What Should I Read Next?
Episodes
Ep 19: Great literary fiction, inspirational favorites, and high school English
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today Anne chats with Brian Sztabnik, an English teacher, basketball coach, and podcaster who lives on Long Island with his wife and two sons. Anne an...
Ep 18: Compelling, character-driven books steeped in time and place
26 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today Anne chats with Jessica Turner, author of The Fringe Hours and My Fringe Hours. Jessica lives in Nashville with her family, where she works...
Ep 17: Smart, slightly eccentric, diverse books
19 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today Anne talks with Andrea Cumbo-Floyd, a writer, teacher, editor, and farmer based in Charlottesville, Virginia. ("Sometimes more of one of th...
Ep 16: Fascinating premises in dystopian fiction
12 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today Anne chats with Grace Martin, a 12-year-old bibliophile who lives with her family outside Chicago. Grace loves Harry Potter, dystopian novels, a...
Ep 15: The audacity to tell people what to read
09 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anne chats with Marybeth Whalen and Ariel Lawhon of SheReads.org, an online reading site and book club for women. Under Marybeth and Ariel's lea...
Ep 14: A snob-free approach to reading
05 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today Anne chats with Caroline Starr Rose. Caroline is a mom, former teacher, and children's author of the novels May B. and Blue Birds. Caroline...
Ep 13: Memoir, creativity, talent, and more memoir
29 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Anne chats with Ed Cyzewski, author of multiple books including Pray, Write, Grow, Creating Space, Write without Crushing Your So...
Ep 12: Life is hard - but reading doesn't have to be
21 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Anne chats with Cara Strickland, a writer, food critic, and anxious cook who lives in the Pacific Northwest. This episode covers a lot...
Ep 11: What's going on beneath the surface
15 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Anne chats with Meredith Schwartz, a self-described Type A, INFJ, and unapologetic listmaker who is trying desperately (and a big co...
Ep 10: You can be a Serious Reader and still love Matt Damon
08 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Anne chats with Janssen Bradshaw, creator of the blog Everyday Reading, former children's librarian, and modern mother who's raising...
Ep 9: The reality of bookworm problems
01 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Anne chats with fellow bookworm Leigh Kramer. In addition to being a full-time book nerd, Leigh is a San Francisco resident, fried p...
Ep 8: The power of books, English major favorites, and what makes a great YA novel
23 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anne talks to Preston Yancey about the power of reading, English major favorites, his deep and abiding love for chick lit, and what makes a great YA n...
Ep 7: Books that uplift and inspire, the books that "hook" you, and filling the Brown Girls' Bookshelf
16 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anne talks to Osheta Moore about falling down the rabbit hole of reading recommendations, her really weird interest in fanfiction, and the significa...
Ep 6: Books for book nerds, author backstories, and simple stories told well
09 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anne talks to Tsh Oxenreider about the importance of where she reads, author stories on and off the page, books for book nerds, and her love of s...
Ep 5: Raising readers, books that find you, and making the library people hate you
02 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anne talks with author and speaker Deidra Riggs, whose book, Every Little Thing: Making a World of Difference Right Where You Are, was published las...
Ep 4: Reading as escape, hating lots of books, and finding new fiction
26 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anne talks with attorney, blogger, and author Seth Haines, whose first work, Coming Clean. Anne and Seth have a great conversation about reading as...
Ep 3: Books that "smart" people like, books you truly love, and books that embrace the grey
19 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Jacey Verdicchio from the Around The Table podcast. Anne and Jacey discuss books that make you feel smart / not-so-smart, and the inn...
Ep 2: The perils of high expectations and characters you can root for
10 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anne chats with Sarah Kohrnak of the Brilliant Business Moms about the perils of high expectations, characters that you can root for, and what she sh...
Ep 1: Books that inspire crying jags and sleepless nights (in the best sense)
10 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Anne chats with Jamie Golden about books that provoke visceral reactions, books that inspire blissful crying jags and sleepless nights, and what books...