The Everygirl Book Club

Lauren and Garri wrap up summer reading for The Everygirl Book Club, share their favorite books, and talk about fall vibes, reading slumps, and why they increasingly prefer Kindles over physical books. They discuss book pop culture, including ACOTAR’s influence on romantasy, evolving genre labels and sexism in categorization, and how fandom theory culture can diminish simple enjoyment. They answer a reader “slump-ender” prompt with fall recommendations spanning cozy rom-coms, witchy/cozy fantasy, and dark academia, then announce upcoming book club picks—It’s Different This Time (Sept), And He Shall Appear (Oct), Conform (Nov), and Understory (Dec). 02:21 Favorite Summer Reads 07:21 Kindle Versus Physical Books 12:04 ACOTAR Chat 22:35 Summer Hits And Misses 29:45 Fall Releases To Watch 31:59 More ACOTAR Release Buzz 40:27 Parasocial Fandoms 48:00 Cozy Fall Romcoms 50:07 Fantasy Girl Fall Picks 52:28 Dark Academia Thrillers 56:46 Book Club Lineup 01:02:15 Wrap Up And Goodbye Books Mentioned Retro by Jessica M. Goldstein The Good Parts by Evann Normandin Girls’ Girl by Sonja Feldman Into the Blue by Emma Brodie The Second Death of Locke by V. L. Bovalino The Thief and the Traitor Bride by V. L. Bovalino Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe Land by Maggie O'Farrell Whistler by Ann Patchett Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Theo of Golden by Allen Levi The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell Understory by Chloe Benjamin The Gnave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia Belladonna by Adalyn Grace Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood The Likeness by Tana French Katabasis by R.F. Kuang Babel by R.F. Kuang If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio The Secret History by Donna Tartt It's Different This Time by Joss Richard — September pick And He Shall Appear — October pick Conform by Ariel Sullivan — November pick Join The Everygirl Book Club meetings September 24: It’s Different This Time RSVP here Use code ‘EGSept26’ for 15% off on Bookshop.org Use code ‘TEGBookClub’ for 30% off on Libro.fm Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Fill out this form to submit your own reader prescriptions or request specific discussion topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#10 Kirsten King: Unlikable Heroines, Downward Spirals, and the Perils of Modern Dating The Everygirl Book Club interviews Kirsten King, author of the summer bonus pick A Good Person , about Lillian’s provocative downward spiral after the death of her situationship, Henry. King discusses embracing polarized reactions to an intentionally unlikable protagonist, her current reads and recommendations for “messy women” books, and how her background in journalism and screenwriting (including using Save the Cat) shaped her debut novel while feeling more creatively exposed than in collaborative film work. She explains writing the book during the 2023 WGA strike, building side characters to reveal Lillian’s flawed POV, and choosing not to give Lillian redemption. The conversation covers modern dating, virtue signaling, therapy-speak, female friendship breakups, LA spirituality, and the Daisy Edgar-Jones/Working Title adaptation. King also previews a 2027 dark-comedy novel about a breakup, AI chatbot companionship, and a self-help podcaster chatbot. 01:26 Unlikable Heroine Talk 03:04 Read Receipts 07:10 BuzzFeed Millennial Era 09:02 From Screen To Novel 12:12 Handling Criticism 16:56 Creating Lillian 28:49 Morally Gray Influences 36:44 Reader Prescriptions 46:35 Building Side Characters 48:47 Etsy Witch Culture 52:11 Modern Dating Morality 55:05 Adaptation Update 56:38 Kirsten's Next Book 59:50 Ranking Morally Grey Characters 01:01:51 LITigation Books Mentioned A Good Person by Kirsten King I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman 200 Monas by Jan Saenz She's a Lamb by Meredith Hambrook Salomé by Leslie Baird Sky Daddy by Kate Folk Famesick by Lena Dunham Fruit Fly by Josh Silver Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky The Guest by Emma Cline Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino Yellowface by R. F. Kuang Big Swiss by Jen Beagin My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney Empire of AI by Karen Hao Join The Everygirl Book Club meetings September 24: It’s Different This Time RSVP here Use code ‘EGSept26’ for 15% off on Bookshop.org Use code ‘TEGBookClub’ for 30% off on Libro.fm Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Fill out this form to submit your own reader prescriptions or request specific discussion topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Everygirl Book Club interviews September pick author Joss Richard about It’s Different This Time , a second-chance romance in which former roommates reconnect after inheriting a New York City brownstone, and her second novel, Let’s Kiss and Tell , about sex columnist Lucy and reporter Marsh entering a fake relationship that turns real. Richard shares recent reads, how she went from childhood fan fiction to drafting her debut in the Notes app during the pandemic, and landing an agent and a fast traditional deal. She discusses imposter syndrome, leaving a TV/marketing job with her husband’s support, writing on deadline, LA dating culture, tropes and miscommunication, answers reader dating dilemmas, and teases a third coastal romance. 