Two Girls One Book - Book Club Podcast

Send us a textJoin our chaotic episode where we discuss a book that we struggled to understand!

Send us a textThis week we have spoiler free discussions on the following:Unravelling Oliver - Liz NugentThe Death Of Us - Abigail DeanRedemption - Jack JordanThe Housemaid - Frieda McFaddenThe Ministry Of Time - Kaliane BradleyThe Safekeep - Yale van der WoudenA Little Trickerie - Rosanna PikeBest Summer Ever - Heidi SwainPalm Meridian - Grace FlahiveDeep End - Ali Hazelwood

Send us a textThis month we discuss The Names by Florence Knapp. Tune in for our spoiler free thoughts and feelings!

Send us a textToday's short stories episode features spoiler free chats on the following:When The Cranes Fly South - Lisa RidzénWaist Deep - Linea Maja ErnstSo Thrilled For You - Holly BourneAll The Other Mothers Hate Me - Sarah HartmanI Found A Body - Becky C. Brynolf Fruit Of The Dead - Rachel LyonSlags - Emma Jane UnsworthProbably Nothing - Lauren Bravo The Artist - Lucy SteedsFundamentally - Nussaihbah Younis

Send us a textApril's buddy read was Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley. Have a listen to our spoiler free thoughts and feelings. We love a book that we have differing opinions on!!

Send us a textThis week we are featuring all the books we have read in preparation for Bloomsbury's Big Night In 2025.Tickets can still be purchased here if you manage to catch this episode before April 10th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bloomsburys-global-night-in-tickets-1258006464199And here are all the books:Aftertaste - Daria LavelleJulie Chan Is Dead - Liann ZhangA Dance of Lies - Brittany ArenaBoudicca's Daughter - Elodie HarperThe Pretender - Jo Harkin

Send us a textMarch's featured read is The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. This epic family saga made for a great conversation so tune in for spoiler free chats!

Send us a textWelcome to this month's short stories episode. Today we willl be having spoiler free chats on all of the following books:The Animals In That Country - Laura Jean McKayThe Favourites - Layne FargoTest Kitchen - Neil D. A. StewartAdelaide - Genevieve WheelerAll Fours - Miranda JulyThe Garnett Girls - Georgina MooreFledging - Rose DiellThe Impossible Thing - Belinda BauerThe Paris Trilogy - Colombe SchneckSociopath - Patric Gagne

Send us a textOur February featured read is The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson. Spoiler free chats as always.

Send us a textSpoiler free discussions on all of the following:Death on the Nile - Agatha ChristieYou Are Fatally Invited - Ande PliegoSweat - Emma HealeyVictorian Psycho - Virginia FeitoNotes on An Execution - Danya KukafkaNew Animal - Ella BaxterThe Wedding People - Alison EspachThe South - Tash AwVariation - Rebecca YarrosWater Moon - Samantha Sotto Yambao

Send us a textOur first official buddy read for 2025 was Want, a collection curated by Gillian Anderson. An interesting discussion that contains adult themes but that we managed to keep somewhat PG!

Send us a textUnless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that Wicked fever has been everywhere for the last couple of months, so we thought it the perfect time to pick up the book and see what it's all about!

Send us a textA long awaited short stories edition to chat about some of our most recent reads!This week we discussed:Girl In Pieces - Kathleen GlasgowBaby Teeth and Dear Hanna - Zoje StageThings In Jars - Jess KiddWarm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine ArdenNorth Woods - Daniel MasonMaybe Perhaps Possibly - Joanna GlenFalling Animals - Sheila ArmstrongThe Life Impossible - Matt Haig The Wren, The Wren - Anne Enright Kairos - Jenny Erpenbeck 

Send us a textHow is it that time of year already? Here we have our top picks from 2024!Rhiannon's Top Three:Friendaholic - Elizabeth Day (Also discussed in Episode 86)Talking At Night - Claire Daverley (Also discussed in Episode 94)Kala - Colin Walsh (Also discussed in Episode 86)Honourable Mention:Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent (Also discussed in Episode 92)Hannah's Top Three:Rouge - Mona Awad (Also discussed in Episode 88)A Thousand Feasts - Nigel SlaterThe Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden (Also discussed in Episode 98)Honourable Mention:Soldier Sailor - Claire Kilroy

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss Sally Rooney's much hyped novel, Intermezzo.Long time listeners will know we haven't particularly gotten on with Rooney's writing in the past, so tune in to see what we made of her newest novel.

