Unofficial Book Club Podcast

In this episode voice actor and narrator Samantha Brentmoor joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  Hamnet  by Maggie O'Farrell Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Seveneves by Neal Stephenson What a way to go by Bella Mackie  Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson Annie Bot by Sierra Greer How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump is a 2026 essay collection from The Dial and The New Press  Trad Wife Saratoga Schaefer   Rites of the Starling is an epic romantic fantasy novel by Devney Perry Harvest Season by Brynne Weaver Clara & the Devil, Volume 1 by Olivie Blake Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman Big Fan: An 831 Stories Romance by Alexandra Romanoff Once in a Timeline by Iman Hariri-Kia Rumors & Whiskey: Whiskey Women by VICTORIA. WILDER   Instagram: @ms_brentmoor Tiktok: @ms_brentmoor https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/ https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode voice actor and narrator Samantha Brentmoor joins me to discuss her career reading audiobooks and performance. She is the audiobook voice for Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver, Shield of Sparrows by Deveney Perry, Bourbon and Lies by Victoria Wilder, and Wild Side by Elsie Silver.  Instagram: @ms_brentmoor Tiktok: @ms_brentmoor https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/ https://www.samanthabrentmoor.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode my friend Amelia Beckerman joins me to discuss her career in publishing and her writing. Check out her short story Boyfriend Island in the new edition of Epiphany Magazine.  Instagram: @ameliaisntfunny Check out her short story here!   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode Name joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Talia Hibbert Cara Bastone Isabel Cañas   Books Discussed in this Episode:  Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard The Bridgerton book series iby Julia Quinn Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Hot Summer by Elle Everheart  Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer  Promise Me Sunshine: A Warm and Emotional Romance that Will Tug on Your Heartstrings by Cara Bastone Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Vampires Del Norte by Isabel Cañas The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas The Murder Bot Diaries by Martha Wells The Witch King by H. E. Edgmon Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer Scythe and Pen by A.C. Hobbs Daggermouth by H. M. Wolfe Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard  Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard  Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven  The Other Lata by Kirthana Ramisetti My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Eat Slay Love by Julie Mae Cohen  Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi   Instagram: @podcasts.by.sarah, @sarah.t.author Tiktok: @podcasts.by.sarah Website: https://www.sarahtullochwrites.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode Sarah Tulloch joins me to discuss her podcast producing company and journey as a writer!  Instagram: @podcasts.by.sarah Tiktok: @podcasts.by.sarah Website: https://www.sarahtullochwrites.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode Temi and Kennedy, creators of Lit Out Loud NYC join me again to discuss their relationship to reading and all of their favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  Junie B Jones by Barbara Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner A Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan  The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Maame by Jessica George The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya Big Fan: An 831 Stories Romance by Alexandra Romanoff   Instagram: @litoutloudnyc, @temi.jpg, @kennedyavery Tiktok: @litoutloudnyc Linktree: Lit Out Loud NYC   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode, creators of Lit Out Loud NYC, Temi and Kennedy, join me to discuss their event series. Lit Out Loud is an experience in NYC where readers come together to listen to their favorite books read aloud in a public setting!    In March, I was lucky enough to attend an event for Iman Hariri-Kia’s book Female Fantasy, read aloud by the voice actor herself, Samantha Brentmoor.    Instagram: @litoutloudnyc, @temi.jpg, @kennedyavery Tiktok: @litoutloudnyc Linktree: Lit Out Loud NYC   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode author S.T. Ashman, joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Franz Kafka Noelle Ihli Freida McFadden   Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Neverending Story by Michael Ende Dark Matter By Blake Crouch Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales, is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm The Last to Drown by Noelle Ihli The Groomer by Jon Athan Missing Molly by  Natalie Barelli  A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson No Exit By Taylor Adams  The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean The Island by McKinty, Adrian How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie  Vox by Christina Dalcher All the Little Raindrops by Mia Sheridan Bad Men by Julie Mae Cohen Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Animal Farm by George Orwell The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Instagram: @stashmanauthor Linktree: https://www.ashmanbooks.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode author S.T. Ashman, who is the author of many thriller novels including her series I Kill Killers, We Kill Killers, Final Kill and her stand alone’s Secrets Like Ours and You Cant Stay. Discusses her newest thriller Her Silence came out on july 21.    Instagram: @stashmanauthor Linktree: https://www.ashmanbooks.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA

In this episode author Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau joins me to discuss her favorite novels.    Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Ashley Winstead  Lane Fargo Bella Mackie   Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen Someone Else's Husband by Kimberly McCreight The Last Mrs. Parrish by Lynne Constantine and Valerie Constantine The Favorites by Layne Fargo Push by Ashley Audrain Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Wedding People by Alison Espach Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë  Good People by Patmeena Sabit The Husbands by Holly Gramazio Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya Her Silence by S.T. Ashman The Compound by Aisling Rawle How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie  What a Way to Go by Bella Mackie  Please Enjoy Your Stay by Tara Goedjen Cruelty Free by Caroline Glenn Somebody Worth Killing Tilt by Emma Pattee Five by Ilona Bannister   I received her novel at a book swap from @sydneyinbooks Instagram: @asjouhanneau https://asjouhanneau.substack.com/ https://www.asjouhanneau.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode, author Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau joins me to discuss her newest thriller novel, We Would Never Tell.  I received her novel at a book swap from @sydneyinbooks   Instagram: @asjouhanneau https://asjouhanneau.substack.com/ https://www.asjouhanneau.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode, author Steph Nelson joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors discussed in this Episode: Judy Bloom  C. J. Tudor Simone St. James Rachel Harrison Lisa Jewell Taylor Jenkins Reid Kristin Hannah Faith Gardner Noelle Ihli Caleb N. Stephens Books: Nancy Drew Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Tinkers by Paul Harding The Firm by John Grisham Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Final Girls by Riley Sager Lock Every Door by Riley Sager The Only One Left by Riley Sager Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk Lord of the Flies by  William Golding Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros A Court of Thorn and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas Mirror House Girls by Gardner  The Spin by Faith Gardner Pet Sematary by Stephen King Angle of Repose by by Wallace Stegner  East of Eden by John Steinbeck Travels with Charlie John Steinbeck The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnes  Her Silence by S. T. Ashman Guillotine by Delilah Dawson  The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon  The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead  The Hot Girl Murder Club by Ashley Winstead The Last One by Will Dean Nightwatching by by Tracy Sierra Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Yellowface by R. F. Kuang One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Real Americans by Rachel Khong Broken Country by Clare Hall The Elements by John Boyne Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Dark Place by Gillian Flynn Missing in Flight by Audrey J. Cole stephnelsonauthor.com Author of THE FINAL SCENE, LAST ONE OUT, MAKE NO MISTAKE, and DON'T ASK WHY Instagram/Threads: @stephnelsonauthor   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode author Steph Nelson joins me to discuss her newest novel Don’t Ask Why. stephnelsonauthor.com Author of THE FINAL SCENE, LAST ONE OUT, MAKE NO MISTAKE, and DON'T ASK WHY Instagram/Threads: @stephnelsonauthor   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode USA Today Bestselling author Saratoga Schaefer joins me again to discuss their relationship to reading and all of their favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Compound by Aisling Rawle The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Bat Eater and other Names by Kylie Lee Baker Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson  Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica Hot Summer by Elle Everheart Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham Scythe and Pen by A. C. Hobbs Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid Lord of the Flies by William Golding Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Splasher by Billie Host New Skin by Sarah Wang They Only Found Her by Emy McGuire Would I Lie to You? by Aliya Ali-Afzal What We Did to Survive by Megan Lally   Instagram: @saratogaishere Tiktok: @saratogaishere https://saratogaschaefer.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode USA Today Bestselling author Saratoga Schaefer joins me to discuss their newest novel The Last Time We Drowned.  Instagram: @saratogaishere Tiktok: @saratogaishere https://saratogaschaefer.com/    Check out Unofficial Book Club on Substack!   Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5AmIERSdy1442rR_qoygA 

In this episode book publicist Kathleen Carter joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Emily Henry Amy Poeppel Lynda Loigman   Books Discussed in this Episode:  My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld Twilight by Stephenie Meyer The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker (Editor) East of Eden by John Steinbeck One Day by David Nicholls Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett Heart the Lover by Lily King Writers and Lovers by Lily King Who is Maude Dixon by Alexandra Andrews The Last One by Will Dean Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke Tell Me Everything: A Memoir by Minka Kelly Real Americans by Rachel Khong The Wedding People by Alison Espach Godshot by Chelsea Bieker Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche Kathleen Carter Communications  Instagram: @kccpr   Check out Unofficial Book Club Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod Substack: https://substack.com/@unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode book publicist Kathleen Carter joins me to discuss her job owning a book publicity company and her start in publishing!  Kathleen Carter Communications  Instagram: @kccpr   Check out Unofficial Book Club Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod Substack: https://substack.com/@unofficialbookclubpod 

