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The Hidden Bookcase episodes
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading dark academia! Our second read is Legendborn by Tracy Deonn, chosen by Morgan. Let's talk legends, legacy, and loss.
Content warnings: Loss of a parent, police, racism, slavery, and generational trauma.Join The Hidden Bookcase Discord for bookish chats and cozy cats!Support us on Patreon and get monthly bonus episodes, outtakes, playslists, and other fun extras!
Looking for a copy of Legendborn? Visit our Bookshop.Org page! If you purchase books via our Bookshop.Org, you're helping to fund the show and independent bookshops near you: [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Other media mentioned in this episode (in order referenced):- A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Series) by Rick Riordan [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu [US LINK]
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir [US LINK]
- The Thrid Daughter by Adrienne Tooley [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (Series) by Lemony Snicket [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- BBC Merlin (TV Series)
- Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Gwen & Art Are Not In Love by Lex Croucher [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Back Again Back Again by Abigail Eliza (Podcast) [Listen Online]
- Tokyo Mew Mew (Series) by Reiko Yoshida [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Last Binding (Series) by Freya Marske [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Rapunzella, Or, Don't Touch My Hair by Ella McLeod [UK LINK]
- Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Once & Future (Series) by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Cursed (TV Series)
- Teen Wolf (TV Series)
- Babel by R.F. Kuang [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Our next read:- Pet by Akweake Emezi [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.Music: https://www.purple-planet.com38 min - Vicious by V.E. Schwab ft. L.M. Clohessy
This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading dark academia!
Our first read is Vicious by V.E. Schwab, chosen by guest L.M. Clohessy. Let's talk pain, powers, and potentially purposeful murders.Content warnings: Mentions of knives, stabbing, syringes, torture, passive suicidality, control, manipulation, chronic illness, religious trauma, vehicular homocide, child endangerment, sexual violence, aphobia, murder, and death.Learn more about urban fantasy horror audio drama The Attic Monologues here, or start listening right away.Find out more about time loop mystery Hit Replay here. For L's Twitter, click here.Join The Hidden Bookcase Discord for bookish chats and cozy cats!Support us on Patreon and get monthly bonus episodes, outtakes, playslists, and other fun extras!Looking for a copy of Vicious? Visit our Bookshop.Org page! If you purchase books via our Bookshop.Org, you're helping to fund the show and independent bookshops near you: [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Other media mentioned in this episode (in order referenced):- The A.M. Archives by Lauren Shippen (Podcast) [Listen Online]- Gallant by V.E. Schwab [UK LINK] / [US LINK]- First Kill by V.E. Schwab (from the anthology Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite) [UK LINK] / [US LINK]- The Bright Sessions by Lauren Shippen (Podcast) [Listen Online]- The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way [UK LINK] / [US LINK]- The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi [UK LINK] / [US LINK]- City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer [UK LINK] / [US LINK]- A Neon Darkness by Lauren Shippen [UK LINK] / [US LINK]- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir [US LINK]- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black [UK LINK] / [US LINK]- Yellowface by R.F. Kuang [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Our next read:- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.Music: https://www.purple-planet.com35 min - Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell ft. Red (Overly Sarcastic Productions)
This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we’re reading Greek mythology retellings! Our second read is Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell, chosen by Overly Sarcastic Productions' Red. Let's talk liminality, lighting, and looking back.
Content warnings: References to loss, grief, famine and starvation, death and sucidality, hypothermia, and dubious consent/coercion, capitalistic exploitation, and Donald Trump. Joking references to beheading and dismemberment.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
For Red's videos on mythology, storytelling, and more, click here, and for the Overly Sarcastic Productions Twitter, click here.
To check out Aurora, click here.
Join The Hidden Bookcase Discord for bookish chats and cozy cats!
Support us on Patreon and get monthly bonus episodes, outtakes, playslists, and other fun extras!
