Sing, goddess, of the creativity of Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles. This romance/war history deftly combines the existing canon of Greek epic and myth with a...

Misanthropy, anxiety, and societal alienation? In this economy?? This week’s book and author aren’t the most uplifting podcast subjects we’ve ever covered, but our discussion ended up being an...

The Wind in the Willows is a classic novel for young readers. But, uh, why? Is it the animals that are basically just Edwardian gentlemen? Is it the deep...

It’s election season here in the US (please go vote if you’re reading this on November 4th or 5th)! And to uh “celebrate” we have chosen to put together...

An FBI agent seeks counsel from an imprisoned serial killer on how to apprehend an active serial killer. That’s the elevator pitch for the *delicious* thriller Silence of the...

I Am Legend is a foundational block for a lot of modern zombie fiction (even though its monsters are technically vampires). But it’s much less interested in the dog...

Do you need a ghost story to tell? Maybe one about a bunch of friends who probably shouldn’t be friends anymore? Then Cassandra Khaw has you covered with this...

Spooktober 2024 is here! And we’re opening this month’s spooktacular with a book about a cannibal dystopia, where people eat other people and where maybe we draw some parallels...

For this new show-within-a-show, Craig and Andrew will be learning about the world of babysitting! We’re going to read eight books in this seminal series, picking books where we...