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Hey readers, I'm Anne Bogle and this is what Should I Read Next? Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader. What should I read next? Today we're kicking off a month of celebrations marking our 10th anniversary. Our very first episode aired on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. I cannot believe it's been 10 years and over 500 episodes, but here we are and we are delighted to be here today. We're celebrating the past 10 years, talking all things books and reading, and we're doing that by sharing stories and moments that a whole bunch of you shared with us in response to our recent call for contributions. You've discovered and loved so many books and literary moments because of our show and this is something we are so proud of and that brings huge smiles to our faces here at what Should I Read Next? Hq. Today you will hear an assortment of these moments that shaped your reading lives. Everything from literary matchmaking to author talks to reader comment sections and more. Plus lots and lots of individual titles you are so happy you found through our show. Today's show features your voices, which feels fun and fitting as we mark 10 years together. Before we get started in earnest, I'd like to ask for your help again because we're working on another episode that features your input and ideas ideas and is only possible through your contributions. A few weeks from now, we are airing a special episode of Ask Anne Anything here in your Tuesday feed and we are inviting members of our Patreon community to submit their questions and join me live for this episode recording. If you'd like to be there as it happens and or share your burning questions in advance, you can do that by joining us over on Patreon, where you will also unlock immediate access to our full archive of bonus episodes, past summer and seasonal guides, and special membership events like our Team's Best Books of the Year. We do great stuff in that community and we have a really good time together. It is low commitment, high reward for you. For us, the financial support and also for real, the emotional support and morale boosting that we get from our patrons makes the show possible on into our 11th year together. Find out more and join us at patreon.com whatshouldireadnext readers if you're looking to start the year with a few fresh pieces in your wardrobe, Quint's has you covered. They have luxe essentials for everything from fancy events to everyday casuals, and their versatile styles make it easy to reach for them day after day, from sweaters to denim jackets to silk tops. 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That's 20% off your first order@american-giant.com code READNEXT now for today's Listener Favorites Readers at the end of last year, you heard us ask for your help to create this celebratory episode. Episode. We did this because when our team was talking about how to celebrate our 10th anniversary, one theme was super clear we would not be here if it weren't for all of you. This podcast begins and ends with you. The whole concept from the initial idea, before that first episode even aired in 2016, was this. You tell me three books you love, one book you don't, and what you've been reading lately, and then we'll talk about what you may enjoy reading next. It's a simple and flexible little formula that has generated 10 years worth of wonderful conversations and counting. Our literary matchmaking conversations have been fascinating, far reaching, and thought provoking. And in every one, it's you who sets the agenda. You inspire the discussion. Each conversation takes us in. Both expected, as in I read that submission and had a decent idea of where we were going to go, but also delightfully serendipitous directions. While many of you come to the show to, yes, hear my recommendations, I consider myself so fortunate to have discovered near endless new to me books. Thanks to all of you. And I know I am not alone that. For 10 years now, you've been telling me how this show has bolstered your reading life and in some cases, completely transformed it. And you've sent in your receipts lots and lots of specific books you love with detailed thoughts about why you love them. Some of my favorite emails are those where you data nerds sending graphs and charts clearly showing in black and white the difference in your number of books read or overall star ratings for the books you're reading or just some other way to capture your satisfaction in in charts both before and after you started listening to what should I read Next? Your feedback makes it clear that you really get the heart of what we're trying to do here. I don't recommend books in a vacuum. I seek to make personalized recommendations tailored to one reader Specific taste. That's why we don't just talk book titles here. We love diving deep into conversations that explore why we love what we love or why some books just don't work for us. Sometimes not right now, or sometimes not ever. And importantly, what it all means in our reading lives. We've also tackled vexing topics that stand between you and a satisfying reading life. Like if you can't understand why all your reading pals seem to love a specific author but you don't. Or how to branch out into less familiar genres or formats. Or what to do when you want to keep reading but are struggling with burnout or illness or overwhelm. How to balance mood reading with a love of structure and planning. That's just a small sampling of