Podcast Episodes

"Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld

Season 20 Episode 2

Sometimes in life, a special book comes along and embraces you with characters you relate to, a setting that you enjoy, and a plot that exists. This …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

"The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen

Season 20 Episode 1

Was it profound or was it pretentious? Is the author a genius or a misogynist? The only thing we know for sure is that a man made love to a couch. Me…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

From the Vault: "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

Season 19 Episode 10

Mean Book Club "From the Vault!" We're periodically reuploading episodes straight from the ghost of Mean Book Club's past! This week we're taking a l…

7 months ago

Season 20 Book List and Promo

Season 20

Mean Book Club is BACK with their biggest season yet! Join us for a series of bad romances, self-help stinkers, and mandane mysteries to celebrate ou…

7 months, 1 week ago

From the Vault: "Congo" by Michael Crichton

Season 19

Mean Book Club "From the Vault!" We're periodically reuploading episodes straight from the ghost of Mean Book Club's past! This episode we're revisit…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

From the Vault: "Congo" by Michael Crichton w/ Literati's Colin O'Brien and Michael Wolf

8 months, 2 weeks ago

"The Rom-Commers" by Katherine Center (w/ Emily Fidago)

Season 19 Episode 8

A Hollywood romance, a high diving board, and a weirdly important video from high school: this week we read "The Rom-Commers" by Katherine Center for…

9 months ago

"The Paris Apartment" by Lucy Foley

Season 19 Episode 7

Family drama, wine caves, and Johnna crimes: This week we read "The Paris Apartment" by two-time Mean Book Club offender Lucy Foley and it was un peu…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

"The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Season 19 Episode 6

Heartbreaks, hate rates, and a host of husbands. This week we read "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid and it was... pretty go…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

"The Last Mrs. Parrish" by Live Constantine

Season 5 Episode 19

Rich husbands, dead sisters, and another non-NYTimes Bestseller!? This week we read "The Last Mrs. Parrish" by Liv Constantine and, twist, it was a s…

10 months, 1 week ago