Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast

A Readers’ Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading every genre, whether we like them or not! Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, experiences, opinions, appeal factors, and other related topics as friends and library workers.

Episode 239 - The Forest of a Thousand Eyes 10/20/2026

Episode 238 - Cosmic Horror 10/06/2026

Episode 238 - Cosmic Horror It’s episode 238 and time for Halloween! Join us as we talk about the genre of Cosmic Horror! We discuss the differences between “a cosmic horror” and “cosmic horror”, creepy noises, reading series out of order, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Peter Watts The Croning by Laird Barron by Junji Ito Beyond the Bounds of Infinity: An Anthology of Diverse (Cosmic) Horror edited by Vaughn A. Jackson and Stephanie Pearre The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan The Tindalos Asset by Caitlín R. Kiernan by Edgar Cantero Other Media We Mentioned Comedic fiction about various horror writers that started as Twitter threads. There are collected editions. “Everything sucks now that the great old ones have risen.” by Jeff VanderMeer We didn’t actually mention any specific books by him, but here’s the one Matthew was thinking about by China Miéville by China Miéville by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky directed by Andrei Tarkovsky by qntm directed by Kane Parsons by Susanna Clarke by Mark Z. Danielewski by Mike Mignola and others by Victor LaValle by H. P. Lovecraft The Enigma of Amigara Fault by Junji Ito (IMDB) (video game) by Robert W. Chambers directed by Tommy Wiseau Links, Articles, and Things (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia) (board game) (role-playing game) (Tim Curry) - Matthew’s playlist of music that makes him anxious 16 Cosmic Horror Books by BIPOC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Kylie Lee Baker by Nicholas Belardes by Ann Dávila Cardinal by P. Djèlí Clark by Cassandra Khaw by Kim Bo-Young, translated by Sophie Bowman by Ewhan Kim, translated by Sean Lin Halbert by Victor LaValle by Vaughn A. Jackson by Gus Moreno by Premee Mohamed by Mónica Ojeda, translated by Sarah Booker by Oobmab, translated by Arthur Meursault and Akira by Zin E. Rocklyn by Trang Thanh Tran by Daniel H. Wilson Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, October 20th we’ll be talking about The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett. Then on Tuesday, November 3rd we’ll be discussing Taiwanese Fiction! /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/43190463

Episode 237 - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction 09/01/2026

Episode 237 - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction It’s episode 237 and time for us to talk about Post-Apocalyptic Fiction! We discuss the apocalypse, the post-apocalypse, the post-post-apocalypse, androids, dystopias, breaking into people’s houses, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Joe Hill by Hugh Howey The Ragpicker by Joel Dane by Hitoshi Ashinano by Octavia E. Butler, narrated by Julienne Irons Other Media We Mentioned by Gary Paulsen by Waubgeshig Rice by Justin Cronin by Walter M. Miller Jr. by Matt Dinniman Scorpio by Marko Kloos by Becky Chambers by Lois Lowry by Jay Kristoff by Ilona Andrews by Rebecca Roanhouse by Sarah Gailey by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins No TV series, but there were several movies by Emily St. John Mandel by M. R. Carey by Robert R. McCammon by Dmitry Glukhovsky by Stephen Graham Jones, Davide Gianfelice, and others by George R. Stewart by N. K. Jemisin Links, Articles, and Things Matthew was wrong, the “We’ve already survived an apocalypse” quote is from Rebecca Roanhorse Not Denny’s! 20 Post Apocalyptic Novels by BIPOC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . Murder at the End of the World by Akane Araki Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich Zulus by Percival Everett Trinity Sight by Jennifer Givhan The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina Severance by Ling Ma The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Not With a Bang by Temi Oh Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor This is the Year by Gloria Munoz Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Metatron's Children by Chy Ryan Spain Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías Zone One by Colson Whitehead Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, October 6th when we discuss Cosmic Horror! Then on Tuesday, October 20th we’ll be talking about The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett. /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/42629930

