
You've Got to Read This!
A Book Podcast for those with a passion for reading.
Episodes
23 episodes
Ep. 23 - Five New Novel Reviews!
Join us as we discuss, Pomegranate, by Helen Elaine Lee; In Memoriam, by Alice Winn; Becoming Madam Secretary, by Stephanie Dray; The Storm We Made, by Vanessa Chan; The Book of Doors, by...
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Episode 22. 4 Novels & 1 Non-Fiction
Join us as we discuss, Still Born, by Guadalupe Nettel; The Great Reclamation, by Rachel Heng; Lion City, by Jeevan Vasagar; Activities of Daily Living, by Lisa Hsiao Chen; The Maniac, by Benja...
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Episode 21. Five novels to scare and share.
Join us as we discuss, Schrader's Chord, by Scott Leeds; Dead Silence, by S.A. Barnes; The Shadow Cabinet, by Juno Dawson; Nestlings, by Nat Cassidy; A Sliver of Darkness, by C.J. Tudor.<...
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Episode 20. Today's books include Literary Fiction, Greek Mythology, Fantasy and a non-fiction book about the Congo.
Join us as we discuss, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty; Ariadni, by Jennifer Saint; The Guest List, by Lucy Foley; The Guest Lecture, by Martin Riker; Cobalt Red...
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25:42

Episode 19. YA Novels (Historical Fiction & Murder Mysteries)
Join us as we discuss All the Bad Apples, by Moira Fowley-Doyle; One of Us is Lying, by Karen M. McManus; One of Us is Next, by Karen M. McManus; One of Us is Back, B...
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Episode 18. Traversing the Globe in Five Books (India, London, Sri Lanka, Guam & Appalachia)
Join us as we discuss Independence, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni; The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, by Shehan Karunatilaka; Maame, by Jessica George; No Country for Eigh...
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Episode 17. Two memoirs, two classics, one comedy and bookstore visits in Arizona.
Join us as we discuss Between Two Kingdoms, by Suleika Jaouad; American Notes, by Charles Dickens; The Guncle, by Steven Rowley; The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells, and...
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Episode 16. Six novels that thrill & chill
Join us as we discuss Daisy Darker, by Alice Feeney; The Fervor by Alma Katsu; Our Crooked Hearts, by Melissa Albert; White Smoke, by Tiffany D. Jackson, Wh...
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Episode 15. 3 Fiction & 2 Non-Fiction
Join us as we discuss The Year of Living Danishly, by Helen Russell; True Biz, by Sara Novic; How the Word is Passed, by Clint Smith; Kaikeyi, by Vaishnavi Patel, and Pilgrims Wa...
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Episode 14: 5 Novels (4 Contemporary, 1 Historical Fiction)
Join us as we discuss The Parade, by Dave Eggers; Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus; The Change, by Kirsten Miller, City of Orange, by David Yoon and The Women of Chatea...
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Episode 13: Short Stories & Essays
Join us as we discuss Life Among the Savages, and Raising Demons, by Shirley Jackson; Tunneling to the Center of the Earth and Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson; and Thin Places: Essays fro...
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Episode 12: 4 Novels & 1 Memoir
Join us as we discuss Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller, by Nadia Wassef; Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson; The Island of Missing Trees, by Elif Shafak; Honor, by Thrity Umrigar...
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Episode 11: Five Book Reviews (2 Literary Fiction, 2 Biographies and a Comedic Murder Mystery)
Join us as we discuss What Strange Paradise, by Omar El Akkad; The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel; by Kati Marton; The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight fo...
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Episode 10: Five Book Reviews (2 Historical Fiction, 2 Contemporary & 1 Speculative Fiction)
Join us as we discuss Still Life, by Sarah Winman; Radiant Fugitives, by Nawaaz Ahmed; The Twilight Zone, by Nona Fernandez; Assembly, by Natasha Brown; and Certain Dark Things, by ...
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Episode 9: Five Book Reviews and a Bookstore in Barcelona
Join us as we discuss Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, by Emily R. Austin; A Pair of Wings: A Novel Inspired by Pioneer Aviatrix Bessie Coleman, by Carole Hopson; The Apocalypse Seven, by Gene Doucett...
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Episode 8: Seven Book Reviews (2 Memoirs and 5 Fiction)
Join us as we discuss Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner; Finding Freedom, by Erin French; The Kitchen Front, by Jennifer Ryan; A Dead Djinn in Cairo, by P. Djeli Clark; The Haunting of Tram...
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Episode 7: Six Book Reviews (2 Fiction, 2 Memoir, 2 Non-Fiction)
Join us as we discuss Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth; The Salt Path, by Raynor Winn; What Unites Us, by Dan Rather; Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson;...
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Episode 6: Eight Young Adult (YA) novels and a book of poetry
Episode 6: Let's talk YA (Young Adult) fiction and a book of poetry with our niece, Sydney. We discuss: Spy School Revolution, by Stuart Gibbs; The One and Only Bob, by Katherine Applegate;&nbs...
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Episode 5: Jolabokaflod: Iceland's bookish holiday tradition
Join us as we discuss Iceland's Christmas Eve tradition of exchanging books. This holiday tradition is called Jolabokaflod.We also review the book, Miss Iceland, by Icelandic author Audur Ava OlafsdottirTo purchase t...
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Episode 4: 3 Bookstore Visits & 5 Book Reviews
Episode 4: We visit three bookstores in upstate New York and review the following books: The Warehouse, by Rob Hart; Leave the World Behind, by Rumaan Alam; The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab;
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Episode 3: Alyssa Cole, Jessica Francis Kane, Emma Donoghue, Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, and Jason DeParle.
Episode 3: Join us as we discuss, "When No One is Watching," by Alyssa Cole, "Rules for Visiting," by Jessica Francis Kane, "The Pull of the Stars," by Emma Donoghue, "Tightrope," by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn, and "A Good Provide...
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Episode 2: Kaite Welsh, Julia Alvarez, Sameer Pandya, Sayaka Murata, Stuart Turton
Join us as we discuss 'The Wages of Sin' by Kaite Welsh, 'Afterlife' by Julia Alvarez, 'Members Only' by Sameer Pandya, 'Convenience Store Woman' and 'Earthlings' by Sayaka Murata and 'The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle' and 'The Devil and t...
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Episode 1: Michael Christie, Megha Majumdar, Kaite Welsh, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Samantha Irby
Join us as we discuss "Greenwood," by Michael Christie; "A Burning," by Megha Majumdar; the Sarah Gilchrist mysteries by Kaite Welsh; Luis Alberto Urrea's "The Devil's Highway" and "Wow, No Thank You," by Samantha Irby.To purchase any o...
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