Send us a textWe made it! 100 episodes in to our podcast and we're still going strong.Rather than our usual Short Stories ep we thought we would each do a round up of our favourite books that we've read since starting Two Girls One Book pod.Below is a list of our top tens! We're also including episode numbers of past podcasts where we discuss each of these books in more detail.Rhiannon's Top Ten:10. Talking At Night (Episode 94)9. We All Want Impossible Things (Episode 79)8. The Mountains Sing (Episode 8)7. House Of Earth And Blood (Episode 59)6. Kala (Episode 86)5. A Man Called Ove (Episode 47)4. Ready Player One (Episode 76)3. The Great Alone (Episode 78)2. Know My Name (Episode 18)1. The Paper Palace (Episode 40)Hannah's Top Ten:10. The Vegetarian (Episode 31)9. The Lost City Of Z (Not Featured Previously)8. Faith, Hope And Carnage (Episode 79)7. Hamnet (Episode 6)6. This Is Where We Live (Episode 80)5. Rouge (Episode 88)4. In The Dream House (Episode 36)3. The Safekeep (Episode 98)2. Starve Acre (Episode 13)1. A Little Life (Episode 35)

Send us a textWelcome to Episode 99! Congratulations on making it this far!This month's featured read is Butter by Asako Yuzuki (translated by Polly Barton).Listen on for our spoiler free thoughts and feelings.

Send us a textToday's mammoth podcast is fairly varied in content with something for everyone - non fiction, Booker Prize nominees and small town romance aplenty!! Here's what we talked about:How To Leave A Group Chat - Louise GuiseThe Search - John Henry Phillips Beethoven - Laura TunbridgeThe Most of Nora Ephron - Nora EphronStone Yard Devotional - Charlotte WoodBig Swiss - Jen BeaginCreation Lake - Rachel KushnerWhat Lies Between Us - John Marrs Listen For The Lie - Amy TinteraBenevolence Series: Pretend Your Mine, Finally Mine, Protecting What's Mine - Lucy ScoreEveryone Is Still Alive - Cathy RentzenbrinkWild Eyes - Elsie SilverThe Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden

Send us a textFor September's featured read we chose to read Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful with a  MAMMOTH buddy read group! Listen in for spoiler free chat about the book, whet your appetite if it's something you may fancy adding to your TBR lists, and laugh at us trying not to spoil it if you've read it already!

Send us a textAnother spoiler free chat on all of the following:100 Years of Lennie and Margot - Marianne CroninWe Prescribe You A Cat - Syou IshidaThe Full Moon Coffee Shop - Mai MochizukiThe Poisonwood Bible - Barbara KingsolverJames - Percival Everett The Hypocrite - Jo Hamya Scenes of a Graphic Nature - Caroline O'DonoghueHer Body Among Animals - Paola Ferrante Silver Pines Series - Paisley Hope

Send us a Text Message.August's featured read was Babel by R F Kuang, which offered plenty of discussion points. As ever, this episode is spoiler free!

Spoiler free chats on some of the books we've read recently:Talking At Night - Claire DaverleyI'm F*cking Amazing - Anoushka WardenJaded - Ela LeeThe Chain - Chimene SuleymanGold Rush - Olivia PetterMonsters - Claire DedererOnce More From The Top - Emily LaydenBright Young Women - Jessica KnollImposter Syndrome - Joseph KnoxBehind Closed Doors - B.A Paris

This week we are discussing our July featured read - Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. Spoiler free as always.