In this episode author Jessie Rosen joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Rebecca Serle Adrienne Young Iman Hariri-Kia   Books Discussed in this Episode:  All Fours by Miranda July  One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death  by Maggie O'Farrell Culpability by Bruce Holsinger Heartburn by Nora Ephron Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin The Wedding People by Aliso Espach Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke  Eat, Slay, Love by Julie Cohen Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri Kia Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie Less Is Liberation: Finding Freedom from a Life of Overwhelm by Christine Platt   Instagram: @jessierosenwriter Tiktok: @jessierosenwriter   Check out Unofficial Book Club Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod Substack: https://substack.com/@unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, Jessie Rosen joins me to discuss her new novel, All the Signs! Instagram: @jessierosenwriter Tiktok: @jessierosenwriter   Check out Unofficial Book Club Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod Substack: https://substack.com/@unofficialbookclubpod 

In this episode, Alice Martin joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum  Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica Capitol of Dreams by Heather O’Neil Vox by Christina Dalcher Scythe and Pen by A. C. Hobbs The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Sign Here by Claudia Lux The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor's Scandalous Secret Diaries by Jeremy B. Jones Come Closer by Sara Gran   Instagram: @alicejmartin   Check out Unofficial Book Club Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, author Alice Martin joins me to discuss her debut novel Westward Women.  Instagram: @alicejmartin   Check out Unofficial Book Club Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode author Wade Rouse joins again to discuss his relationship to reading and all of his favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode: Nora Effron  Tom Wolfe David Sedaris Agustin burroughs  Jenny Losten Urma Bomback  Bret Easton Erma Bombeck   Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Heartburn by Nora Ephron Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Moby-Dick by Herman Melville The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. (Jerome David) Salinger Animal Farm by George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Lord of the Flies by William Golding Walden by Henry David Thoreau The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde A Confederacy of Duncesby John Kennedy Toole The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter What A Way To Goby Bella Mackie The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Real Americans by Rachel Khong Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven None of this is True by Lisa Jewell Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Last One by Will Dean His & Hers by Alice Feeney Theo of Golden by Allen Levi The Correspondent by Virginia Evans So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder https://waderouse.com/ https://violashipman.com/ Instagram: @authorwaderouse   Instagram: @deryn.creates    Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, author Wade Rouse joins me to discuss his newest novel inspired by the Golden Girls!   https://waderouse.com/ https://violashipman.com/ Instagram: @authorwaderouse   Instagram: @deryn.creates    Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, author Jumata Emill joins me to discuss his relationship to reading and all of his favorite books!    Authors Discussed in this Episode:  E. Lynn Harris Anne Rice Christopher Rice    Books Discussed in this Episode:  Blood Debuts by Terry J. Benton-Walker Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar We Were Liars by E. Lockhart A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice A Snow Garden by Christopher Rice Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris What We Did to Survive by Megan Lally The Grand Paloma Resort by Clyvis Natera The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey by Astrid Dahl Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker The White Guy Dies First by Terry J. Benton-Walker Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke The Midnight Library by Matt Haig  Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid  There's Only One Sin in Hollywood by Rasheed Newson Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson The Chiffon Trenches by André Leon Talley Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston Instagram: @brownboywriting Tiktok: @jumataemill   Check out Unofficial Book Club Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode author Jumata Emill joins me to discuss his YA Thrillers!    