00:00 Everygirl Book Club Intro 00:22 Meet Joss Richard 02:06 Read Receipts 06:58 Curl Routine 09:04 From Fanfic To Notes App 16:55 Romance Shipper Origins 20:56 Publishing Whirlwind 28:21 Writing Book Two 33:33 Reader Advice 53:20 Why Older Romance Leads 56:37 Realistic Romance Ingredients 59:05 Miscommunication Trope Debate 01:03:32 Building LA Media World 01:09:54 Next Book Tease 01:10:54 Litigation 01:14:05 Goodbyes and Book Club Updates 01:14:55 Podcast Sign Off Books Mentioned Every Version of You by Natalie Messier Full Throttle by J.K. MacLaren Leave and Come Back by Lavanya Lakshmi Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza Shop Let's Kiss and Tell Buy on Bookshop.org Buy on Amazon Join The Everygirl Book Club meetings September 3: A Good Person RSVP here Use code ‘EGBonus26’ for 15% off your copy on Bookshop.org Use code ‘TEGBookClub’ for 30% off your copy on Libro.fm September 24: It’s Different This Time RSVP here Use code ‘EGSept26’ for 15% off on Bookshop.org Use code ‘TEGBookClub’ for 30% off on Libro.fm Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Fill out this form to submit your own reader prescriptions or request specific discussion topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jessica Guerrieri: Motherhood, Writing the Hard Stuff, and Depicting Addiction The Everygirl Book Club hosts Garri and Lauren interview Jessica Guerrieri, author of Both Can Be True, the August pick, about her novel of estranged sisters Mer and Frankie reunited after a local woman, Brie, goes missing, exploring family secrets and “the many ways women can disappear in plain sight.” They share current reads, recent five-star books, and TBRs, and discuss algorithm-driven recommendations versus browsing bookstores. Guerrieri recounts her roots in a family of English majors, an influential high school teacher, and authors she admires, including Lily King and Barbara Kingsolver. She reflects on publishing, defining success, her sobriety journey, AA community, relapse portrayal, and themes of motherhood, neurodiversity, sisterhood, and identity. She previews her completed book three, The Inheritance of Worry, and book four, which she describes as The Wedding People meet Remarkable Creatures. 00:00 Welcome to Book Club 01:05 Read Receipts 16:51 Author Origin Story 22:20 Authors She Admires 26:45 What Publishing is Really Like 33:25 Taking Risks 38:12 Defining Success 40:19 Why This Book Hit 41:50 Building Both Can Be True’s Atmosphere 49:16 Motherhood In Many Forms 01:01:16 Sisterhood And Identity 01:08:57 Recovery And Relapse Truths 01:22:41 What's Next for Jessica 01:27:31 Farewell and Book Club Announcements Books mentioned: Both Can Be True by Jessica Guerrieri Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Jessica Guerrieri It's Different This Time by Joss Richard The Inheritance of Worry by Jessica Guerrieri Understory by Chloe Benjamin The Bee Sting by Paul Murray Wind Weaver by Julie Johnson Let's Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert A Good Person by Kirsten King Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot Join The Everygirl Book Club meetings August 27: Both Can Be True RSVP here Use code ‘EGAug26’ for 15% off your copy on Bookshop.org Use code ‘TEGBookClub’ for 30% off your copy on Libro.fm September 3: A Good Person RSVP here Use code ‘EGBonus26’ for 15% off your copy on Bookshop.org Use code ‘TEGBookClub’ for 30% off your copy on Libro.fm Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Fill out this form to submit your own reader prescriptions or request specific discussion topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Everygirl Book Club hosts are back with summer reading updates, five-star book reviews, and the latest bookish news. They share why Habits of the Sea and The Good Parts earned perfect ratings, give their first impressions of Bad Words, and explain why Broken Dove didn't live up to the hype after loving Silver Elite. Plus, they check in on their Summer Reading Challenge progress, swap recommendations for the perfect late-summer reads, discuss exciting updates from the Fourth Wing universe and Taylor Jenkins Reid, and finally reveal September's Everygirl Book Club pick. 00:00 Everygirl Book Club Intro 00:35 Read Receipts 23:17 Summer Reading Challenge Rules 24:33 Challenge Progress and Picks 25:52 Girls Girl Coming of Age Rec 30:43 More Summer