the hundreds of reader requests we've addressed here. I firmly believe that the reason this format works week in and week out is that we are constantly together, finding the universal in the specific While each week I get granular with a reader about their highly unique and individual reading life, the conversation gives you a framework by which to think about your own reading life. This show goes far beyond each individual Tuesday conversation. You listen to the episodes, use my conversations with other readers to think about your own reading life, and then sometimes you offer additional recommendations Back to our guests we couldn't count how many times we heard stories of reading discoveries thanks to our lively comment sections both on our weekly episode show notes posts and over in our Patreon community. In fact, in the course of putting together this episode, I learned more about the great books our own team members have found through your comments. For example, I've known for a long time that our community manager, Shannon loves Anthony Horowitz, but I didn't learn until we were listening to your voicemails together and those started pouring in that she found that author thanks to your comments on a specific what Should I Read Next episode. For today's show, we wanted to celebrate what what Should I Read Next has done for your reading lives. And specifically, we wanted to hear what good books you found through the show. With that in mind, we asked you to call in and tell us about a title you discovered or finally made time to read because of the show. And wow, did you deliver. Your messages poured in and our team so enjoyed listening to and reading them. We were struck by all the unique titles mentioned and also by how many books were mentioned by multiple readers. The truth is, we received so many wonderful messages from all of you that to play them all today would take many hours and that's not including the words you're going to hear from me. We are so grateful for each and every message. If you don't hear your voicemail in today's episode, please know we are so happy you sent it. Our team enjoyed reviewing each and every message. Today you'll hear a collection of oft repeated themes, a few surprises, and a whole bunch of delightful reading moments. As always, we've collected all the titles, plus links to the episodes mentioned by our readers. You'll hear from today over on our Show Notes page. If you didn't have a chance to call in with your title or you'd like to share your reading memory, it's never too late to talk about a book you love. We would love it if you'd leave a comment with your best, favorite, most memorable books and moments at what Should I Read next podcast.com let's get to it, readers. While I strive to recommend and highlight a wide variety of titles on the show, there are some titles that bubble up again and again. I love each of the titles these listeners share that you're about to hear. I've recommended them often and I'm glad they've landed for so many of our listeners. If you are a longtime listener, I doubt you'll be surprised by this collection of what we jokingly refer to as the usual suspects.
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Hi Ann and team, this is sue calling from Chapel Hill, North Carolina and and I have been a what Should I Read Next? Podcast and modern Mrs. Darcy superfan since discovering both in April of 2020 and listening to your podcast and joining the book club are one of the few joys that I had in a very tough time. I quickly discovered in actually episode 28 quickly found one of my all time favorite writers in Wendell Berry. Jaber Crow has become such a treasured book for me. Wendell Berry is a poet and his poetry just sings through the beautiful prose of his novels and I am a super fan. So that is my love story with what should I read next? Thank you so much and keep on making all of these amazing shows and amazing book content. Hello, this is Janet. I'm a retired physician and lifelong voracious reader and the book is Jaber Crow by Wendell Berry. I love that book. I heard about it maybe it was a couple years ago and since then his line of his that you've probably heard has been very helpful to me, which is be joyful even though you've considered all the facts. My name is Karen and I'm from Niagara Falls, New York. I've been a listener of the podcast since about 2017, and I have read a lot of books that have been mentioned on the podcast, but here's three that are standouts for me. First one is Jaber Crow by Wendell Berry. I have found myself telling so many people about this beautifully written, heartfelt book since I heard about it on episode 245. It's just such a beautiful book. It's like one long poem about beauty in the ordinary. The second standout is from episode 233, and that is this Must be the Place by Maggie o'. Farrell. I feel like I connected very deeply with this story as a wife and a mother, and how we get to places is part of the beautiful ride of life. My last standout is the Great Believers by Rebecca Mackay. This book was mentioned in episode 237 and I have found myself thinking about the characters in this book again and again and again. Who holds our memories when we go.
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We heard from many readers that Louise Penny's books belong on your favorite shelves, so it was a special treat to invite the author herself onto the show. If you missed that conversation, you will find it in episode 357 called welcome to Three Pines with Louise Penny.
