Genre’d: A Book Podcast

It’s our 2026 mid-year reading check-in, which means we are taking a very official look at the books we loved, the books we regretted, the genres that surprised us, and the reading habits we are pretending to have under control. Katy and Elyse talk Goodreads goals, audiobook math, romantasy fatigue, dystopian awakenings, cozy fantasy surprises, horror rom-coms, memoirs, and why some sequels simply...

Bryanna is back for our one-year anniversary episode, and obviously we had to make it emotional, suspicious, and deeply unserious. This week, we’re talking Broken Dove by Dani Francis, the sequel to Silver Elite , aka the very first book we ever covered on Genre’d. This episode is not fully spoiler-free. Because Broken Dove is book two, we do spoil Silver Elite , and once the spoiler alarm goes of...

This week on Genre’d Off Book , Katy and Elyse are joined by Elyse’s college friend Lanoi for a conversation about mood reading, historical fiction, literary fiction, comfort books, and the book recommendations that tell you everything you need to know about a person. We get into Lanoi’s love of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower , why Colonel Brandon might be the original book boyfriend, smutty Jane Aus...

This week on Genre’d, Katy and Elyse are talking about Rumors and Whiskey by Victoria Wilder , a romantic suspense full of small-town rumors, whiskey, family secrets, a dead body, and women who absolutely know how to handle a problem. We get into why this book gave us Practical Magic without the magic , how it connects to Victoria Wilder’s Bourbon Boys world, and why Katy may have found her ideal...

This week on Off Book, we’re joined by author Jourdana Webber to talk about her debut romance, Unconventionally, Elle , her upcoming book Could’ve, Should’ve, Would’ve , and the world she calls the Elleverse. We get into romance as comfort, found family, indie publishing, friends-to-lovers, magical realism, and why stories about women choosing themselves first deserve more credit. Plus, we somehow...

This week on Genre’d, we’re back in the world of Nocturna with Fury Bound by Sable Sorensen, where Meryn’s queen era begins with civil war, stolen magic, a siphon sister, emotionally intelligent wolves, and one very intense magical jewelry scavenger hunt. We talk shadow daddies, siphons who are absolutely vampiring, Lucien stealing the show, why quests are personally testing us, the spice level, t...

This week on Off Book, we’re joined by author Georgia Clark, whose new novel Play It Again is an ensemble rom-com about community theater, second chance romance, queer kissing, and the emotional hazard of revisiting your teenage self in your thirties. Georgia talks with us about writing contemporary romance, how Red, White & Royal Blue helped shift the direction of her career, and why romance...

A tradwife influencer wakes up trapped inside a version of the 1800s that looks suspiciously like the life she's been selling online. No electricity. No modern medicine. No escape. Just sourdough, prairie dresses, and increasingly alarming questions about what's actually happening. This week we're discussing Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke , one of the buzziest books on BookTok right n...

Two former coworkers walk into a podcast episode and somehow end up in a full-scale Bones spiral. That’s the vibe this week. We’re joined by Katy’s longtime friend Heather, whose reading taste can best be described as “absolutely everything, but especially old people solving crimes.” We get into cozy mysteries, unreliable narrators, why some romance books desperately need therapy instead of a thir...

This week on Genre'd, we're talking The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke. A remote island. A dead literary legend. A group of writers given 72 hours to finish his final book. What starts as a high-stakes writing competition turns into a locked-room mystery where the bodies start piling up fast. This week, we’re talking: Publishing industry drama (and what we actually learned 👀) Multi-POV cha...

We’re back with our first returning Off Book guests and it’s a big one. Nicolas DiDomizio returns with Dinah Alobeid to celebrate A Murder Most Camp officially being out in the world and we have thoughts!! We get into the chaotic brilliance behind the book, from being paid to write the first three chapters (power move) to completely rewriting the killer mid-process. Plus: the reality of publishing...

This week, we’re talking Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman, a sci fi dystopian that asks a truly unhinged question: what if your quiet farming planet got turned into a livestreamed war game… and the people trying to kill you thought it was just entertainment? We break down the chaos of gamer controlled mechs, influencer culture gone very wrong, and the AI storyline that gets a little too rea...

We’re back with another Off Book episode, and this one feels like your smartest, funniest group chat came to life. We’re joined by Elyse’s longtime friend Nicki to talk all things reading habits, thriller obsessions, and the surprising twist of what your “favorite genre” actually is.  Nicki takes us from childhood reading memories to discovering thrillers way too young, why some books are pure ent...

