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What Should I Read Next? — 524 episodes

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Ep 524: Short books that still feel substantial

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Ep 523: Some people read the Great Books, so why not me?

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Ep 522: Keeping things light in my reading life

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Ep 521: Everything L.M. Montgomery and how to build a deeper reading roster

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Ep 520: Why are so many promising-sounding titles not working for me?

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Ep 519: Let's plan a Read the USA project

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Ep 518: Striking a feel-good balance in your reading life

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Ep 517: Seeking contemporary novels to complement Jane Austen classics

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Ep 516: Don't overthink your buddy reads

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Ep 515: I can't read all the books, and that's okay

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Ep 514: Seeking heartwarming, oh-so-discussable reads

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Ep 513: Maggie O’Farrell on writing for the page and screen

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Ep 512: I'm looking for 5-star stunners

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Ep 511: Ask Anne Anything: 10 Year Anniversary Edition

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Ep 510: Finding classics that shine on audio

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Ep 509: Your favorite book discoveries from 10 years of WSIRN

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Ep 508: Anne's Best Books of 2025

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Ep 507: Our team recaps our 2025 reading year

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Ep 506: A new way to think about your reading in the coming year

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Ep 505: Recs for a reader in search of "best in class" books

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Ep 504: Niche and nerdy narrative nonfiction

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Ep 503: Which cozy mysteries are right for me?

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Ep 502: Choosing book gifts your friends will love

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Ep 501: Crafting a personal curriculum for a lifelong learner

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Ep 500: The little things that add up to a rich reading life

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Ep 499: Weird, nerdy, and totally delightful: our conversation with Kevin Wilson

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Ep 498: Books that feel like your favorite comfort TV shows

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Ep 497: The magic of bringing book lovers together

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Ep 496: Warm and inviting stories of hearth and home

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Ep 495: Fall Book Preview sneak peek

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Ep 494: Books brimming with creativity, philosophy, and grace

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Ep 493: Books that take you on an epic journey

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Ep 492: Reflective nonfiction about finding your path

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Ep 491: Our team's best books of summer (Part 2)

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Ep 490: Our team's best books of summer (Part 1)

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Ep 489: The satisfaction of sinking into a good book

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Ep 488: Reading goals that are just lofty enough

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Ep 487: Sci-fi, fantasy, and a sense of possibility

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Ep 486: Setting-driven stories, accidental reading themes, and winning characters

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Ep 485: A midyear reading check-in

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Ep 484: A summer to slow down and sink into what you love

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Ep 483: Help me find my new go-to summer author!

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Ep 482: Diving into evocative ocean reads

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Ep 481: A reading life that comes in waves

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Ep 480: Branching out with escapist, emotionally resonant novels

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Ep 479: Balancing backlist with shiny new releases

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Ep 478: A snippet from the 2025 Summer Reading Guide

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Ep 477: A summer reading road trip

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Ep 476: Offbeat, intricately plotted books for an ambitious reading project

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Ep 475: Help for a fiction lover who wants to read more nonfiction

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Ep 474: Burnout and the reading life

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Ep 473: Refining an out-of-date TBR system

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Ep 472: Literary + Genre = match made in heaven

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Ep 471: Don't let perfectionism ruin your reading life

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Ep 470: Revisiting childhood favorites for a nostalgic reading project

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Ep 469: Book Club is for discussing, discovering, and dissenting

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Ep 468: Books for an adventure out West

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Ep 467: I love literary fiction... don't I?

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Ep 466: New stamps for your literary passport

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Ep 465: What's saving your reading life?

