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When Faith, Femininity & Capitalism Collide: Kristin Kobes Du Mez's Live, Laugh, Love

Horror We Are Excited to Read with Kayla Hardy

Female Friendship, Identity and Motherhood: Amy Chozick's With Friends Like You

Class, Race, Jazz and Crime: Andre Hardy's Fresh Take on Noir Fiction

Sci-Fi, Philip K. Dick & the Birth of Pink Beam Press

Fall Hopefuls on Our TBRs with Gare

The Multi-Hyphenate Marie Laveau: Kayla Hardy's The Quarter Queen

ARCs We Are Excited About with Emma West

Friendship, Grief and Second (and Third, and Fourth) Chances: Paige Harbison's Destination Funeral

The Best & Rest of Summer Books with Gare Billings

Manifestation, Murder, and the Cults of the 1920s: Olesya Lyuzna's Liars in Paradise

An Eldest Daughter Pastor’s Kid Unpacks Her Father's Arrest and Shares the Books That Changed Everything with Kate Johnson

SUMMERWEEN Book Recs with Brian Watson

Some Mid-Year Favorite Reads with Halley Sutton

Your New Favorite Bisexual Stoner P.I. | Jack Friday's Killer Vibes

What If Your Parent was a Serial Killer? V.A. Vazquez's The Death Row Club

Good for Her, Female Rage, and Sisterhood: Molly Fader's Lady X

Serial Killers, Sherlock, and the Truth About Empire: Arvind Ethan David's The Great Game

Pop Culture, Gossip and Revenge: Ashley Winstead's Hot Girl Murder Club

Double Agents, Journalism and Espionage: Connor Martin's The Silver Fish

Power, Greed, and the Dark Side of Utopia: Zac Canon's Stillwater Trace

Trauma, Twins and Twists: The Girls in the Dark by Avery Bishop

Chronic Illness, Spy Thrills & Fake Dating: Kate Williams' Fake Out Make Out

A Trip to Greece, Widow's Bay, Summer House and More with Halley Sutton

Improv, Love and Grief: Emma Brodie's Into the Blue

When Rom-Coms Become Nightmares: Olivia Worley's Man of My Dreams

The History of Misogyny in Pop Culture: Our Thoughts on Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert

Three Hitmen, a Baby, and the Art of Writing Great Action: Rob Hart's Three Hitmen and a Baby

Comfort Reads and Watches with Gare and Steph

Cosmic Horror and a Crime Procedural: CJ Leede's Headlights

Emma West's Reading Journey, TBR Habit, and Approach to Inventory Manager at Wild Geese Bookshop

Identity, Immigration and Intent: Isabel J. Kim's Sublimation

MacKenzie Green is the Global Head of Social for Audible!

From Indoctrination to Curiosity: Promise Backlund's Gospel of Lies

All Our Thoughts About Good People by Patmeena Sabit with Erin Ashley

Palestinian Joy, Stand-Up Comedy and Secret Family History: Sara Hamdan's What Will People Think

Vietnam Vets, Addiction and Deserved Justice: Karen E Osborne's Justice for Emerson

Haunted Houses and the Horrors of Domestic Motherhood: Aimee Pokwatka's Accumulation

Kara Confer and Emily Hone Are Getting Introverts to Go Out: The Wild Geese Event Staff

Privilege, Payback, and Pay-to-Stay Prison: Elizabeth Rose Quinn's Payback

More Than Dragons & Spice: Bridget Howard's The Romantasy Lover's Journal

Books that NEED Adaptations with Gare

Katharine Hepburn, Old Hollywood and Performed Authenticity: Priya Parmar's The Original

Memoir Isn’t Dead (and Never Will Be) with Rachel Kramer Bussel

Follow the Rules… or Else: Marcus Kliewer's The Caretaker

All of My Thoughts on Yesteryear, The Drama, and Trust Me: The False Prophet

A Con Woman, A Wealthy Woman, and a Dead Husband: Rebecca Sharpe's Harmless Women

Medicine, Machines, and Meaning: Justin C. Key's The Hospital at the End of the World

How John Marrs Writes Out of Order (And Still Nails the Ending)

