Want to learn how to make the most of your reading life? Join Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara every week as they discuss tips and tricks for reading better! Listeners will learn how to vanquish their To-Be-Read piles, get pointers on organizing their bookshelves and hear reviews on the newest reading gadgets. Brea and Mallory also offer advice on bookish problems. How do you climb out of a reading slump? How do you support authors while still getting books on the cheap? Where do you hide the bodies of the people who won’t stop talking while you’re trying to read? Mallory and Brea engage in a weekly discussion geared towards all kinds of book lovers -- no matter what you read or how you read it.
Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara
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The Reading Glasses podcast is an absolute gem for book lovers. Hosted by Mallory O'Meara and Brea Grant, this podcast is entertaining, informative, and has a contagious love for reading. Their chemistry is fantastic, and they bring a fun and personable energy to each episode. One of the best aspects of this podcast is their ability to provide great advice on how to read more. Through their discussions and recommendations, they have inspired many listeners to read more books in just a few months than they have in years. The range of topics covered in the show is impressive, from discussions on different genres to bookish life and everything in between. They also have a mantra that "all books are real books," which helps create a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere for all readers.
One of the worst aspects of this podcast may be its American bias when it comes to book recommendations. However, it's understandable since the hosts are based in the US. While there is still diversity in their recommendations, some non-US listeners may feel slightly left out. Additionally, some listeners may find that the show focuses more on general book talk rather than diving deep into specific literary analysis or critiques.
In conclusion, The Reading Glasses podcast is an absolute delight for book lovers looking for entertainment and recommendations. Mallory O'Meara and Brea Grant's chemistry shines through their banter and discussions. The show provides valuable advice for reading more while fostering a sense of community within the bookish world. Despite some minor flaws such as geographic bias and lack of deep literary analysis, this podcast remains a must-listen for those passionate about books.
Brea and Mallory discuss how book buying and book reading are different hobbies. Plus, they try a reader color quiz, and recommend queer romantasy. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com. Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -ZocDocwww.zocdoc.com/GLASSESStoryWorthwww.storyworth.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinJailbreaking Kindle VideoRead Your Color QuizBooks Mentioned - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghySick Houses by Leila TaylorOne Last Stop by Casey McQuistonThe Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean
Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge - read an award winning book by an author of color! Plus, they test out a book cart and give tips on reading beaten up paperbacks. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Ancient Nutritionwww.ancientnutrition.com/GLASSESTeasperiencewww.teasperience.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinMallory in NY in August!Book CartBooks Mentioned - Sky Daddy by Kate FolkWhy We Love and Hate Twilight by Sarah Elizabeth GallagherNatural Beauty by Ling Ling HuangThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Brea and Mallory give tips on making a TBR list. Plus, they solve a book tech problem about an ex having access to your Libby account, and recommend sapphic romances with trans protagonists. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/50GLASSESCODE: 50GLASSESAncient Nutritionwww.ancientnutrition.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinMallory's Kansas City EventBooks Mentioned - The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson WalkerThe Antidote by Karen RussellRoller Girl by Vanessa NorthFake It by Lilly Seabrook
Brea and Mallory give tips on interacting with authors in person, test out a bookish candle, and recommend plot driven books to keep your attention. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinDracula DailyManderly CandleBooks Mentioned -Dog Flowers by Danielle GellerThe Night Guest by Hildur Knuttsdotir, translated by Mary Robinette KowalEveryone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a science book! Plus, they solve a problem about getting a library book signed, and recommend YA books that deal with social justice. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Aura Frameswww.auraframes.comCODE: GLASSESZocDocwww.zocdoc.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinSpring ReadathonSunday May 18thBooks Mentioned - The Centre by Ayesha Manazir SiddiqiThe Fair Botanists by Sara SheridanEverything is Tuberculosis by John GreenThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Attack of the Black Rectangles by A.S. King
Brea and Mallory talk about their most anticipated books for May and June! Plus, they give out book hangover cures. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Clarion West Steamy in Seattlewww.clarionwest.orgAncient Nutritionwww.ancientnutrition.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinStack the ShelvesSpring ReadathonMay 18th!Books Mentioned - The Day the World Stopped Shopping by J.B. MacKinnonWhy I Love Horror edited by Becky SpratfordMayDecolonizing Language by Ngugi W. Thiong'oNonfiction, modern African literature, post colonial literary criticismAnd the Trees Stare Back by Gigi GriffisYA horror, Soviet Russia, historical, “came back wrong”Eliza, from Scratch by Sophia Lee - YA rom-com, cooking, high school, Korean foodThe Lost Queen by Aimee Phan - YA fantasy, magic, sisters, Vietnamese lore, past livesTitan of the Stars by E.K. Johnson - YA sci fi horror, space, aliens, Mars, trapped on a spaceshipDeath in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala - YA mystery, tarot, teen detective, vanished girlYou and Me on Repeat by Mary Shyne - YA rom-com graphic novel, time loop, friendshipHome Has No Borders by Sona Charaipotra and Samira Ahmed - Short story collection, YA, South Asian writersThe Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei - Historical fiction, Singapore, family saga, sistersMy Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende - Historical fiction, 19 century, Chile, San Francisco, female writer sent to cover civil warThe Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong - Literary fiction, chosen family, friendship between elderly woman and the young man she savesMy Friends by Fredrick Backman - Literary fiction, 25 year saga about four friends in a seaside townThe Tenant by Freida McFadden - Thriller, man rents a room to a woman who is not what she seemsThe Man Made of Smoke by Alex North - Thriller, serial killer, criminal profiler solving case he survived as a childThe Incandescent by Emily Tesh - Fantasy, dark academia, sapphic romanceAftertaste by Daria Lavelle - Urban fantasy, NYC, chef who can taste ghostsAwake in the Floating City by Susanna KwanSci fi, eco-fiction, flooding, artist bonding with elderly woman who remembers the city's historyThe Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve - Sci fi, mystery, technology that lets you visit the most pivotal moment of your life for one hourThe Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling - Historical horror, sapphic erotica, cannibals, medieval, surrealNever Flinch by Stephen King - Horror, next Holly bookCan't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan - Third in Skyland seriesThe Love Haters by Katherine CenterContemporary romance, swimming, cynicism, Key WestThe Knight and the Moth by Rachel GilligRomantasy, divination magic, gothic, hot knightA Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBrideRomantasy, Celtic inspired, magic, dragon riding, hot princeBad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship by Tiffany Watt SmithNonfictionMark Twain by Ron ChernowNonfictionImmaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang - Literary horror, friendship, technology that enhances empathyForest Euphoria by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian - Nonfiction, queerness in wildlife and natureFake Work: How I Began to Suspect Capitalism is a Joke by Leigh Claire la Berge - NonfictionSo Many Stars: an Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro de RobertisNonfictionDisappoint Me by Nicola DinanLiterary fiction, trans protagonist, love, betrayal, “allure of bougie domesticity”And They Were Roommates by Page Powars - Queer YA romance, trans protagonist, boarding schoolGay the Pray Away by Natalie NaudusQueer YA romance, cult, small town, secret loveSummertime by Yigit Karaahmet, translated by Nicholas GlastonburyQueer thriller, Turkey, “the Birdcage but by Patricia Highsmith”When Devils Sing by Xan KaurYA horror, Southern gothic, small town, vanished teenOf Earthly Delights by Goldy MoldavskyYA horroromance, contemporary gothic, family secrets, mysterious