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Ep 464: Travel-minded books for a fantastic European adventure

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Ep 463: Remarkable stories that demand to be told

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Ep 462: LISTEN: Spring Book Preview excerpt

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Ep 461: Backlist books that make your brain fizz

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Ep 460: Anne's best books of 2024

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Ep 459: Reading for quality over quantity

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Ep 458: Live from Nashville: good conversation about creativity and community with readers and writers

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Ep 457: Immersive audiobooks for cozy reading anywhere

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Ep 456: Timeless meets timely: Anne diagnoses why Ginger loves New England books

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Ep 455: Elif Shafak on the resilience of literature

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Ep 454: Holiday gift recommendations from our team

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Ep 453: How to host a cozy reader retreat

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Ep 452: Get a little taste of a lot of good stuff

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Ep 451: Digging into Nikki May's delicious Mansfield Park reimagining

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Ep 450: Asheville on our minds + my favorite NC authors

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Ep 449: Haunting (but not horrifying) page-turners

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Ep 448: Recommend me a thriller, but make it literary

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LISTEN: Fall Book Preview excerpt

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Ep 447: How to fix a chronic three-star situation

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Ep 446: How to balance print books with screen reading

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Ep 445: Startlingly beautiful sentences and perfect last lines

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Ep 444: Our team's best books of summer

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Ep 443: Backlist picks for immediate library hold gratification

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Ep 442: Your TBR is not a to-do list

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Ep 441: Lucy Foley talks secrets, lies, murder, and mystery writing

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Ep 440: Anne's midyear reading check-in

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Ep 439: How many book clubs is too many book clubs?

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Ep 438: Life is short & my TBR is way too long

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Ep 437: An epic birthday bookstore roadtrip

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Ep 436: The reality of bookworm problems

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Ep 435: A deep dive through a massive TBR

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Ep 434: Hospitable books with a strong sense of welcome

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Ep 433: I'm not afraid of a fifty-hour audiobook

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Ep 432: Live from Word of South: Lauren Groff talks Time 100, her new bookstore, and Florida!

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Ep 431: Live from The Bookshelf: Let's talk summer books!

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Ep 430: Summer Reading Guide 2024: We're going to Book Camp!

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Ep 429: Live from Word of South: the books we can't stop recommending

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Ep 428: Recreating the magic of your first reading experience

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Ep 427: The collaborative act of reading

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Ep 426: A fresh outlook for your reading life

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Ep 425: We're all mood readers

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Ep 424: Books that amaze, amaze, amaze

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Ep 423: Quiet, compelling, and wildly popular novels

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Ep 422: Fiction and memoir, but make it travel

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Ep 421: Go ahead, judge that book by its cover

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Ep 420: Soul-changing reads with staying power

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Ep 419: Romance is my entire personality

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Ep 418: Swipe right for book love

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Ep 417: Hygge books for cozy winter reading

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Ep 416: Compelling, emotionally honest storytelling

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Ep 415: Reading + wintering

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Ep 414: Reading on a budget and thriving

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Ep 413: Literary trends and publishing predictions for 2024

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Ep 412: Anne's best books of 2023

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Ep 411: Super-seasonal reading, all year long

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Ep 410: Building a TBR for a bucket list trip

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Ep 409: Stories you can't stop thinking about

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Ep 408: Reading around the world

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Ep 407: Knitting unraveled my reading life

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Ep 406: Holiday gift picks from our team

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Ep 405: Books that pair with pumpkin spice

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Ep 404: The art of discovering go-to authors

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Ep 403: I feel lost when it comes to fiction

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Ep 402: Reading for escape and adventure

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Ep 401: Exploring spine-tingling and scary reads

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Ep 400: A special episode to celebrate our 400th

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Ep 399: The DNA of different book clubs

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Ep 398: A reading life that shifts with the seasons

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Ep 397: The ingredients for a favorite read

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Ep 396: Dear Book Therapist + how bestseller lists are compiled (and why it matters)

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Ep 395: A little touch of magic never hurts

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Ep 394: Our team's best books of summer

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Ep 393: What makes you a "real" reader?

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Ep 392: Insightful and entertaining memoirs

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Ep 391: Habits of a happy reader

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Ep 390: Audiobooks for the longest flight of your life

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Ep 389: Anne and Will’s European reading adventures

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Ep 388: Books that take you off the beaten path

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Ep 387: Books that feel like a vacation for your brain

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Ep 386: Your ticket to unexplored genres

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Ep 385: A summer of European reading

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Ep 384: Reading for pleasure, not productivity

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Ep 383: Juicy, big-hearted family novels

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Ep 382: How your favorite books become shows and movies

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Ep 381: Past and Present Summer Reading Guide favorites

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Ep 380: Behind the Scenes of the Summer Reading Guide

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Ep 379: An "impossible" travel reading project

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Ep 378: (Mostly) YA books that surprise and stretch me

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Ep 377: What NOT to read next

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Ep 376: Bookstore confidential

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Ep 375: Short novels that contain whole worlds

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Ep 374: Gripping, page-turny narrative nonfiction

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Ep 373: Intentional steps for unlimited lifelong learning

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Ep 372: Books that change the way you see your city and your world

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Ep 371: What should Anne read next?

