalling Animals - Sheila ArmstrongThe Life Impossible - Matt Haig The Wren, The Wren - Anne Enright Kairos - Jenny Erpenbeck 

Send us Fan MailHow is it that time of year already? Here we have our top picks from 2024!Rhiannon's Top Three:Friendaholic - Elizabeth Day (Also discussed in Episode 86)Talking At Night - Claire Daverley (Also discussed in Episode 94)Kala - Colin Walsh (Also discussed in Episode 86)Honourable Mention:Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent (Also discussed in Episode 92)Hannah's Top Three:Rouge - Mona Awad (Also discussed in Episode 88)A Thousand Feasts - Nigel SlaterThe Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden (Also discussed in Episode 98)Honourable Mention:Soldier Sailor - Claire Kilroy

Send us Fan MailIn this episode we discuss Sally Rooney's much hyped novel, Intermezzo.Long time listeners will know we haven't particularly gotten on with Rooney's writing in the past, so tune in to see what we made of her newest novel.

Send us Fan MailWe made it! 100 episodes in to our podcast and we're still going strong.Rather than our usual Short Stories ep we thought we would each do a round up of our favourite books that we've read since starting Two Girls One Book pod.Below is a list of our top tens! We're also including episode numbers of past podcasts where we discuss each of these books in more detail.Rhiannon's Top Ten:10. Talking At Night (Episode 94)9. We All Want Impossible Things (Episode 79)8. The Mountains Sing (Episode 8)7. House Of Earth And Blood (Episode 59)6. Kala (Episode 86)5. A Man Called Ove (Episode 47)4. Ready Player One (Episode 76)3. The Great Alone (Episode 78)2. Know My Name (Episode 18)1. The Paper Palace (Episode 40)Hannah's Top Ten:10. The Vegetarian (Episode 31)9. The Lost City Of Z (Not Featured Previously)8. Faith, Hope And Carnage (Episode 79)7. Hamnet (Episode 6)6. This Is Where We Live (Episode 80)5. Rouge (Episode 88)4. In The Dream House (Episode 36)3. The Safekeep (Episode 98)2. Starve Acre (Episode 13)1. A Little Life (Episode 35)

Send us Fan MailWelcome to Episode 99! Congratulations on making it this far!This month's featured read is Butter by Asako Yuzuki (translated by Polly Barton).Listen on for our spoiler free thoughts and feelings.

Send us Fan MailToday's mammoth podcast is fairly varied in content with something for everyone - non fiction, Booker Prize nominees and small town romance aplenty!! Here's what we talked about:How To Leave A Group Chat - Louise GuiseThe Search - John Henry Phillips Beethoven - Laura TunbridgeThe Most of Nora Ephron - Nora EphronStone Yard Devotional - Charlotte WoodBig Swiss - Jen BeaginCreation Lake - Rachel KushnerWhat Lies Between Us - John Marrs Listen For The Lie - Amy TinteraBenevolence Series: Pretend Your Mine, Finally Mine, Protecting What’s Mine - Lucy ScoreEveryone Is Still Alive - Cathy RentzenbrinkWild Eyes - Elsie SilverThe Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden

Send us Fan MailFor September’s featured read we chose to read Ann Napolitano’s Hello Beautiful with a  MAMMOTH buddy read group! Listen in for spoiler free chat about the book, whet your appetite if it’s something you may fancy adding to your TBR lists, and laugh at us trying not to spoil it if you’ve read it already! 😂

Send us Fan MailAnother spoiler free chat on all of the following:100 Years of Lennie and Margot - Marianne CroninWe Prescribe You A Cat - Syou IshidaThe Full Moon Coffee Shop - Mai MochizukiThe Poisonwood Bible - Barbara KingsolverJames - Percival Everett The Hypocrite - Jo Hamya Scenes of a Graphic Nature - Caroline O’DonoghueHer Body Among Animals - Paola Ferrante Silver Pines Series - Paisley Hope

Send us Fan MailAugust's featured read was Babel by R F Kuang, which offered plenty of discussion points. As ever, this episode is spoiler free!

Send us Fan MailSpoiler free chats on some of the books we've read recently:Talking At Night - Claire DaverleyI’m F*cking Amazing - Anoushka WardenJaded - Ela LeeThe Chain - Chimene SuleymanGold Rush - Olivia PetterMonsters - Claire DedererOnce More From The Top - Emily LaydenBright Young Women - Jessica KnollImposter Syndrome - Joseph KnoxBehind Closed Doors - B.A Paris

Send us Fan MailThis week we are discussing our July featured read - Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. Spoiler free as always.

Send us Fan MailWelcome to a bonus short stories edition containing spoiler free chats on all of the following:The Wilds - Sarah PearseThe Eyes Are The Best Part - Monika KimStrange Sally Diamond - Liz NugentThe River Within - Karen PowellHis & Hers - Alice FeeneyThe Mermaid of Black Conch - Monique RoffeyThe Women - Kristin HannahMagma - Thora HjörleifsdóttirChestnut Springs Series - Elsie Silver

Send us Fan MailToday's episode is a little shorter than we intended due to some technical issues. However, we still had plenty to say (spoiler free of course) on all of these fabulous new releases:Teddy - Emily DunlayLove Letters To A Serial Killer - Tasha CoryellThe Love of My Afterlife - Kirsty GreenwoodSandwich - Catherine NewmanGoodbye Birdie Greenwing - Ericka WallerHow To Age Disgracefully - Clare Pooley