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Hi Ann and everyone else. This is Gina from New Jersey. I just wanted to leave a little message with my favorite book I found on what should I read next? And it's. It's a series. It's the Three Pine series, of course, with our lovely Mr. Detective Gamache. I'm sure I would have heard it somewhere else, but I did discover it on the podcast years and years ago and what a blessing it's been to my life. This series is wonderful. Everyone loves Louise Penny and I first heard about it here and I'm just so happy I did and continue to love the series. So thanks so much. I could list 20,000 books that I've written down from the podcast, but that one just sticks out because it's just led to many hours of happy reading. Hi, this is Kathy, I'm calling from Massachusetts and I wanted to let you know not who my favorite book was that you've mentioned, but my favorite author and that was introducing me to Louise Penny. Her mysteries have been great. I love her cast of characters, but more importantly, more than anything, it was given me a connection for reading between my mother and I. There were so many books to choose from and we had hours of conversation discussing who our favorite characters were, who we thought done it, how it happened, and it's just been a very welcomed uniting factor for the two of us. So I thank you for that. Hi, I'm calling you as requested in this week's podcast about books we wouldn't have read without Mona and Mrs. Darcy and the what Should I Read Next Podcast. I have to say Still Life by Louise Penny. That book was great, but it was also Anne's guidance that, you know, that book was good. It sets the foundation. The next two books are getting there. But by book four, Louise Penny hits her stride and boy am I glad. I heard that. I have enjoyed every book to the point where now I'm having to pre order them. So thank you so much for a gift that keeps on giving. Hi Ann and the what Should I Be Reading Next team. Congratulations on a big milestone that is coming up. I decided to pick a book that I would not have found any other way except through your podcast, and that is Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin. It's a nice dysfunctional family mystery that I thoroughly enjoyed.
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I love complicated family dramas, and it was clear from the messages so many of you shared that a lot of you do too. Our next listener voicemails also highlight titles featuring complex relationships and unexpected plot lines.
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Hi, my name is Stacey Levine. I'm calling in regards to a book that I found. What should I read next? And that would be Emily Havoc's Shark Heart, which I was really surprised. I loved. It was sad but hopeful. I cried. It was a good cry. I believe was first mentioned on a summer reading guide, but I didn't pick it up till about a year later. Kind of not sure how the premise would go, but I fell in love with it. It was one of the best books I have ever read. Hi, I was just calling about one book that I found from listening to the podcast. I believe it was episode 421 and the shark Heart by Emily Hable. Never heard of it before. Could not wrap my head around how a man can turn into a shark. I thought, okay, this sounds really strange, really weird. Put it on my holds list. About six months later it popped up. I listened to it and I loved it. I recommend it to everybody now. Love listening to the podcast and if you haven't read Shark Heart by Emily, I definitely suggest you do. Thank you.
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Sharkheart was originally a selection from our 2023 Summer Reading Guide, and I'm so glad it hit home for so many of our listeners. Readers, the start of a new year often means the start of a new budget, especially if you've got a spending hangover from the recent holidays. Fortunately, there's a simple way to make a small change that helps get your budget back in shape. Mint Mobile's January special of 50% off unlimited premium Wireless no Contracts and no Drama I love Mint Mobile's simple approach to providing wireless service. You may have heard me mentioning Mint Mobile's end of year sale. It's going strong, but only until the end of the month. With Mint Mobile you can choose from 3, 6 or 12 month plans and save 50%. Plans start at just 15 bucks a month. Mint Mobile has the same quality, reach and service as the other guys. High speed data and unlimited talk and text, all delivered on the nation's largest 5G network. Plus it's easy to switch. Bring your own phone number and all your contacts. We always take a close look at our monthly bills because that's where it's easy to make a difference month after month. That's why I'm always looking out for offers like this one from Mint Mobile. It makes a great alternative to our previous wireless contracts that included lots of fees, taxes and unexpected surprises. This January, quit overspending on Wireless with 50% off unlimited premium Wireless plans start at $15 a month at mintmobile.com readnext that's mintmobile.com readnext Limited time offer upfront payment of 45 bucks for three months, 90 bucks for six months or 180 bucks for 12 months. Plan required equivalent to 15 bucks a month taxes and fees extra Initial plan only over 50 gig may slow when network is busy capable device required availability, speed and coverage varies CementMobile.com readers After we pack away the holiday decorations, I'm inspired to take a fresh look at our home decor. From bedding to accent pillows, Wayfair has what I need to elevate our spaces in a new way. I'm happy going into the new year, having just ticked off a few lingering home tasks in my list that I've been meaning to take care of forever. Like this one. I'm a big plant person and we have a lot of plants in our home, but they're not all in the right pots. One of my favorite plants is a big indoor fic that we've had for years and the whole time it's been resting by my favorite reading chair in the original black plastic planter. I've half heartedly tried to find a nice pretty pot for it over the years, but it's hard to find one that's the right size and style for my space. At least it was hard until I got on Wayfair. I took measurements, used Wayfair's filters and quickly turned up dozens of options that would actually work. It was easy to choose the one I liked best and then it showed up on my doorstep in a matter of days. And yes, I said many of my plants weren't in the right spots and I was delighted to see all the beautiful and affordable options on Wayfair so that every plant can land in just the right home. Those planters are just the beginning. Wayfair is your one stop shop for countless small and large upgrades for every home. Decor, storage, lighting, kitchen goods, substantial pieces like sofas and beds and cabinets. Wayfair has it all. Get organized, refreshed and back on track this new year. For way less, head to Wayfair.com right now to shop all things home. That's W-A-Y-F-A-I-R.com Wayfair Every style, Every home Next we have a smattering of one offs books listeners called in to rave about that weren't repeated by other readers. I have to tell you, every time I listened to a reader talk about one of these books I went oh I love that one. Listen in.