Episode 236 - Summer 2026 Media Update 08/18/2026

Episode 236 - Summer 2026 Media Update It’s episode 236 and time for our summer media update! Join us as we talk about books, games, and comics we’ve recently enjoyed. You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) Matthew Mister Invincible by Pascal Jousselin The Jellyfish by Boum How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America edited by Lee Child and Laurie R. King Meghan Read Weird Open Wide by Jessica Gross by John Darnielle Pour un paquet de Player’s by Daniel Grenier Meghan Tries to Read a Series by Matt Dinniman Terms of Enlistment (Frontlines series) by Marko Kloos The Greatcoats by Sebastien de Castell NonFiction standouts Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephan King by Caroline Bicks Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games by Kawika Guillermo by Miriam Toews Jam by Rae-Hyeon Kim Cain Culto Jam's and by Lee Lai Anna (Moldy Worldbuiding) Coriander Noodles Spicy Beef Flavor Soup Base Other Media We Mentioned by John Darnielle by John Darnielle “About an hour later, once it became clear to me that the web app I had launched using Claude was strikingly similar to his open source project, even reproducing a bug he had later fixed, it was clear that there wasn’t anything to do except to redirect the domain directly to him and kill any plans I had to launch an iOS app for the project.” The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott by Zoe Thorogood (series) by Patricia Briggs Alpha and Omega (series) by Patricia Briggs The “tandem read” books by Sarah J. Maas are Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn. There are some horrifying reading guides to these. Apparently the author doesn’t recommend doing this! The Lee Lai episode is "bonus content" but you can download the trasncript Links, Articles, and Things 15 Arts Non-Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Teju Cole by Aruna D'Souza by C.E. Gatchalian edited by Dion Kaszas by Lana Lin by Hisham Matar by Chen Meihuan by Gerald McMaster by Zarina Muhammad and Gabrielle de la Puente by De Nichols, illustration by Diana Dagadita, Olivia Twist, Molly Mendoza, Saddo, and Diego Becas by Nell Irvin Painter edited by Drew Hayden Taylor by Roy Henry Vickers by Ai Weiwei by Winnie Won Yin Wong Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, September 1st we’ll be discussing Post Apocalyptic fiction! (As suggested by nikkinaboo.) Then on Tuesday, October 6th we’ll be talking about Cosmic horror! (As suggested by soitgoes4two.) /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/42472010

Episode 235 - Celebrity Memoirs 08/04/2026

Episode 235 - Celebrity Memoirs It’s episode 235 and time for us to talk about Celebrity Memoirs! We discuss who counts as a celebrity, non-celebrity memoirs, creative non-fiction, memory, success, survivorship bias, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Jennette McCurdy You with the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate Elsa Lanchester, Herself by Elsa Lanchester by Louise Brooks My Wonderful World Of Slapstick by Buster Keaton and Charles Samuels Finding Me by Viola Davis Other Media We Mentioned Lessons from a Lifetime: 90 Years of Imagination and Activism by David Suzuki by Kim Gordon Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A '90s Rock Memoir by Melissa Auf der Maur Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci by Tina Fey by Stephen King by Jennette McCurdy by Jeannette Walls by Maria Semple by Mordecai Richler by Cassandra Peterson Awake by Jen Hatmaker A Truce That is not Peace by Miriam Toews The Harder I Fight, the More I Love You by Neko Case That’s a Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers Links, Articles, and Things Collection of digitized photos including ones from the sets of , , , , , , and . 33 Celebrity Memoirs by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Drew Afualo by Simone Biles by Quinta Brunson by Nehneh Cherry by Priyanka Chopra Jonas by Jon M. Chu by Connie Chung by Common by Laverne Cox by Cynthia Erivo by Whoopi Goldberg by Diane Guerrero by Billie Holiday by Kristen Kish by Simu Liu by Aparna Nancherla by Trevor Noah by Billy Porter by Kid Congo Powers by Lionel Richie by Carlos Santana by Caster Semenya by Omar Sharif Jr. by André Leon Talley by Jordin Tootoo by Danny Trejo by Tina Turner by Cicely Tyson by Phil Wang by Reggie Watts by Michael K. Williams by Gina Yashere by Michelle Zauner Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, August 18th when we'll be giving our summer media update! Then on September 1st we’ll be discussing Post Apocalyptic fiction! /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/42308435

Reminder to vote in the 2026 BC4M Battle of the Books (voting closes July 31st!) 07/28/2026

Episode 234 - Novels in Verse 07/07/2026

Episode 234 - Novels in Verse It’s episode 234 and time for us to talk about Novels in Verse! We discuss rhyme, meter, interiority, whether any of us understand poetry and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode | | Listen to Things We Read (or tried to…) Goodlord: An Email by Ella Frears Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse by Melissa Lozada-Oliva Dear Mothman by Robin Gow by Jason Reynolds The Call-out: A Novel in Rhyme by Cat Fitzpatrick Here Is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo by Oliver K. Langmead Other Media We Mentioned by by Alexander Pushkin by Eliot Weinberger We Computers: A Ghazal Novel by Hamid Ismailov Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse by Jane Yolen by Adrian Tchaikovsky by Harry Martinson There are two different English translations! Links, Articles, and Things 17 Novels in Verse by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Elizabeth Acevedo by Kwame Alexander by MacKenzie Angeconeb by Victoria Chang by Fatima Daas, translated by Lara Vergnaud by Bernardine Evaristo by Whitney French by Idris Goodwin by Conor Kerr by Thanhhà Lại by Melissa Lozada-Oliva by Omar Musa by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo by Jason Reynolds with artwork by Jason Griffin by Yara Rodrigues Fowler by R. M. Romero by Ari Tison Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, August 4th when we’ll be talking about the genre of Celebrity Memoirs as suggested by Kjs4658 Then on August 18th, we'll be giving our summer media update. /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/41971345

