Unofficial Book Club Podcast

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Welcome to Unofficial Book Club: Where Life & Stories Meet!

In this podcast I will be connecting with people through my favorite thing, a good story. And just like any book club we’ll only be sp... more

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August 14, 2025Always Fearing the Book Will Get Better with Cleyvis Natera
In this episode author Cleyvis Natera joins me to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!

Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Julia Alvarez

Books Discussed in this Episode:
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
South to America by Imani Perry
James by Percival Everett
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie
These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
Forever by Judy Blume
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes
This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Díaz
The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
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August 12, 2025 What Started As 7 Characters Over 7 Days with Cleyvis Natera
In this episode author Cleyvis Natera joins me to discuss her newest novel The Grand Paloma Resort.
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August 07, 2025I Love Morally Grey Characters, Gothic Settings and Dark Academia with Cecil @anotherbookshelf
In this episode content creator Cecil @anotherbookshelf joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!

Books Discussed in this Episode:
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang
Angry housewives eating bon bons by Lorna Landvik
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
Harry Potter Novel series
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan
Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
The Capital of Dreams by Heather O'Neill
Eat, Slay, Love by Julie Cohen
This Girl's a Killer by Emma C. Wells
Vox by Christina Dalcher
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
The Emperor of Gladness: The Sunday Times Bestselling Summer Read about Chosen Family and Second Chances by Ocean Vuong
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica
Goddess Complex by Sanjena Sathian
Manacled,dark fanfiction written by SenLinYu
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
Just for a Taste by Vera Wolfe
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace
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August 05, 2025 BookTok as the Vehicle for Feminist Cultural Communication with Cecile @anotherbookshelf
In this episode content creator Cecil @anotherbookshelf joins me to discuss her university studies around literature and culture and her content creation around books!
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54min
July 31, 2025My Relationship to Reading Is Probably the Longest Relationship I’ve Had with Katy Hays
In this episode author Katy Hays joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!

Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Daphne du Maurier
Patricia Highsmith
Nora Roberts
Kevin Wilson

Books Discussed in this Episode:
The Destroyers by Christopher Bollen
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Sabbathday River by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Other People's Clothes by Calla Henkel
Scrap by Calla Henkel
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
Pines by Blake Crouch
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie
The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Harriri-Kia
Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya
Artificial Wisdom: Salvation Has a Price by Thomas R. Weaver
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Carrie by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips
Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox
We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz
Who is Maud Dixon? By Alexandra Andrews
The Weekend Away by Sarah Alderson
Instagram: @heykatyhays
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39min
July 29, 2025 In Your First Draft You have to Outrun Your Selfdoubt with Katy Hays
In this episode Katy Hays author of The Cloisters discusses her newest novel Saltwater.

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46min
July 24, 2025Reading is an Act of Magic with Chelsea Bieker and Kimberly King Parsons
In this episode, Chelsea Bieker and Kimberly King Parsons join me to discuss their favorite books!

Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Stephen King
R. L. Stine
Books Discussed in this Episode:
Fear Street by R. L. Stine
Percy Jackson & the Olympians by American author Rick Riordan
The Stranger by Albert Camus
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Speedboat by Renata Adler
The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg
The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte
Whidbey by T Kira Madden
Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself by Lisa Marchiano
Animal by Lisa Taddeo
Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick.
Love xxx Allie Rowbottom
JELL-O Girls by Allie Rowbottom
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

IInstagram: @chelseabieker and @kimberlykingparsons
Tiktok: @chelseabieker1
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39min
July 22, 2025 A Book without Any Small Talk with Chelsea Bieker and Kimberly King Parsons
In this episode, Chelsea Bieker author of Madwoman, Godshot and Heartbroke and Kimberly King Parsons author of We Were the Universe and Black Light join me to discuss their books and their platform for writers, The Fountain.

Instagram: @chelseabieker and @kimberlykingparsons
Tiktok: @chelseabieker1

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41min
July 17, 2025Reading is My Biggest Hurdle to Writing with Nicci Cloke
In this episode, author Nicci Cloke joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!

Books Discussed in this Episode:
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Carrie by Stephen King
Misery by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
The Green Mile by Stephen King
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
The Deptford Mice Series by Robin Jarvis
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
The Last One by Will Dean
So Happy For You by Celia Laskey
Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Run by Ann Patchett
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
Instagram: @niccicloke
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49min
July 15, 2025 The Many Faces We All Put on with Nicci Cloke
In this episode author Nicci Cloke joins me to discuss her newest novel Her Many Faces!
Instagram: @niccicloke
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39min

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How many episodes does Unofficial Book Club Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 123 episodes available.