What is your gut type? Dr. Josh Axe, author of Eat Dirt, explains the five basic types – and tells us what he and his wife eat to celebrate.

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There are two camps when it comes to THE NEST by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney – those who find the ending happy and those who find it so, so sad. Cynthia lands in the middle but has a theory on why some people see it one way and not the other. She also listens to her own audiobook in the car (for research purposes!), broke a cardinal rule of MFA programs, and writes to entertain herself, not a potential publisher. It all completely pans out.

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Debut YA novelist Brittany Cavallaro, author of A STUDY IN CHARLOTTE, dropped by to discuss how she ended up in boarding school, her perhaps unorthodox writing regimen, and her intense relationship with her First Readers. Download the audiobook via iTunes http://ads.harpercollins.com/hcaudiopres?isbn=9780062417329&retailer=apple

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Historical fiction authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie stop by to talk about their new book AMERICA'S FIRST DAUGHTER. They give us the scoop on Patsy Jefferson (AKA the Forrest Gump of the 18th Century), how to co-author via video chat, and help decode what it might mean if you see two ladies shrieking at Monticello. Download the audiobook via iTunes http://ads.harpercollins.com/hcaudiopres?isbn=9780062463548&retailer=apple

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You know how the Bechtel Test judges literature by whether there are two female characters who have a conversation about something other than a man? Hear how Jennifer Robson employs a mix of true-life and invented characters to portray the Parisian Lost Generation world of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, while still passing the Test. Download the audiobook via iTunes http://ads.harpercollins.com/hcaudiopres?isbn=9780062444653&retailer=apple

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Victoria Aveyard gave us a call and revealed RED QUEEN character secrets, her Hogwarts counterpart, and how her love of maps guided her proudest accomplishment (hint: it’s not writing and publishing RED QUEEN in under a year). Download the audiobook via iTunes http://ads.harpercollins.com/hcaudiopres?isbn=9780062346513&retailer=apple

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When she was 10 years old, Alison Gaylin read Helter Skelter-- the true crime story of the Manson Murders-- and never looked back. Meet the characters populating her addictive new novel WHAT REMAINS OF ME and dissect a fictional Hollywood celebrity murder. Download the audiobook via iTunes http://ads.harpercollins.com/hcaudiopres?isbn=9780062444905&retailer=apple

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Maggie Leffler, author of THE SECRETS OF FLIGHT, stops by for a chat about learning to land a WWII plane using YouTube, the connection between doctors and authors, and her clever method for writing a spot-on teenage girl character (hint: she’s kept a journal since forever). Preorder the downloadable audiobbook via Audible http://ads.harpercollins.com/hcaudiopres?isbn=9780062498946&retailer=audible

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Hear from the New York Times Kabul Bureau Chief Rod Nordland about his new book THE LOVERS, which tells the true story of a young Afghan couple who defied their families and Islamic law to first declare their love for one another. And stay tuned for Rod Nordland’s “breakfast test.” Download THE LOVERS audiobook via iTunes http://ads.harpercollins.com/hcaudiopres?isbn=9780062444684&retailer=apple

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This week we have two very special guests from the novel BE FRANK WITH ME: Julia Claiborne Johnson (the author), and voice actress Tavia Gilbert (the audiobook narrator). Tavia reveals her process for finding each character’s unique voice and Julia shares how her dapper husband and son introduced her to an unexpected outlet of genius.