Episode 233 - Battle of the Books 2026 06/16/2026

Episode 233 - Battle of the Books 2026 It’s episode 233 and time for Battle of the Books 2026! Which book will we all read and discuss? You decide! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | by Adam Aleksic (2025) by John Scalzi (2023) Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (2025) The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge (2025) Runners Up Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women by Victoria Smith (2024) How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom by Johanna Hedva (2024) by Stuart Turton (2018) Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas (2024) How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva (2026) by Lee Lai (2025) Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky (2023) by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwartz (1995/1998) by John Williams (1965) Other Media We Mentioned Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age by Vauhini Vara by Liz Pelly How to Read Now: Essays by Elaine Castillo How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler by Grace Curtis How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America edited by Lee Child and Laurie R. King by Natalie Zina Walschots by John Scalzi by John Scalzi by John Scalzi by John Scalzi by Annalee Newitz Links, Articles, and Things (TVTropes) 15 Adventure Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Win Blevins by Alexandre Dumas by Percival Everett by Melissa Grey by Xiaolu Guo by Saad Z. Hossain by Adiba Jaigirdar by Tom Lin by Kwame Mbalia by Sarah Raughley by Jewell Parker Rhodes by David Robertson by Aminah Mae Safi by Nikki Shannon Smith by Tessa Yang Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, July 7th when we’ll be talking about Novels in Verse! Then on Tuesday, August 4th we're discussing Celebrity Memoirs! (As suggested by Kjs4658.) /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/41655560

Episode 232 - Coming of (Old) Age 06/02/2026

Episode 231 - Sapphic Horror 05/05/2026

Episode 231 - Sapphic Horror It’s episode 231 and time for us to talk about Sapphic Horror! We discuss which monster is the most sapphic, unrealistic reality TV shows, and how queer a book has to be to count as sapphic. You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) Diavola by Jennifer Thorne The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin, read by Chase Sui Wonders Extasia by Claire Legrand by Caitlin Starling Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin Moonflow by Bitter Karella This World is Not Yours by Kemi Ashing-Giwa The Scourge Between the Stars by Ness Brown by Cheon Seon-Ran, translated by Gene Png Other Media We Mentioned Fist of the Spider Woman: Tales of Fear and Queer Desire edited by Amber Dawn by Jenny Hval When I Arrived at the Castle by E.M. Carroll by Sheridan Le Fanu The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories edited by Alan Ryan (contains Carmilla) by Folding Ideas by Folding Ideas 18 Sapphic Horror by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Kalynn Bayron by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta by Jewelle Gomez by Ling Ling Huang by Carmen Maria Machado by Meriam Metoui by Tiffany Morris by Hache Pueyo by Anbara Salam by Lai Sanders by Yah Yah Scholfield by Jamison Shea by Rivers Solomon by Jade Song by Lianyu Tan by Vincent Tirado by Trang Thanh Tran Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, June 2nd we’ll be talking about “Coming of (old) age,” suggested to us by Meghan’s mom. Then on Tuesday, June 16th, we’ll each be pitching a book we think we should all read and you get to vote on which! /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/41152355

Episode 230 - Spring 2026 Media Update 04/21/2026

Episode 230 - Spring 2026 Media Update It’s episode 230 and time for us to talk about media we've been enjoying! We discuss music, video essays, movies, comics, books, crafts, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We're Enjoying: Matthew by Patrick (H) Willems Hobtown Mystery Stories, vol. 2: The Cursed Hermit by Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes, colour by Jason Fischer-Kouhi Witchy Stitching: 25 Patterns to Haunt Your Home by Meg Black Meghan KEXP “” by the Brudi Brothers (full set) (full set) Live music at local venues Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Jam New music highlights (): by Hemlocke Springs by Mitski "" by Lime Garden "" by Henry Mansfield "" by Miki Jam's full (spreadsheet will be shared in our Discord) (2022 movie) Raspberry and almond sourdough cake Based on the "Cherry and Almond Bake" recipe from by Vanessa Kimbell Anna Webtoons (mature) by 97pieces (all ages) by Jeong Seokchan Other Media We Mentioned Links, Articles, and Things 15 Non-Fiction Books about Psychology by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Stacey Diane Arañez Litam by Mariel Buqué by Yuria Celidwen by Catherine Cho by Stephanie Foo by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez by Khameer Kidia by Sahaj Kaur Kohli by Johnathan Mathias Lassiter by Jennifer Mullan by Shigehiro Oishi by Kala Allen Omeiza by V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee by David A. Robertson by Jenny T. Wang Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, May 5th when we’ll be talking about Sapphic Horror! Join us again on Tuesday, June 2nd we’ll be talking about “coming of (old) age” books. /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/40950060