Instagram: @brownboywriting Tiktok: @jumataemill   Check out Unofficial Book Club Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode Jamie Fortin, owner of Friends to Lovers Romance Bookstore in Alexandria VA joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Reena Kent Brynn Wearver Emily Henry Carley Fortune Casey McQuinston Abby Jimenez  Liz Tomford Sarah Adams Tessa Bailey    Books Discussed in this Episode: Verity by Colleen Hoover It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover  Tourist Season by Brynn Weaver Butcher and Blackbird by Brynn Weaver Nocticadia by Keri Lake Phantasma: A Dark Fantasy Romance by Kaylie Smith Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez  Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez  Lights Out by Navessa Allen One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig Zodiac Academy  by sister duo Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti Cruel Prince by Holly Black When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker All the Little Raindrops by Mia Sheridan Throne of Glass by Sara J Mass Sara Adams When In Rome Alchamised by SenLinYu Manacled by SenLinYu First Time Caller BK Borison Not Safe for Work by Nisha Touly  Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri-Kia Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer Hot Summer by Elle Everheart You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen Eat slay love by Julie Mae Cohen What we did to Survive by Megan Lally  Sythe and Pen by AC Hobbs The Gaill by Lo Meyer Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Maze Runner by James Dashner The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld Autumns Tythe by Hannah Parker Legendborn by Tracy Deon Good Spirits BK Borison Bombshell by Sarah McClain https://www.friendstoloversbookstore.com/ Instagram:  @friendstoloversbookstore @jamies.business Tiktok: @friendstoloversbookstore   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode Jamie Fortin, owner of Friends to Lovers Romance Bookstore in Alexandria VA joins me to discuss her bookstore and the bravery of starting a new business.  https://www.friendstoloversbookstore.com/ Instagram:  @friendstoloversbookstore @jamies.business Tiktok: @friendstoloversbookstore   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode author Cleyvis Natera joins me to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Julia Alvarez   Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Road by Cormac McCarthy Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza Yellowface by R. F. Kuang Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez South to America by Imani Perry James by Percival Everett Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Real Americans by Rachel Khong The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz Forever by Judy Blume A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Díaz The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley Instagram: @cleyvisnatera   Check out the Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! Join Here! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode author Cleyvis Natera joins me to discuss her newest novel The Grand Paloma Resort.  Instagram: @cleyvisnatera https://cleyvisnatera.com/   Check out the Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! Join Here! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode content creator Cecil @anotherbookshelf joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Secret History by Donna Tartt Frankenstein by Mary Shelley If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang Angry housewives eating bon bons by Lorna Landvik Betty by Tiffany McDaniel Harry Potter Novel series I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie Unwind by Neal Shusterman The Capital of Dreams by Heather O'Neill Eat, Slay, Love by Julie Cohen This Girl's a Killer by Emma C. Wells Vox by Christina Dalcher Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin The Emperor of Gladness: The Sunday Times Bestselling Summer Read about Chosen Family and Second Chances by Ocean Vuong On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica Goddess Complex by Sanjena Sathian Manacled,dark fanfiction written by SenLinYu  The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara Just for a Taste by Vera Wolfe Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace Instagram: @cecil.anotherbookshelf Tiktok: @anotherbookshelf   Check out the Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! Join Here! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode content creator Cecil @anotherbookshelf joins me to discuss her university studies around literature and culture and her content creation around books! Instagram: @cecil.anotherbookshelf Tiktok: @anotherbookshelf   Check out the Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! Join Here! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode author Katy Hays joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Daphne du Maurier Patricia Highsmith Nora Roberts Kevin Wilson    Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Destroyers by Christopher Bollen The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz The Sabbathday River by Jean Hanff Korelitz Other People's Clothes by Calla Henkel Scrap by Calla Henkel Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins Pines by Blake Crouch Dark Matter by Blake Crouch The Only One Left by Riley Sager Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Harriri-Kia Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya Artificial Wisdom: Salvation Has a Price by Thomas R. Weaver The Wedding People by Alison Espach The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith The Keep by Jennifer Egan A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Carrie by Stephen King The Shining by Stephen King Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz Who is Maud Dixon? By Alexandra Andrews The Weekend Away by Sarah Alderson Instagram: @heykatyhays https://www.katyhays.com/   Check out the Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! Join Here! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode Katy Hays author of The Cloisters discusses her newest novel Saltwater.    Instagram: @heykatyhays   https://www.katyhays.com/   Check out the Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! Join Here! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, Chelsea Bieker and Kimberly King Parsons join me to discuss their favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Stephen King R. L. Stine  Books Discussed in this Episode:  Fear Street by  R. L. Stine Percy Jackson & the Olympians by American author Rick Riordan The Stranger by Albert Camus White Oleander by Janet Fitch To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Speedboat by Renata Adler The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte Whidbey by T Kira Madden Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself by Lisa Marchiano Animal by Lisa Taddeo Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick. Love xxx Allie Rowbottom JELL-O Girls by Allie Rowbottom A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver   IInstagram: @chelseabieker and @kimberlykingparsons Tiktok: @chelseabieker1  https://www.fountainpractice.com/ https://www.chelseabieker.com/ https://www.kimberlykingparsons.com/   Check out the Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! Join Here! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, Chelsea Bieker author of Madwoman, Godshot and Heartbroke and Kimberly King Parsons author of We Were the Universe and Black Light join me to discuss their books and their platform for writers, The Fountain.   Instagram: @chelseabieker and @kimberlykingparsons Tiktok: @chelseabieker1    https://www.fountainpractice.com/ https://www.chelseabieker.com/ https://www.kimberlykingparsons.com/   Check out the Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! Join Here! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, author Nicci Cloke joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Carrie by Stephen King Misery by Stephen King The Shining by Stephen King The Green Mile by Stephen King Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke Charlotte's Web by E. B. White The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann The Deptford Mice Series by Robin Jarvis To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Lord of the Flies by William Golding Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly Fingersmith by Sarah Waters The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz The Last One by Will Dean So Happy For You by Celia Laskey Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox The Wedding People by Alison Espach  We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves   by Karen Joy Fowler Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Run by Ann Patchett The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo What We Can Know by Ian McEwan Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe Instagram: @niccicloke https://niccicloke.com/   Check out my online Book Club on the Fable app! Join Here! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode author Nicci Cloke joins me to discuss her newest novel Her Many Faces! Instagram: @niccicloke https://niccicloke.com/   Check out my online Book Club on the Fable app! Join Here! Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode Zahra Thaleb joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode: Ali Hazelwood Emily Henry Kristina Forest   Books Discussed in this Episode:  It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins A Hundred Other Girls by Iman Hariri-Kia The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-Kia Every Summer After by Carley Fortune  The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story by M. L. Wang Book Lovers by Emily Henry Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood Devine Rivals by Rebecca Ross My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Funny You Should Ask  by Elissa Sussman Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld The Love Con by Seressia Glass The Housemaid by Freida McFadden Yellowface by R. F. Kuang Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews   Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara The Other Lata by Kirthana Ramisetti Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti The Cloisters by Katy Hays The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole Gone Girl  by Gillian Flynn The Coin by Yasmin Zaher Scythe by Neal Shusterman Unwind by Neal Shusterman Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood   Instagram: @zahra.thaleb Tiktok: @zahra.thaleb https://substack.com/@zahrathaleb    Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, content creator and writer Zahra Thaleb joins me to discuss her romance novel and job in NYC!   Instagram: @zahra.thaleb Tiktok: @zahra.thaleb https://substack.com/@zahrathaleb    Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, author Kelsey Cox joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode: The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven portal fantasy by C. S. Lewis Goosebumps by R. L. Stine Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury The Secret History by Donna Tartt No Exit by Taylor Adams Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman Eat, Slay, Love by Julie Mae Cohen The Last One by Will Dean The Island by Adrian McKinty Scythe and Pen by A. C. Hobbs The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides The Princess Bride by William Goldman This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier Authors Discussed in this Episode:  Roald Dahl Lisa Jewell Lucy Foley Freida McFadden Tana French Agatha Christie Jane Harper Daphne du Maurier   Instagram: @kelseycoxwriter https://kelseycoxbooks.com/   Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, debut author Kelsey Cox joins me to discuss her new thriller Party of Liars.  Instagram: @kelseycoxwriter https://kelseycoxbooks.com/   Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, Maika and Maritza Moulite join me again to discuss their relationship to reading and all of their favorite books!   