Reads 32:42 Fourth Wing Updates 37:20 TJR New Release 39:28 Reader Prescriptions 45:17 September Pick Reveal 47:41 Litigation Book of Summer Debate Books mentioned: Habits of the Sea by Shay Earnshaw The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young The Good Parts by Evann Normandin Into the Blue by Emma Brodie Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson Silver Elite by Dani Francis Broken Dove (follow-up to Silver Elite) by Dani Francis Love By The Book by Jessica George Conform by Ariel Sullivan Beneath (Conform prequel) by Ariel Sullivan Core (unreleased sequel to Conform) Girl's Girl by Sonia Feldman Let's Not Go Overboard Here by Erica Hendry June Baby by Shannon Garvey Everyone Is Lying To You by Jo Piazza The Mash-Up by Laura Marie Meyers Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) by Sarah J. Maas The Last Days of Viv and Coco by Taylor Jenkins Reid Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lyon by Beth Brower The Guest by Emma Cline Animal by Lisa Taddeo A Good Person by Kirsten King Both Can Be True by Jessica Guerrieri It's Different This Time by Joss Richard Let's Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas Join The Everygirl Book Club meetings August 27: Both Can Be True RSVP here Use code ‘EGAug26’ for 15% off your copy on Bookshop.org Use code ‘TEGBookClub’ for 30% off your copy on Libro.fm September 3: A Good Person RSVP here Use code ‘EGBonus26’ for 15% off your copy on Bookshop.org Use code ‘TEGBookClub’ for 30% off your copy on Libro.fm Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Fill out this form to submit your own reader prescriptions or request specific discussion topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Everygirl Book Club hosts an interview with Andy Hunter, founder and CEO of Bookshop.org and publisher of Literary Hub, Bookmarks, and CrimeReads. Andy shares his current reads and recommendations, how books helped him navigate a challenging upbringing, and the formative titles that shaped his life. He discusses the creation of Bookshop.org and its mission to support independent bookstores in the face of Amazon’s dominance, early skepticism from investors, the platform’s rapid pandemic-era growth, and the impact of BookTok on book sales and niche bookstores. Andy also dives into Bookshop’s goals for the future, including improving bookstore technology and expanding independent bookstore access to e-books. 00:00 Welcome and Introductions 00:42 Vacation Reads and ARCs 06:10 How Books Shaped Andy 07:41 Childhood Favorites and Classics 13:03 Raising Readers at Home 15:12 Building Bookshop Against Amazon 20:06 BookTok and Indie Bookstore Boom 26:09 Opening a Bookstore Advice 27:41 Boldness and Embracing Failure 29:46 Anti-Acquisition Guardrails 42:10 Affordable Ethical Reading 45:56 Finding Better Book Recs 49:30 Impact And Future Plans 59:29 Final Thanks And Sign Off Books mentioned: Dodge City by Patrick deWitt French Exit by Patrick deWitt The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt A Real Animal by Emeline Atwood Famous Men by Julie Buntin I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman On the Road by Jack Kerouac Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson Watership Down by Richard Adams The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Charlotte's Web by E.B. White The Mixed-Up Files of Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Fill out this form to submit your own reader prescriptions or request specific discussion topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Everygirl Book Club hosts an interview with author Rachel Lynn Solomon ahead of her novel Extracurricular, about former pop star Ramona Wilder starting college and developing chemistry with her psychology professor, Nick, while trying to escape a toxic, objectifying career and heal from an emotionally abusive mother. Solomon discusses the books that made her want to write (especially Meg Cabot’s The Princess Diaries), her chaotic “Mad Libs” drafting process across YA and adult, and why adult romance allows broader life questions and more explicit content while still modeling healthy desire, consent, and communication for teens. She explains her draw to entertainment settings, researching authentic Los Angeles details, crafting a charged meet-cute, and balancing the professor-student power dynamic by giving Ramona agency. 