Episode 229 - Media Criticism 04/07/2026

Episode 229 - Media Criticism It’s episode 229 and time for us to talk about Media Criticism. We talk about what counts as media, the challenges of writing about emerging forms of media, how we interact with criticism, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men by Manuel Betancourt Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk Marvel Age of Comics: Doctor Strange: A Decade of Dark Magic by Stuart Moore, narrated by Jason Lasky Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games edited by J. Robert Lennon and Carmen Maria Machado Culture Creep: Notes on a Pop Apocalypse by Alice Bolin Pop Classics #15: Ugh, as if!: Clueless by Veronica Litt Selected Amazon Reviews by Kevin Killian We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre'vell Anderson by James Baldwin Why I love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature edited by Becky Siegel Spratford Bad Indian Bookclub: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds by Patty Krawec Other Media We Mentioned Clever Girl: Jurassic Park by Hannah McGregor by Neil Postman by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky | Official Trailer | National Theatre Live (with hbomberguy‬, ‪D'Angelo Wallace, and Mina Le, ft. Spencer Agnew) Our Favourite Video Essayists/Reviewers/Reviews : The Worst Fighting Game : Just Bad Games by F.D Signifier by Innuendo Studios and Questing Refuge Links, Articles, and Things 20 Media Criticism Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Hanif Abdurraqib by Jennifer Adese and Robert Alexander by Tre'vell Anderson by James Baldwin by Amiri Baraka by Manuel Betancourt by Fatima Bhutto by Donald Bogle by Bethonie Butler by Karrmen Crey by Jennifer David by Marijam Did by Karen Han by Aisha Harris by Wil Haygood by Hideo Kojima by Julia Lee by Lori Kido Lopez by Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris by Questlove Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, April 21st it’s time for our Spring Media update! Then on Tuesday, May 5th, we’ll be talking about Sapphic horror (as suggested by tmauch) /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/40749610

Episode 228 - Computers / Computer Science 03/17/2026

Episode 228 - Computers / Computer Science It’s episode 228 and time for us to talk about Computers and Computer Science books! We discuss technology, digital humanities, coding, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum (2016) Floppy Disk Fever: The Curious Afterlives of a Flexible Medium (2022) I could not find a free version of this online edited by Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Mar Hicks, and Kavita Philip (2021) The Computer Always Wins: A Playful Introduction to Algorithms through Puzzles and Strategy Games Paperback by Elliot Lichtman (2025) Must Know High School Computer Programming by Julie Sway (2020) by Neal Stephenson (1999) A Prehistory of the Cloud by Tung-Hui Hu (2016) Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson (2012) Other Media We Mentioned by Tracy Kidder Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents San Francisco by Ellen Ullman Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology by Ellen Ullman by Neal Stephenson (1999) by Neal Stephenson Links, Articles, and Things by Matthew Murray 🦇, Fernando Rios, and Seth Erickson (formerly Foone) 15 Computer Science Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Haythem Balti and Alan Galloway by Ruha Benjamin by Aditya Y. Bhargava by Meredith Broussard by Bronwyn Carlson and Ryan Frazer by Karen Hao by Joseph Migga Kizza by Clifford Lee & Elisabeth Soep by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor by Safiya Umoja Noble by Simon Singh by Sheena Vaidyanathan by Jennifer Wemigwans by Alex Xu by Song Y. Yan Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, April 7th we’ll be talking about Media Criticism (as suggested by daftkifty) Then on Tuesday, April 21st it’s time for our Spring Media Update! /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/40502155

Episode 227 - Utterly Unfamiliar and Downright Detestable 03/03/2026

Episode 226 - Reading Resolutions 02/17/2026

Episode 226 - Reading Resolutions It’s episode 226 and time for us to talk about our 2026 Reading Resolutions! We discuss reading books, not reading books, quitting reading books, throwing books in the garbage, and more! Plus: Oh no, the passage of time! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | 2026 "resolutions"/intentions Matthew Read all the personal "book of the month" display books Read all the fiction books owned Read all of the non-comics non-fiction owned Read all the graphic novels owned Be on the internet less and read more Get rid of books monthly Anna Read more fiction Catch up on what fantasy's been up to in the last 15ish years Meghan Read books already owned (for the podcast when possible); rereads ok! Jam Read in tiny bursts if that's the time available Quit books and move on to something else Give Us Suggestions! Suggest puzzle books to Jam Suggest fantasy novels from the last 15 years to Anna Suggest sources for in-depth book reviews Other Media We Mentioned by Patricia Briggs Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones Links, Articles, and Things American Gothic books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . Ruby by Cynthia Bond House of Cotton by Monica Brashears An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole The Bondwoman’s Narrative by Hannah Crafts The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones The House of Erzulie by Kirsten Imani Kasai A Visitation of Spirits by Randall Kenan When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen Beloved by Toni Morrison Cane by Jean Toomer Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward We Are a Haunting by Tyriek White Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, March 3rd when we’ll be talking about Computer Science books (as suggested by Lea). Then on Tuesday, April 7th we’ll be talking about Media Criticism (as suggested by daftkifty). /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/40120990