Authors Discussed in this Episode: Madeline Miller Jenni Howell Brandon Sanderson Alyssa Cole Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros James by Percival Everett Circe by Madeline Miller The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-Kia The Other Lata by Kirthana Ramisetti Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy D. Snyder Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory The Deep Blue Betweenby Ayesha Harruna Attah     Instagram: @maikamoulite & @maritzamoulite Tiktok:@maikamoulite & @maritzamoulite https://www.maikaandmaritza.com/   Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, Maika and Maritza Moulite join me to discuss their newest novel The Summer I Ate the Rich.     Instagram: @maikamoulite & @maritzamoulite Tiktok:@maikamoulite & @maritzamoulite https://www.maikaandmaritza.com/   Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, author Kirthana Ramisetti joins me to discuss her favorite books.    Books Discussed in this Episode:  The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Great Big Beautiful Life: Reese's Book Club by Emily Henry The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-Kia The Westing Game by Ellen Raski Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene Babysitters Club by Ann M. Martin A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Life After Life by Kate Atkinson The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob’s Midnight Children by Salman Rushdie The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us by Prachi Gupta I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris by Glynnis MacNicol Bunny by Mona Awad Rouge by Mona Awad  The Goldfinch  by Donna Tartt The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Wedding People by Alison Espach The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen Family Reservations by Liza Palmer Swiped by L.M. Chilton Eat, Slay, Love by Julie Mae Cohen The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy  Goddess Complex by Sanjena Sathian City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim August Lane by Regina Black   Instagram: @kirthanaramisetti Tiktok: @kirthanaramisetti https://kirthanaramisetti.com/   Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, author Kirthana Ramisetti joins me to discuss her newest novel The Other Lata! Instagram: @kirthanaramisetti Tiktok: @kirthanaramisetti https://kirthanaramisetti.com/ https://freehappiness.substack.com/ https://ministryofpopculture.substack.com/     Check out Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! https://fable.co/club/unofficial-book-club-with-kendal-476418838040  Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode author Hayley Krischer joins me to discuss her favorite books to read!  Book Suggestions  Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe Long Island Compromise  by Taffy Brodesser-Akner The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue The Pisces by Melissa Broder Bunny by Mona Awad The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton Lord of the Flies by William Golding I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Youth Juice by E.K. Sathue The Quiet Tenant  by Clémence Michallon  Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke  Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Vox by Christina Dalcher Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin Misery by Stephen King The Shining by Stephen King Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier Howards End, by EM Forster Audition by Katie Kimora  Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter Rules for Fake Girlfriends by Raegan Revord   Instagram: @hayleykrischer https://www.hayleykrischer.net/   Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode author Hayley Krischer joins me to discuss her newest novel You Belong to Me. Instagram: @hayleykrischer https://www.hayleykrischer.net/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! https://fable.co/club/unofficial-book-club-with-kendal-476418838040  Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, author Ashley Winstead joins me to discuss her favorite books! Books Discussed in this Episode:  Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal The Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin  Kate Daniels Series by Ilona Andrews Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren The Last Mrs. Parrish by Lynne Constantine and Valerie Constantine The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder You Between the Linesby Katie Naymon The Hemlock Queen by HANNAH WHITTEN For the Wolf by HANNAH WHITTEN Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin Cultish by Amanda Montell Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven Scythe and Pen by AC Hobbs The Villa by Rachel Hawkins What a Way to Go by Bella Mackie The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Rumoured by Kelly and Kristina Mancaruso Play Nice by Rachel Harrison The New Year's Party By Jenna Satterthwaite The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean All the Little Raindrops by Mia Sheridan Instagram: @ashleywinsteadbooks Tiktok: @ashleywinsteadbooks https://www.ashleywinstead.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! https://fable.co/club/unofficial-book-club-with-kendal-476418838040  Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod

In this episode, author Ashley Winstead joins me to discuss her many thriller and romantic comedy novels!!  Instagram: @ashleywinsteadbooks Tiktok: @ashleywinsteadbooks https://www.ashleywinstead.com/   Check out Unofficial Book Club on Fable! Join us! https://fable.co/club/unofficial-book-club-with-kendal-476418838040  Instagram: @unofficialbookclubpod Tiktok: @unofficialbookclubpod