Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer

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Welcome to Five or Flop, a podcast for the best (and worst) historical fiction has to offer! Each week, we'll be reading and reviewing a different historical fiction book on a scale from flop to five.... more

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The podcast currently has 114 episodes available.

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer episodes:

September 01, 2026 Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda: I Am Not Throwing Away My Flop
In the season finale, we finally talk about what we've been teasing all season: Hamilton! Grace and Erin both come in with opposite preconceived opinions... a new Hamilton and Burr in the making?
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY
Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
...more
1h 3min
August 18, 2026 Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan: The Flopgate Scandal
The most notorious scandal in pod history has just landed, and we're televising it all. We're talking Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, a pod author who was (unknowingly) already a pod icon.
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY
Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
...more
40min
August 11, 2026 Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim: Perfecting the Art of Flopilism
Well there are worse things than recording a podcast episode on a Sunday! Join us for a discussion on Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim and help sponsor our tickets to see Jonathan Bailey as George next year.
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY
Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
...more
40min
August 04, 2026 The Mountaintop by Katori Hall: The Mountainflop
With Santiago's cocktail corner returning, this week is a tipsy episode as Erin and Grace discuss (rave about) The Mountaintop by Katori Hall!
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY
Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
...more
1h 9min
July 28, 2026 The Miracle Worker by William Gibson: Learning to Spell F-L-O-P
A different kind of national hero in our episode this week! We sit down to read The Miracle Worker by William Gibson, and Santiago's Cocktail Corner makes its triumphant return.
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY
Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
...more
59min
July 21, 2026 A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt: Uflopia
We return to the realm of Catholic persecution with a new twist- we're reading A Man for All Seasons and talking about Thomas More!
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY
Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
...more
36min
July 14, 2026 The Crucible by Arthur Miller: I Saw Goody Flop With the Devil
Another giant of playwriting makes their pod debut! We delve back into the more distant past and read The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY
Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
...more
37min
July 07, 2026 Vietgone by Qui Nguyen: Rapping and Flopping
We're back in America! This week we're reading our most modern play so far this season: Vietgone by Qui Nguyen, based on his own family's experiences of coming to America as refugees from Vietnam.
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY
Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
...more
42min
June 30, 2026 Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw: This Flop Is on Fire
It's Catholic persecution again this week, this time Saint Joan (of Arc) by (George) Bernard Shaw!
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY
Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
...more
42min
June 23, 2026 Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht: The Flopiocentric Theory
Continuing the theme of Catholic persecution (from another angle), we're reading Life of Galileo this week! Brief correction: we know you actually can't make a reservation at Eebee's.
Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.
Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://bit.ly/3Qvy6yY
Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8
...more
37min

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