Episode 225 - Queer Romance 02/03/2026

Episode 225 - Queer Romance It’s episode 225 and just in time for Valentine’s Day we talk about Queer Romance! We discuss what counts and doesn’t count as romance, ice hockey, regency, spies, demons, and more! Plus: Matthew reads a book he actually likes, Jam reads a book they dislike, and a fairly large chunk of the episode wasn’t recorded and had to be edited around! Guess what parts were re-recorded! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) Betrothed to the Emperor by Kai Butler (2025) Emperor’s Wrath by Kai Butler (2025) If I Told You, I’d Have To Kiss You by Mae Marvel (2025) The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur (2025) The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer (2021) With Stars In Her Eyes by Andie Burke (2025) Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei (2022) A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (2022) A Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ Alexander (2025) Not discussed Learning Curves by Rachel Lacey (2025) The Unexpected Heiress by Cassidy Cane (2025) One Love by Matt Cain (2025) Swordcrossed by Freya Marske (2024) First Time for Everything by Henry Fry (2022) - Not actually romance Other Media We Mentioned Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake (2022) by Rachel Reid (2019) by Casey McQuiston (2019) Links, Articles, and Things 25 Queer Romance Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Kianna Alexander by Moa Backe Åstot, translated by Eva Apelqvist by Kacen Callender by Jennifer Chen by Alyssa Cole by Alyssa Cole by Gabriella Gamez by Camryn Garrett by Jonny Garza Villa by Jonny Garza Villa by Jasmine Guillory by Chencia C. Higgins by Kosoko Jackson by Adib Khorram by Karmen Lee by Darcy Liao by Alice Lin by Gary Lonesborough by Cole McCade by Tehlor Mejia by Trinity Nguyen by Aminah Mae Safi by Jodie Slaughter by Be Steadwell by Julian Winters Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, February 17th when we’ll be discussing our 2026 Reading Resolutions (or non resolutions). Then on Tuesday, March 3rd we’ll be talking about Computer Science books (as suggested by Lea). /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/39975915

Episode 224 - History 01/06/2026

Episode 224 - History It’s episode 224 and time for us to talk about History books! We discuss queer history, local history, spies, roads, colonialism, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Norma Greggie and Stuart Greggie (1974) by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh (2024) by Mark Richardson (2025) by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett (2025) by Eric Cervini (2020) by Lynne Olson (2019) by Daniel Immerwahr (2019) (2025) by Donna Seto (2025) by Brian Jones (2025) by Garrett M. Graff (2024) Other Media We Mentioned (podcast) by Jon Peterson by Steenz and Samuel Sattin Links, Articles, and Things 28 History Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Jonathan Abrams by the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation by Ned Blackhawk by Leah Redmond Chang by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translated by Janet Hong by Ramachandra Guha by Nisid Hajari by Nikole Hannah-Jones by Kelly Lytle Hernández by Gord Hill by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain by Amin Maalouf, translated by Jon Rothschild by Tiya Miles by multiple authors by Gloria Muñoz Ramírez by Sathnam Sanghera by Nikil Saval by Donna Seto by Margot Lee Shetterly edited by Michael D. Shin by C. Riley Snorton by Michael W. Twitty by Jaipreet Virdi by Chelsea Vowel by Isabel Wilkerson by Yang Jisheng, translated by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian by Helen Zia Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, February 3rd we’ll be talking about Queer Romance! Then on Tuesday, February 17th we’ll be discussing our 2026 Reading Resolutions (or non resolutions). /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/39607740

