His Book, Her Book
The conversational podcast where a horror obsessed husband and his genre hopping wife try to understand each other’s reading choices, clash tastes and stay happily married through it all. Together we’ll dive into stories from opposite ends of the bookshelf, laughing, debating, recommending and occasionally roasting each other’s picks.
Episodes
9 episodes
Short Reads With Maximum Impact
A great short read can feel like getting hit with a whole novel’s worth of emotion, dread, and meaning in a single sitting and that’s the energy we chase here. We’re German and Jacqui, and we’re swapping favorite books under 250 pages that prov...
If Monsters Look Like Us, What Now
Monsters don’t need claws when they have plausible motives and a world that quietly rewards cruelty. We’re German and Jacqui, and we’re picking four books built around one unnerving idea: the human is the monster. If you love horror books, psyc...
Isolation Can Be A Place Or A State of Mind
Isolation is a setting, a mood, and sometimes a weapon, and we love how it turns a good story into something you feel in your chest. We’re sharing our isolation-themed reads and getting specific about what makes these books work: claustrophobic...
When One Great Book Sends You Searching
One great book can be an accident. Two great books by the same author feels like proof. We’re German and Jacqui, and we’re comparing authors who earned our trust the hard way by delivering more than one read we genuinely loved, then pulling us ...
What Do You Want From A Summer Read
Summer reading should feel like momentum you can’t shake. We’re German and Jacqui, and we’re bringing a stack of beach reads that are bingeable, a little unhinged, and surprisingly thoughtful, even when they’re dark. If your ideal vacation book...
Historical Fiction Favorites
What makes historical fiction stick isn’t the costumes or the dates. It’s the moment you realize the past isn’t past at all, it’s a mirror. We bring four historical fiction book recommendations that hit that nerve in totally different ways, fro...
Four Unforgettable Reads That Bend Time And Break Homes
A haunted house is scary because it breaks the one rule we all rely on: home should feel safe. Time travel is scary for the opposite reason because it tempts us with the one thing we can’t actually have, a redo. We put those two beloved tropes ...
We Break Down Our Book Ratings And Some 2025 Stories That Earned Five Stars
Your reading year tells on you, the genres you chase, the themes you can’t quit, and the books you secretly wish you hadn’t finished. We’re German and Jacqui, and we’re breaking down our 2025 reading highlights with two very different totals (1...
Five-Star Reads That Define Our Taste
Welcome to his book her book, the conversational podcast where a horror obsessed husband and his genre hopping wife try to understand each other’s reading choices, clash tastes and stay happily married through it all. Together we’ll...