Could Read/Should Read/Must Read

Melissa and Sarah welcome former classmate and renowned musician, Chris LeDrew, to talk poetry and songwriting (especially Nobel Prize winning Bob Dylan) just in time for World Poetry Day!

Find out if Sarah thinks Evenings & Weekends by Oisín McKenna is a could read, a should read, or a must read.

Melissa & Sarah chat with Tabitha from Reading With Tabitha to chat about Romantasy in this year's special Valentine's Day Episode!

Find out if Melissa thinks Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa is a could read, a should read, or a must read.

Books referenced in this episode:

Lands' End: A Walk In Provincetown by Michael Cunningham

Hell Town by Casey Sherman

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

Missing from the Village (Oops! Melissa accidentally called it Murders in the Village) by Justin Ling

The Winner by Teddy Wayne

How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thommavongsa

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Find out if Sarah thinks The Winner by Teddy Wayne is a could read, a should read, or a must read.

Melissa & Sarah discuss their favourite reads of 2025!

Books referenced in this episode:

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

My Thoughts Exactly by Lily Allen

You Like It Darker by Stephen King

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

All Fours by Miranda July

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

Green Dot by Madeleine Gray

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue

The Uncool by Cameron Crowe

French Exit by Patrick deWitt

The Fake by Zoe Whittall

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld

Endling by Maria Reva

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst

The Nickel Boys by Colton Whitehead

The Boat People by Sharon Bala

Chain Gang Allstars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert

Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Breasts by Jean Hannah Edelstein

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Outlawed by Anna North

The Guest by Emma Cline

Cher: The Memoir (Part 1) by Cher

Fight Night by Miriam Toews

New Teeth by Simon Rich

Fox 8 by George Saunders

Tenth of December by George Saunders

Barney’s Version by Mordecai Richler

Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray

Melissa & Sarah chat about which festive fiction they're reading this season in the 3rd annual Holiday Reads episode!

Find out if Sarah thinks The Husbands by Holly Gramazio is a could read, a should read, or a must read.

Find out if Melissa thinks The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill is a could read, a should read, or a must read.

With summer well behind us, Melissa & Sarah finally recap the 2025 Reading Challenge and chat with participants about their experiences filling their bingo cards. Special thanks to Melissa "Missy" Waite and Nicole Miller for joining us on this episode!