He Read She Read

This week on He Read She Read® JP and Sarah discuss all things audio books. They talk about the rise in audio book popularity, what kind of genres work best on audio and provide a bunch of recommendations.

They also discuss what podcasts they like listening to and whether listening to an audio book is the same as reading a physical book.

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We Read The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

This week on He Read She Read® JP and Sarah read Liane Moriarty’s wildly successful book, The Husband’s Secret which was her first book to be a New York Times bestseller.

They discuss the moral questions presented in the book, the cast of characters and how they feel about the ending.

Recommendations:

Sarah recommends Search History by Amy Taylor.

JP recommends The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done by Clare Stephens.

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This week on He Read She Read® journalist Georgia Love and comedian Sammy Petersen join Sarah to delve into Truman Capote’s true crime classic, In Cold Blood.

They discuss why it’s endured the test of time, the ethics around claiming something is a true story if it contains fictional elements and how Capote’s writing has informed so much of their favourite writing today. 

Recommendations:

Georgia recommended Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton

Sammy recommended Joe Cinque’s Consolation by Helen Garner. 

Listen to Georgia and Sammy’s podcast Not Another Crime Podcast on Apple and Spotify and follow their show on Instagram on @notanothercrimepodcast

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The He Read She Read® team would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast was recorded. 

This week on He Read She Read® JP and Sarah answer listener questions including why they started He Read She Read®, how they find time to read and what’s going on with JP’s hair.

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The He Read She Read® team would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast was recorded. 

This week on He Read She Read® JP and Sarah are blasting off into outer space and deep-diving Taylor Jenkin-Reid’s latest novel Atmosphere. They discuss what they like and dislike about the commercial blockbuster and how they would rewrite the ending.

Recommendations:

Sarah recommended Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead.

JP recommended Seascraper by Benjamin Wood. 

And he snuck in a bonus recommendation Train Dreams by Denis Johnson and The Elements by John Boyne. 

He Read She Read® is proudly presented by Specsavers. 

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The He Read She Read® team would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast was recorded.

This week on He Read She Read® JP and Sarah talk about the importance of reading and recommend a stack of books to get you out of a reading slump and into a good reading rhythm in 2026. 

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For the first episode of He Read She Read®, JP and Sarah deep dive the 2025 Booker Prize winning novel Flesh by David Szalay. They talk about how the Booker Prize is determined and the controversial 2025 judge, how they feel about Flesh and whether they believe it’s a worthy Booker Prize winner.

Recommendations:

JP recommended Dove by Georgia Harper.

Sarah recommended Don’t Let Him In by crime fiction author, Lisa Jewell.

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The He Read She Read ®team would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast was recorded.

Hey Everyone!

We’re so pumped to introduce you to our new podcast: He Read She Read®, a fortnightly show about books and reading.

The ‘he’ is, JP Pomare.

And the ‘she’ is, Sarah Bailey.

We’re two Melbourne based authors who – surprise surprise – love books.

We love writing books, reading books and listening to books, and we especially love talking about books. We don’t always agree but that’s probably going to be the best part.

Our first episode will drop on the 1st of January 2026,and after that we’ll be dropping episodes every fortnight.

Each episode will see us deep dive into a book we think is worth talking about. We will chat through the key elements: namely the premise, plot, people, place and the pace, and we’ll talk about what we liked and what we didn’t.

There will be spoilers and there will be respectful disagreements. Sometimes we’ll be joined by special guests.

For a bit of fun, we’ll also throw in some random book recommendations every episode as well.

We’d like to give a huge shout out to our exclusive podcast sponsor, Specsavers, for making our show possible. We’ll be sharing more about the incredible services Specsavers offers throughout the season.

We can’t wait for you to listen and follow along as we dive into and discuss our stack of big, buzzy books.

Did we love it? You’ll have to tune in to find out.

Make sure you’re following the show on Instagram at @heread_sheread so you can keep track of our book picks and whatever else we post. And most importantly make sure you’re following He Read She Read on your podcast feeds.

We’ll catch you on the 1st of January! 

He Read She Read® is proudly presented by Specsavers.

The He Read She Read® team would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast was recorded.