Okie Bookcast
The Okie Bookcast is dedicated to helping curious readers like you find your next great read by connecting you to Oklahoma authors and stories. The show features monthly interviews with contributors to the reading life of Oklahoma - it might be an author, publisher, librarian, reader, bookseller, or other figure. In addition to interviews, the show has a monthly book conversation full of reviews and recommendations. New episodes drop on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Connect with Okie Bookcast on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok - @okiebookcast.
Okie Bookcast
Your Next Great Read - J and Hannah (and friends) look forward to 2026 books
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Welcome to Your Next Great Read! This month, Hannah and J are talking about books they're excited to read in 2026, with a little help from some bookstore friends.
Check out the books, and let us know what you're excited to read this year.
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Huge thanks to Self Publish Me for sponsoring this episode!
Books discussed on this episode:
Hannah
The House in the Pines - Ana Reyes
How To Kill Your Family - Bella Mackie
Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep - Paul Tremblay
Nowhere Burning - Catriona Ward
House of Vipers - Emma Jackson
Long Bright River - Liz Moore
Guest Picks
The Last Page Bookstore
Dear Debbie - Frieda McFadden
Blood and Roses - Callie Hart
Meadow Market Books
Side Quests and Shenanigans - Jes McCutchen and Josh Wann
Father Material - Alexis Hall
Operation Bounce House - Matt Dinniman
A Parade of Horribles - Matt Dinniman
J
The Art Thief - Michael Finkel
The Lost House - Melissa Larsen
A Parade of Horribles - Matt Dinnimann (DCC 8)
Platform Decay - Martha Wells (Murderbot 8)
Children of Strife - Adrian Tchaikovsky (CoT4)
Everyone in this Bank is a Thief - Benjamin Stevenson (Ernest Cunningham 4)
Red God - Pierce Brown (Red Rising 7)
The Midnight Train - Matt Haig (Midnight World 2)
Exit Party - Emily St. John Mandel
The Superman Wars - William Bernhardt
Downbelow Station - C.J. Cherryh
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Music by JuliusH