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Hi, my name is Christy Hanks and I am calling to tell you about a book that I am so happy I found through modern Mrs. Darcy period. I discovered the Murderbot Diaries through your site and I am absolutely obsessed. I can't remember exactly if it was a podcast or blog or patreon where I heard it first, but it kept coming up. I read the first one around the holidays last year and then proceeded to devour them all in a very short period. It was one of the most fun reading experiences I've had in a while. I couldn't wait for the next book and it made me want to again find that absolute joy and fun in reading. Thanks so much. Hi. My favorite book that I found through what should I read Next is Peter Miller's book Shopkeeping, which was a recommendation from episode 434 Hospitable Books with a strong sense of welcome. I happened to be listening to this episode while I was driving to the airport for a flight to Seattle, so my ears perked up when I heard about this title I which is all about a bookseller in Seattle. And so while I was there I absolutely had to visit Peter Miller Books and he was such a delight. The shop was lovely and I truly treasure my signed copy of Shopkeeping and the story of how it ended up on my shelf. It's a book I never would have found and an experience I never would have had without what Should I Read Next? The work you do here is so special. Cheers to the next 10 years. Hello, what Should I Read Next Team I actually wanted to share two books I found through your podcast. I have been listening every Tuesday while I fold laundry for the past two years. One book I found was Love and Saffron by Kim Fay, which was a perfect read for me and filled me with joy and I was able to share it with my book club and a bunch of other women got to enjoy that book as well. Another book I found through your podcast was Once There Were Wolves written by Charlotte McConaughey, which was way outside of my comfort zone and ended up being a delight. And I have since become a Charlotte McConaughey completist. Thank you so much for your wonderful show. This is Suzanne Harley calling from Midlothian, Virginia. I wanted to share a book that I found through the what Should I Read Next Podcast that I would not have found otherwise, and that is Clint Smith's how the Word Is Passed. I love history and that book was full of history told through a different lens, at least different for me, and then using beautiful language. Since I live right here in Virginia, I wanted to go back to Monticello a number of times with Clint Smith's words in my head so that I could maybe see Monticello through his view. But I learned so much from that book and I'm so appreciative that it was brought to my attention. I'll just also throw in that I loved A Ghost in the Throat and I'm not even going to try to pronounce the Irish name of the author. And I also love the book about the national parks by Connor Knowlton, whose name I can't recall right now, but they were all so good and they're all books I never would have found but for this podcast and modern Mrs. Darcy. So thank you so much.
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We love hearing from our past what Should I Read Next Guests. We call them our alums because not only do they get personalized recommendations from me on the show, many of them also walk away with reading ideas from all of you as you'll hear from Meredith in this message. I love to hear what they think of my recommendations, of course, and what other titles they choose to read next as a direct result of our conversation.
