Season 4, Episode 2: Books with Great Titles + Auto-Buy Authors
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: a book that confused us both, and a great podcast episode
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Current Reads: a second in a series, a great premise, a great title, and a book filled with a-holes
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Deep Dive: the authors whose books we pre-order as soon as we know about them
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Book Presses: two presses from some of our favorite auto-buy authors
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!
New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!
*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*
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Bookish Moments of the Week:
2:10 - Diving In Podcast
2:39 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
4:05 - Currently Reading Patreon
4:27 - The Novel Neighbor bookstore
4:45 - Novel Neighbor’s Instagram @novelneighbor
6:39 - Super Host by Kate Russo
8:04 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
8:06 - The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
Current Reads:
9:01 - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (Meredith)
9:11 - Fabled Bookshop
9:29 - Book of the Month
13:57 - No Bad Deed by Heather Chavez
14:36 - The Escape Room by Megan Goldin (Kaytee)
14:53 - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
15:33 - The Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
15:38 - The Boys Club by Erica Katz
16:08 - And Then There were None by Agatha Christie
16:11 - In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
17:38 - All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenburg (Meredith)
19:50 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
21:44 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
23:16 - The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
23:46 - Love Lives Here by Amanda Jette Knox (Kaytee)
24:06 - Love Lives Here by Maria Goff
26:31 - Hollowpox by Jessica Townsend (Meredith)
27:48 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
27:51 - The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
31:27 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (Kaytee)
33:51 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
33:56 - The Book Review Podcast
34:14 - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke
34:23 - Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
Deep Dive - Auto-Buy Authors and Books
37:40 - Still Life by Louise Penny
38:02 - The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny (Pre-order link)
38:12 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
38:19 - A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
38:27 - The Secret Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
38:33 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
38:49 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
39:12 - Cazadora by Romina Garber (Preorder link)
39:14 - Lobizona by Romina Garber
39:34 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
39:36 - On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
39:39 - Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
40:19 - Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
40:30 - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
40:48 - The One by John Marrs
40:49 - The Passengers by John Marrs
40:51 - The Minders by John Marrs
41:10 - Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
41:15 - Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (Preorder link)
41:47 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
42:19 - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
42:21 - The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
42:23 - The Haunting of Maddie Clare by Simone St. James
42:35 - Descent by Tim Johnston
42:36 - The Current by Tim Johnston
43:26 - A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris (preorder link)
43:57 - Four Hundred Souls edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
45:48 - The Guest List by Lucy Foley
46:17 - The Lost Man by Jane Harper
46:33 - The Dry by Jane Harper
46:50 - Force of Nature by Jane Harper
47:14 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
47:15 - The Editor by Steven Rowley
47:16 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley
47:57 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
48:05 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
48:17 - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
48:19 - The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
48:41 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
49:35 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth (Meredith)
51:36 - Gone Girl by Gillian Finn
52:24 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield
53:25 - Dear Martin by Nic Stone (Kaytee)
53:26 - Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
54:38 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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