Looking for your next read? Visit our Bookshop.Org page! If you purchase books via our Bookshop.Org, you're helping to fund the show and independent bookshops near you: [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Other media mentioned in this episode, in order referenced:
- The Sandman (Series) by Neil Gaiman [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Locked Tomb (Series) by Tamsyn Muir [US LINK]
- No Season But the Summer by Matilda Leyser [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald [UK LINK]
- In Strange Woods by Atypical Artists [Listen Online]
- Beetlejuice The Musical by Anthony King and Scott Brown
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Our next read:
- Vicious by V.E. Schwab [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
48 min - Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood
This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we’re reading Greek Mythology Retellings! Our first read is Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood, chosen by Morgan. Let's talk receptions, regicide, and retellings.
Content warnings: References to violence, sexism, rape, gore, incest, murder including matricide and filicide, death/suicide, child loss, kidnapping, sexual slavery, pedophilia, coercion, beastiality.Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcriptsJoin The Hidden Bookcase Discord for bookish chats and cozy cats!Support us on Patreon and get monthly bonus episodes, outtakes, playslists, and other fun extras!
Looking for a copy of Daughters of Sparta? Visit our Bookshop.Org page! If you purchase books via our Bookshop.Org, you're helping to fund the show and independent bookshops near you: [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Other media mentioned in this episode, in order referenced:The Oresteia by Aeschylus [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Elektra by Sophocles [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Elektra by Euripedes [UK LINK] / [US LINK]The Iliad by Homer (trans. Martin Hammond) [Penguin Website]The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Ariadne by Jennifer Saint [UK LINK] / [US LINK]The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World by Tim Whitmarsh [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Elektra by Jennifer Saint [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Series) by Rick Riordan [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Sistersong by Lucy Holland [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Pandora’s Jar by Natalie Haynes [UK LINK] / [US LINK]A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Our next read:Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell [Order Online]Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.Music: https://www.purple-planet.com46 min - Fireside Chats: Disability Representation in Science-Fiction and Fantasy ft. El R.M.
To close out Disability Pride Month, join us for a cosy chat by the fire about disability represetation in science-fiction and fantasy, alongside guest El (@ermreading).
Content warning: Discussions of ableism (including structural and internalised ableism), eugenics, COVID, pandemics and disease, apocalypses, medical racism, homophobia and transphobia, child death, war, genocide, famine, colonialism, the climate crisis, and Harry Potter.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
To visit El's TikTok, click here. You can links to their other social media pages, as well as rec lists and more, here.
Join The Hidden Bookcase Discord for bookish chats and cozy cats!
Looking for a copy of any of the books we've mentioned? If you purchase books via our Bookshop.Org, you're helping to fund the show and independent bookshops near you: [US LINK] / [UK LINK]
We mentioned more books than usual this episode! Since they won't fit in the shownotes, you can find the complete list here.
Our next read:
- Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
53 min - Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
It's Disability Pride Month! Our second read is Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White, chosen by Morgan. Let's talk trauma, transformations, and teeth.
Content warnings: Parent death, matricide/patricide, the appocalypsem, ecoterrorism, discussion of religion, religious trauma/abuse and indoctrination, xenophobia, transphobia, homophobia, genocide, pandemic, virus and infection, gore, body horror, institutional corruption and conspiracy, capitalism, existentialism, murder, infanticide, chronic illness and pain, body and corpse mutilation.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
Join The Hidden Bookcase Discord for bookish chats and cozy cats!
Looking for a copy of Hell Followed With Us? Visit our Bookshop.Org page! If you purchase books via our Bookshop.Org, you're helping to fund the show
and independent bookshops near you: [US LINK] / [UK LINK]Other media mentioned in this episode, in order referenced:
- The Maze Runner (Films)
- The 100 (TV Series)
- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Shoot Around by suspu [Read Online]
- Hello From the Hallowoods [Listen Online]
- The Silt Verses [Listen Online]
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir [US LINK]
- Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Our next read:
- Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
35 min - Godkiller by Hannah Kaner ft. IndiaReadsALot
It's Disability Pride Month! Our first read is Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, chosen by Sorren and guest India. Let's talk mother-daughter dynamics, middle-child syndrome, and murderous women.
Content warnings: References to PTSD, war, human sacrifice, disordered eating, manipulation, suicide, and parental death.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
India's blog, IndiaReadsALot, can be found here. You can also find her on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram.