gardenRun for the Hills by Kevin Wilson - Literary fiction, funny, family road tripGingko Season by Naomi Xu Elegant - Literary fiction, finding yourself after a heartbreak, friendshipThe South by Tash AwGay literary fiction, family, summer, small town, secret loveThe Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis - Cozy fantasy, magic school in New England, werewolf protagonistJuneThe Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton - Romantasy, forbidden love, forbidden magic, political intrigueA Far Better Thing by H.G. Parry - Fantasy, fairy revenge, historical, French revolutionA Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek - Queer YA fantasy, sapphic Swan Lake retellingA Magic Deep and Drowning by Hester Fox - Historical romantasy, Dutch Golden Age, Little Mermaid retellingBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab - Queer spec fic, immortality, romanceWearing the Lion by John Wiswell - Historical fantasy, Hercules retelling, funny and sweetI Think I'm in Love with an Alien by Ann Aguirre - Romantiscifi, space, rom-comThe Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery by Clarence A. Haynes - Queer fantasy, ghosts, funny, magical pastThe Lady, The Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall - Fantasy, circus, mystery, dark magic, revengeThe Palace of Illusions by Rowena Miller - Historical fantasy, Paris, 1900s World's Fair, magical clockmakerThe Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older - Sapphic cozy space mystery, third in seriesA Girl Walks into the Forest by Madeleine Roux - Fantasy, journey through evil forest, monstersThe Beautiful Maddening by Shea Ernshaw - YA contemporary romantasy, family love curse, magic tulipsThe Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King - Queer fantasy, magic, memories contained in pencils, lost connections across time and spaceCosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie MareQueer romantiscifi, sapphic, two women in different worlds trying to find the right timeline to be togetherMeet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings - Sci fi, mysterious doors to new worlds, sistersBest of all Worlds by Kenneth OppelYA spec fi thriller, survival storyThe Two Lives of Faven Sythe by Megan O'Keefe - Sci fi, missing person search uncovers galaxy-wide conspiracy, space operaPearly Gates by Bonnie Solomon - Queer cozy funny fantasy, drag queen protagonist in after life, found familyEcstasy by Ivy Pochoda - Horror, Greek tragedy retelling, female empowermentStrange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim RionJapanese mystery horror, disturbing architectureThis Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman - Queer fantasy, high fantasy, magic princess on a quest, fairytale satireWork Nights by Erica Peplin - Queer literary fiction, young woman in love triangle, NYCGirls Girls Girls by Shoshana von BlanckenseeQueer Jewish new adult literary fiction, 1990s road trip from NYC to San FranciscoThese Heathens by Mia McKenzieQueer new adult historical fiction, 1960s Atlanta, queer Black community, civil rights movementIf I Told You I'd Have to Kiss You by Mae Marvel - Sapphic romance, if Mr. and Ms. Smith was gayOrdinary Love by Marie Rutkoski - Queer literary fiction, bisexual protagonist, woman risking it all for a second chance at first loveA Rare Find by Joanna Lowell - Sapphic historical romance, archaeologist teaming up with childhood enemyReady to Score by Jodie Slaughter - Sapphic contemporary romance, spicy, small town, Texas footballIt's Not the End of the World by Jonathan Parks-RamageCli-fi thriller, queer, family saga, near future sci fiWhat is Queer Food? How We Served a Revolution by John BirdsallNonfictionEl Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott - Thriller, all woman pyramid scheme, Detroit, crime, female friendship, powerThe Dark Library by Mary Anna EvansGothic historical thriller, family secrets, dark academiaThe Farmhouse by Chelsea Conradt - Horror, family moves to a creepy house in the middle of nowhere, corn!!!!!Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto - Mulan reimagined as a contemporary romanceSomeone Knows by Vi Keeland - Thriller, sexy, English professor has a dark past come back to haunt her, murder, affairThe Compound by Aisling Rawle - Dystopian thriller, Lord of the Flies meets Love Island, reality TVBattle of the Bookstores by Ali BradyContemporary romance, rivalry between two managers at the same bookstoreMurder Takes a Vacation by Laura LippmanCozy mystery, murder on a Parisian river cruiseThe Poppy Fields by Nikki ErlickSpec fic, what if there was a scientific cure for heartbreakKing of Ashes by S.A. CosbyCrime thriller, family drama, Southern, inspired by The GodfatherThe Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater - Historical romantasy, 1940s Appalachia, luxury hotel, magicWith a Vengeance by Riley SagerHistorical horror, trains, murder, 1940s midwest AmericaThe Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L. ArmentroutSixth in the Blood and Ash seriesAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Historical romance, 1980s, NASA, astronautsThe Dry Season by Melissa Febos - Celibacy memoir
Brea and Mallory discuss self imposed book rules, test out a romance rating website, and solve a problem about tracking a book with two authors. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Storyworthwww.storyworth.com/GLASSESGreenChefwww.greenchef.com/50GLASSESCODE: 50GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinRomance.ioBooks Mentioned - Butter by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly BartonDarkly by Marisha Pessl
Brea and Mallory talk about what you can do to protect libraries! Plus, they discuss Bookshop ebooks and recommend books about being in love with your best friend. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Steamy in Seattle by Clarion WestLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinMallory at the LA Times Festival of Books!https://www.imls.gov/Five CallsHi, my name is [NAME] and I'm a constituent from [CITY, ZIP]. I'm calling to urge [REP/SEN NAME] to work to protect federal funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Libraries and museums are vital parts of our communities and provide so many essential services. Please show up for our libraries and urge the White House to hold back its attack on their funding. Thank you for your time and consideration.IF LEAVING VOICEMAIL: Please leave your full street address to ensure your call is talliedhttps://action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025Books Mentioned -Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsThe Secret History of the Rape Kit by Pagan KennedyAll About Love by bell hooksThe Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann
Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: pick a book based on the title. Plus, they solve a problem about reading graphic novels in public, and recommend hopepunk books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESZocDocwww.zocdoc.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmromance.ioLes Mis Reading ScheduleTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - Everything is Tuberculosis by John GreenWoodworking by Emily St. JamesA Beginning at the End by Mike ChenExit West by Mohsin Hamid
Brea and Mallory recommend spring books! Plus, they test out cork bookmarks and solve a problem about bookish tattoos from authors who turned out to be trash babies. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinBooks Mentioned - Migrations by Charlotte McConaghyRaising Hare by Chloe DaltonThe Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi KaurAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriottA Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky ChambersTwilight Falls by Juneau BlackMiranda July's All FoursThe Fair Botanists by Sara SheridanKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroWildwood Whispers by Willa ReeceI Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonStuck in the Country With You by Zuri Day
To celebrate MaxFunDrive 2025, Brea and Mallory do some scientific research and find the best and worst reading snacks. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Storewww.maximumfun.org/joinwww.maximumfun.org/joinwww.maximumfun.org/joinLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!For personalized book rex for new members, go to www.maximumfun.org/join and email us your receipt and rex request!Books Mentioned - Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-DavidowitzThe Undesired by Yrsa Sigurdardottir MaxFunDrive ends on March 28, 2025! Support our show now and get access to bonus content by becoming a member at maximumfun.org/join.
It's MaxFunDrive 2025! To celebrate, see if you can beat Mallory in book trivia! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Storewww.maximumfun.org/joinwww.maximumfun.org/joinwww.maximumfun.org/joinLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Book Rex Live on Instagram 2pm PT 3-21www.maximumfun.org/joinwww.maximumfun.org/joinBooks Mentioned - Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q SutantoTartufo by Kira Jane Buxton MaxFunDrive ends on March 28, 2025! Support our show now and get access to bonus content by becoming a member at maximumfun.org/join.
