His Book, Her Book

Send us Fan Mail What makes historical fiction stick isn’t the costumes or the dates. It’s the moment you realize the past isn’t past at all, it’s a mirror. We bring four historical fiction book recommendations that hit that nerve in totally different ways, from eerie hope to full-body dread, and we talk honestly about who each pick is for (and who should check trigger warnings first). German star...

Send us Fan Mail A haunted house is scary because it breaks the one rule we all rely on: home should feel safe. Time travel is scary for the opposite reason because it tempts us with the one thing we can’t actually have, a redo. We put those two beloved tropes head-to-head and share the books that, for us, do them best, from slow-burn dread to twisty reverse-timeline suspense.<br><br>O...

Send us Fan Mail Your reading year tells on you, the genres you chase, the themes you can’t quit, and the books you secretly wish you hadn’t finished. We’re German and Jacqui, and we’re breaking down our 2025 reading highlights with two very different totals (19 books versus 93), plus the unglamorous truth behind ratings, rereads, and regret. We start by defining our star rating system in a way yo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to his book her book, the conversational podcast where a horror obsessed husband and his genre hopping wife try to understand each other’s reading choices, clash tastes and stay happily married through it all.  Together we’ll dive into stories from opposite ends of the bookshelf, laughing, debating, recommending and occasionally roasting each other’s picks.  Because in thi...