Episode 223 - 2025 Favourites 12/16/2025

Episode 223 - 2025 Favourites It’s episode 223 and time for us to discuss our favourite reads (and other things) from 2025! We talk vampires, monster romance, cultural studies, linguistics & language, and more. Plus: Guess how many of our favourite reads are actually from 2025 (it’s more than zero!). You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Genres (and "genres") we covered in 2025: Fiction Non-fiction Other Favourite Fiction For the podcast Anna (2025) by Barbara Truelove () Jam (2019) by Ann Aguirre () Matthew (2025) by Taylor Robin () Meghan (1995) by Robin Hobbs () Not for the podcast Jam (2017-2024) by Ryoko Kui Matthew (2024-2025) by Mike Duncan Meghan (2012) by Christopher Buehlman Anna (2006-2024) by Patricia Briggs (2006) Favourite Non-Fiction For the podcast Matthew (2018) by Gaston Dorren () Meghan (2024) by Hannah McGregor () Anna (1985) by Neil Postman () Jam (2015) by Jhumpa Lahiri () Not for the podcast Meghan (2024) by Christopher Brown Anna (2022) by Douglas Rushkoff Jam (2023) by Mac Barnett Matthew (2021) by Cal Flyn Other Favourite Things of 2025 Anna Nongshim Shin Ramyun Stir Fry Gourmet Spicy Noodles With Cheese Jam Getting into drag (and writing a friend-newsletter about it) “Touch Fabric” project () Matthew by Katsuhiro Otomo by Katsuhiro Otomo Meghan (prog metal) (atmospheric metal) Runners-Up Jam by Hal Schrieve () by Malinda Lo () by Alejandro Zambra, translated by Megan McDowell () (Jam has clocked 150+ hours) (consider making a !) Anna By Terry Prachett by Davinia Evans by Stephanie Burgis by Grace Curtis Matthew Books Inheritance () by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein by David Graeber () Comics (vols. 4-6) by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue (vols. 2-4) by Itsuki Nanao and Nekokurage by Aliza Layne (vols. 13-14) by Tsubasa Yamaguchi by Shintarō Kago by Tina Horn and Lisa Sterle by Sam Humphries and Joe Quinones (vols. 2-4) by Kasumi Yasuda (vol. 1) by Kei Urana by Kintetsu Yamada by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (vols. 1-2) by Rumiko Takahashi Vampirella: Dark Powers by Dan Abnett and Paul Davidson / Red Sonja: The Superpowers Collection by Dan Abnett and Jonathan Lau (vol. 1) by Tom Peyer and Jamal Igle Meghan French by Bernard Lacroix by Malcolm Reid Non-fiction by Liz Pelly by Casey Johnston edited by Niko Stratis and Tuck Woodstock by Bitmap Books Fiction Horror/Dark Fantasy by Robin McKinley by CG Drews by T. Kingfisher by T. Kingfisher (Tinfoil Dossier #1) by Caitlín R. Kiernan Fantasy by Madeline Miller (Curse Bearer #2) by Veronica Roth by Leigh Bardugo Scifi (series) Cory Doctorow (series) by Rachel Bach Romantasy / Romance (The Shepard King Duology) by Rachel Gillig by Freya Marske by John Wiswell Translation by Izumi Suzuki, translated by Helen O'Horan by Vincenzo Latronico, translated by Sophie Hughes Articles, links, and other media (Posted October 3rd!!!!) by Taylor Robin 25 Non-Fiction Politics Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Justin Akers Chacón by adrienne maree brown by Ta-Nehisi Coates by Katherine Alejandra Cross by Hamid Dabashi by Angela Y. Davis by Omar El Akkad by Mohammed El-Kurd by Patricia Evangelista by Haunani-Kay Trask edited by Rachel Kuo, Jaimee A. Swift, and TD Tso by Gord Hill by bell hooks by Bob Joseph by Mariame Kaba by Nelson Mandela by Paola Ramos by The Red Nation by Arundhati Roy by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor by Harsha Walia by Isabel Wilkerson by Jody Wilson-Raybourd Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, January 6th when we’ll be beginning our year of “listener suggested genres” with History! Then on Tuesday, February 3rd we’ll be discussing Queer Romance! /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/39422420

Episode 222 - Books from the 1980s 12/02/2025

Episode 222 - Books from the 1980s It’s episode 222 and time for us to talk about books from the 1980s! Okay, I say “books” but it’s really “science fiction and fantasy novels from the 1980s.” You probably could have guessed that if you've listened to the podcast before. You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) (1989) by Terry Pratchett (1989) by Terry Pratchett (1987) by Octavia Butler (1987) by Melissa Scott (1897) by George Alec Effinger (1897) Other Media We Mentioned by Diana Wynne Jones by Tom Peyer and Jamal Igle by Terry Pratchett by Terry Pratchett by Terry Pratchett by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky by Neil Postman by Tracy Kidder (1981) by William Kotzwinkle (novel) by James Kahn Links, Articles, and Things The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. ... A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. ... But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. 20 Books of the 1980s by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Anita Desai (1980) by Leslie Marmon Silko (1980) by Angela Y. Davis (1981) by Salman Rushdie (1981) by Audre Lorde (1982) by Alice Walker (1982) by Beatrice Culleton (1983) by Percival Everett (1983) by Sandra Cisneros (1984) by Louise Erdrich (1984) by Gabriel García Márquez (1985) by Kazuo Ishiguro (1986) by Chinua Achebe (1987) by Octavia Butler (1987) by Witi Ihimaera (1987) by Toni Morrison (1987) by Walter Dean Meyers (1988) by Ahn Junghyo (1989) by Evelyn Lau (1989) by Amy Tan (1989) Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, December 16th we’ll be talking about our favourite books of 2025! Then on Tuesday, January 6th we’ll be beginning our year of “listener suggested genres” with… non-fiction history! /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/39233455

Episode 221 - Epic & High Fantasy 11/04/2025

Episode 221 - Epic & High Fantasy It’s episode 221 and time for us to talk about Epic & High Fantasy! We talk about maps, magic, monsters, whether Pokémon counts as epic fantasy, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Ursula K. Le Guin by Jo Walton by Janny Wurts and Raymond E. Feist by Evan Leikam by Davinia Evans by Robin Hobb Other Media We Mentioned by John Darnielle by Anne McCaffery by J.R.R. Tolkien by Terry Pratchett by Michael J. Sullivan by Elizabeth Moon by Philip Pullman by Tamora Pierce by Raymond E. Feist by Garth Nix by John Gwynne by James Islington by Brian Jacques by Terry Brooks by George R. R. Martin by Robert Jordan by Raymond E. Feist and others by Oscar Wilde by Matt Dinniman Links, Articles, and Things (Wikipedia) 20 Epic & High Fantasy Books by BIPOC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Tomi Adeyemi by Saladin Ahmed by Melissa Blair by Kendare Blake by Wesley Chu by C. L. Clark by Hadeer Elsbai by Lizz Huerta by Marlon James by N. K. Jemisin by Simon Jimenez by Ambelin Kwaymullina by Tonia Laird by Fonda Lee by Ken Liu by Tochi Onyebuchi by Rebecca Roanhorse by Caskey Russell by Tasha Suri by Sabaa Tahir Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, December 2nd when we’ll be talking about Books from the 1980s. Then on Tuesday, December 16th we’ll be talking about our favourite books of 2025! /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/38902635