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Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: read the book that's been on your TBR the longest! Plus, they solve a TBR problem, and recommend books for grandmas. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESLumi Gummieswww.lumigummies.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory's Daughter of Daring Events!Books Mentioned - Priest by Sierra SimoneVantage Point by Sara SligarFalling Angel by William HjortsbergThe Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Louise Heal KawaiDial A for Aunties by Jesse Q SutantoHow to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
Brea and Mallory have a Hot Genre Alert for queernorm books! Plus, they review a water bottle carrier and solve a problem about ordering books in the UK. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/glassesfreeCODE: GLASSESFREEZocDocwww.zocdoc.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory's EventsMallory on Go Fact YourselfWater Bottle CarrierBooks Mentioned - Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod ChapmanOld Soul by Susan BarkerA Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky ChambersThe House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ KluneThe Deep by Rivers SolomonEmpress of Salt and Fortune by Ngih VoSomeone to Build a Nest In by John WiswellFloating Hotel by Grace CurtisLegends and Lattes by Travis BaldreeWhat Moves the Dead by T KingfisherGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Brea and Mallory celebrate 400 EPISODES with a list of their favorite books of all time, and questions from Glassers! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory's Book Events!Books Mentioned -A Kiss Before Dying by Ira LevinBlob by Maggie SuParable of the Sower by Octavia ButlerPriestdaddy by Patricia LockwoodRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatksyWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonPeople's History of the United States by Howard ZinnPeaces by Helen OyeyemiX-Factor by Peter DavidWild at Heart by Barry GiffordGod Country by Donny CatesA Headful of Ghosts by Paul TremblayEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireAbandon Me by Melissa FebosCabin at the End of the World by Paul TremblayHow to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Brea and Mallory talk about history books to celebrate Daughter of Daring! Plus, they test out a candle warmer and solve a reader problem about pre-orders. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Factorwww.factormeals.com/FACTORPODCASTCODE: FACTORPODCASTZocDocwww.zocdoc.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmSigned Copies of Daughter of Daring!LA Daughter of Daring LaunchMallory's Book EventsUnconventionalCandle/Mug WarmerTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - The Deep Sky by Yume KitaseiThat Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly LemmingIce by Amy BradyFour Lost Cities by Annalee NewitzEverything is Tuberculosis by John GreenLet's Get Physical by Danielle FriedmanRaw Dog by Jamie LoftusThe Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'MearaWhy Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller
Brea and Mallory tick off the first box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: sign up for a library newsletter! Plus, they solve a problem about picky readers and finding new authors similar to your favorites. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESLumi Labswww.lumigummies.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Signed Copies of Daughter of DaringDaughter of Daring LA LaunchMallory's EventsReading Smut!!readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.com Books Mentioned - Iron Flame by Rebecca YarrosBuild Your House Around My Body by Violet KupersmithPsalm for the Wild Built by Becky ChambersThe Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Brea and Mallory talk about how to write a good book review! Plus, they review a projector for ebooks, and recommend books where the protagonist is part of a weird subculture. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSESFREECODE: GLASSESFREELinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!The No Pressure Book Journal!Daughter of Daring - Signed CopiesDaughter of Daring LA LaunchReading Smut!Mini ProjectorBooks Mentioned - Death of the Author by Nnedi OkoraforThe Staircase in the Woods by Chuck WendigThe Future of Another Timeline by Annalee NewitzWhipsmart by Melissa Febos
Brea and Mallory discuss their most anticipated books for the start of 2025, and interview Clay McLeod Chapman about his new book WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Magical Readathon from Book RoastBrea and Mallory's New Show - Reading Smut!!readingsmutpodcast69@gmail.comReading Glasses Book Launch EventClay McLeod ChapmanWake Up and Open Your EyesBooks Mentioned - Daughter of Daring by Mallory O'MearaCatching the Big Fish by David LynchJanuaryWitchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady HendrixWake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod ChapmanAdrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuireHomeseeking by Karissa ChenHistorical fiction, love story, 1940s, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Chinese diasporaY2K by Colette ShadeNonfiction, essay collection, 2000sGood Girl by Aria AberDebut literary fiction, coming of age, Berlin nightlife, racial tensionsDeath of the Author by Nnedi OkoraforLiterary fiction, writing, publishing, reality mixing with fantasyWe Do Not Part by Han King, translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah MorrisLiterary fiction, hidden history, KoreaBlack in Blues by Imani PerryNonfiction, Black history, the color blueOnyx Storm by Rebecca YarrosFantasy, third in Fourth Wing seriesOld Soul by Susan BarkerLiterary thriller, Japan, mysterious lady killerBlob by Maggie SuDebut literary novel, weird fiction, sentient blob, woman looking for loveFlirting with Disaster by Naina KumarRomance, second chance, accidental marriage, TexasTartufo by Kira Jane BuxtonFunny literary fiction, small dying Italian village is saved by gigantic truffleMystery Royale by Kaitlyn CavalanciaYA fantasy mystery, murder, family secrets, competitionGood Dirt by Charmaine WilkersonLiterary fiction, multi-generational family epic, mystery heirloom, racismThe Queen's Spade by Sarah RaughleyHistorical thriller, revenge, romance, Victorian England, kidnapped African princessThe Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-ArnoldSapphic YA thriller, two teens fall in love in an abandoned bookstore in the apocalypseThe In-Between Bookstore by Edward UnderhillMagical realism, trans protagonist, magic bookstore, time travelThe Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang, translated by Slin JungFantasy, magic to change your life, magic catVantage Point by Sarah SligarLiterary thriller, New England, family curse, digital hauntingPretend We're Dead: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Women in Rock in the 1990s by Tanya PearsonNonfictionAll the Water in the World by Eiren CaffallSci fi, dystopia, trying to save a museum from a floodImmortal by Sue Lynn TanRomantasy, royal court, godsWe Could be Rats by Emily AustinQueer literary fiction, sisters, family reconnectionFebruaryReading the Waves by Lidia YuknavitchQueer memoirLoca by Alejandro HerediaLiterary fiction, queer, debut, NYC, friendshipHungerstone by Kat DunnCarmilla reimaginingSoft Core by Brittany NewellLiterary fiction, coming of age, sex work, woman finding herselfDengue Boy by Michel Neva, translated by Rahul BerryWeird fiction, part mosquito part boy goes on journey through dystopian worldMutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-SmithHistorical fiction, queer entrepreneurs in Gilded Age NYCVictorian Psycho by Virginia FeitoThriller, black humor, murderous governessThe Echoes by Evie WyldLiterary fiction, ghost protagonist, grief, relationshipsCrush by Ada CalhounLiterary fiction, debut, polyamory, relationships, marriageThe Lamb by Lucy RoseHorror, folk horror, queer, gothicBibliophobia by Sarah ChihayaMemoir, surviving mental breakdown through booksLittle Mysteries by Sara GranShort stories, mysteryOne Message Remains by Premee MohamedSci fi, dystopia, short storiesBeta Vulgaris by Margie SarsfieldWeird fiction, “vegetable gothic”The Poorly Man and Other Things by Sam RebeleinHorror short story collection set in world of his previous book EdenvilleIdle Grounds by Krystelle BamfordLiterary fiction, thriller, family gathering, lurking darknessThe World After Gaza: A Short History by Pankaj MishraNonfictionNothing Serious by Emily J SmithThriller, feminist, modern dating, murderThe Rose Bargain by Sarah Peyton SmithRomantasy, Victorian England, fae(S)kin by Ibi ZoboiContemporary fantasy, Caribbean folklore, inherited magic, novel in verseThe Forest King's Daughter by Elly BlakeRomantasy, enemies to lovers, adventure, magic warDream Girl Drama by Tessa BaileyRomance, hockey, spicy, family dramaBook Boyfriend by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-BrokaRomance, fantasy fans and fandom, workplaceA Circle of Uncommon Witches by Paige CrutcherRomantasy, witches, curses, adventureDeep End by Ali HazelwoodRomance, diver and swimmer, OlympicsEmily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather FawcettFantasy, third in seriesHarlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher MurrayHistorical fiction, Black history, novelization of life of Jessie Redmon Fauset, Harlem