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Hi, my name is Meredith Amity. I am a what Should I Read Next Listener and alum. I am calling in support of the milestone episode and I wanted to share a book that I found through what Should I Read Next and that book is the Sentence by Louise Erdrich. And that book is special to me because it's not a book that I probably would have picked up had I not heard about it and and heard rave reviews. And if I hadn't heard Ann describe it so wonderfully, that was the first book that my book club read in the beginning of 2022, when our book club started. It was the perfect book to discuss as a group, especially after the height of the COVID 19 pandemic. And I'll always have a special place in my heart for the Sentence by Louise Erdrich. And so, thanks to modern Mrs. Darcy. And what should I read next for all of the bookish just love and joy that you guys spread?
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Most weeks on the podcast, we talk to readers who don't work in the book trade and will only ever be on one podcast in their life. And that is what should I read next? Over the years, our listeners have come to call these guests our regular readers, which we say with great affection. But from time to time, we do feature authors on the podcast. Sometimes these authors come to the show as readers, not so much as writers, but sometimes we do talk explicitly about their work and their writing process. We love hearing about books and authors you've discovered as a result of episodes like these.
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Hello, this is avid podcast listener. My name is Barb. So I listened to episode 392 about memoir where the author R. Eric Thomas was interviewed and I had never heard of him and or his books. And I did read, based on that recommendation, his memoir, Congratulations, the Best Is Over. I waited and waited for it to come in on Libby, and it finally did and I absolutely adored it. His voice is so fun and his content is so real and deep and pure and joyful all at the same time. So I loved that book. And now I will look at other books he's written because I really enjoyed that that memoir from him and I would not have heard of him other than the podcast. So thank you for that and thank you for all you do for this reading community. It's really special.
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We conduct more author interviews over on our book club community, where we have them almost monthly, in fact. To give you a taste of what those book club author chats are like, we very occasionally air those conversations in full on what should I read next? Next you'll hear Julie's voicemail that references one of those episodes.
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Good morning, Ann. I am Julie Farber. I live in Wichita, Kansas. I learned about the Violent Conspiracy by Brendan Slocum on your broadcast and it's wonderful. The things that won me over were his wonderful bass voice and his very humanness and sense of humorous. I read it. I loved it. I took it to a book club at our neighborhood. They all loved it. It's a marvelous book. Thank you so much.
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You can hear that whole conversation with Brendan slocum in episode 366. It's called Great Books Spur Great Conversations. If you're a reader or even an aspirational reader, I hope you'll join us on Critics at Large from the New Yorker.
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Each week on this show we make sense of what's happening in the culture right now and how we got here.
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And because we're culture critics, we just.
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Love to go back to the text.
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Yes. So if books are for you, Critics at Large just might be for you as well.
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Join us on Critics at Large from the New Yorker every Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Next we have a handful of voicemails from listeners sharing favorite titles they've gotten through the show. The common theme here is we've hosted all these authors in book club and some of those conversations have also aired on the podcast. Authors like Julie Berry, Asia Gable, Peter Heller, and Sara Novich.
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Hi, my name is Mary and I'm from St. Louis and one of my favorite books that I read and I discovered through the podcast over the years was actually from episode 205 with Addie Yoder and it was the Lovely War by Julie Berry. I also re listened to the episode 489 recently with Julie herself and I got to hear more about it from her perspective. I loved this because of the Greek ties, the historical fiction notes and also the romance. I just gobbled it up and it has been one of my favorite books ever recommended by the podcast and I've been a very lifelong listener so I really enjoyed this book and I recommend it to almost anyone who is a big fan of Greek mythology and historical fiction. I'm a big fan of this podcast and always have been. Happy 10 year anniversary. Thank you. My name is Holly and I'm calling from Boston. One of my favorite titles that I have gotten from the podcast is the Ensemble by Asia Gabel. This is a title that Ann recommended to grace in episode 405 Books that Pair with Pumpkin Spice and I really enjoyed listening to this episode as I am a classical cellist and went through music school and currently freelance as a professional musician. I also got my husband to read that book because he is also a musician and we had a really great conversation. I really have so much gratitude and I just thank Ann and the team so much for all of the wonderful books that I've gotten from this podcast and look forward to many more. Happy reading. My name is Julie and I live in Florida. I went through my tracker and I had quite a few number of choices but I'm going to go with Celine by Peter Heller which was recommended March 31, 2021 and here is what I wrote about it. I absolutely love this book. The writing is so perfect, the characters and their relationships are all totally believable and fascinating. This is one of those books that you want to see where the story is going but at the same time you don't want it to end and when it does end you want to read it all over again. I have tons of turned down pages for beautiful writing story turns. I'm going to come back and read this again to really appreciate it. Hi Ann, this is Lindsey from San Diego. The book that I'm happy I found through modern Mrs. Darcy is true Biz by Sara Novich. I think I first saw this on the blog, but it was also recently mentioned in episode 501. There are two reasons why I love this book. The first is that I am blind and it makes me really happy to see positive, accurate representation of disability appear in fiction. The other reason that I love it is I am a school based speech language pathologist. I do sometimes have students who are deaf or hard of hearing on my caseload and I really enjoyed seeing the three different experiences of the deaf community represented in the book. Thanks and happy 10th anniversary.
