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Welcome to Paperback Readers, a podcast with Joe and Julie in which they discuss what they’re reading and go in-depth on one book they read together.

Joe and Julie


    • Nov 18, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 12m AVG DURATION
    • 102 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Paperback Readers

    Paperback Readers Episode 99

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024


    So happy to be back!

    Paperback Readers Episode 98

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024


    We are back and excited to talk about books with you!

    Paperback Readers Episode 97

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024


    This week's book, The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, was chosen by this week's special guests.

    Paperback Readers Episode 96

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024


    You want to read Monica Wood's fabulous novel How to Read a Book.

    Paperback Readers Episode 95

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024


    We're back, and ready to talk about books with you!

    Paperback Readers Episode 94

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024


    We loved Colton Gentry's Third Act by Jeff Zentner. Let us know what you thought of it!

    Paperback Readers Episode 93

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024


    Thanks for listening! Let us know what you're reading.

    Paperback Readers Episode 92

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024


    Scott Simon's beautiful memoir about his mother is so worth your time.

    Paperback Readers Episode 91

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024


    James by Percival Everet was our shared read, and we raced through it.

    Paperback Readers Episode 90

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024


    We're talking about a book about books! You're going to love Why We Read by Shannon Reed.

    Paperback Readers Episode 89

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024


    We're craving sweets while reading about French pastries.

    Paperback Readers Episode 88

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024


    We love baseball and Joe Posnanski.

    Paperback Readers Episode 87

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024


    Welcome to a new year of reading with How to Know a Person by David Brooks.

    Paperback Readers Episode 86

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024


    We're talking with our friend Haley, sharing all our favorite books of 2023.

    Paperback Readers Episode 85

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023


    Pappyland by Wright Thompson is the perfect book with which to end our year.

    Paperback Readers Episode 84

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023


    If Michael Lewis isn't on your TBR list, you're going to want him there now.

    Paperback Readers Episode 83

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023


    Wright Thompson's The Cost of These Dreams was Joe's pick, but Julie loved it too.

    Paperback Readers Episode 82

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023


    This essay collection, I Take My Coffee Black, by Tyler Merritt was funny, inspiring, and enlightening.

    Paperback Readers Episode 81

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023


    We are fans of the Cormoran Strike series and were excited to read the latest book.

    Paperback Readers Episode 80

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023


    Tom Lake by Ann Patchett is one of our favorite books of the year.

    Paperback Readers Episode 79

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023


    We love video games, and we loved talking about them through this book, Game On! by Dustin Hansen, with our daughter Natalie.

    Paperback Readers Episode 78

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023


    Somebody's Fool is our favorite in this outstanding trilogy by Richard Russo.

    Paperback Readers Episode 77

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023


    We loved talking to Chad Alan Gibbs today! Listen in, and check out his books.

    Paperback Readers Episode 76

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023


    Richard Russo is one of our favorite authors, and his new book in this series is coming out next week.

    Paperback Readers Episode 75

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023


    Another fabulous book by Harrison Scott Key.

    Paperback Readers Episode 74

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023


    Beth Moore's memoir, All My Knotted-Up Life, was beautiful.

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    Paperback Readers Episode 73

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023


    We really enjoyed Stars of Alabama by Sean Dietrich.

    Paperback Readers Episode 72

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023


    We are delighted to talk to Luma Mufleh about her new memoir, From Here.

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    Paperback Readers Episode 71

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023


    We loved talking to our friend Haley about Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano.

    Paperback Readers Episode 70

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023


    We're talking this week about The Bible Tells Me So by Peter Enns.

    Paperback Readers Episode 69

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023


    We found Twilight in Hazard by Alan Maimon to be profound and true, and it sparked so many discussions for us while we were reading it.

    Paperback Readers Episode 68

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023


    Such a great time talking to our friend Nathan about Dave Van Ronk's book The Mayor of MacDougal Street.

    Paperback Readers Episode 67

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023


    It was an unusual episode for us, because the shared read turned out to not be right for either of us.

    Paperback Readers Episode 66

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023


    Listen in to this fun conversation with our first ever guest, our friend Andy, who chose this excellent book by Jim Abbott and Tim Brown for our shared read.

    Paperback Readers Episode 65

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023


    Drew Magary writes a hilarious and tender book on modern parenting.

    Paperback Readers Episode 64

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023


    This week, we dipped into celebrity memoir with Matthew Perry.

    Paperback Readers Episode 63

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023


    Nick Hornby has a new book out and we didn't even realize it. Until now.

    Paperback Readers Episode 62

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023


    It's our annual post with all our favorite books of the year.

    Paperback Readers Episode 61

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022


    This is probably Joe's top book of the year. It's amazing.

    Paperback Readers Episode 60

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022


    This week, we read No Fixed Address by Susan Nielsen.

    Paperback Readers Episode 59

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022


    Sean Dietrich is definitely one of our new favorite authors.

    Paperback Readers Episode 58

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022


    Sean Dietrich is our newest favorite author.

    Paperback Readers Episode 57

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2022


    In an attempt to understand what we eat and how it affects us, we read Michael Pollan's Food Rules.

    Paperback Readers Episode 56

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022


    Celebrities for Jesus is a highly informative look at the way celebrity culture has infiltrated the church.

    Paperback Readers Episode 55

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022


    We always look forward to a new Robert Galbraith novel.

    Paperback Readers Episode 54

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022


    Natalie Lloyd's new book Hummingbird is a favorite in this house.

    Paperback Readers Episode 53

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022


    We're reading one of Joe's favorite detective novels: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.

    Paperback Readers Episode 52

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022


    We loved Silas House's latest book, Southernmost.

    Paperback Readers Episode 51

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022


    This week, we're talking about Now What? by Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers.

    Paperback Readers Episode 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022


    We hope your holiday weekend was full of good books, like Steven Rowley's The Guncle.

    Paperback Readers Episode 49

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022


    We're talking about summer reading and the new book about The Office!

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