renaissanceBack After This by Linda HolmesRomance, funny, podcastingMarchStag Dance by Torrey PetersNovella collection, speculative fictionStop Me If You've Heard This One by Kristen ArnettLiterary fiction, clowns, funny, authenticity, finding yourselfCover Story by Celia LaskeyRomance, sapphic, HollywoodThe Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah MosesHorror, post apocalyptic, body horror, creepy conventThe Dream Hotel by Laila LalamiSci fi, near future dystopia, dream monitoringDream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi AdicheLiterary fiction, story of four interconnected women, loveThe Antidote by Karen RussellFantasy, “dust bowl epic”, prairie witchEnemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance edited by Edmund Ghareeb and Naseer AruriPoetry anthologySucker Punch of Scaachi KoulMemoir of divorceThe Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T WurthHorror, psychic, haunted hotelThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham JonesHistorical horror, vampireI'll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan by Giaae KwonNonfictionSunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsFifth Hunger Games novelJane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen OakleyRomance, funny, falling apart marriage, crimeThe Love Simulation by Etta EastonRomance, funny, competition, teachersThe Bane Witch by Ava MorgynRomantasy, thriller, Gone Girl meets Practical MagicMalinalli by Veronica ChapaHistorical reimagining of life of Mexican interpreter, epic taleBroken Country by Claire Leslie HallLiterary, romance, suspense, small town secretsHot Air by Marcy DermanskyLiterary fiction, black humor, money, marriage, sex, revengeWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyLiterary fiction, climate fiction, science researchers, Antarctica, secretsSalt Water by Katy HaysThrillers, murder, family, secrets, CapriElphie by Gregory MaguirePrequel to WickedThe Paris Express by Emma DonoghueHistorical fiction, 1895, FranceWhen the Moon Hits Your Eye by John ScalziSci fi, John fuckin ScalziEverything is Tuberculosis by John GreenNonfictionNowhere by Allison GunnHorror, disappearances in a small townA Harvest of Hearts by Andrea EamesCozy fantasy, magic, love spell gone awry, talking catThey Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh TranYA horror, Louisiana, small town disappearances, underwater monstersFable at the End of the World by Ava ReidSci fi, dystopia, queer romance, wastelandThe Burial Tide by Neil SharpsonFeast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli DattaTell Me I'm Worthless by Alison RumfittSurvivor Song by Paul TremblayAnd Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin
Brea and Mallory discuss how they're tracking their reading in 2025, and solve a reader problem about a little free library. And they do it all with special in-studio guest, Traci Thomas from The Stacks podcast! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmThe Stacks PodcastTraci's PatreonTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Pre Order Daughter of Daring!The No Pressure Book JournalBrea and Mallory's LA Launch EventBooks Mentioned - The Survivalists by Kashana CauleyUnsettled Ground by Claire FullerPure Innocent Fun by Ira Madison IIIAlligator Tears by Edgar GomezReagan by Max Boot
Brea and Mallory talk about how to deal with book snobs! Plus, they test out those snack trays for Stanley Cups to see if they're good for reading, and recommend historical fiction. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -LumiLabswww.lumigummies.comCODE: GLASSESGreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSESFREECODE: GLASSESFREELinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!LAPL Kid BundlesWhichbooksSnack TrayBooks Mentioned -Spinning Silver by Naomi NovakA Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane Pre Order Daughter of Daring by Mallory!Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
Brea and Mallory discuss whether three star reads are good for your literary life! Plus, they solve a problem about a harmful book in a library, and recommend books where typography is part of the plot. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Pre Order The No Pressure Book Journal!Books Mentioned - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady HendrixA Room of One's Own by Virginia WoolfLong Way Down by Jason ReynoldsRemember You Will Die by Eden RobinsElla Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Brea and Mallory talk about their 2025 reader resolutions, and how they did on 2024's. Plus, they deliver a ruling on whether you're responsible for what someone buys with a bookstore giftcard. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreCawpile ✨Link to the spreadsheet: please right click on the spreadsheet of your choice and select 'make a copy'. This will then appear in your G drive and you can use it with full access. Sponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - Why We Remember by Charan RanganathThe City in Glass by Nghi Vo
Brea and Mallory pick their top books of the year! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Miracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - The Girl in Red by Christina HenryThe Cautious Traveler's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah BrooksHorror Movie by Paul TremblayThe Husbands by Holly GramazioThe Night Guest by Hilda Knutsdottir, translated by Mary Robinette KowalMargo's Got Money Problems by Rufi ThorpeThe Eyes are the Best Part by Monika KimThe Book of Love by Kelly LinkThe Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda MontellGrief is for People by Sloane CrosleyAn Academy of Liars by Alexis HendersonThat Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon by Kimberly LemmingAll This & More by Peng ShepherdSummers End by Juneau BlackA Better World by Sarah LanganEnlightenment by Sarah PerryI'm Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom by Joseph ParginThe Village Library Demon Hunting Society by C.M WaggonerModel Home by Rivers SolomonGrief in the Fourth Dimension by Jennifer YuMinistry of Time by Kaliane BradleyThe Bog Wife by Kay ChronisterSomeone You Can Build a Nest In by John WiswellThe Hunter by Tana FrenchThe Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse KirkwoodWoodworm by Layla Martinez, translated by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermottHack/Slash: Back to School by Zoe ThorogoodThe Night Mother by Jeremy Lambert and Alexa SharpeI Shouldn't Be Telling You This (But I'm Going to Anyway) by Chelsea DevantazI'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicolAnnie Bot by Sierra GreerA Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie CathrallThe Parliament by Aimee PokwatkaParasol Against the Axe by Helen OyeyemiIn Utero by Chris GoochSacrificial Animals by Kailee PedersonHomesick: Stories by Nino CipriConfess by Rob Halford
Brea and Mallory do their 2024 reading wrap up! Plus, they announce the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Pre Order the Reading Glasses Book!2025 Reading Glasses ChallengeBOOKSHonker (500+pages)Oldest book on your TBREpistolary novelA science bookAward winning book by a person of colorACTIVITIESPick a book based on the titleRead a book slowly (over the course of a month or two)Subscribe to a library newsletterMake a list of your top ten books of the year (front or backlist!)Two person book club with a friendBooks Mentioned - The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara RaaschThe Village Library Demon Hunting Society C.M. Waggoner
Brea and Mallory recommend non-numerical reading goals. Plus, they test out a bookish gift kit and recommend audiobooks for boyfriends. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Bookish Gift KitBooks Mentioned - James by Percival EverettThe Legacy of Arniston House by T.L. HuchuPre order Daughter of Daring!Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosWorld War Z by Max BrooksNo Gods No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
Brea and Mallory tick off the last box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a cozy book! Plus, they test out a romance challenge and solve a problem about how to talk to authors about their sad memoirs! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com.Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSES50CODE: GLASSES50Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Ultimate Romance Reading ChallengeThe No Pressure Book Journal!Books Mentioned - Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time by Barry SonnenfeldCoup de Grace by Sofia AjramWelcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna TanFloating Hotel by Grace Curtis
