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The Best and Worst Books of 2026 So Far

Book Recs for Every Song on Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

They Opened The Bookish Khia Asylum!

Book Recs for the folklore Girlies

Hannah Brown Gets Real About Love, Heartbreak, and Her Most Personal Story Yet

The Queer Hades Retelling Everyone's Talking About | Chip Pons Interview

We Need to Talk About Every Year After

BRUTALLY Honest Rankings of Our Book Club Picks

2026 Books You Need to Add to Your Summer TBR

Everyone’s Losing It and Brooke Averick Explains Why

We Have A Lot to Say About Cherry Baby…

We Need to Talk About Off Campus

Tier Ranking Your Favorite Book Couples

Books to Define a Year: Celebrating Kendra

13 Going on 30: Revisiting Books We Loved as Tweens

Reader Rot: Breaking Down the New York Times & Kindle Best-Sellers Lists

Reading 1-Star Review of our Favorite Books

The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez Deep Dive

Romance Author Rose & Thorn

Mismatched Book Comps

One Last Trip to the Windy City: A Windy City Series + In Her Own League Deep Dive

Which Book Did It Better?

2026 Spring Book Releases To Have On Your TBR

Bookish Game Night: AU Meet Cutes, Bookish Matchmaker, and Name That Book

Stephanie Archer Talks Vancouver Storm Series, Hockey Romance, and What Comes Next

The Greatest Love Stories of All Time

Tier Ranking: Judging Books by Their Cover

The Future of the Romance Genre with Iman Hariri-Kia

2026 Reading Goals and Plans

Readers Review the People We Meet on Vacation Movie 👀

Worst Books of 2025 (According to Our Listeners)

Best Books of 2025

The 2025 BYO Book Awards | S5E39

2025 BookTok Drama Round-Up with Gracie (@grapiedeltaco) | S5E38

Bookish Naughty & Nice Lists | S5E37

Winter Book Releases to Have On Your Radar in 2025/2026 | S5E36

Thanksgiving Dinner with Book Heroes and Villains | Mini Ep

Tier Ranking Popular 2025 Romance and Fantasy Books | S5E35

Books We’ll Never Read | S5E34

Mate by Ali Hazelwood Deep Dive | S5E33

Spooky Romances with Lyla Sage! | S5E32

Monster Romance Roundtable #3 | S5E31

Read This, Watch That: TV show recommendations for Romance Readers | S5E30

The Most Overrated and Underrated Romance Books of 2025 | S5E29

Kayla’s 13 Going on 30th Birthday Bash | S5E28

Books Everyone Should Be Reading in Fall of 2025! | S5E27

Things That Work in Romance Books but Not in Real Life | S5E26

The Best Weddings in Romance Books to celebrate Brandi’s Wedding! | S5E25

Fall 2025 Book Releases to Have On Your Radar | S5E24

Brandi’s 30th Bookish Birthday Bash! | S5E23

Grand Gestures, Authors, and Romance Book Draft #3 | S5E22

Tier Ranking: Smutty Words and Other Sexy Things That Appear in Romance Books | S5E21

Upcoming Book-to-Screen Adaptations We’re Excited For! | S5E20

Summer 2025 Reading Recap + Yap Session | S5E19

Fantasy Books for Non-Fantasy Readers ft. kendra.readz | Mini Ep

Book Club Excerpt: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune | Mini Ep

Books & Bravo; Watch This, Read This ft. brandos.books | Mini Ep

Non-Romance Books for Romance Readers ft. kaylas.bookshelf | Mini Ep

Our Mid-Year Check In; The Best Books of 2025 So Far | S5E18

Listeners’ Bookish Hot Takes | Mini Ep

Bookish FMK | Mini Ep

Bad Reviews of 2025 Book Releases | Mini Ep

Summer 2025 Book Releases to Have On Your Radar | S5E17

Is Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry a Romance Novel? | S5E16

