STACK with Jake and Ella

It’s STACK with Jake and… Lucy! In this special Halloween episode, Jake is joined by Lucy Rose, bestselling author of The Lamb, to discuss her writing and a stack of her very own. 

What draws Lucy to the horror genre? What are her favourite books about madness? And was there ever a world in which she ended her own book differently, saving Ella an immense amount of trauma?

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

The Leveret by Anna Goldreich

This Immaculate Body by Emma Van Straaten

Milk Bread Teeth by Amy Twigg

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Also mentioned:

The Lamb by Lucy Rose: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-lamb/lucy-rose/9781399619752 

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery 

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.

Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.

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Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. 

STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production.

It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.

Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke.

We record on location at Aspect Ratio Studio in Sheffield.

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Ella and Jake introduce STACK’s fairytale-themed episode, full of classic tales, retellings and modern fables, starting with a discussion of the Booker Prize shortlist and a particularly annoying clip of Mary Beard criticising the phrase ‘a love of reading’.

There’s a Shelf Help section on learning more about people’s jobs and they discuss the big publishing event of next week - a sequel to The Time Traveller’s Wife!

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine

The Bear & The Nightingale - Katherine Arden

Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik

The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter

Then We Came To The End - Joshua Ferris 

Ghost Month - Simon Wroe

Also mentioned:

The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

Life Out of Order - Audrey Niffenegger

The Two Roberts - Damian Barr

Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid 

STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.

Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.

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Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. 

STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production.

It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.

Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke.

We record on location at Aspect Ratio Studio in Sheffield.

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Jake and Ella are reading outside of their type, looking at the true crime genre: the morals, the scandal and the real-life drama of it all. They - allegedly - cover the Kennedys, recent high-profile non-fiction and how to write about a murderer properly. It’s still a fun episode, they promise–just wait until Ella’s anecdote. 

And Jake’s okay after what he talks about in the intro, we promise. 

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.

Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.

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Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. 

STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production.

It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.

Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. 

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It’s freshers week for Jake and Ella as they share their favourite campus-set novels. Whether you’re talking Uni or College, consider these books your set texts for September - educational, fun and full of mistakes.

Plus, Ella has finally read Normal People and you can hear an exclusive extract from Booker-longlisted May We Feed the King, read by the author.

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

Black Bag by Luke Kennard

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Rayburn Affair by Laurie Petrou

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The House on Otley Road by Rosa Silverman

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Also mentioned:

May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry - with exclusive reading provided by the author

Thank you so much to our episode sponsor Quercus Books. You can order a copy of Fellow Creatures by Emma Lowther here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/fellow-creatures/emma-lowther/9781529444056.

STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.

Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.

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Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. 

STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production.

It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.

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Why are we so obsessed with weddings in fiction? This week Jake and Ella discuss their favourite books about nuptials. From love triangles and in-laws to hen-dos and croquembouches, these six books are guaranteed to bring the drama.

Plus, Jake has spotted a Taylor Swift inspired theme in bookshops… 

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Ghost Wedding by David Park

Piglet by Lottie Hazell

Best Woman by Rose Dommu

People in Love by Claire Daverley

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

Also mentioned:

Talking at Night by Claire Daverley

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.

Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.

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Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. 

STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production.

It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.

Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. 

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It’s payback time! Join Jake and Ella as they discuss their favourite books about revenge. Plus, Jake has a harrowing story about punctuation and Ella is seeking information on a Sheffield motorist. She just wants to talk.

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

Speech Team by Tim Murphy

Honey by Imani Thompson

We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

Better Than Revenge by Bea Fitzgerald

The Favourites by Layne Fargo

Also mentioned:

My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry

Our extremely niche bonus stack on bee stings: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUGe5hfgvwS/ 

Thank you so much to our episode sponsor 3am Books. You can

STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.

Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.

We are @stackpodcast on socials.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast

Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. 

STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production.

It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.

Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. 

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Surprise! We’ve squeezed in a super special bonus episode all about David Nicholls and his books about love.

Jake, a self-professed Nicholls head guides Ella through the options, and she picks her next read from his recommendations. Loved One Day, and wondering where else to go next? This is the episode for you.

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

The Understudy by David Nicholls

Starter For Ten by David Nicholls

One Day by David Nicholls

Us by David Nicholls

Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls

You Are Here by David Nicholls

AD | Thank you to Hodder Books and their David Nicholls: Read For Love campaign for making this episode of STACK possible.

STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.

Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.

We are @stackpodcast on socials.

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Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section.

STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production.

It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.

Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke.

We record on location at Aspect Ratio Studio in Sheffield.

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Your favourite books podcast returns with an episode on Beach

In this episode we discuss our favourite books set on the coast - perfect for your holiday reading. We also cover the cultural highlights from the break (The Odyssey! Off Campus! Heartstopper! Yesteryear!) and go absolutely mad responding to a Shelf Help dilemma about nature writing.

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

Beach Read by Emily Henry

The Summer Boy by Philippe Besson 

Sandwich by Catherine Newman 

Private Rites by Julia Armfield 

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han 

The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson

Also mentioned:

Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler 

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield 

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller 

The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 

The Running Hare by John Lewis-Stempel 

Who Owns England by Guy Shrubsole 

Albion by Anna Hope 

When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift 

Common Ground by Naomi Ishiguro

Layover by Emily Henry can be found here: https://www.emilyhenrybooks.com/bonus-content 

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Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. 

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We're back. Have you missed us? We missed you.

We're bigger, bookier and better than ever before. Now lightening up your hump days - series two lands in just two days time this Wednesday, with themes including Weddings, Revenge and Beach Reads.

Get in touch now to tell us what you've enjoyed reading over the break, or your Shelf Help dilemmas. We've missed you.

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It’s the season one finale and it starts with a literal bang (sorry about the noise)! In this episode we look back on our highlights from the last twelve episodes and share our favourite books about friendship because we’re incredibly sentimental. 

Plus Ella pitches a soon-to-be-published book as Ghostbusters meets It’s A Sin and it’s the crossover you didn’t know you needed!

Don’t forget to subscribe to the pod so you don’t miss our triumphant return in July…

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Private Side of Friendship by Alexander McCall Smith

Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler

STACK with Jake and Ella is a books podcast helping you cut through the noise to fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.

Please follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube. Do comment and share and if you’d like to support the podcast even further, we’d love it if you could leave us a review - it’s massively helpful. 

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Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section - you can literally ask us anything!

STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production.

It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.

Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke.

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