Episode 220 - How Far the Light Reaches 10/21/2025

Episode 220 - How Far the Light Reaches It’s episode 220 and time for us to talk about the winner of our One Book One Podcast / Battle of the Books: How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler! We discuss content warnings, anthropomorphising sea critters, our relationships with the ocean, salps, goldfish, whales, octopus, crabs, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Sabrina Imbler My Life in Sea Creatures: What the Ocean’s Animals can Teach us About Ourselves My Life in Sea Creatures: A young queer science writer’s reflections on identity and the ocean I can’t actually find any edition of the book with this on the cover, though it’s frequently listed as the subtitle on various book websites. I have no idea why there are different titles. Other Media We Mentioned by Michelle Zauner by Jacob Geller Links, Articles, and Things by Hank Green 11 Steampunk Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Moniquill Blackgoose by David Bowles, Raúl The Third, Stacey Robinson, and Damian Duffy by Maurice Broaddus by Amber Chen by P. Djélí Clark edited by Jaymee Goh and Joyce Chng by Ann Sei Lin by Hemant Nayak by Nisi Shawl by Ru Xu by Victoria Ying Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, November 4th when we’ll be talking about the genre of Epic and High Fantasy! Then on Tuesday, December 2nd we’ll be reading books from the 1980s! /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/38722100

Episode 219 - Vampire Fiction 10/07/2025

Episode 219 - Vampire Fiction It’s episode 219 and time for us to talk about the genre(?) of Vampires! We discuss the difference between thralls and familiars, why vampires love math, whether it’s possible to not read vampire stories, how much blood is too much blood, vegetarian vampires, books that mysteriously show up on our holds lists, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Barbara Truelove by Sarah Winifred Searle by Taylor Robin by Hal Schrieve Meghan’s books by Stephanie Meyer (498pg) by Octavia E. Butler (336pg) by Dan Simmons (767pg) by Brett Easton Ellis (240pg) by Callie Hart (624pg) by Justin Cronin (784pg) Other Media We Mentioned by Deborah Howe and James Howe by Charlaine Harris by Anne Rice by Stephen King by Stephan Franck by Jessica Abel, Gabriel Soria, and Warren Pleece by Jewelle Gomez by Amy Chu and Maria Laura Sanapo by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli by Dungeon Chill by Isaac Fellman (Icelandic “translation” of Dracula) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Links, Articles, and Things (TV Tropes) 20 Vampire Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Lauren Blackwood by Octavia E. Butler by Isabel Cañas by Mike Chen by Cheon Seon-Ran, translated by Gene Png by Amy Chu and Soo Lee by Rin Chupeco by Julie C. Dao by Hafsah Faizal by Sara General by Tigest Girma by Jewelle Gomez by Sharina Harris by Alexis Henderson by Stephen Graham Jones by Claire Kohda by Angela Montoya by Silvia Moreno-Garcia by Markus Redmond by Drew Hayden Taylor Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, October 21st we’ll be discussing How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures (or whatever the UK title is). Then on Tuesday, November 4th we’ll be talking about the genre of Epic and High Fantasy! /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/38468140

Episode 218 - Book Club Books 09/02/2025

Episode 218 - Book Club Books It’s episode 218 and time for us to talk about the Book Club Books! We discuss what counts as a book club, religion, food memoirs, historical fiction, girls loving each other in 1954, the prison industrial complex, and more! Plus, we discuss geographic-specific food we miss! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Celeste Ng by Maria Semple by Patricia Lockwood by Michelle Zauner Service95 Book Club: by Malinda Lo by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Other Media We Mentioned by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori by Hiron Ennes by Marcel Proust by Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein by N.D. Stevenson by Jane Austen by Shirley Jackson Links, Articles, and Things Below the Fray: Foods We Miss (Okay, that’s just a link to the ice cream place in Alaska Anna likes) Buffalo chicken vs. 15 Book Club Books by BIPOC Authors (Being Read This Month) Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . The books below are being read by book clubs in September 2025, so you can read along with them! The group reading the book is included in parentheses. by Josephine Baker () by Angeline Boulley () by adrienne maree brown () by Taylor Byas () by Percival Everett () by Sabrina Imbler () by Simon Jimenez () by Melissa Lozada-Olivia () by Silvia Moreno-Garcia () by Morgan Talty () by Twan Eng Tan () by Tourmaline () by Ocean Vuong () by Rita Williams-Garcia () by Nicola Yoon () Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, October 7th we’ll be discussing the genre of Vampires! Then on Tuesday, October 21st we’ll be discussing How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures (or whatever the UK title is). /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/38053860