Defending Book Couples We Hate ft. @ Kimmybookss | S5E15

Kendra’s Birthday Bash: Books every 27-Year-Old Should Read | S5E14

Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez Deep Dive | S5E13

Lyla Sage’s Last Ride at Rebel Blue Ranch | S5E12

Blind Dates with Book Boyfriends & Girlfriends | S5E11

The Best and Worst Books of 2025 So Far | S5E10

Unpacking Promise Me Sunshine with Cara Bastone | S5E9

Bookish Game Night With @Morgannbook | S5E8

Tier Ranking our All-Time Favorite Books | S5E7

Adalyn Grace knows a thing or two about love triangles | S5E6

Deep Diving into Deep End by Ali Hazelwood | S5E5

Spring 2025 Book releases to have on your radar | S5E4

Layne Fargo spills the tea on her hit novel ‘The Favorites’ | S5E3

A Very Bookish Valentine’s Day | S5E2

2025 Reading, Winter Break Updates + Reintro | S5E1

Carissa Broadbent: Not Your Average Romantasy ft kaylas.bookshelf | Mini Ep

Hot People Read Katie Cotugno ft. kendra.readz | Mini Ep

Lisa Kleypas: Historical Romance for Newbies ft. brandos.books | Mini Ep

The Worst Books of 2024 According to our Listeners | Mini Ep

Rating Listeners' Top Ten Reads of 2024 (part 2) | Mini Ep

Rating Listeners' Top Ten Reads of 2024 (part 1) | Mini Ep

Best Books of 2024 | S4E16

Holiday Romance Novella Roundtable #2 | S4Ep15

Favorite Fictional Families | S4Ep16

Bookish Rewind: A look back at previous Top 10 lists | S4E13

Audiobook Catch-Up 2024 | S4E12

Cara Bastone: Ready or Not, NYC, & finding the humor in romance! | S4Ep11

Book Covers: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly | S4Ep10

Monster Romance Roundtable with Maya! | S4E9

The State of the Bookish Community with @Haleys.house | S4Ep8

Tier Ranking: Enemies to Lovers Books | S4Ep7

2v1: Books One of Us Loved and the Other Didn't | S4Ep6

Fanfiction Girlies | S4Ep5

Tarah DeWitt: Savor It, Narrative Therapy, and What's Next! | S4Ep4

Bookish Game Night #2 | S4Ep3

Sports Romance Ramblings + Book Draft | S4Ep2

Summer 2024 Reading + Life Update | S4Ep1

Game Night with Lauren Asher! | S3Ep16

2024 Summer Reading Plans, Goals and Recommendations! | S3Ep15

Tier Ranking: Friends to Lovers Books | S3Ep14

Guess The Bad Review | S3Ep13

Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark Recap ft. @Kimmybookss | S3Ep12

Listener's Unpopular Bookish Opinions Pt. 2 | S3Ep11

Book Rankings: First and Favorite & Under, Over, and Perfectly Rated | S3Ep10

Abby Jimenez Deep Dive | S3Ep9

Game Night with Giana Darling | S3Ep8

Tier Ranking: Fake Dating Books | S3Ep7

Sweetgrass + Q1 Reading Recap | S3Ep6

Build Your Own Book to Screen Adaptation | S3Ep5

Romance Book Draft #1 | S3Ep4

Game Night with Hannah Bonam-Young | S3Ep3

Listener's Unpopular Bookish Opinions | S3Ep2

2024 Bookish Ins and Outs, Reading Goals, and Recommendations | S3Ep1

Best Books of 2023 | S2Ep17

Holiday Romance Novella Roundtable | S2Ep16

Defend a Book #2: Lovelight Farms Series by B.K. Borison | S2Ep15

Magnolia Parks Universe Deep Dive w/ @kimmybookss | S2Ep14

Lauren Asher: Love Redesigned, Starting a New Series, and Crafting Relatable Characters | S2Ep13

Bookish Game Night | S2Ep12

Fallen Men Series Recap w/ @bookish.sel | S2Ep11

Monster Romance Roundtable | S2Ep10

Build Your Own Romance Book | S2Ep9

Elsie Silver: Hopeless, Canadian Cowboys, and what's next after Chestnut Springs | S2Ep8

Fantasy Gorls: Our Fav Fantasy & Romantasy Books | S2Ep7

Liz Tomforde: The Right Move, Female Friendships, and Praise Kinks | S2Ep6

Couples Challenge: Bookish Edition | S2Ep5

Hannah Bonam-Young: Out on A Limb, Disabled Joy, and Unsexy Smutty Words | S2Ep4

Defend A Book #1: How To Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder | S2Ep3

Mazey Eddings: Messy Characters, Sex Positivity, & Dental School | S2Ep2

Summer Reading Recap | S2Ep1

Book Bonanza 2023: The Good, The Bad, and The Best Moments | Bonus Ep 2

What is Steamy Lit? ft. Special Guest @bookrecsbymel | Bonus Ep 1

Bring Your Own...Booktok Fave | S1Ep15

Bring Your Own...Favorite DILF | S1Ep14

Bring Your Own...Summer TBR (Mini Episode!) | S1Ep13

Bring Your Own...Childhood Fave | S1Ep12

Bring Your Own...Recent Five Star Read | S1Ep11

Bring Your Own...Special Guest ft. Logan (@lcsbookstagram) | S1Ep10

Bring Your Own...Audiobook | S1Ep9

Bring Your Own...Emily Henry Book | S1Ep8

Bring Your Own....Smutty Fave | S1Ep7

Bring Your Own...Unpopular Bookish Opinion | S1Ep6

Bring Your Own....Addicted Series Deep Dive (Part 2) | S1Ep5

Bring Your Own.... Addicted Series Deep Dive (Part 1) | S1Ep4

Bring Your Own....Favorite Female Character | S1Ep3

Bring Your Own....Book Trope | S1Ep2

Bring Your Own...Comfort Book | S1Ep1