00:00 Meet Rachel Lynn Solomon 02:46 Drafting Process 03:55 YA Versus Adult Romance 06:23 Fanfic Reader Origins 09:47 Why Entertainment Settings 14:10 Writing Extracurricular 23:53 Strangers And Meet Cutes 28:17 Fame Persona vs Person 30:40 Balancing Pop and Trauma 34:04 Girlhood and Fandom 39:12 Parasocial Loneliness 44:23 Tropes as Marketing 50:22 Therapy is Sexy 53:10 Book Recs and Farewell Books Mentioned The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon Business Or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon Isn't It Obvious? by Rachel Runya Katz Fifty Shades Of Grey by E. L. James Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Warriors Series by Erin Hunter The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O'Clover If Not You by Ellen O'Clover Just a Highland Fling by Naina Kumar Musicians/Artists Mentioned Taylor Swift Olivia Rodrigo Charli XCX The Smiths The Cure One Direction Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Fill out this form to submit your own reader prescriptions or request specific discussion topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#4: The Power of Fandoms, Magical Realism, and Negative Reviews The Everygirl Book Club hosts interview New York Times bestselling author Ashley Poston about her novel The Someday Garden , in which Sophie, the new head gardener at Lilymoor, discovers a secret garden and a mysterious man trapped inside. Poston explains how growing up in fandom and writing fanfic shaped her voice and led to her magical realism romances. She shares her craft process: using fanfic-style scenarios to test character chemistry, then ensuring the magic serves character growth. Poston reflects on The Seven-Year Slip’s personal origins, its reader-driven “long tail” success, coping with grief while writing it, handling reviews (including a harsh Kirkus line as motivation), researching gardens despite having a “brown thumb,” drafting The Someday Garden ’s time-based magic through multiple versions, and teases a forthcoming romantasy duology. 0:00 – Introduction 2:03 – The Dead Romantics & Discovering Romance 6:27 – Fandom, Fanfic & Reylo 12:47 – Characters, Magic & Writing Process 15:35 – The Seven-Year Slip's Success 28:20 – On Reviews, Ratings & Reader Taste 35:20 – The Someday Garden & The Secret Garden 41:12 – Sophie, Grief & the Garden's Magic 47:10 – The Challenge of Writing Time Travel 51:52 – About Time & Character Inspirations 57:23 – Easter Eggs & the Ashley Poston Universe 58:20 – The End of an Era & What's Next 1:00:59 – Book Recommendations & Closing Books mentioned: The Someday Garden – Ashley Poston The Dead Romantics – Ashley Poston The Seven-Year Slip – Ashley Poston Heart of Iron – Ashley Poston Geekerella (Once Upon a Con trilogy) – Ashley Poston Novel Love Story – Ashley Poston Bishop Takes King (Hawkeye) – Ashley Poston Priory of the Orange Tree – Samantha Shannon Howl's Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess – Frances Hodgson Burnett Fourth Wing – Rebecca Yarros Dearly Departed – Chip Ponds The House of Now and Then – Edward Underhill The Summer Girlfriend – Kristina Forest Romantic Hero – Kirsty Greenwood Movies/TV shows mentioned: Star Wars (franchise, plus Ashley's upcoming Star Wars novel) Avatar: The Last Airbender About Time Fairy Tale Dimension 20 / Dropout (TV series) Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Fill out this form to submit your own reader prescriptions or request specific discussion topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jessica M. Goldstein: The Absurdity of Office Culture, Nostalgia, and Tech Billionaires The Everygirl Book Club hosts an interview with debut novelist and journalist Jessica M. Goldstein about her novel Retro—a speculative time-travel novel that kept us hooked from the moment we first read the synopsis —discussing “the sickening pain of nostalgia,” escapism, and why female friendships and platonic love are undervalued. Goldstein shares formative childhood reads and describes her affinity for vintage media and film craftsmanship. She explains building Retro’s grounded speculative world—an office-run time-travel agency using a Metro-like system—while setting clear limits, blending satire with serious themes of debt, corporate power, moral responsibility, modern dating, and the need to stay present. Goldstein also reflects on moving from journalism and McSweeney’s satire to speculative fiction, and on crafting an emotionally open ending meant to spark debate. Chapters 00:26 Why Retro hooked us 01:15 The books that shaped Jessica as a writer 04:12 Developing her love of vintage media 10:37 Nostalgia and escapism 15:42 Building Retro's world 21:46 Offices are actually so weird 32:19 Moving from Journalism to Fiction 36:35 Laughing at reality 44:59 The nostalgia trap 46:58 Choosing hope amid uncertainty 53:57 Friendship as a lifeline 01:02:36 Balancing humor and heart 01:08:12 On the importance of staying present Books Mentioned Retro Alice in Wonderland The Wizard of Oz The Phantom Tollbooth Peter Pan Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels Yesteryear Movies Mentioned Dog Day Afternoon The Red Shoes Before Sunset Clueless Independence Day Argo Forrest Gump Coco You've Got Mail When Harry Met Sally Sinners One Battle After Another La Chimera The Wolf of Wall Street TV Shows Mentioned Euphoria Severance Party Down Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Fill