Book of the Month Live

The best way to listen to Book of the Month LIVE is in our app. Author Jennifer Weiner visited our headquarters to discuss the inspiration for her new novel, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits . She shared her hot takes on the viciousness of the early 2000s, our questionable treatment of pop princesses, CD players, and piano lessons—for starters. When sisters Cassie and Zoe Grossberg skyrocket to...

The best way to listen to Book of the Month LIVE is in our app. Actor and author Krysten Ritter stopped by our headquarters to talk about her new book, Retreat , and the real-life con artists who inspired the thriller. She revealed her superpower, her kryptonite, and her various skills and accomplishments as an author, actor, director, musician and, of course, professional knitter. When a sharp-wi...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app. Author B.K. Borison visited our headquarters to discuss her new book, First-Time Caller . She got real about the transition from self-publishing to having the backing of a major publishing house—and how she's not one to give dating advice, but our audience decided to share their horror stories with her anyway. The host of...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app. Daniel Black, author of Isaac's Song , joins us on this week's episode of VBT to discuss gospel music, masculinity, Black storytelling, bouquets, and that time he went viral. Oh, and how he wrote his new book. We manage to cover it all and even find time to dance. A young man finds himself at a crossroads, reflecting on h...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app. Layne Fargo, author of The Favorites , joins us on this week's episode of VBT to discuss her new book—plus love, hate, spite, and ice dancing. We cover everything from Tonya Harding, to early 2000s fashion, to Layne's very first time ice skating. (Spoiler: It was the day before this episode was recorded). Childhood sweeth...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app. Author and former basketball player turned journalist turned ESPN commentator Kate Fagan joins us on this week's episode of VBT to discuss her new book, The Three Lives of Cate Kay . She talks about big fame (why she doesn't want it), ambition (its highly addictive qualities), and the creative engine that fueled her new w...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app. Author Daniel Aleman joins us on this week's episode of VBT to discuss his new book, I Might Be In Trouble . Inspired by a situationship gone awry, Aleman explains the evolution of his adult debut and reflects on the unexpected trajectory of his career as a writer. After the perfect first date, writer David Alvarez wakes...

Author Anna Rasche visits our headquarters for this week's episode of VBT to discuss her new book, The Stone Witch of Florence . She covers writing about the Black Plague during a modern day-pandemic, the importance of wellness girlies, and why she loves crystals. After nearly a decade in exile for witchcraft, Ginevra di Gasparo is called upon to use her healing powers to save people from the Blac...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  Author Ann Liang joins us on this week's episode of VBT to discuss her newest book, A Song to Drown Rivers . From making the most of her JSTOR access while it lasted, to thinking deeply about beauty standards across centuries, she breaks down how her historical fantasy novel got made. Xishi is beautiful—and deadly. When...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  Repeat author Laura Dave joins us on this week's episode of VBT to discuss her newest book, The Night We Lost Him . We talked about the question she wanted to answer with this story, how grief is an extension of love, and her complicated relationship with the thriller genre. Estranged siblings discover their father has b...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  Chelsea Bieker joins us on this week's episode of Virtual Book Tour to discuss her new book, Madwoman . We talked about her somatic practice around writing (shaking your sillies out) and our (mostly her) obsession with wellness. Clove has gone to extremes to keep her past a secret. But when she receives a letter from a w...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  Repeat author Kimberly McCreight joins us on this week's episode of VBT to discuss her newest book, Like Mother, Like Daughter . We spoke about how Kimberly's former days as a lawyer helped inform this story and we also discussed the intense relationships between mothers and daughters. When Cleo arrives late for dinner a...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  Repeat author Liz Moore joins us on this week's episode of VBT to discuss her newest book, The God of the Woods . We talked about how her own family history with the Adirondacks inspired the setting for this novel, her own experience with camp as a kid, and the myth and reality of self reliance.  When a teenager vanishes...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  Repeat author Sarah Pekkanen joins us on this week's episode of VBT to discuss her newest book, House of Glass. We talked about the benefits of eavesdropping, how Sarah's experience as an investigative reporter informs her work as a thriller novelist, and haunted mega mansions. On the outside they were the golden family....

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  This week we spoke with Isabel Banta on what it means to be a child popstar. We discussed the price of celebrity, coming-of-age experiences, and how music lets us all connect.  It is 1997, and Amber Young has received a life-changing call. It's a chance thousands of girls would die for: the opportunity to join girl group...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  We had so much fun getting to talk to Rufi Thorpe, the author of Margo's Got Money Troubles on this week's episode of VBT! We talked about the consequences of snap judgements, how OnlyFans has shifted over the past couple of years, and Rufi's love for wrestling.  As the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler,...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  Live from the BOTM headquarters, Laura Hankin joins us to discuss her newest book, One-Star Romance . We had a lovely conversation about the romance of friendships in your 20s, why we shouldn't feel stuck in our timelines, and how Laura once got eviscerated by a teenager. Natalie and Rob couldn't have less in common. The...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  Brynne Weaver joins us in the BOTM headquarters to discuss her newest book to The Ruinous Love trilogy, Leather & Lark. We asked Brynne why she was ruining all of our favorite foods and talked about how one woman's red flags might actually be another's green flag.  Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  The author of Five Broken Blades joins us in the BOTM office for this week's episode! We talked to Mai Corland about her epic new book, Korean mythology and history, and the transition from writing for younger audiences to now writing for adults.  It's the season for treason; the king of Yusan must die. The five most dan...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time , joins us to celebrate her debut novel! We talked about how she fell in love with Graham Gore, what she would be "excited" to experience if she could go back to the Victorian Era, and her modern tech pet peeves.  A government ministry is gathering "expats" from across hist...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  On this week's episode, we sit down with Rachel Khong to discuss her new novel, Real Americans . We had so much fun asking the big questions like, "what do we inherit from our families and their histories," and what it means to be a "real American." Real Americans begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City when Lily...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  On this week's episode, we sit down with Emiko Jean, author of The Return of Ellie Black . We talk about how this book was originally written as a YA novel, her past as an entomologist and how it could inspire a future book, and why she may be on a government watch list... Detective Chelsea Calhoun's life is turned upsid...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  Makiia Lucier, author of Dragonfruit , joins us on this week's episode of Virtual Book Tour! We learned that this beautiful fantasy novel was inspired by Makiia's own memories of growing up on Guam and the historical elements that she used as  inspiration for her story. Hanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an...

The best way to listen to Virtual Book Tour is in the Book of the Month app!  We had so much fun with Yulin Kuang, author of How to End a Love Story ! We talked about her journey from screenwriter to author, what it's like to work in a writer's room, and what makes office romances so hot. Helen Zhang hasn't seen Grant Shepard in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives t...