Brea and Mallory reveal their last anticipated books episode for 2024! Plus, they test out the Boox eReader and settle a debate about Audible Originals. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Aura Frameswww.auraframes.comCODE: GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Horny Fairy Book Club - 12/6, 6pm PTKindle Instructions: “On the amazon website, if you go to Kindle E-Readers in the menu and then navigate to Manage Your Content and Devices, you can navigate to the book you want to get onto your Kindle, click "More actions", and then "Download & transfer via USB". You then download the book to your computer, connect your kindle via USB, and move over the fileAuthors Against Book BansBoox Air 3Books Mentioned -The Pairing by Casey McQuistonA Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J MaasPrivate Rites by Julia ArmfieldLiterary fiction, grief, family, love, slow burn apocalypseRental House by Weike WangLiterary fiction, short, marriage, family seen through the lens of two vacationsWoo Woo by Ella BaxterLiterary fiction, making art as a womanSister Snake by Amanda Lee KoeQueer literary fiction, two ancient sisters who are both human and snakeThe Last One by Rachel Howzell HallRomantasy, monsters, hot blacksmith, journey through hellscapeThe Rivals by Jane PekMystery, sequel to The VerifiersMy Darling Boy by Helen CooperThriller, murder, small town, disappearance, two angry momsUnder Loch and Key by Lana FergusonParanormal romance, Scotland, Loch Ness monsterThe Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt by Chelsea IversenHistorical fantasy, magic garden, Victorian LondonWe Are the Beasts by Gigi GriffisYA historical horror inspired by the Beast of GevaudanWhat the Woods Took by Courtney GouldYA horror, Yellowjackets meets Girl, Interrupted, queerDust by Alison StineYA sci fi, dystopia, climate change, partially deaf protagonistHow Could You by Ren StrappNew adult queer graphic novel, friendship, loveThe Rules of Royalty by Cale DietrichYA romance, gay, spin on The Princess DiariesRoland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet by Samantha AllenQueer supernatural romance, ghostwriting for an actual ghostI Might Be in Trouble by Daniel AlemanLiterary, gay, comedy, mystery, guy waking up to find his date is deadThe Shutouts by Gabrielle KornQueer dystopian literary sci fi, road trip, survivalNo Place to Bury the Dead by Karina Sainz Borgo, translated by Elizabeth BryerLiterary, dystopia, plague that causes amnesia, migrant crisis, border crisisBerlin Atomized by Julia Kornsberg, translated by Jack Rockwell and Julia KornsbergLiterary epic, spans 30 years all over globe, follows 3 siblings at the end of the worldStatistically Speaking by Debbie JohnsonLiterary, romance, anxious protagonist, finding yourself, funnyThe World With Its Mouth Open by Zahid RafiqDebut short story collection, literaryUntethered by Angela Jackson-BrownHistorical fiction, 1960s Alabama, self discoveryDating & Dragons by Kristy BoyceYA romance about D&DStuck in the Country With You by Zuri DayCity-meets-country romanceSomething Extraordinary by Alexis HallRegency romance, marriage of convenienceHow to Get a Life in Ten Dates by Jenny L. HoweRom-com, fat protagonist, besties to loversP.S. I Hate You by Lauren ConnelyRom-com, enemies to lovers, cross country journeyMechanize My Hands to War by Erin K. WagnerSci fi, near future, AI, rural Appalachia, state violenceHow to Steal a Galaxy by Beth RevisRomanti-scifi, sequelTrouble Island by Sharon ShortHistorical thriller, Lake Erie, 1930s, locked room mystery, prohibition gangster wivesAlter Ego by Alex SeguraSci fi, mystery, comic books, superheroes, storytellingKingdom of No Tomorrow by Fabienne JosaphatHistorical fiction, 1960s Oakland and Chicago, Black Panther Party, misogyny in social movements
Brea and Mallory test out Fable and decide whether bookish social media apps are worth using. Plus, they recommend books with folklorist protagonists and debate whether you should use the library bathroom. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comDipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned -A Better World by Sarah LanganConfess by Rob HalfordA Natural History of Dragons by Marie BrennanEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettThe Fair Folk by Su BristowFruiting Bodies by Kathryn Harlan
Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - pick a book based on the cover. Plus, they test a bookish candle and recommend YA books and graphic novels. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Sol Readerwww.solreader.comCODE: GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinSarah TikTokHorny Fairy Book ClubMallory's Book!Paddywax Poe CandleMallory's Candle Rex:Burke and Hare, Lichen and LimestoneBooks Mentioned - Model Home by Rivers SolomonThe Naming Song by Jedediah BerryOnce There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghyThe Manicurist's Daughter by Susan LieuI Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
Brea and Mallory talk about books that have been on their TBRs for a long time and why they keep them there. Plus, they recommend graphic novels and solve an audiobook gifting problem! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Sol Readerwww.solreader.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Horny Fairy Book Club PickBooks Mentioned -The Life Impossible by Matt HaigAbsolution by Jeff VanderMeerLocal Man by Tim SeeleyHellboy by Mike MignolaManga: Blame! Tokyo Ghoul, Kaguya Sama, Tokyo Revengers, Made in Abyss, Biomega
Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a book about a holiday during that holiday! Plus, they test out a book crate and give advice for mood readers who are also library users. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBook CrateTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Pre order Mallory's Book!Books Mentioned - Bury Your Gays by Chuck TingleLooking for Love in all the Haunted Places by Claire KannDeath on Tap by Ellie AlexanderSummers End by Juneau Black
Happy Halloween! Brea and Mallory recommend books about monsters and demons, plus they test out a book stand for bed reading and give out tips on book recommending. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESSol Readerwww.solreader.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory's Creature Screening!Book Stand Pre order the Reading Glasses Book!Books Mentioned - The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd JonesPayback's a Witch by Lana HarperProsper's Demon by KJ ParkerThe Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashely Robin FranklinIncidents Around the House by Josh MalermanThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattySomeone You Can Build a Nest In by John WiswellThe Fervor by Alma KatsuSorrowland by Rivers SolomonPatricia Wants a Cuddle by Samantha AllenThe Return by Rachel HarrisonBooks of Blood by Clive Barker
Brea and Mallory talk about book hangovers and how to cure them! Plus, they interview Tom Ryan about his new mystery book and recommend enticing books to get you out of a book slump. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Hello Comicswww.hellocomics.nethttps://www.hellocomics.net/readingglassesCODE: GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmContrabannedMallory's Creature Event!Tom RyanThe Treasure Hunters ClubTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - So Thirsty by Rachel HarrisonThe Bog Wife by Kay ChronisterI Might be in Trouble by Daniel AlemanThe Examiner by Janice HallettRaw Dog by Jamie LoftusHouse of Hidden Meaning by Ru PaulThe God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Brea and Mallory debate at what point a buzzy book evolves into a modern classic. Plus, they solve a problem about book dumping and recommend books set in Austria. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESSol Readerwww.solreader.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinSpooky Read-A-Thon 10/13!Books Mentioned - Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John WiswellBeneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath and Hassan Otsmane-ElhaouThe Countess by Rebecca JohnsHotel of Secrets by Diana Biller
Brea and Mallory dive into another edition of solving book club problems! Plus, they recommend books set in restaurants or breweries. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSES50CODE: GLASSES50MicroDose Gummieswww.microdose.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - All Fours by Miranda JulyBrooms by Jasmine Walls and Teo DuVallBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaghuchi, translated by Geoffery TrousselotThe Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
Brea and Mallory name their most anticipated books for October and November! Plus, they discuss a book tech problem about ex libris stickers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Hello Comicshttps://www.hellocomics.net/readingglassesCODE: GLASSESPair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmwww.maximumfun.org/joinTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Readathon is Sunday 10/13!Books Mentioned - Hum by Helen PhillipsSummers End by Juneau Black OCTOBERThe Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara RaaschRed White and Royal Blue meets the Nightmare before ChristmasCoup de Grace by Sofia AjramQueer horror, Montreal, time loop, psychologicalThe Bog Wife by Kay CaronisterHorror, Appalachian gothic, siblings, supernatural bargain, family, nature magicThe Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. LinYA horror, sisterhood, Vancouver, ghosts, demonsKiller House Party by Lily AndersonYA horror, haunted mansion house party goes bad, ghostsThe Coiled Serpent by Camilla GrudoraHorror, short story collection, surreal, subversiveThis Cursed House by Del SandeenHistorical horror, Southern gothic, 1960s New Orleans, curses, family secretsRed in Tooth and Claw by Lish McBrideYA horror, Western, fantasy, monsters, remote frontier townUncanny: The Origins of Fear by Junji ItoNon fiction, memoirAll the Hearts You Eat by Hailey PiperQueer horror, small town mysteries, folklore, ghosts, occultAmerican Rapture by CJ LeedeSci fi horror, apocalyptic, virus sweeping across countryWhere the Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo OnohHorror, possession, ghosts, Nigeria, murder, family drama, secretsDon't