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Thank you all for sharing about the great books you found. One of the main reasons we can make the show each week is because of the financial support of our what Should I Read Next Patreon community. They make it possible for us to keep producing this podcast and keep having the bookish conversations you tune into every Tuesday or you know, whenever your listening suits you. We show our appreciation to our Patreon Community members by creating bonus episodes that we share every Friday and by inviting our patrons to join us for premier events every year like our Summer Reading Guide, Unboxing and like. By the way, the 15th annual Summer Reading Guide is coming this May. Thank you so much to all our Patreon members. We appreciate you.
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Hello Modern Mrs. Darcy, this is Audrey calling from McLean, Virginia. I am a long time fantasy and sci fi reader and I dream daily about expanding my reading repertoire and while I have read some books outside that sort of narrow genre focus, per the recommendations from your show, I have to say the one of the most impactful episodes I listen to are the ones where you recommend to other people fantasy and sci fi books, especially the ones, ironically, that I have already read. And of course the recent episode with the Guide to Sci Fi and Fantasy for new readers I found particularly rewarding. It just felt so validating to hear you all talk about books that I have loved, books that mean so much to me, but that frequently don't necessarily get covered in sort of more broad ranging book podcasts without getting into sort of the narrow focus of podcasts that cover just sci fi and fantasy. So thank you very much for that episode and for all the times that you recommend folks who have maybe minority is the wrong word, but more narrowly focused genre preferences that still come up in your show. Thank you for seeing us. We're here, we feel seen and we welcome any new readers that pick up those genre choices and really enjoy them. Thanks so much guys. Love the podcast and everything you do for us readers.
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Audrey, we are glad you feel seen. We talked about so many good books in that episode from authors like Octavia Butler, Frank Herbert, Andy Weir, Mary Robinette, Cole, P. Djeli Clark, Nnedi Okorafor, Blake Crouch, Seanan McGuire, oh, and many, many more readers. That's it for our listener voicemails. I've already said this, but repeating for emphasis, we would love to play each and every one of your voicemails, but since we're not having a four hour episode today, we wanted to at least mention some more of the titles you told me about. The Snow Child, A Gentleman in Moscow, the One in a Million Boy Plainsong, the Feather Thief, Maya and Natasha James Crow Lake okay, I'm really gonna stop now. Once more to all of you who wrote and called and told us about your what Should I Read Next Experience, A sincere thank you from me and our whole team. Readers. I hope you enjoyed hearing from our listeners today as much as I did and our whole team did. We want to know about the titles you discovered through our show. Please let us know by leaving a comment on our Show Notes page. That's@whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com that is also where we list each and every week all the titles we talk about in our episode. For easy reference, follow us on Instagram hatshouldireadnext. We love it when you tag us and share us and and tell us your stories about the books you found through our show. Sign up for our email list at what Should I read next podcast.com newsletter so you can stay in the loop about what's happening around here, our weekly episodes, opportunities to share your voice and stories like today's listeners did, and upcoming special events thanks to the people who make this show happen each week. What Should I Read Next? Is created by Will Bogle, Holly Wilkachevsky, Lee Kramer, Bridget Mistlehorn, Shannon Malone, and our whole team at what Should I Read Next? And Modern Mrs. Darcy HQ, plus the audio whizzes at Studio D Podcast Production Readers, that's it for this episode. Thanks so much for listening. And as writer Maria Rilke said, ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading. Happy reading everyone. SA.