Welcome to a bonus short stories edition containing spoiler free chats on all of the following:The Wilds - Sarah PearseThe Eyes Are The Best Part - Monika KimStrange Sally Diamond - Liz NugentThe River Within - Karen PowellHis & Hers - Alice FeeneyThe Mermaid of Black Conch - Monique RoffeyThe Women - Kristin HannahMagma - Thora HjörleifsdóttirChestnut Springs Series - Elsie Silver

Today's episode is a little shorter than we intended due to some technical issues. However, we still had plenty to say (spoiler free of course) on all of these fabulous new releases:Teddy - Emily DunlayLove Letters To A Serial Killer - Tasha CoryellThe Love of My Afterlife - Kirsty GreenwoodSandwich - Catherine NewmanGoodbye Birdie Greenwing - Ericka WallerHow To Age Disgracefully - Clare Pooley

We're back after a little break and this month's featured read was The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo. Listen and find out what we thought!

This month's featured read is Penance by Eliza Clark. Spoiler free chats as always!

Join us as we have spoiler free discussions on all our recent reads. Including:The Echo Chamber - John BoyneRouge - Mona AwadDaisy Haites - Jessa HastingsThe Divorcees - Rowan BeairdBrown Girls - Daphne Palasi AndreadesLost For Words - Stephanie ButlandThe Night In Question - Susan FletcherMexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe House of Mirrors - Erin KellyThe Loney - Andrew Michael Hurley

A spoiler free chat on Women's Prize long listed, The Maiden by Kate Foster.

Spoiler free discussions on all of the following:Clara Reads Proust - Stephane CarlierThe List of Suspicious Things - Jennie GodfreyIn Search of Ethel Cartwright - Tom WinterSeven Summers - Paige ToonKala - Colin WalshSay Hello To My Little Friend - Jennine Capo CrucetFriendaholic - Elizabeth DayBitch - Lucy Cooke  Small Ways To Live Well from The Simple ThingsGet a six week suggestion box of things to note and notice this spring.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

A spoiler free chat about The Fury by Alex Michaelides.Featured reads coming up will be:April - The Maiden by Kate FosterMay - Penance by Eliza Clark

Tune in to hear spoiler free chats on all of the following:Kafka on the Shore - Haruki MurakamiThe Night Alphabet - Joelle TaylorHouse of Flame & Shadow - Sarah J MaasDivine Rivals - Rebecca RossThreadneedle - Cari ThomasIcebreaker & Wildfire - Hannah GraceHow To Be Somebody Else - Miranda PountneyMagnolia Parks - Jessa HastingsThe Teacher - Freida McFaddenThe Murders At Fleat House - Lucinda RileyClairmont - Lesley McDowellWeyward - Emilia Hart

Today we discuss this novel by Elena Ferrante. All spoiler free as always!

Today's discussion includes chats on all of the following:Not The End of the World  - Hannah RitchieThe Dictionary of Lost Words - Pip WilliamsThe Book of Beginnings - Sally PageThis Could Be Everything - Eva RiceWinter Garden - Kristen HannahPiglet - Lottie HazellAll Girls - Emily LaydenThe Last House on Needless Street - Catriona WardAll spoiler free apart from one partial spoiler when talking about Piglet around the 24-25 minute mark! We couldn't really avoid it!

Our first featured read episode of 2024 is The Bee Sting by Paul Murray.All chats are spoiler free!

And here we have each of our top three reads from 2023. Have a listen to find out what we chose!

A final round up of our November/December 2023 reads. All spoiler free!Including:The Christmas Book Club - Sarah MorganOne Christmas Eve - Shari LowMeet me in Central Park - Jo BartlettPreloved - Lauren BravoThe Minute I Saw You - Paige ToonThe Great Believers - Rebecca MakkaiCultish - Amanda MontellBunny - Mona AwadLemon - Kwon Yeo-SunWe All Want Impossible Things - Catherine NewmanThe Wager - David GrannFaith, Hope and Carnage - Nick CaveMindfulness Guide for the Frazzled - Ruby WaxMadly Deeply - Alan RickmanI'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy

December's featured read was The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. Our first by this author but definitely not our last.Living Abroad: Challenging the Myths of Expat LifeA useful, honest, often funny book for those considering or just curious about expat life

Our thoughts and feelings on the much anticipated sequel to Fourth Wing - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros.CONTAINS SPOILERS!