Let the Forest In by CG DrewsQueer YA horror, psychological, monsters, woods, artMarigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun, translated by Shanna TanSpeculative fiction, magic laundromat that erases people's painful memoriesImpractical Magic by Emily GrimoireWitchy romance, grumpy/sunshine, slow burn, small town, cozyFang Fiction by Kate Stayman-LondonQueer horromance, vampires, fantasy, rom-comBest Hex Ever by Nadia El-FassiRomantasy, food magic, kitchen witch, HalloweenJasmine is Haunted by Mark OshiroQueer middle grade fantasy, ghosts, grief, friendshipThe City in Glass by Nghi VoFantasy, demons, angels, epic love story, historyA Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie DaraFantasy, grim reapers and souls, stressed out mom solving a mysteryHow to Help a Hungry Werewolf by Charlotte SteinHorromance, cozy, small town, witch + werewolfGentlest of Wild Things by Sarah UnderwoodSapphic romantasy, mysteries, myth, Eros and Psyche retelling, vampire The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-JonesYA fantasy, magical competition, monsters, a huntA Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca ThorneRomantasy, lesbian pirates, enemies to loversA Song to Drown Rivers by Ann LiangFantasy, womanhood, kingdoms warring, spiesThe Night Mother by Jeremy Lambert and Alexa SharpeThe Wedding Witch by Erin SterlingWitchy Yuletide romanceThe Witches of El Paso by Luis JaramilloLiterary fantasy, motherhood, magic, search for a lost child, 1940s TexasThe Crescent Moon Tea Room by Stacy SivinskiFantasy, 3 clairvoyant sisters, family curseThe Stone Witch of Florence by Anna RascheHistorical fantasy, witches, gem magic, mystery, 1300s ItalyBlood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim, translated by Anton HurEpic fantasy, empire run on necromancy, magicSwordcrossed by Freya MarskeGay romantasy, low stakes, enemies to lovers, bodyguardThe Stars are Dying by Chloe C. PeñarandaRomantasy, dark fantasy, Greek myths, vampiresSorcery and Small Magics by Maiga DoocyQueer romantasy, magic forest, curses, sorcerer and his rivalLegend of the White Snake by Sher LeeQueer YA romantasy, Chinese fairytale retelling, romanceIf I Stopped Haunting You by Colby WilkensHorromance, Scotland, haunted castles, enemies to lovers writersThe Wood at Midwinter by Susanna ClarkeFantasy short story set in the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr. NorrellThe Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt DinnimanFantasy, third in seriesAbsolution by Jeff Vandermeer4th in seriesRun by Blake CrouchSci fi, apocalyptic thriller, rage epidemicMetal from Heaven by August ClarkeQueer fantasy, lesbian revenge, class warfareRemember You Will Die by Eden RobinsSci fi, time bending, puzzles, sixty protagonistsIt Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah DawsonSci fi horror, thriller, secluded artist's colony, murder, secretsThe Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. ParryHistorical fantasy, fairies, curses and spells, magic, 1920s England, friendshipBlood Over Bright Haven by M.L. WangFantasy, mage school, ancient secrets, misogynyThe Bloodless Princes by Charlotte BondFantasy, sequelThe Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley AugustQueer sci fi, cat sidekick, space travel/explorationThe Ace and Aro Relationship Guide by Cody Daigle-OriansNon fictionWomen's Hotel by Daniel M. LaveryQueer literary fiction, 1960s NYC, funnyHow Does That Make You Feel, Magda Ekland? by Anna MontagueLiterary fiction, lesbian awakening, roadtrip, grief, funnyFeast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli DattaQueer horrormance, small town, sexy, monsters (not sexy monsters)The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom RyanMystery, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone meets The Goonies, seaside town, family secrets, secret societiesThe Puzzle Box by Danielle TrussoniThriller, sequelModel Home by Rivers SolomonRough Pages by L.C. RosenMystery, sequelMuch Ado About Margaret by Madeleine RouxRegency romance, publishing, scandal, mistaken identitiesThe Children of Jocasta by Natalie HaynesHistorical Greek myth retelling, Oedipus and AntigoneNOVEMBERI Am the Dark That Answers When You Call by Jamison SheaQueer YA horror, sequelDead Girls Don't Dream by Nino CipriQueer YA horror, scary woods, magic, small town, legends, ritualsVersailles by Kathryn DavisHistorical fiction, Marie Antoinette retellingTaiwan Travelogue by Shuang-zi Yang, translated by Lin KingHistorical fiction, sapphic, Taiwan, 1930sThe Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi MatthewsHistorical romance, horse girlVanishing Treasures by Katherine RundellNonfiction, animals on the verge of extinctionThe Dead of Winter by Sarah CleggNonfiction, history, folklore of Krampus and other Yuletide monstersCity of Night Birds by Juhea KimLiterary, ballet, broken dreams, RussiaLowest Common Denominator by Pirkko Saisio, translated by Mia SpangenburgQueer historical literary fiction, coming of age, FinlandInterstellar Megachef by Lavanya LakshminarayanSci fi, gay Masterchef in spaceNot for the Faint of Heart by Lex CroucherQueer historical fantasy, granddaughter of Robin HoodThanks for Listening by Molly HoranAce romance, YA, high school, secret advice appLeap by Simina PopescuYA graphic novel, queer ballerinas at a boarding schoolRani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba JaigirdarIf the Taste video by Sabrina Carpenter was a book, sapphic YA romanceFlopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason JuneYA gay Christmas romanceWake Up, Nat and Darcy by Kate CochraneSapphic hockey romance, rivals to loversThe Legacy of Arniston House by T.L. HuchuWe Shall be Monsters by Alyssa WeesFantasy, fairies, witches, moms + daughtersServant of Earth by Sarah HawleyRomantasy, fairies, fae court, deadly trials, monsters, secret rebellionBreath of Oblivion by Maurice BroaddusSci fi, second in trilogy, Black Panther meets The ExpanseThe Lotus Empire by Tasha SuriFantasy, third in trilogy, epicThe Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. PearsonRomantasy, horny fairies, monsters, magicRed Sonja: Consumed by Gail SimoneEpic fantasy novelThe Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa CarusoSapphic epic fantasy, romance, time magicBefore We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey TrousselotFifth in seriesThe Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie LeongFantasy, found family magical cat, motley crew, fortune tellingPony Confidential by Christina LynchMystery, grumpy pony protagonist, murder, feel-goodDeadly Animals by Marie TierneyThriller, forensic science, serial killer, teen protagonist, small townA Trinket for the Taking by Victoria LaurieHistorical cozy fantasy mystery, 1840s Copenhagen, magic detectiveDarkly by Marisha PesslYA thriller, game design, murder, puzzles
Brea and Mallory talk about finding people who are reading the same book as you! Plus, they test out some annotation tabs, and recommend space operas. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Join here!Brea's Movie at BeyondFest!Annotation TabsBooks Mentioned - Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosThe Bad Ones by Melissa AlbertCollapsing Empire by John ScalziThe Stars are Legion by Kameron HurleyVictories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders
Brea and Mallory recommend queer horror for spooky season! Plus, they discuss the best book carts, and solve a problem about learning smutty vocabulary in another language! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Miracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Pre Order the Reading Glasses Book!! SidiocrateMallory's Book CartPre-order Adriana Herrera's New Book!Books Mentioned - Nestlings by Nat CassidyThe House of Last Resort by Christopher GoldenYour Lonely Night Are Over by Adam SassMy Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil FerrisSorrowland by Rivers SolomonHouse of Hunger by Alexis HendersonWhat Stalks Among Us by Sarah HollowellAn Education in Malice by S.T. GibsonNight's Edge by Liz KerinThe Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko JacksonRain by Joe Hill and Zoe ThorogoodShe is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Brea and Mallory test out the CAWPILE rating system! Plus, they settle a debate about sleep reading and if it counts, and recommend books based on favorite TV shows. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!CAWPILE SpreadsheetBook RoastBooks Mentioned - All This & More by Peng ShepardThe God of the Woods by Liz MooreThe Reading Glasses Book!!!Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowellFoe by Iain Reid
Brea and Mallory talk about book rating systems. Which one is the best? Plus, they solve a problem about seasonal book slumps and recommend audiobooks with amazing narrators. And the biggest news ever! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmCAWPILE: Characters, Atmosphere, Writing Style, Plot, Intrigue, Logic, Enjoyment To join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!THE READING GLASSES BOOK!Books Mentioned - The Parliament by Amy PokwatkaTwilight Falls by Juneau BlackHex Wives by Ben Blacker and Mirka Andolfoplain bad heroines by emily m danforthOver My Dead Body by Greg Melville
