Paperback Readers

So happy to be back!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We're craving sweets while reading about French pastries.

We love baseball and Joe Posnanski.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Another fabulous book by Harrison Scott Key.

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

We really enjoyed Stars of Alabama by Sean Dietrich.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sean Dietrich is definitely one of our new favorite authors.

Sean Dietrich is our newest favorite author.

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

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

We always look forward to a new Robert Galbraith novel.

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

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

We loved Silas House's latest book, Southernmost.

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

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

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