Paperback Readers

Paperback Readers Episode 49 21.06.2022 ↓

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

Paperback Readers Episode 48 06.06.2022 ↓

This week’s shared read is Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett.

Paperback Readers Podcast Episode 47 24.05.2022 ↓

These two Cubs fans loved Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close.

Paperback Readers Episode 46 10.05.2022 ↓

This week, we read Mary Laura Philpott’s wonderful memoir, Bomb Shelter.

Paperback Readers Episode 45 26.04.2022 ↓

We’re talking about Chuck Klosterman’s The Nineties, and more, as always.

Paperback Readers Episode 44 11.04.2022 ↓

We loved Karen Joy Fowler’s novel Booth. Joe is already predicting it may be in his top ten of the year.

Paperback Readers Episode 43 30.03.2022 ↓

Bob Goff’s Undistracted was this week’s shared read.

Paperback Readers Episode 42 13.03.2022 ↓

Music Is History by Questlove is unlike any music book we’ve ever read.

Paperback Readers Episode 41 01.03.2022 ↓

We are big fans of Rachel Held Evans and are so grateful that we got to read her words one more time.

Paperback Readers Episode 40 16.02.2022 ↓

Tangled Up in Blue by Rosa Brooks is fabulous, and not just because it takes its title from a Dylan lyric.

Paperback Readers Episode 39 02.02.2022 ↓

We’re starting the year with several books about musicians, including Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller.

Paperback Readers Episode 38 18.01.2022 ↓

Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education was an easy yes for us.

Paperback Readers Episode 37 04.01.2022 ↓

We’re starting this year strong with so many good books, including Mr. Dickens and His Carol.

Paperback Readers Top Ten 2021 04.01.2022 ↓

Joe and Julie share their top books of 2021.

Paperback Readers Episode 36 21.12.2021 ↓

We’re revisiting one of our favorite shows in the new oral history, Welcome to Dunder Mifflin, by Brian Baumgartner and Ben Silverman.

Paperback Readers Episode 35 07.12.2021 ↓

We’re talking, once again, about Pat Conroy—this time about his posthumous essay collection, Lowcountry Heart.

Paperback Readers Episode 34 23.11.2021 ↓

Beth Allison Barr’s The Making of Biblical Womanhood is thought-provoking and fascinating.

Paperback Readers Episode 33 09.11.2021 ↓

No shared read today, but we still have lots of good books to discuss.

Paperback Readers Episode 32 25.10.2021 ↓

Our shared read this week is the inimitable Anthony Doerr’s Cloud Cuckoo Land.

Paperback Readers Episode 31 12.10.2021 ↓

We’re reading When Stars Are Scattered, a graphic novel recommended by our daughter, and welcoming guest appearances by each of our kids.

Paperback Readers Episode 30 28.09.2021 ↓

We love Doris Kearns Goodwin, and her book Leadership in Turbulent Times helps us discuss the Presidency in new ways.

Paperback Readers Episode 29 13.09.2021 ↓

We reread an old favorite—My Reading Life by Pat Conroy.

Paperback Readers Episode 28 31.08.2021 ↓

We loved Syed M. Massoud’s The Bad Muslim Discount.

Paperback Readers Episode 27 16.08.2021 ↓

Happy first podcast anniversary to us! We’re celebrating by discussing Michael Lewis’s The Premonition: A Pandemic Story.

Paperback Readers Episode 26 02.08.2021 ↓

This episode’s shared book is Jon Acuff’s Stuff Christians Like.