Paperback Readers

Paperback Readers Episode 25 18.07.2021 ↓

John Green’s The Anthropocene Reviewed brings new light to the events and creations of our world today.

Paperback Readers Episode 24 05.07.2021 ↓

We’re exploring one of Joe’s favorite Presidents with Andrew Ferguson’s Land of Lincoln.

Paperback Readers Episode 23 25.06.2021 ↓

With summer travel on our minds, we took a look back at Bill Bryson’s classic travel memoir, Neither Here nor There.

Paperback Readers Episode 22 07.06.2021 ↓

Joe and Julie discuss Will Leitch’s new novel, How Lucky.

Paperback Readers Episode 21 24.05.2021 ↓

Joe and Julie deep dive into Frederick Buechner’s Peculiar Treasures.

Paperback Readers Episode 20 10.05.2021 ↓

Joe and Julie talk about A Tale of Two Cities.

Paperback Readers Episode 19 26.04.2021 ↓

This week’s focus is Joshilyn Jackson’s Mother May I, but we’re also discussing thrillers, sports books, a cancer memoir, and the joys of re-reading.

Paperback Readers Episode 18 12.04.2021 ↓

Joe and Julie discuss Angie Thomas’s brilliant novel Concrete Rose.

Paperback Readers Episode 17 28.03.2021 ↓

Joe and Julie discuss Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

Paperback Readers Episode 16 15.03.2021 ↓

We loved Brian Doyle’s One Long River of Song.

Paperback Readers Bonus Episode 01.03.2021 ↓

In imitation of this week’s Great Writers, Joe, Julie, and their kids share what they love about the Beatles.

Paperback Readers Episode 15 01.03.2021 ↓

This week, we’re talking all things music.

Paperback Readers Episode 14 16.02.2021 ↓

Joe and Julie discuss Wendell Berry’s magnificent novel Jayber Crow.

Paperback Readers Episode 13 01.02.2021 ↓

Joe and Julie read Jesus and John Wayne.

Paperback Readers Episode 12 18.01.2021 ↓

Joe and Julie discuss A Promised Land, Barack Obama, presidential writing in general, and what else they've been reading.

Paperback Readers Episode 11 04.01.2021 ↓

Joe and Julie catch up on their holiday reading and discuss the writing of Malcolm Gladwell.

Paperback Readers Episode 10 22.12.2020 ↓

Joe and Julie end the year with each of their top ten books of 2020.

Paperback Readers Episode 9 08.12.2020 ↓

Joe and Julie talk political books, middle grade and young adult books, and the importance of reading the right book at the right time, and they do a deep dive into Frederik Backman’s amazing Anxious People.

Paperback Readers Episode 8 22.11.2020 ↓

Joe and Julie discuss Jon Meacham's His Truth Is Marching On, and they catch up on the other things they've been reading.

Paperback Readers Episode 7 09.11.2020 ↓

Joe and Julie talk about Michael Ian Black’s A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son.

Paperback Readers Episode 6 26.10.2020 ↓

How do you decide whether to read controversial literature? We’re discussing this and more on the podcast today.

Paperback Readers Episode 5 13.10.2020 ↓

Joe and Julie discuss Nick Hornby's novel Just Like You.

Paperback Readers Episode 4 28.09.2020 ↓

Joe and Julie talk about Yaa Gyasi's Transcendent Kingdom.

Paperback Readers Episode 3 14.09.2020 ↓

Joe and Julie discuss Do Not Sell at Any Price by Amanda Petrusich and The Deepest South of All by Richard Grant, as well as what they are currently reading.

Paperback Readers Episode 2 31.08.2020 ↓

This week's deep dive is on Tim Soerens's Everywhere You Look and Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan.