Tome & Tome Again

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September 27Free reads September 2026
In September's Free reads episode, we talk about:
Vampires at Sea by Lindsay Merbaum
Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang
The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
On Writing by Stephen King
She's a Doll by Barbara Truelove
And our TBRs coming up are:
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
This All Come Back Now: An Anthology of First Nations Speculative Fiction, ed. Mykaela Saunders
Fitcher's Bird by A. G. Slatter
The Girl With Seven Lives by Vikas Swarup
Styx by Nikita Gill
Understory by Chloe Benjamin
The Cairo Bridal Shop by Tess Woods

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1 hr 13 min
August 31Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
In episode 24 we talk about Hannah Kent's 2014 historical fiction novel Burial Rites, set in 1800s Iceland, that tells the true story of Agnes Magnusdottir, accused and beheaded for the crime of murder.
Books discussed in the episode:
What I Would Do To You by Georgia Harper
Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent
Devotion by Hannah Kent
The TBR Jar
The Good Witch: In Search of Our Lost Feminine Power by Lucianne Tonti
The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon
Unmasking for Life: The Autistic Person's Guide to Loving, Living and Connecting Authentically by Dr Devon Price
Fitcher's Bird by A. G. Slatter
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
This Stays Between Us by Margot McGovern
Field Guide for the Formerly Vallainous by Autumn K. England
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang
The Girl With Seven Lives by Vikas Swarup
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Billy King by Shannon Kelly-White
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
He Who Fights with Monsters by Travis Deverell
Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree
Intro and outro music:
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59 min
July 27 Free reads June 2026
In June's Free reads episode, we talk about:
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
Platform Decay by Martha Wells
Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
The Man Who Died Twice, The Bullet That Missed, The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon
Arborescence by Rhett Davis
And our TBRs coming up are:
Hearts That Cut by Kika Hatzopolou
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
Vampires at Sea by Lindsay Merbaum
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorne
Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry

Intro and outro music:
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1 hr 13 min
May 31Lore Olympus vol 1
In episode 22 we talk about Rachel Smythe's hit comic-on-Webtoon-turned-graphic-novel, volume 1 of Lore Olympus, featuring endless melodrama from the Greek pantheon, beautifully illustrated panels, and another 9 volumes in the series!
Webtoon recommendations:
Unordinary by Chelsey Han
City of Blank by 66
Super Secret by eon
TBRs
The Wizard, the Pirate & the Steampunk Librarian by Scott Coon
A House With Good Bones by T Kingfisher
Arborescence by Rhett Davis
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer
Trad Wife by Sarah Langan
If We Cannot All Go At The Speed of Light by Kim Cho-yeop
The Employees by Olga Ravn
The Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung
Molka by Monica Kim
Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer
How to be a Craftivist by Sarah Corbett
Intro and outro music:
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1 hr 3 min
April 29 Free reads April 2026
Greedy by Callie Kazumi
Butter and Hooked by Asako Yuzuki
Hunger by Choi Jin Young
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
Don't Burn Anyone at the Stake Today by Naomi Alderman
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Ending Writers Itself by Evelyn Clarke
The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu
Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
The Infamous Gilberts by Angela Tomaski
TBRs
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree
The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul
Lore Olympus, vol 1 by Rachel Smythe
I Told You So: Scientisits Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled and Imprisoned for Being Right by Matt Kaplan
A Tale of Two Publishing Houses by Linda Martin

Intro and outro music:
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1 hr 20 min
March 30House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
In episode 20 we talk about Krystal Sutherland's 2021 dark fairytale urban fantasy novel House of Hollow.
SPOILER WARNING: From 19:00 we start mentioning big spoilers for the plot and ending, then we come back to discuss upcoming episodes and TBR lists from 42:19.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland
The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
Homebound by Portia Ellen
Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Arborescence by Rhett Davis
Honey in the Wound by Jiyoung Han
Kill Your Boomers by Fiona Wright
Intro and outro music:
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58 min
February 242025 Wrap Up and 2026 Looking Forward!
In episode 19 we talk about our top reads and honourable mentions for 2025, then get into our anticipated reads for 2026! A full list of the titles discussed is below:
The House of Rural Realness by Curtis Campbell
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
Different, Not Less by Chloe Hayden
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters
Murder by Memory and Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite
Hecate the Witch by Nikita Gill
Inner Demons by Stephen Platt
There Is No Anti-Mimetics Division by Quantum
The Secret Lives of Zombie Wives by Barbara Truelove
Vampires at Sea by Lindsay Merbaum
Local Heavens: A Cyberpunk Reimagining of The Great Gatsby Set in 2075 New York by K. M. Fajardo
Beth is Dead by Katie Burnett
This Wretched Beauty: A Dorian Grey Remix by Elle Grenier
Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall
The Infamous Gilberts by Angela Tomaski
Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger
Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern #3)
Adult Braces by Lindy West
Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
Threads That Bind and Hearts That Cut by Kika Hatsopolou
The Long Earth series by Stephen Baxter & Terry Pratchett
Midnight Sun and Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer
Intro and outro music:
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1 hr 26 min
January 30Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
In episode 18 we talk about Terry Pratchett's classic 1996 novel Hogfather, which uses Christmas to discuss the importance of belief and ritual.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
The Nowhere Child by Christian White
The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden
On Sunday She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield
The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Mark Mupotsa-Russell
Voidverse by Damien Ober
Intro and outro music:
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51 min
December 31, 2025Monk & Robot books by Becky Chambers
In episode 17 we talk about the Monk & Robot duology by Becky Chambers, containing A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy.
We discuss the first novella until 39 minutes into the episode, then we talk about the second novella.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
A Cinnamon Falls Mystery by R. L. Killmore
We Are Legion by Dennis E. Taylor
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
Katabasis by RF Kuang
A Forest, Darkly by A. G. Slatter
Intro and outro music:
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1 hr 32 min
November 17, 2025The Murderbot series by Martha Wells
In episode 16 we talk about the first six books in Martha Wells' brilliant Murderbot sci-fi series: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Fugitive Telemetry, and Network Effect, plus we also talk about the recent Apple TV series, which contains the events of All Systems Red.
Please forgive our erratic pronoun usage when referring to Murderbot - the irony of not getting this right when discussing a series about a character's personhood is not lost on us.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Strange Pictures by Uketsu
Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada
The Bookstore Girls by Kei Aono
The Cold House by Angela Slatter
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Isn't it nice we both hate the same things by Jessica Seaborn
Intro and outro music:
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1 hr 5 min

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Tome & Tome Again podcast brings together Jemimah Brewster (book reviewer for ArtsHub, The AU Review, and Aurealis Magazine) and Jess Gately (freelance publishing professional) to discuss reading…

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