Waddup, book nerds! Our special guest for this episode is Nate Dern (Tonight Show, Comedy Central, UCB). He held our eyes open and forced us to stare at After by Anna Todd, which spent several weeks on the NYT bestseller list from April to May 2019. That success followed the release of the movie adaptation starring  Josephine Langford as Tessa Young and Hero Fiennes-Tiffin as Hardin “Harry Styles” Scott. Yeah, that’s right. This book started as One Direction fan fiction on Wattpad and became the most read series on the platform with over 1.5 billion reads. But WHY? We break it down.

Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, HuffPost, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books with questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every Tuesday!

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If you want to read for our fourth season, here’s the reading list:

- A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
- The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss
- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
- The Mister by E.L. James
- After by Anna Todd

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