Exploitation, Empowerment and Enlightenment: Courtney Kocak's Girl Gone Wild

Deconstructing Without Losing Jesus: Jeremy Jernigan's The Edge of the Inside

Racial Trauma and Culturally Responsive Care: Ashley McGirt-Adair's The Cost of Healing in Silence

First Quarter Favorite Reads of 2026 with Gare and Steph

Secrets, Spirits, and the Stories We Inherit: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore's The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru

Toxic Masculinity and Female Rage: Katherine Greene's Where the Truth Lies

Taylor Frankie Paul, Another Duggar, The Manosphere, Age of Attraction and More with Halley Sutton

The Divine Feminine, Matriarchy and Dreams: Andrea M. Butler's Mother

Oscars Reactions (Some Choices Were… Interesting) with MacKenzie Green

Buddy Review of Kin by Tayari Jones with Erin Ashley

Quantum Theology: Where Science Meets the Soul

Last, Current and Next Reads with Gare and Steph

Fame, Family & the Cost of the Spotlight: Juliet Izon's The Encore

Reflecting on My First In Person Interview, And Getting Emosh About Bookish Communities

Slashers, Final Girls, and Mannequins: Interview with Stephen Graham Jones

Empathy, Research, and Resistance: Interview with Susana M. Morris about Positive Obsession

Secrets, Lies and Murder In Flight: Susan Walter's Murder at 30,000 Feet

The America's Next Top Model Syllabus with MacKenzie Green

Skates, Snow, and Secrets : Wendy Walker's Blade

Valentines Day Adjacent Book Recs from Not Quite Romance Readers with Halley Sutton

Art As Resistance: Breaking Down Benito Bowl with MacKenzie Green

Family, Fear and the Final Frontier: Jeff Rake's and Rob Hart's Detour

Big Hair and Big Secrets: May Cobb's All The Little Houses

Grief, Meteoric Fame and Parasocial Relationships: Ashley Winstead's The Future Saints

Body Swapping, Dark Academia & Personal Magic: Petra Lord's Queen of Faces

Motherhood, Memory, and Murder: The Water Lies by Amy Meyerson

Predicting Our 2026 Favorite Books with Gare and Steph

History, Horror, and Identity: L.S. Stratton's Sundown Girls

How the NYC Reagan 80s Taught America to Excuse Violence: Heather Ann Thompson's Fear and Fury

Last, Current and Next Reads with Erin Ashley

Silicon Valley, Body Horror and Shadowy Visions: Matt Casamassina's Degenerate

2026 Book Releases We Can't Wait to Read with MacKenzie Green

Infiltrating a Wealthy Family for a Missing Friend: Yasmin Angoe's Behind These Four Walls

January and February Books We Are Excited About with Gare and Steph

Fighting Book Bans and Censorship in Louisiana: Amanda Jones' That Librarian

2026 Bookish Plans and Goals with Halley Sutton

Children Like Us: Family, Heritage & Cultural Erasure with Brittany Penner

2025 Favorite Reads and Some 2026 Hopefuls with Gare

When Faith Becomes Fear: Hell, Control, and the Loss of Love with Brian Recker

What We've Been Reading and Watching, And Some 2026 Hopefuls with Halley Sutton

Cosmic Horror, Claustrophobia & Craft: John Fram on The Midnight Knock

Our Last, Current and Next Reads with Gare and Steph

Purity Culture, Power, and the Women Who Survive: Kristi DeMeester on Dark Sisters

It's ALL That Deep (Or, Ranting About Anti-Intellectualism and Media Illiteracy) with MacKenzie Green

Sin Is an Illusion? Keith Giles on The Quantum Gospel of Mary

Books with Dramatic Irony, Sex Work and Road Trips: Gare, Steph and I Chose A Favorite Plot Device

Ghosts, Girlhood & Generational Memory: Erin Crosby Eckstine on the Humanity of Junie

Cancel Culture, Castles and Chaos: Audra McElyea's Not Good People

Book Club Book Recommendations with Gare and Steph

Rage, Myth, and Magic in 1970s Singapore: Wen-Yi Lee's When They Burned The Butterfly

Strip Clubs, Power Dynamics and Storytelling: Nic Stone's Boom Town