Join The Hidden Bookcase Discord for bookish chats and cozy cats!
Looking for a copy of Godkiller? Visit our Bookshop.Org page! If you purchase books via our Bookshop.Org, you're helping to fund the show and independent bookshops near you. [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Other media mentioned in this episode, in order referenced:
- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Silt Verses by Jon Ware [Listen Online]
- The Bright Sessions by Lauren Shippen [Listen Online]
- The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Last Of Us (TV Series)
- The Last Of Us (Games)
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Second Citadel by Kevin Vibert [Listen Online]
- Frontier by Grace Curtis [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Our next read:
- Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
36 min - Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore
It's moist month at The Hidden Bookcase. Our second read is Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore, chosen by Sorren. Let's talk magic as metaphor, main characters we can't choose between, and making gender forecasts.
Content warnings: Discussions of misgendering, bullying (with transphobic, racist, and ableist connotations), and internalised ableism.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
Join The Hidden Bookcase Discord for bookish chats and cozy cats!
Looking for a copy of Lakelore? Visit our Bookshop.Org page! If you purchase books via our Bookshop.Org, you're helping to fund the show and independent bookshops near you: [US LINK]
Other media mentioned in this episode, in order referenced:
- Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore [US LINK]
- The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore [US LINK]
- When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore [US LINK]
- Self Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Midst [Listen Online]
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stievfater [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Artistotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Peter Darling by Austin Chant [US LINK]
Our next read:
- Godkiller by Hannah Kaner [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
25 min - Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
It's moist month at The Hidden Bookcase (sorry). Our first read is Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield chosen by Morgan. Let's talk convincing characters, current horror trends, and crushing pressure.
Content warnings: Discussions of death, grief, loss of a parent, loss of a spouse, infanticide, drowning, murder, body horror, eye horror, health anxiety, claustrophobia, flaying, the pandemic (including lockdowns).
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
Join The Hidden Bookcase Discord for bookish chats and cozy cats!
Looking for a copy of Our Wives Under the Sea? Visit our Bookshop.Org page! If you purchase books via our Bookshop.Org, you're helping to fund the show
and independent bookshops near you: [UK LINK] / [US LINK]Other media mentioned in this episode, in order referenced:
- Dune by Frank Herbert [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Salt Slow by Julia Armfield [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Magnus Archives by Jonathan Sims [Website]
- Letters of Note: Love by Shaun Usher [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Wolf 359 by Gabriel Urbina, Sarah Shachat and Zach Valenti [Website]
- Ducks Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Doctor Who (Series)
- Deeplight by Frances Hardinge [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge [UK LINK]
- The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Our next read:
- Lakelore by Anna Marie Mc Lemore [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
30 min - Wyngraf’s 2023 Cozy Fantasy Romance Special by Catherine Yeates and Julie Bozza
This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading cosy fantasy. Our third and final read is Wyngraf's 2023 Cozy Fantasy Romance Special by Catherine Yeates and Julie Bozza, chosen by Sorren. Let's talk sieges, stylistic preferences, and subgenre specifics.
Content warnings: References to murder, corpses, sieges, and genocide.
Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts
Visit our Bookshop.Org page! If you purchase books via our Bookshop.Org, you're helping to fund the show and independent bookshops near you: [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Other books mentioned in this episode, in order referenced:
- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- All The Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Kith and Kin by Marieke Nijkamp [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
- Finding Home by Hari Conner [Author Website]
- The Portal Keeper by Lavie Tidhar [Read Online]
Our next read:
- Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
21 min
About The Hidden Bookcase
From the publisher's feed
The Hidden Bookcase is a book club podcast hosted by Morgan Greensmith and Sorren Briarwood, focusing mainly on queer genre fiction. Each month, we recommend one another a book, read each recommendation and return to discuss our thoughts.
Episodes are released on alternating Mondays. You can find our upcoming reads, and more information about the show at planarprod.com or on our Twitter @HiddenBookcase, or on our TikTok, Instagram, Tumblr, or Facebook @HiddenBookcasePodcast.