out this form to submit your own reader prescriptions or request specific discussion topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#002: Bravoverse, Obscure Pop Culture References, and Messy Main Characters with Erica Hendry In partnership with BookSparks , The Everygirl Book Club welcomes Erica Hendry, author of June Book Club pick, Let's Not Go Overboard Here . If you've ever defended your love of reality TV, assigned yourself a favorite boy band member, or found comfort in messy female characters, this episode is for you. Erica joins Garri and Lauren to chat about how her debut novel came to be, why pop culture is so much more than a guilty pleasure, and how she built a mystery that's equal parts funny, heartfelt, and deeply relatable. Along the way, they swap book recommendations, reminisce about the pop culture references that live in their heads rent-free, and make the case for letting people unapologetically love the things they love. Chapters 00:00 Welcome & introducing Erica Hendry 02:49 Reading Receipts: What Erica is reading now, recent 5-star reads, and her most anticipated upcoming releases 08:18 Erica's journey to publishing her debut novel 13:26 Writing authentic characters through pop culture 20:54 Balancing humor, grief & emotional depth 23:24 Why reality TV fans are misunderstood 31:25 Do pop culture references date a novel? 35:08 Why we should let people love what they love 43:07 Building the world of Let's Not Go Overboard Here 47:25 The parallels between reality TV and real life 53:17 Rapid-fire questions with Erica 1:03:43 Final thoughts & what's next for Erica Books Mentioned A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick Night Objects by Eli Raphael Big Nobody by Alex Kadis Hopeless Romantics by Mhairi McFarlane Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty You'll Love It Here by Natalie Sue Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison Ready Player One by Ernest Cline High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Retro by Jessica M. Goldstein The Book of Luke by Lovell Holder Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Fill out this form to submit your own reader prescriptions or request specific discussion topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hot Takes, Top Reads of 2026, and the MMCs We Actually Hate #001: In this episode of The Everygirl Book Club podcast, Lauren and Garri share the books that made them lifelong readers, their evolving reading phases, and how BookTok shaped (and later sharpened) their tastes. They discuss mood reading, cringe in romance, DNFing, and their auto-buy authors. They share their all-time favorite reads as well as their 2026 highs and lows (so far). They swap current reads and audiobook habits, deliver hot takes (including loving Silver Elite despite the hate, disliking Crescent City , and Garri’s case against Fourth Wing ’s Xaden), and answer member-submitted recommendation requests. Finally, they reveal and contextualize The Everygirl Book Club's summer picks— Let’s Not Go Overboard Here , Love By the Book , and Both Can Be True —plus a bonus read, A Good Person , and close with the LITigation segment, defending unlikable main characters and pushing back on the idea that “all romantasy is the same.” Chapters 00:46 Read Receipts 06:24 Book Taste Explained 10:58 Auto Buy Authors 15:31 All Time Favorites 21:28 2026 Highs and Lows 25:41 Current Reads 27:29 Hear Me Out 36:41 Listener Prescriptions 42:41 Summer Book Club Picks 53:21 LITigation Books Mentioned Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Twilight by Stephenie Meyer A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas The Princess Bride by William Goldman Normal People by Sally Rooney The Secret History by Donna Tartt Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Heart of the Lover by Lily King Into the Blue by Emma Brodie Retro by Jessica M. Goldstein The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter Songbird of the Sorrows by Braidee Otto Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas Silver Elite by Dani Francis Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab With All My Haunted Heart by Isabel Stirling Happily Ever Afterlife by Emma R. Alban Wayward by Blake Crouch Happy Place by Emily Henry June Baby by Shannon Garvey Let's Not Go Overboard Here by Erica Hendry Love by the Book by Jessica George Both Can Be True by Jessica Guerriri A Good Person by Kirsten King Enjoy the episode? Like and follow The Everygirl Book Club Podcast, leave a rating and review, and share the episode with a fellow reader. Then, join the conversation on Instagram @theeverygirlbookclub for monthly book picks, book recommendations, reading challenges, and more. Fill out this form to submit your own reader prescriptions or request specific discussion topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.