This week on Genre’d, we’re talking How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson, a horror rom-com that asks: what if speed dating in NYC was actually a slasher movie… and also kind of the perfect way to vet men? But first, we have some things to say, including Dungeon Crawler Carl TV news and Katy fully leaning into her newest personality trait: making extremely curated ShopMy lists (please...

We’re joined by poet, editor, and contemporary fantasy evangelist Emily Zogbi—and yes, we immediately spiral into maps in books, fanfiction origins, and the very specific rules we all have about buying books. Emily walks us through her love of magical realism, hidden worlds, and stories where something just slightly off is happening beneath the surface of real life. We also get into YA comfort rea...

This week, we’re talking Half His Age by Jeanette McCurdy… and we have thoughts. This is a coming-of-age story that somehow manages to be deeply uncomfortable, weirdly funny, and impossible to stop thinking about. We get into the age gap relationship, the power dynamics, and why this book feels like Lolita if you only heard from her. We also talk about: why none of the relationships in this book f...

We’re joined by our friend Kerry for an Off Book chat about reading across genres, building the ultimate Libby queue, and why sci-fi is the one genre she’d defend with her whole chest. We get into Red Rising, Ender’s Game, dystopian fiction, and the very real difference between sci-fi and fantasy when what you actually want is strategy, survival, and humans figuring things out. We also talk cozy m...

In the dystopian city of New Found Haven, mercy is illegal and love can get you killed. So naturally… an assassin and the president’s executioner end up forced into a very public marriage. This week we’re talking about Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe , a brutal, addictive dystopian romance packed with political rebellion, morally gray characters, and some of the most actual enemies-to-lovers energy we’v...

This week on  Genre’d , we dive into  Alchemised  by SenLinYu — a sprawling, thousand-page dark fantasy that’s equal parts war chronicle, moral study, and emotional endurance test. We unpack the dense alchemical magic system (vitality, resonance, necromancy—oh my), trauma-bonded romance, and why this book might’ve worked better as a trilogy. Also: Elyse’s  Top Chef  obsession, Katy’s  Dancing with...

We’re kicking off Nic DiDomizio’s promo season (!!) with his first interview for A Murder Most Camp —a cozy murder mystery that’s basically a warm hug… with a body. We talk writing under a wildly chaotic deadline, why “genre” is both helpful and annoying, and how this book accidentally became the coziest mystery Katy's been searching for (without being tricked this time). We also get into Nic’...

This week on Genre’d, we’re talking Catch Her If You Can by Tessa Bailey — a marriage-of-convenience, friends-to-lovers, baseball romance set in Rhode Island… featuring a burlesque club owner, a down-bad Yankees catcher, and one very secret organ donation. But first, we have some things to say: We’re deep in our Carolyn Bessette Kennedy era thanks to Ryan Murphy’s Love Story — 90s New York, Calvin...

This week on Off Book, we’re joined by stand-up comic and actor Jen Keefe (friend of Bryanna, Virgo sun, elite Libby strategist) for a truly unhinged retelling of A Court of Thorns and Roses . If you’ve ever wondered what ACOTAR sounds like to someone who does not read fantasy… buckle up. We cover: The art of gaming Libby holds like it’s Ticketmaster Why memoir girlies are built different Magic Tr...

This week on Genre’d, Katy and Elyse dive into My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney, a twisty psychological thriller about marriage, memory, and how well we really know the people we love. Before getting into the book, the sisters spiral delightfully into forgotten MTV original movies, early-2000s nostalgia, and a spirited discussion about book-to-screen adaptations — including why author control mig...

Welcome back to  Genre’d: Off Book . This week, we’re doing a little mailbag episode: we asked you to send in your most burning questions about us, books, and the podcast, then pulled 10 at random and answered them with zero preparation and maximum sister energy. We get into the important stuff, like: Which one of us would die first in a dystopian world (spoiler: our eyesight is not apocalypse-fri...

This week on Genre’d, we’re talking  We Who Will Die  by Stacia Stark: a romantasy gladiator-trials situation with vampires, sigil-marked magic, corrupt monarchy vibes, and a main character who is (1) deeply traumatized and (2) absolutely not a strategic thinker. But first, we have some things to say: Katy’s quest to become a lip liner girlie (feat. the L’Oréal Blur Filler Blurring Lip Contour “th...