Paperback Readers

Paperback Readers, Episode 50

Joe and Julie

Happy Fourth of July! We hope you have the day off to relax and a good book to read. Today we’re talking about Steven Rowley’s novel The Guncle, which Julie read last year, and Joe finished today, as well as everything else we’ve been reading.

Join us next time to talk about Now What?: How to Move Forward When We’re Divided (About Basically Everything) by Beth Silvers and Sarah Stewart Holland.

Lincoln in Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President by Ronald C. White

Game Changers: The Greatest Plays in Buffalo Bills Football History by Marv Levy

Dave Barry’s Worst Songs and Other Hits by Dave Barry

Springsteen on Springstreen edited by Jeff Burger

Search by Michelle Huneven

How to Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder

Now What?: How to Move Forward When We’re Divided (About Basically Everything) by Beth Silvers and Sarah Stewart Holland

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

Paperback Readers, Episode 49

Joe and Julie

We are excited to talk to you about all our great summer reading today. Our shared read is The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. Join us next time when we talk about The Guncle by Steven Rowley.

Well Met by Jen Deluca

The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan

Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan

It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s by Jeff Pearlman

The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume 1 by Shelby Foote

Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game by Craig Calcaterra

Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, the Later Years, 1966-2016 by Kenneth Womack

The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey

The Guncle by Steven Rowley

Paperback Readers, Episode 48

Joe and Julie

It’s summer, and we are diving into summer reading and all the fantastic books that are coming out lately! This week, our shared read was Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett. All the books we discussed are listed below. Be sure to tune in next time when we talk about The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Lincoln’s Way: How Six Great Presidents Created American Power by Richard Striner

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Cleveland Cavaliers: A History of the Wine and Gold by Vince McKee

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner

I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist

The Lazy Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens

Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey

Paperback Readers, Episode 47

Joe and Julie

Hello, and welcome back to Paperback Readers! This week, we’re returning to fiction with Jennifer Close’s new novel, Marrying the Ketchups, as our shared read, and of course we’re catching you up on everything else we’ve been reading on our own.

All the books we discussed are listed below. Let us know what you’re reading!

Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novic

By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

Dynasties: The 10 G.O.A.T. Teams that Changed the NBA Forever by Marcus Thompson II

Play Makers: How the NFL Really Works (and Doesn’t) by Mike Florio

Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy by David O. Stewart

Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close

Paperback Readers, Episode 46

Joe and Julie

The weather is heating up and so is our reading output…. maybe. It was a varied two weeks, and here’s what we’ve been paging through.

Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin: The Early Years, 1926-1966 by Kenneth Womack

Getting Right with Lincoln: Correcting Misconceptions about Our Greatest President by Edward Steers, Jr.

A False Spring by Pat Jordan

French Braid by Anne Tyler

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott

Paperback Readers, Episode 45

Joe and Julie

We’re mostly on time this week, updating you on everything we’ve been reading, with a focus on Chuck Klosterman’s The Nineties. All books we discussed are listed below, including the shared read for next time: Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott.

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Jesus Without Borders by Chad Gibbs

True Biz by Sara Novic

I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist

The No-Show by Beth O’Leary

Franklin Pierce by Michael F. Holt

Worst. President. Ever. by Robert Strauss

When the Braves Ruled the Diamond by Dan Schlossberg

The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

Feeding the Green Monster by Rob Neyer

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman

Paperback Readers, Episode 44

Joe and Julie

It’s the end of spring break around here, and we’ve had extra time for reading. Books we discussed are listed below. Our shared read is Booth, by Karen Joy Fowler. Tune in next time to hear about Chuck Klosterman’s new book, The Nineties.

There Was a Light: The Cosmis HIstory of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star by Rich Tupica

Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul by Mark Ribowsky

Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports by John Feinstein

The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka

Lease on Love by Falon Ballard

Max and the Midnights by Lincoln Pierce

A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman

Paperback Readers, Episode 43

Joe and Julie

Better late than never! We’re back to share what we’ve been reading over the last two weeks, including our shared read, Bob Goff’s Undistracted. Join us in two weeks when we talk about Booth, by Karen Joy Fowler.

The Verifiers by Jane Pek

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

Groundskeeping by Lee Cole

In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

God’s Middle Finger by Richard Grant

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman

Undistracted by Bob Goff

Our son would like photo creds for this—it is his player and record.

Paperback Readers, Episode 42

Joe and Julie

We’re talking about one of Joe’s favorite topics this week: music, in all its forms, with Questlove’s new book, Music Is History. And as always, we discuss everything else we’ve been reading!

All the books we’ve read over the last two weeks are listed below. Join us next time as we talk about Bob Goff’s latest book, Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose and Rediscover Your Joy.

Millard Fillmore by Paul Finkelman

1776 by David McCullough

Adolph Rupp and the Rise of Kentucky Basketball by James Duane Bolin

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead by Elle Cosimano

Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh

Tacos for Two by Betsy St. Amant

Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist

Music Is History by Questlove

Paperback Readers, Episode 41

Joe and Julie

We’re happy to be back talking about books with you this week! Joe just read Rachel Held Evans’s posthumous book, Wholehearted Faith, finished by her friend Jeff Chu, and it’s our shared book this week. Tune in next time as we discuss Questlove’s Music is History.

Zachary Taylor by John S.D. Eisenhower

Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan

The Last Boy by Jane Leavy

Basketball (and other things) by Shea Serrano

Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Love and Saffron by Kim Fay

With Love from London by Sarah Jio

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry by Kathleen Flinn

Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans and Jeff Chu