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Ep 370: Books so nice you'll want to read them twice

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Ep 369: State of the Bookstore

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Ep 368: Learning to trust your reading instincts

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Ep. 367: Books that check all your boxes + what should Anne read next?

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Ep. 366: Great books spur great conversations

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Ep 365: Pitch perfect endings and laugh-out-loud rom coms

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Ep 364: Great books you may have missed in 2022

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Ep 363: Fast-paced, plot-driven novels to get you reading again

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Ep 362: Our seventh birthday celebration

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Ep 361: Anne's Best Books of 2022

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Ep 360: A high-stakes family reading competition

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Ep 359: Making big reading goals a reality

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Ep 358: Book-to-film adaptations and seasonal reading vibes

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Ep 357: Welcome to Three Pines

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Ep 356: Sink into your next cozy read

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Ep 355: Highly giftable picks for your favorite readers

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Ep 354: Book festivals for beginners

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Ep 353: Sad Girl Lit Fic and other burnout busters

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Ep 352: Bookish gifts to delight kids and teens

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Ep 351: Book Club Favorites: LIVE from Bookmarks!

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Ep 350: Book mail keeps us together

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Ep 349: Cancelling Netflix rebooted my reading life

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Ep 348: Don't read widely (right now)

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Ep 347: A reader's guide to tricky transitions

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Ep 346: Once upon a bookshelf

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Ep 345: Thank Oprah for my reading life

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Ep 344: Our team's favorite summer reads

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Ep 343: No shame in our book game

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Ep 342: Everyday reading magic

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Ep 341: Growing up bookish: your favorite reading memories

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Ep 340: The secret life of an audiobook narrator w/ Julia Whelan

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Ep 339: I'm not that reader anymore

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Ep 338: This episode is Overdue

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Ep 337: TBR solutions for an extreme mood reader

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Ep 336: Find your audiobook formula

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Ep 335: My best friends are fictional characters

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Ep 334: Floundering with fiction no more

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Ep 333: Vacation reading

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Ep 332: Beach Reads for Book Lovers

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Ep 331: Strong sense of summer

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Ep 330: Fascinating lives, fascinating stories

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Ep 329: Make your reading hours count

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Ep 328: Reading is a lifestyle

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Ep 327: Brilliant books that ask big questions

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Ep 326: Fiction is my first love

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Ep 325: Reading makes me feel like myself

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Ep 324: Gems across all genres

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Ep 323: Series to cure your Louise Penny hangover

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Ep 322: The art of a great reading experience

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Ep 321: The greatest hits of your reading life

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Ep 320: Book buddies-in-law

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Ep 319: A grumpy man whisperer on a literary mission

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Ep 318: You can fix your reading life

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Ep 317: Myth, murder, and a massive book hangover

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Ep 316: Books we loved in 2021

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Ep 315: A life-changing bag of books

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Ep 314: Your reading life is in good hands

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Ep 313: Books that stand the test of time

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Ep 312: Everyone needs a book box

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Ep 311: Reading is LIFE!

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Ep 310: Big books that are worth the effort

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Ep 309: I don't know what I like to read!

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Ep 308: The crowd goes wild for these perennial favorites

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Ep 307: Writers start as readers

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Ep 306: You don't read in a vacuum

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Ep 305: Read yourself like a book

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Ep 304: Your trusty list of bookish gifts

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Ep 303: Reading for thrills and chills

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Ep 302: Books you can believe in

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Ep 301: Ask Anne Anything

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Ep 300: How good it is to be among people who are reading!