Brea and Mallory talk about the Top Glasser Books of the 21st Century list! Plus, they solve a problem about picking a book for a book club, and recommend graphic memoirs not illustrated by the author. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTop Glasser Books!Top Glasser Books Storygraph ChallengeTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart TurtonI Spit on Your Celluloid by Heidi HoneycuttMarch by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate PowellThey Called Us Enemy by George Takei and Harmony Becker Ducks by Kate Beaton
Brea and Mallory recommend their favorite books set during summer! Plus, they solve a book tech problem about searching inside audiobooks, and debate about asking librarians for book recommendations. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - Doppelganger by Naomi KleinThunder Song by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointeAll Summer Long by Hope LarsonThis One Summer by Mariko and Jillian TamakiMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardForget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose ClarkeThe Elementals by Michael McDowellJoyland by Stephen KingLocal Girls by Caroline ZancanJaws by Peter BenchleyThe Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White
Brea and Mallory talk about the warning signs that you're picking the wrong books! Plus, they give tips on making your book float, and recommend romance with no sex. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBrea's Event with Jordan!Waterproof Necklace CaseTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMargo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi ThorpeThe Romantic Agenda by Claire KannLegends and Lattes by Travis BaldreeThe Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz
Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - figure out your reading appeal factors! Plus, they solve a problem about figuring out your wheelhouse, and recommend dialogue heavy books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSESCLASSCODE: GLASSESCLASSEarthBreezewww.earthbreeze.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmASL Kids BooksBrea's Movie at FrightFest!To join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - Marrow by Tricia Wolfe and Brynne WeaverGrief is for People by Sloane CrosleyLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersA Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall
Brea and Mallory talk about their most anticipated books for August and September, test out coaster bookmarks, and give advice for people who hate hardcovers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Hello Comicswww.hellocomics.netCODE: GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - Loneliness and Company by Charlee DyroffThe Girl Who Slept with God by Val BrelinskiAugustThere is a Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes JrSFF short storiesJellyfish Have No Ears by Adele Rosenfeld, translated by Jeffrey ZuckermanLiterary fiction about deafnessThere's Nothing Wrong With Her by Kate WeinburgLiterary fiction, mental health, funny, chronic illness, speculativeHum by Helen PhillipsSci fi thriller, dystopian, marriage, motherhood, selfhoodThe Axeman's Carnival by Catherine ChidgeyLiterary fiction, funny, bird protagonistWe Were Pretending by Hannah GersenLiterary fiction, female friendship, mushrooms, CanadaTimes Agent by Brenda PeynadoGrief, motherhood, late stage capitalism and pocket worlds (a geographically small world hidden within our reality)Clickbait by Holly BaxterDebut literary fiction, hilarious, life falling apartThe Italy Letters by Vi Khi NaoQueer literary fiction, epistolary, Las Vegas, queer loveGodzilla and the Song Bird by Manzu IslamHistorical fiction, Bangladesh, brothers, cinemaThere are Rivers in the Sky by Elif ShafakHistorical fiction, multiple timelines, GilgameshThe Instrumentalist by Harriet ConstableHistorical fiction, music, violins, Venice, 1700sMystery Lights by Lena ValenciaLiterary short stories set in the desertOne Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun, translated by Jung YewonSFF, magical realism, Seoul, capitalismThe Sunforce by Sascha StronachQueer fantasy, sequel to The DawnhoundsThe Pairing by Casey McQuistonQueer romance, two disaster bisexual exes on a European tourHow to Leave the House by Nathan NewmanGay literary fiction, small town secrets, quirky charactersThe Palace of Eros by Caro de RobertisQueer Greek myth retelling of Psyche and ErosVoyage of the Damned by Frances WhiteQueer romantasy, murder mystery on a magical shipRules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay ShoreQueer spooky romance, ghostsWild Failure by Zoe WhitallQueer feminist short storiesThe Other Ones by Fran HartYA spooky queer romanceRise and Divine by Lana HarperLesbian witch romancePrince of the Palisades by Julian WintersGay YA romance, Los AngelesA Bahn Mi for Two by Trinity NguyenYA sapphic foodie romanceA Grand Love - Stories for Grandparents of Trans Grandchildren by Janna BarkinNonfictionQueer as Folklore - The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters by Sasha CowardNonfictionConfounding Oaths by Alexis HallGay romantasy, historicalHers for the Weekend by Helena GreerSapphic opposites-attract romance, fake datingCome Out, Come Out by Natalie C. ParkerQueer YA horror, trans characters, ghostsFull Shift by Jennifer Dugan and Kit SeatonQueer YA graphic novel, werewolvesYou're the Problem, It's You by Emma R. AlbanGay enemies-to-lovers Victorian romanceThe Unmothers by Leslie J. AndersonFolk horror, small town, female rageThe Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee-YaYA horror, queer, small town, an EntityHelga by Catherine YuYA horror, satire, science experiment makes a girl and she escapes into the worldSacrificial Animals by Kailee PedersenHorror, Chinese mythology, returning to a small townThe Madness by Dawn KurtagichHorror, feminist Dracula retellingThe Volcano Daughters by Gina Maria BalibreraHistorical fiction, sisterhood, El Salvador, California, Paris, ghostsBlackheart Man by Nalo HopkinsonFantasy, magical island, witches, demons, polyamory, mythsThe Silence Factory by Bridget CollinsHistorical fiction, gothic, powerful family, magic silk, 1800sLady Macbeth by Ava ReidFeminist Macbeth retellingPeggy by Rebecca GodfreyImagined life of Peggy GuggenheimThe Story Collector by Evie WoodsHistorical fiction, book about books, Ireland, small town, fairies (not horny ones)The Seventh Veil by Silvia Moreno-GarciaHistorical fiction, 1950s HollywoodThe Ghost Cat by Alex HowardHistorical Fantasy, 1910s, cat who becomes a ghost who witnesses historyTruly Madly Magically by Hazel BeckBook 3 of Witchlore SeriesCrypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan BallingrudHorror novella, historical sci fi, hospital experimentsDungeon Crawler Carl by Matt DinnimanSci fi, cat sidekick, veteran protagonist, trapped in a fantasy dungeon video gameAsunder by Kerstin HallFantasy, Sabriel meets Witch KingShe Who Knows by Nnedi OkoraforWest African SFF novella in the Who Fears Death universeThe Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki, translated by Jesse KirkwoodJapanese cozy fantasy, talking cats, magic coffee shopA Werewolf's Guide to Seducing a Vampire by Sarah HawleySupernatural romance, werewolves, vampiresGlass Houses by Madeline AshbySci fi thriller, AI, deserted island, women in tech, near future whodunitThe Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacleanRomantasy, cozy, magic zooThe Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli ClarkFantasy novella, gods, assassins, magic cityThe Coven by Harper L. WoodsVampire romantasyStrange Folk by Alli DyerFantasy, Appalachia, magic estranged family, debutA Sorceress Comes to Call by T. KingfisherFantasy, Goose Girl reimagining, Brothers Grimm, magic, murderFull Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth RevisSci fi novella, sexy space heistThe Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley WoodHistorical sci fi, time traveling, geneticsBite by Bill SchuttMicro history of teethI Want to Die But I Still Want to Eat Tteobokki by Baek Sehee, translated by Anton HurrNonfiction, sequelEveryday Rituals by Pearl KatzNonfiction about the power of routine and ritualLove and Other Conspiracies by Mallow MarloweDebut romance, cryptid hunter and producer learn to fall in love again while looking for Mothman and aliensMorbidly Yours by Ivy FairbanksOpposites attract romance with a mortician and a widowDark Restraint by Katee RobertsSmutty minotaur/Ariadne romanceSecond Tide's The Charm by Chandra BlumbergSecond chance marine biologist romance, sharks!!!The Truth According to Ember by Danica NavaWorkplace Native rom-comQueen of Dreams by Kit RochaPoly romantasy, sexy people fighting ancient evilHouse of Bone and Rain by Gabino IglesiasThriller, coming of age, teens seeking vengeance for a murderThe Antique Store Detective by Clare ChaseCozy mystery, small town, antiquesBetter Left Buried by Mary E. RoachYA thriller, teen girls solving mysteries in an abandoned amusement parkEye of the Beholder by Emma BamfordThriller, inspired by Vertigo, Scottish highlands, beauty industryDeath at Morning House by Maureen JohnsonYA mystery, historical island mansion, queerWordhunter by Stella SandsMystery, detective with uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patternsSociety of Lies by Lauren Ling BrownThriller, secret society, upper class secretsDear Hanna by Zoje StageFollow up to Baby TeethI Need You to Read This by Jessa MaxwellMystery, advice columnist solving her predecessor's murderHighway Thirteen by Fiona McFarlaneInterconnected short stories about the same serial killerTalking to Stranger by Fiona BartonThriller, detective and reporter racing each other to a solve a