Genre’d: A Book Podcast
Episodes
2025 Reading Wrap Up
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a wrap on 2025. 🥂 In this "Year in Reading" episode, Katy & Elyse recap how many books they actually read (and why Goodreads i...
Holiday Ever After: Elyse's Pick - Episode 13
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s our holiday special 🎄✨ This week on Genre’d, we’re diving into Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace—a cozy, low-stakes holiday romanc...
Off Book - Ankeen on Smut, Romance, and Why Men Should Read It
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d: Off Book, we sit down with our forever friend Ankeen — Brooklyn massage therapist, philosopher-at-heart, and unapologetic r...
Alchemy of Secrets: Katy's Pick - Episode 012
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d, we dive into Alchemy of Secrets, Stephanie Garber’s glitter-soaked urban fantasy about a grad student, a ticking countdown ...
Off Book - Melissa & Alex on Dystopian Fiction, Celebrity Memoirs & Captain Underpants
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d: Off Book, we’re joined by Elyse's longtime friend Melissa, a self-proclaimed dystopian-fiction girlie who swears she “...
Girl Dinner: Elyse's Pick - Episode 011
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d, Katy and Elyse unpack Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake — a darkly funny, campus-set satire about ambition, sisterhood, and the ...
Off Book - Elyse on Fantasy & The Books That Made Her a Reader
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Katy interviews co-host and sister Elyse about her first love—fantasy. They talk origin stories (thanks, Oma!), gateway recs for brand-new readers...
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping: Katy's Pick - Episode 010
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d, we check into A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna — a cozy, witchy fantasy where found family, gr...
Off Book - Dinah Alobeid on Literary & Upmarket Fiction
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with writer/dancer/communications pro Dinah Alobeid to demystify literary + upmarket fiction—what it is, why it’s not “elitist and...
Alchemised: Elyse's Pick - Episode 009
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d, we dive into Alchemised by SenLinYu — a sprawling, thousand-page dark fantasy that’s equal parts war chronicle, moral s...
Off Book - The Genre That Made Katy a Reader
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Genre’d: Off Book — our new off-week mini-series where we dive into the genres that made us fall in love with reading.In our first ev...
We Are All Guilty Here: Katy's Pick - Episode 008
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d, we’re talking about We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter — a small-town thriller of fireworks, vanishing girls, an...
The Knight and the Moth: Elyse's Pick - Episode 007
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d, we’re talking about The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig — a gothic romantasy of cathedrals, omens, and a slow-bur...
Rose In Chains: Katy's Pick - Episode 006
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d, we’re talking about Rose in Chains by Julie Soto — a dark romantasy where the war is lost and the princess is sold to h...
Bourbon & Lies: Elyse's Pick - Episode 005
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d, we’re in Fiasco, Kentucky with Bourbon and Lies by Victoria Wilder. Elyse schools Katy with a full-on Romance 101 slide...
In the Veins of the Drowning: Katy's Pick - Episode 004
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d, we dive into In the Veins of the Drowning by Kallie Cassidy — and we’re not doing it alone…We’re joined by our youn...
The Compound: Guest Pick - Episode 003
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Genre’d, we dive into The Compound by Aisling Rawle— and we’re not doing it alone…We’re joined by Stephanie, author of Evitchka...
Great Big Beautiful Life: Elyse’s Pick - Episode 002
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our second episode, we discuss Elyse’s pick, Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry — a swoony, introspective romance about ambition, grief, a...
Silver Elite: Bryanna’s Pick - Episode 001
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode, we discuss Bryanna’s pick, Silver Elite by Dani Francis, a spicy dystopian romance packed with mind-reading orphans, elite mil...
Welcome to Genre’d - Pilot Episode
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three hosts. One wild book pick. Mayhem ensues as we read outside our comfort zones and (lovingly) roast every page. This is “Genre’d.” ✨ Foll...