A study in interpersonal relationships with a messy 20 something woman on one side – and a sentient blob on the other! Maggie Su joins us to discuss BLOB: A LOVE STORY, a weird and funny book about identity and perceived relationships.

Alafair Burke tells us all about how a real life situation involving a stolen parking spot launched the idea for THE NOTE, a thriller about three friends who get together for a girls weekend away, and the secrets they each keep.

Neena Viel discusses LISTEN TO YOUR SISTER, a laugh-out-loud, deeply terrifying, and big-hearted speculative horror novel. We chat writing lived-in family dynamics and balancing humor and horror.

Author Carter Wilson matches true crime podcasts with a story of a true crime victim in Tell me What You Did. This is one you will devour in one sitting for sure.

Jacqueline Faber stops by to talk about her gorgeous debut novel, THE DEPARTMENT, a dark academic thriller about a college girl who disappears, a professor who goes looking for her, and the secrets that won't stay buried.

Anita Kopacz discusses her gorgeous book THE WIND ON HER TONGUE, a standalone companion volume to SHALLOW WATERS. We chat about blending history and mythology, coming of age, and creating empowering historical narratives.

Drs. Megan Goodwin & Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst chat with Jenn about their fascinating book, RELIGION IS NOT DONE WITH YOU: OR, THE HIDDEN POWER OF RELIGION ON RACE, MAPS, BODIES, AND LAW.

Drs. David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele return to the show to discuss their new book, OATHBREAKERS: THE WAR OF BROTHERS THAT SHATTERED AN EMPIRE AND MADE MEDIEVAL EUROPE, the follow-up to their brilliant THE BRIGHT AGES.

Author Jessica James debuts with FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, a second chance friends to lovers to enemies to lovers romance about Valerie, a former pop punk star who gets the band back together and finds herself falling all over again for Caleb, her bandmate and first love.

LET'S CALL HER BARBIE is a fab fiction novel about the people who made Barbie a star: Ruth Handler, Jack Ryan, and Charlotte Johnson (Barbie’s Fashion designer!). Renée Rosen pulls back the curtain on all the obstacles that stood in the way of one of the boldest toy lines in history, and how how Handler made the Mattel company what it is.