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Ep 299: Playing genre hopscotch

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Ep 298: A reading life without regrets

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Ep 297: Right book, wrong time

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Ep 296: Backlist and brunch

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Ep 295: Unleash your pent-up book energy

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Ep 294: Dickens ruined my reading life

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Ep 293: Streamline your (digital) TBR

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Ep 292: A life-changing library trip

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Ep 291: The best books of summer (so far)

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Ep 290: Fiction is my oldest friend

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Ep 289: A ridiculous plan to read more books

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Ep 288: Looking for that WOW! factor

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Ep 287: I want to be where the readers are

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Ep 286: How to find those hidden gems

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Ep 285: Books that leave you speechless

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Ep 284: I need an irresistible read this summer

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Ep 283: Don't save the good stuff

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Ep 282: I’m a little bit obsessed with reading

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Ep 281: Authors who make you feel seen

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Ep 280: Epic journeys, untold stories & guaranteed great reads

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Ep 279: Read these books when you need a good cry

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Ep 278: The Art of cheat reading

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Ep 277: Books that feel like a vacation for your brain

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Ep 276: Exquisite, evocative novels

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Ep 275: How many book clubs is too many book clubs?

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Ep 274: #Bookstagram made me do it

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Ep 273: Realism, redemption, and reading across generations

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Ep 272: I loved the library before it was cool

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Ep 271: Because sometimes a 4.75 star rating feels right

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EP 270: When you NEED a season of low-stress reading

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Ep 269: Your friendly neighborhood literary society

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Ep 268: Our team's best books of the year

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Ep 267: Lush, beautiful, and a pleasure to read

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Ep 266: Ask Anne Anything: Re-reads, reviews, and recommendation regrets

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Ep 265: 10 questions to ask yourself about your reading life

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Ep 264: Compulsively readable literary fiction

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Ep 263: It's okay to quit reading

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Ep 262: Books that deliver a little depth, a little distraction

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Ep 261: Huggable comfort reads for a cozy reading season

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Ep 260: A little free library with a life of its own

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Ep 259: The formula for a 5-star read

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Ep 258: Reading for peace, joy, and escapism

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Ep 257: Let’s build your holiday book list

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Ep 256: The perks and pitfalls of omnivorous reading

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Ep 255: Spine-tingling reads for a confirmed scaredy-cat

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Ep 254: A plethora of political(ish) book recs

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Ep 253: A whole bunch of book recs, from our team of readers to you

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Ep 252: Books that send you racing to Google

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Ep 251: I love books and books love me back

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Ep 250: I want a book that reads like a love letter

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Ep 249: Who would read the dictionary for fun? (we would)

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Ep 248: Reading on island time

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Ep 247: Finding the common thread in two friends' wildly different TBRs

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Ep 246: Does your reading life need a mid-year checkup?

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Ep 245: Finding the right mix for your reading life

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Ep 244: You love to read–don’t ruin it

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Ep 243: Predicting the next great American classic

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Ep 242: Sharing Good Reads with good friends

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Ep 241: Memoirs, milk cows, and reading on horseback

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Ep 240: Saving the world, one series at a time

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Ep 239: The read-alike problem

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Ep 238: Windows, mirrors, and why We Need Diverse Books

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Ep 237: When the library is closed, what's a reader to do?

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Ep 236: What SHOULDN'T I read next?

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Ep 235: A crate full of summer reads

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Ep 234: The recipe for a delicious summer read

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Ep 233: Escaping into someone else's story

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Ep 232: Really good fiction is about EVERYTHING

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Ep 231: Lush literary novels with page-turning appeal

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Ep 230: Don't overthink your reading life

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Ep 229: Works of literary fabulousness

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Ep 228: HELP! I can't stop quitting books

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Ep 227: Putting your money where your literary values are

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Ep 226: Dig in to a feast for your literary senses

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Ep 225: What your neighborhood should read next

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Ep 224: Confronting the Bookshelf of Shame

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Ep 223: Five stars for negative book reviews

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Ep 222: Ordinary lives make extraordinary books

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Ep 221: Swipe right for book love

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Ep 220: The books that keep pulling me back

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Ep 219: Required reading revisited

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Ep 218: A WSIRN Marriage Story

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Ep 217: Making up for lost time in your reading life