murderWe Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller CroftThriller, vampires, toxic female friendship, 1970s London disco sceneScrap by Calla HenkelThriller, true crime obsessed artist hired by insanely wealthy family with dark secretsThe Naturalist's Daughter by Tea CooperHistorical thriller, platypus mystery!!!SeptemberBabe in the Woods by Julie HeffernanGraphic novel, literary, motherhood, lost in the woods, memoryWe'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida, translated by E. Madison ShimodaLiterary fiction, Japanese, healing power of catsDawnland by Tess CallahanLiterary fiction, Cape Cod, family secretsWhere the Forest Meets the River by Shannon BowringQueer literary fiction, Maine, small town, griefPlease Fear Me by Jennifer LoveQueer literary fiction, teen runaway, circus, coming of age Still Life by Katherine Packet BurkeQueer literary fiction, queer friendship, trans characters, womanhoodPlayground by Richard PowersLiterary fiction, multiple POVs, ocean settingCompound Fracture by Andrew Joseph WhiteYA thriller, trans protagonist, Appalachia, classism, ghostsCelestial Monsters by Aiden ThomasBook 2 of Sunbearer duologyThis Fatal Kiss by Alicia JasinkaYA poly romantasy, magic, fairytalesOld Wounds by Logan-Ashley KisnerYA trans horror, small town, monster, sacrificeSomewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ KluneSequel to The House in the Cerulean SeaThe World is Not Yours by Kemi Ashing-GiwaSci fi novella, space horrorSpells to Forget Us by Aislinn BrophyWitchy YA sapphic romanceA Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison SaftDark academia sapphic romantasyAt the End of the River Styx by Michelle KulwickiQueer YA Horror, curses, monstersLove and Sportsball by Meka JamesSapphic sports romanceFlamboyants - The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known by George M. JohnsonNonfictionThe Haunting of Moscow House by Olesya Salnikova GilmoreGothic horror, historical Russia, haunted houseThe Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir, translated by Mary Robinette KowalHorror, Iceland, grief, possessionSo Thirsty by Rachel HarrisonHorror, vampires, female satisfactionSuch Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-BonneYA horror, doppelgangersRuin Road by Lamar GilesYA horror, curses, high schoolDearest by Jacquie WaltersStressed mom horrorWe Are Hunted by Tomi OyemakindeYA horror, White Lotus meets Jurassic ParkThe Thirteenth Child by Erin A. CraigYA horromance, dark fairytaleSweetest Darkness by Leslie LutzYA horror, psychic teen, abandoned hotelDevils Kill Devils by Johnny ComptonHorror, Southern gothic, demons, angelsIn the Garden of Monsters by Crystal KingHistorical fiction, Hades and Persephone retelling, gothic romance, evil gardenWhat We Sacrifice for Magic by Andrea Jo DeWeraHistorical fiction, witches, 1960s, Minnesota, family, small townThe Empusium by Olga TokarczukHistorical fiction, 1913, Poland, WWI, sanitariumThe Vampire of Kings Street by Asha GreylingHistorical fantasy, 1800s New York, vampires, lawThe Light Between Us by Elaine ChiewHistorical speculative romance, 1920s SingaporeThe Booklover's Library by Madeline MartinHistorical fiction, London, mother-daughter relationship, booksThe Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-ChapmanHistorical fiction, 1700s Wales, gothic, isolated estate, secretsThe Mesmerist by Caroline WoodsHistorical thriller, 1890s Minneapolis, woman banding together to stand a serial killerThe Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi, translated by Jesse KirkwoodCozy Japanese fantasy, magical photo studio, afterlifeRewitched by Lucy Jane WoodDebut cozy fantasy, witches, burnoutBringer of Dust by J.M. MiroSequel to Ordinary Monsters Alien Clay by Adrian TchaikovskySci fi epic, space, aliens, politicsAn Academy for Liars by Alexis HendersonDark academia, magic school, dark fantasyWe Need No Wings by Ann Davila CardinalFantasy, grief, love, flyingThe Scarlet Throne by Amy LeowPolitical epic fantasy, talking cats, demons, power and corruptionSky Full of Elephants by Cebo CampbellSci fi, world with no white peopleThis Will be Fun by E. B. AsherCozy quest romantasy, Prince Bride comp, friendshipLucy Undying by Kiersten WhiteFantasy, Dracula retelling, gothicBright I Burn by Molly AitkenHistorical fantasy, Ireland, witchesVilest Things by Chloe GongSequel to Immortal LongingsHaunt Sweet Home by Sarah PinskerHorror, ghosts, reality show, TV production, new adultThe Life Impossible by Matt HaigFantasy, magic, hopeThe Cottage Around the Corner by D.L. SoriaRomantasy, mage-witch rivalry, rom com, small townThe Village Library Demon Hunting Society by C.M. WaggonerLibrarian solving supernatural murdersThe Midnight Club by Margot HarrisonFantasy, dark academia, friend reunionSpace Oddity by Catherynne M. ValenteSequel to Space OperaBuried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi NovikFantasy short storiesHorror for Weenies by Emily C. HughesNonfiction, crash course in horror moviesThe Extinction of Experience by Christine LosenNonfiction, how to experience being human in a digital worldBone of the Bone by Sarah SmarshNonfiction, essays on the working classMagically Black and Other Essays by Jerald WalkerNonfiction on Black cultureBy the Fire We Carry by Rebecca NagleNonfiction, fight for Native landBook and Dagger by Elyse GrahamNonfiction, WWII librarian spiesThe Book Swap by Tessa BickersBookish second chance romanceSunshine and Spice by Aurora PalitOpposites attract fake dating, cookingMy Vampire Plus One by Jenna LevineFake dating rom-com with a vampireA Jingle Bell Mingle by Julie Murphy and Sierra SimoneChristmas rom-com, forced proximityThe Worst Duke in London by Amalie HowardHistorical romance, Bridgerton meets 10 Things I Hate About YouThe Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie WrobelMystery, old friends reunite in a Hitchcock-themed hotel, murderGuide Me Home by Attica LockeThird in Highway 59 trilogyWhere They Last Saw Her by Marcie R. RendonThriller, Native woman solving disappearances and murderPassiontide by Monique RoffeyThriller, local island women banding together to solve murderWe Solve Murders by Richard OsmanFather/daughter murder solving, thrillerBeneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath and Hassan Otsmane ElhaouGraphic novel thriller, Richard Scarry meets DexterWilliam by Mason CoileSci fi thriller, cyber noir, psychological thriller, house haunted by AIBitter is the Heart by Mina HardyHorror, generational trauma, evil momThe Curse of the Dead Man's Diamond by Christyne MorrellMiddle grade mystery, haunted manor, ghostsSnake Oil by Kelsey Rae DimburgLiterary thriller, wellness culture, female ambitionThe Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-KiaThriller, satire, celebrity culture, obsessionThe Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle ChouinardMystery, granddaughter of a serial killer must solve copy cat murder
Brea and Mallory have special guest Jordan Morris on the show to talk about how to deal with people's bad book opinions, test out reading on the TV, and recommend books with weird comp titles. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESPair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Youth Group by Jordan Morris and Bowen McCurdyBrea's Anthology Anthology PatreonFree with AdsJordan's Instagram Books Mentioned - Creativity, Inc by Ed CatmullThe Rabbit Back Literature Society Pasi Ilari Jaaskelainen, translated by Lola RogersFirestarter by Stephen KingParable of the Sower by Octavia ButlerLunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and Leuyen PhamI Heart Skullcrusher by Josie Campbell and Alissio ZonnoBless Your Heart by Lindy RyanThe Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni
Brea and Mallory discuss all the different types of fantasy, test out a book pillow, and recommend feminist horror that isn't gory. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Miracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmReading PillowTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory's Book!Brea's Movie Podcast!Books Mentioned - Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam SassThis Wretched Valley by Jenny KieferPerdido Street Station by China MievilleThe Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn KisteVenCo by Cherie Dimaline
Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a buzzy book from this year! Plus, they test out spinner rings for reading concentration, and solve a problem about jacket copy. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSES50CODE: GLASSES50EarthBreezewww.earthbreeze.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmASL Kid's BooksSpinner RingBrea's New Podcast, Anthology Anthology: AppleSpotifyPatreonAmazon WishlistTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - Beautyland by Marie-Helene BertinoThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceHouse of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J MaasExhibit by R.O. KwonMallory's Book!!
Brea and Mallory discuss converting nonreaders, interview writer Jeremy Lambert, and recommend fantasy books that deal with grief. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Jeremy LambertThe Hollywood SpecialBooks Mentioned - I Shouldn't Be Telling You This by Chelsea DevantezI'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicholThe Book of Love by Kelly LinkPlease Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. KingThe Measure by Nikki Erlick
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