You Should Probably Read More

We're baaaaaaaack! Sorry for the wait yall, life comes at ya real quick. As always, we wait until the actual end of the year to make it through everything we want to read so if you think this is late just remember everyone else copped out and made lists too early. That's what we tell ourselves. So in this episode we catch up on some book news and then present our top 5 books of the year (e...

Whoops! We skipped a month. Consider it our summer vacation. But we’ve got a big one this episode. Here’s the deal: if there is one book you should read this year it’s Brian Goldstone’s “ There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America ” The book is an incredible work of journalism as it “…follows five families in Atlanta as they struggle to find stable housing while navigating low-wage...

Ocean Vuong fans beware, Nolan has SOMETHING TO SAY about Emperor of Gladness. After weeks venting in the chat he's finally able to let it out on air. After that we're joined by Dan Ozzi, the best-selling author of Sellout, co-author of Fahrenheit 182 (Mark Hoppus' memoir) and co-author of Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout (Laura Jane Grace of Again...

Shanon and Nolan dive into our recent Homesteading obsession and chat with the very funny (with the best laugh) writer and actor Mitra Jouhari about her journey from The Daily Show to Big Mouth – plus her very questionable, very intense Anne Frank phase. Books and Authors mentioned in this episode: Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones Stag Dance - Torrey...

This one’s a long-time-coming! We finally have our buddy, Cord Jefferson, on the pod. We know Cord from our NY days when he was at Gawker but you might know him from winning an Oscar for adapted screenplay for American Fiction, which he also directed and which was based on Perceival Everett’s Erasure. Cord also won an Emmy for writing that really good episode of The Watchmen about the Tulsa Massac...

We did it. We got our new favorite Crime Daddy on the pod. Jordan Harper joins us to talk LA, Punks vs Nazis, the Ozarks and Noir. We love him. RIP to Nolan's cat Edie & Jordan's dog Ellroy Books and Authors mentioned in this episode: Bel Canto - Ann Patchett  The Vegetarian - Han Kang  We Do Not Part - Han Kang The Last King of California  - Jordan Harper  Everything Must Go: Stories...

When we say Best of the Year we mean the WHOLE damn year (we need all the time we can get to read all the books from all the other lists!) so here it is, in mid-January, our Best of 2024 roundup. We’re joined by a very special guest, our friend and fellow bookclub member, Addison Kirst, owner of des pair books in Echo Park, Los Angeles.  Books and Authors mentioned in this Episode: Sally Rooney -...

It’s our One Year Anniversary! Thank you all for listening to our lil pod this past year and for your comments and engagement with it. It's been really fun talking (and shit-talking) books and we're excited to continue this into next year- starting with our "Best of 24" list in January (you know we take every day we can get to try to get through all of these!).  This episode is just Shanon and Nol...

Welp...we recorded this one before the election. But don't worry we cut out all the hopeful parts! Surprise Surprise, Shanon and Nolan both have a new favorite book of the year + a special election edition of Bad Reads. Then they're joined by Tony Tulathimutte to discuss the agony of writing his insanely popular book, “Rejection.” Books and Authors discussed in this episode: Kamala Harris - The Tr...

This one's a doozy! Shanon and Nolan discuss Rachel Kushner, Sally Rooney and Miranda July ( All Fours lovers beware, Shanon goes on a tirade against Miranda July’s new novel and Nolan just doesn’t like her. Don’t hate us! ) before being joined by critically acclaimed author and New York Mag feature writer, the wonderful Kerry Howley.  Books and Authors mentioned in the episode:  Rachel Kushner -...

Shanon and Nolan are joined by Traci Thomas, creator and host of The Stacks, a podcast on books and reading that is far superior to our own! Per the episode title shit talking ensues. But it's good! Books and Authors mentioned in the episode: Katherine Dunn - Geek Love Cormac McCarthy - All The Pretty Horses Emily St. John Mandel - Station Eleven Ann Patchett - Bel Canto Kimberly Lemming - Tha...

Shanon and Nolan discuss (with little to no preparation) the 100 Best Books of The 21st Century as chosen by the NYT Book Review. Books Mentioned in this Episode: Elena Ferrante - My Brilliant Friend Robert Caro - The Years of Lyndon Johnson, The Passage of Power Ann Patchett - Bel Canto Ann Patchett - The Dutch House Benjamin Labatut - When We Cease To Understand the World NK Jeminsin - The Fifth...

Shanon and Nolan are joined by Ceremony frontman, poet, Bay Area legend and very well read dude, Ross Farrar.  Books and Authors mentioned in the episode:  Liz Moore - The God of the Woods AJ Dunno - In Waves Alexander Sammartino - Last Acts George Saunders Delmore Shwartz Fredrick Seidel Jenny Offill - Dept of Speculation Jenny Offill - Speedboat James Baldwin - The Fire Next Time William Matthew...

Shanon and Nolan are joined by Toronto-based writer, journalist and basketball enthusiast, Katie Heindl. We're talkin' books that make us cry, fantasy favorites, and why sports writing needs a makeover. Books and Authors mentioned in this episode: Amor Towles - Dinner For Two Brett Easton Ellis - The Shards David Grann - The Wager Elizabeth O’Connor - Whale Fall Jhumpa Lahiri - Roman Stori...

Shanon and Nolan are joined by writer, actor, director, comedian, and LGBTQ activist Ryan O’Connell. We talk shit about books we don’t like and then talk shit about how no one talks shit about books they don’t like any more; plus why “Andy Cohen’s Diaries” is Ryan’s “A Little Life.” Books mentioned in this episode: Liu Cixin - Three Body Problem David Benioff - City of Thieves David Benioff - 25th...

On this episode of You Should Probably Read More, Shanon and Nolan can’t wait to spoil Dune 2 for you (jk). After that we’re joined by author, poet, musician and Bay Area icon Brontez Purnell to discuss his new memoir in verse, “Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt,” and why M.I.A is a colonizer. Frank Herbert - Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune Carl Sagan - Cosmos Francis Spufford - Cahokia Jazz Sven Holm -...

Shanon and Nolan are joined by pro skater Kevin “Spanky” Long and artist Nikolai "Niki" Haas. Together, these Sensitive Bros™ are part of a dad’s book club where they read feminist tomes (among other things). Try not to swoon as we talk about feelings and what makes Agatha Christie marriage material. Books Mentioned in this Episode: Hernan Diaz - Trust Alice Walker - The Color Purple Eli...

It's a one on one episode in which Shanon & Nolan discuss their favorite books of 2023 (mostly murder, dystopian prisons and heartfelt stories) and what they’re looking forward to in 2024 (mostly murder, stabbings, dystopian climate change, and even some basketball). 2023 James McBride - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store Daniel Mason - North Woods SA Cosby - All The Sinners Bleed Justin...

On this episode of You Should Probably Read More, Shanon and Nolan are joined by Tracie Egan Morrissey (@traciemorrissey) noted beautiful person, internet sleuth, author, and co-host of Pot Psychology for some celebrity memoir banter, spank bank moments, and a round of Fuck, Marry, Kill. Books Mentioned in this Episode: Anthony Doerr - All the Light We Cannot See Justin Torres - Blackouts David Gr...

Reading books and talking shit - what co-hosts, besties, and fellow book nerds Shanon Kelley and Nolan Bellavance love to do best. On this inaugural episode they’re joined by Caroline Goldfarb @officialseanpenn noted library card holder and avid kindle reader for some Beauty and the Beast banter and a round of Fuck, Marry, Kill. Welcome to You Should Probably Read More! Books mentioned in this epi...