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Ep 216: A sneak peek at Don't Overthink It

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Ep 215: Finding the right way to track YOUR reading

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Ep 214: Deconstructing your best reading year yet

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Ep 213: Art, fear, and discovering great books

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Ep 212: Book gifts for your hardest-to-buy-for loved ones

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Ep 211: Good reads from the Great North

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Ep 210: Book gifts are the BEST gifts

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Ep 209: Cracking the audiobook code

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Ep 208: The underappreciated art of literary forgery

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Ep 207: An all-you-can-read buffet

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Ep 206: How to bypass the book hangover

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Ep 205: Books that won’t let you stop reading

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Ep 204: Nonfiction that reads like a thrilling novel

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Ep 203: What happens in book club stays in book club

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Ep 202: The art (and awfulness) of the cliffhanger

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Ep 201: The hidden value of a terrible reading experience

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Ep 200: The good, the bad, and the unread

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Ep 199: The perils of public book recommendations

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Ep 198: Reading for the FUN of it

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Ep 197: Rebuilding a bookshelf in Paradise

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Ep 196: What the cool kids are reading

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Ep 195: Wanted: book enthusiast at large

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Ep 194: No plot, no problem!

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Ep 193: Rolling the dice on your next read

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Ep 192: Wherever you read, I will follow

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Ep 191: When a great book wrecks your reading life

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Ep 190: There's nothing like a little bookish momentum

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Ep 189: Our favorite genre is chapter books

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Ep 188: Books, plants, and literal bibliotherapy

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Ep 187: Traveling the world without leaving your hometown

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Ep 186: Finding the book that feels like it was written just for you

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Ep 185: What should you read this summer?

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Ep 184: You’ll never conquer your TBR—and that’s a good thing

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Ep 183: Baking, books, and other everyday magic

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Ep 182: Matching the right (audio)book to the right listener

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Ep 181: Taking your reading life from good to great

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Ep 180: Rearranging your life to read 600 books a year

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Ep 179: Life is short & my TBR is way too long

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Ep 178: The Next Right Thing for your reading life

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Ep 177: When your reading life is a roller coaster

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Ep 176: Books in the freezer, & other horror stories

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Ep 175: Your library called and they want their books back

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Ep 174: The heart wants to read what the heart wants to read

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Ep 173: Clocking in at the reading factory

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Ep 172: How many re-reads is too many re-reads?

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Ep 171: A podcaster, a barrister, and a joiner walk into a bookstore

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Ep 170: Fascinating fiction for the relentlessly practical reader

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Ep 169: Books that mess you up in all the right ways

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Ep 168: A century of good books (in a single year)

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Ep 167: Reading is supposed to be FUN

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Ep 166: Just don't call it a book club

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Ep 165: 1000 Books to read before you die

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Ep 164: The couple that reads together ... needs to find books they'll both LOVE

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Ep 163: Wonderful, wonder-filled reading in the great outdoors

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Ep 162: The best bad ending you'll ever read

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Ep 161: Books on the Nightstand and on your wishlist

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Ep 160: Books that capture the magic of everyday life

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Ep 159 : How to cope with the longest book hangover ever

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Ep 158: The life-changing magic of clearing your unread shelf

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Ep 157: The stories behind the stories we love to read

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Ep 156: Expert tips for a pretty, peaceful, practical bookshelf

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Ep 155: When stolen audible credits spur a beautiful bookish relationship

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Ep 154: Books so inspiring you might be afraid to read them

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Ep 153: Revolutionizing your reading life, 10 minutes at a time

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Ep 152: Under-appreciated books that may be perfect for your TBR

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Ep 151: Knockout books for a recovering completionist

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Ep 150: I have a confession... I'm not a reader

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Ep 149: Ask Anne Anything

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Ep 148: Rebuilding your life (and your library)

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Ep 147: Ruining your childhood one book at a time

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Ep 146: Refugee camps, civil war, and the triumph of a library card

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Ep 145: Confess Your Literary Sins

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Ep 144: Wanna read more? Quit your job.

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Ep 143: The quest for the perfect coffeeshop read

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Ep 142: The moment you became a reader

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Ep 141: The Enneagram of your favorite book

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Ep 140: What IS literary fiction, anyway?

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Ep 139: Snooping other people’s bookshelves + the patron saint of WSIRN

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Ep 138: The Librarians Are In!

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Ep 137: Bibliotherapy for the toughest times

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Ep 136: One Great Book

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Ep 135: When your reading life is nothing like people expect

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Ep 134: Audiobooks for the whole family to binge

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Ep 133: Authors who get where you're coming from

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Ep 132: The books we can't wait to read this summer

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Ep 131: Living in the land of Jane Austen

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Ep 130: Must-read books by women writers

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Ep 129: Tips and tricks for distracted readers (and listeners)

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Ep 128: When contemporary fiction feels like a crapshoot

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Ep 127: Seeking professional help (for quitting books)

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Ep 126: Books that appeal to your head AND your heart

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Ep 125: Gateway books to hook a Netflix addict

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Ep 124: The challenge of making your reading life your own

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Ep 123: Books that will totally make you cry (with laughter)

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Ep 122: This AMAZING episode will have you RACING to the library

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Ep 121: “The Secret” to a great self help book

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Ep 120: Books that make you feel big things

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Ep 119: A book snob breakthrough

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Ep 118: The rhythm of a reading family

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Ep 117: Literary fiction over US Weekly

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Ep 115: Books that bridge two worlds

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Ep 114: Missed bookstore connections

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Ep 113: The next best thing to reading: how 14 WSIRN listeners organize their bookshelves

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Ep 112: Your best reading year yet

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Ep 111: A lifetime mother-daughter book club

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Ep 110: When your life resembles Big Little Lies

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Ep 109: Reading slumps are the worst

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Ep 108: What Should I Read Next LIVE from Asheville

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Ep 107: Bookish gifts for everyone on your list

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Ep 106: The anatomy of an excellent reading experience

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Ep 105: Reading makes the whole day better

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Ep 104: Books that don't hold anything back

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Ep 103: Accidental book theft & other bookworm crimes

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Ep 102: A new way to think about fictional characters

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Ep 101: What Anne wishes she'd known (100 episodes later)

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Ep 100: When everyone loves that book but you

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Ep 99: Nobody hates a beautiful book (or a handwritten letter)

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Ep 98: Loving that literary lifestyle

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Ep 97: How a book REALLY gets made, from idea to the bookstore shelves

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Ep 96: Listen to Anne read Chapter 1 of her new book Reading People!

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Ep 95: Really weird stories you should totally read

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Ep 94: Paris epiphanies (and other bookish destinations)

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Ep 93: Books to help you manage anxiety + a book brunch that will have you drooling

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Ep 92: When you feel betrayed by the bestseller list

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Ep 91: The books you can't stop recommending

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Ep 90: Immersive books that make you want to read them again (for the first time)

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Ep 89: Ask Anne Anything!

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Ep 88: Overlooked books that deserve to shine

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Ep 87: Popcorn books, page-turning thrills, and reader regret

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Ep 86: Eclectic tastes, slow readers, and talking about books with strangers

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Ep 85: When your best friend hates your favorite book (and you hate hers)

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Ep 84: You know you're a Serious Reader when...

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Ep 83: An epic birthday bookstore road trip

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Ep 82: Obsessive readers and bookish kindred spirit angels

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Ep 81: The suspense is thrilling me

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Ep 80: Books that make you want to skip dinner, work, and the rest of your life

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Ep 79: The books we can't wait to read this summer

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Ep 78: Super-relevant (super-enjoyable) fiction for our time

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Ep 77: How to save The Shop Around the Corner

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Ep 76: Book people are the best people (LIVE!)

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Ep 75: If Google wrecked your brain, here's what you should read

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Ep 74: Finally falling in love with reading - at 30!

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Ep 73: Don't judge a person by their (book) cover

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Ep 72: Embarrassing bookworm confessions

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Ep 71: A super-elegant apocalypse

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Ep 70: The book Anne can't shut up about

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Ep 69: The library is running my life

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Ep 68: Plot summaries are the WORST

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Ep 67: Just the right book at just the right time

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Ep 66: Books that glitter, sparkle, and pop

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Ep 65: The joy of buying books on someone else’s dime

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Ep 64: The next best thing to reading

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Ep 63: Books so good you'll forget you have a phone

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Ep 62: Your TBR will never be the same ...