Here's what we've been reading this month! We have spoiler free chats on all of the following books:The Woman in Black - Susan HillThe Woman in Me - Britney SpearsAnxious People - Fredrik BackmanMilk Fed - Melissa BroderLittle Eyes - Samanta SchweblinBad Fruit - Ella KingReady Player One - Ernest Kline

This month's spoiler free episode is on Bellies by Nicola DinanSpotify Audiobook Giveaway! Download FREE review copies of "Five Deadly Rebels" AudiobookGiving away FREE PROMO CODES to download the Spotify Audiobook for FREE in Ep7 show notes!Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Spoiler free chats on all of the following books:The Goodbye Cat - Hiro ArikawaA Long Petal of the Sea - Isabel Allende Pure Colour - Sheila HetiHell Bent - Leigh BardugoOther People's Clothes - Calla HenkelDeath of a Bookseller - Alice SlaterThe Serial Killers Wife - Alice HunterThe Woman in the Middle - Milly Johnson

It's spooky season, so this month we tackled Stephen King's behemoth, 'IT'.Spoiler free for the most part with a couple of warnings.

Here are all the books we discussed (spoiler free!) on the podcast this week. We had lots of opinions!!The Shadow Cabinet - Juno DawsonThe Miniaturist - Jessie BurtonBear Woman - Karolina RamqvistFair Rosaline - Natasha SolomonsArms and Legs - Chloe LaneCareering - Daisy BuchananWeirdo - Sara PascoeImpossible - Sarah LotzCrazy Rich Asians - Kevin KwanOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean VuongMagpie - Elizabeth DayAmerican Psycho - Bret Easton EllisEveryone's Invited - Soma Sara

This month's buddy read was Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. Join us and listen to our spoiler free thoughts and feelings!

A monster episode containing spoiler free chats on all of the following books:All My Mothers - Joanna GlenThe Tidal Year - Freya BromleyShy - Max PorterWhat You Are Looking For Is In The Library - Michiko AoyamaWandering Souls - Cecile PinHer Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno DawsonThis Is Gonna End In Tears - Liza KlaussmannWahala - Nikki MayThe Winners - Fredrik BackmanThe List - Yomi AdegokeSugar Baby - Celine SaintclareShe's a Killer - Kirsten McDougallForever Interrupted - Taylor Jenkins ReidHappy Place - Emily Henry

This week we talk about the much hyped Fourth Wing!We've kept our chats spoiler free so come and see what we made of it!

Our spoiler free episode contains our thoughts on the following books:The Retreat - Sarah PearseThe Bay - Allie ReynoldsBerlin - Bea SettonOrdinary Human Failings - Megan Nolan Okay Days - Jenny MustardOne True Loves - Taylor Jenkins ReidEvery Summer After - Carley FortuneI Wish We Weren't Related - Radhika SanghaniCrook Manifesto - Colson WhiteheadBeartown & Us Against You - Fredrik Backman

Our July featured read is Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang. Enjoy our spoiler free chat!

Today's short stories episode contains spoiler free chats on the following:Utopia - Heidi SopinkaDarling - India KnightOur Hideous Progeny - C.E. McGillThe Bees - Laline PaullKillers of the Flower Moon - David GrannThe murder list - Jackie KablerConviction - Jack JordanSpeak of the Devil - Rose WildingThe Girls of Summer - Katie BishopSunburn - Chloe Michelle HowarthBradington Bay - Alaric Mark LewisStepping Up - Sarah TurnerFour Seasons In Japan - Nick Bradley

Join us for our spoiler free chat on In Memoriam by Alice Winn!