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Ep 61: When the plot comes full circle...

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Ep 60: The last page can make it or break it

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Ep 59: Prescribing books for what ails you

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Ep 58: "You've hit your hold limit" and other disasters

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Ep 57: What's your reading personality?

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Ep 56: There's nothing like a bookstore at the holidays

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Ep 55: Choosing contemporary novels with staying power (for Jane Austen's 5x great niece)

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Ep 54: What Should I LISTEN to Next?

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Ep 53: The best of literary heroines (Reading For A Lifetime Pt 5)

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Ep 52: There's nothing better than a great book, with Gretchen Rubin (Reading For A Lifetime, Pt 4)

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Ep 51: Gateway books to lifetime reading (Reading For A Lifetime, Pt 3)

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Ep 50: Growing up with the help of a good book (Reading for a Lifetime, Pt 2)

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Ep 49: How to help kids fall in love with reading (Reading for a Lifetime, Pt 1)

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Ep 48: It's good to be a Special Readerly Snowflake

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Ep 47: Needing books, with a capital "N"

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Ep 46: What DID they read next (and how did they feel about it?)

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Ep 45: Heartwarming books for dire situations

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Ep 44: Like speed dating, but with authors

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Ep 43: Fiction FOMO and curing Hamilton hangover

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Ep 42: Life's too short to waste on bad books

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Ep 41: The books we can't wait to read this fall

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Ep 40: Spouses of Readers Anonymous

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Ep 39: Judging a book by its first sentence

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Ep 38: Secrets, cheap tricks, and paradigm-shifting books

488

Ep 37: Reading as a couple + the best books YOU read this summer

489

Ep 36: Comfort food, but with books

490

Ep 35: Internet brain, redemption stories, and books with terrible elevator pitches

491

Ep 34: Books that marry fiction and reality

492

Ep 33: What DID they read next (and what did they think about it?

493

Ep 32: Literature as fun escape and daily companion

494

Ep 31: Lifetime favorite books and reading for a living

495

Ep 30: 4-star books with 4-star endings for an ISTJ Type A Upholder

496

Ep 29: Work, money, love, and mystery

497

Ep 28: Books that no one's writing about in Entertainment Weekly

498

Ep 27: Books good enough to make you turn off the tv (even if you love tv)

499

Ep 26: Great adventure books

500

Ep 25: Very personal stories

501

Ep 24: Life-changing books

502

Ep 23: Honeymoon reading

503

Ep 22: What DID they read next (and how did they like it?)

504

Ep 21: The books that made you fall in love with reading

505

Ep 20: Sweeping sagas and strong female leads

506

Ep 19: Great literary fiction, inspirational favorites, and high school English

507

Ep 18: Compelling, character-driven books steeped in time and place

508

Ep 17: Smart, slightly eccentric, diverse books

509

Ep 16: Fascinating premises in dystopian fiction

510

Ep 15: The audacity to tell people what to read

511

Ep 14: A snob-free approach to reading

512

Ep 13: Memoir, creativity, talent, and more memoir

513

Ep 12: Life is hard - but reading doesn't have to be

514

Ep 11: What's going on beneath the surface

515

Ep 10: You can be a Serious Reader and still love Matt Damon

516

Ep 9: The reality of bookworm problems

517

Ep 8: The power of books, English major favorites, and what makes a great YA novel

518

Ep 7: Books that uplift and inspire, the books that "hook" you, and filling the Brown Girls' Bookshelf

519

Ep 6: Books for book nerds, author backstories, and simple stories told well

520

Ep 5: Raising readers, books that find you, and making the library people hate you

521

Ep 4: Reading as escape, hating lots of books, and finding new fiction

522

Ep 3: Books that "smart" people like, books you truly love, and books that embrace the grey

523

Ep 2: The perils of high expectations and characters you can root for

524

Ep 1: Books that inspire crying jags and sleepless nights (in the best sense)