Episode 217 - Summer Media 2025 08/19/2025

Episode 216 - Rural Noir & Grit Lit 08/05/2025

Episode 215 - Battle of the Books 2025 07/15/2025

Episode 214 - Non-Traditional Storytelling 07/01/2025

Episode 214 - Non-Traditional Storytelling It’s episode 214 and time for us to talk about the genre/topic of Non-Traditional Storytelling! We discuss epistolary novels, novels in verse, punctuation, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Alejandro Zambra, translated by Megan McDowell and David Bischoff by Daniel Arnold, Darrell Dennis, and Medina Hahn by Zachery Thomas Dodson by Lucy Ellmann by Jane Yolen Other Media We Mentioned by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst by Italo Calvino, translated by William Weaver by Frances Burney by Steven Hall by Mark Dunn by Georges Perec, translated by Gilbert Adair by Mark Z. Danielewski by Maggie Nelson by Shirley Jackson “” by Thomas Pynchon by Lev Tolstoy, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas by Antony Johnston by Cat Fitzpatrick Links, Articles, and Things Reddit threads 15 Non-Traditional Storytelling books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Ana Castillo by Darrell Dennis, Medina Hahn, and Daniel Arnold by Shannon Gibney by Stephen Graham Jones by Thanhha Lai by Melissa Lozada-Oliva by Subimal Misra, translated by V. Ramaswamy by Walter Dean Myers by Isabel Quintero by Jason Reynolds with art by Jason Griffin by Alana Saab by Tanya Tagaq with art by Jaime Hernandez by Nicola Yoon with art by Frank Yoon by Charles Yu by Alejandro Zambra, translated by Megan McDowell Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, July 15th. It's time for our “Battle of the Books!” We’ll each pitch a book, and our listeners (that means you) will get to vote on which one we all read. Then on Tuesday, August 5th when we’ll be discussing the genre of Rural Noir/Grit Lit. /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/37129390

Episode 213 - Found Books 06/03/2025

Episode 212 - Language & Linguistics 05/06/2025

Episode 212 - Language & Linguistics It’s episode 212 and time for us to talk about excellently complicate the non-fiction genre of Linguistics & Language! We discuss 🤔, our academic backgrounds, the power of words, accents, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | Things We Read (or tried to…) by Gretchen McCulloch by Polly Barton by Jhumpa Lahiri, translated by Ann Goldstein by James Geary by Gaston Dorren Other Media We Mentioned by Eliot Weinberger by Guy Deutscher edited by Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Marie Hicks, and Kavita Philip by Kuniichi Ashiya by Fumiyo Kouno, translated by Ko Ransom by Marie Kondō, translated by Cathy Hirano You are quoting her translator, Cathy Hirano. She invented "sparks joy" out of whole cloth. What Marie Kondo says is "This makes my heart go pitter pat.” -Zack Davisson [Looking for Alaska] by John Green, translated by Sophie Zeitz “” - John Green by Nanna Nesshöver and Wiebke Rauers by Gaston Dorren, translated by Alison Edwards Links, Articles, and Things (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia) There are four Kinokuniya shops in Texas. Four! Put one in Denver! (Wikipedia) 15 Language & Linguistics Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Lindsay Keegitah Borrows edited by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy and Lisa Delpit edited by Eufemia Fantetti, Leonarda Carranza, and Ayelet Tsabari by Lorena Sekwan Fontaine e by Jila Ghomeshi by Tomson Highway by Quiara Alegría Hudes by Maia Lee-Chin with illustrations by Marta Bertello by Jhumpa Lahiri by John McWhorter by Salikoko S. Mufwene by Solomon Ratt with illustrations by Holly Martin by Lee A. Tonouchi by Jing Tsu by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, June 3rd when we’ll be discussing “Found Books,” that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps. Then on July 1st we’ll be talking about Non-Traditional Storytelling (e.g. fiction that’s not prose)! /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/36451025

Episode 211 - Spring Media Update 2025 04/15/2025

Episode 211 - Spring Media Update 2025 It’s episode 211 and we’re talking about books and other media we’ve enjoyed recently! We discuss early internet chatrooms, shuttlecocks, haunted dolls, what constitutes a “banger”, and more! You can download the podcast , find it on , or get it through or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | | | What We’re Into: Anna by Joshua Wheeler on Stream Matthew by Tim Hanley Jam by G.T. Karber adjacent media (YouTube) (podcast) (YouTube) Meghan by Thomas Olde Heuvelt and (short story collections) Other Media We Mentioned (film) Links, Articles, and Things 15 Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Myths, and Folklore books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found . by Nimra Bandukwala and Manahil Bandukwala by Osamu Dazai, translated by Ralph F. McCarthy by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar by Jamila Gavin by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon by Jamie Hernandez by Tomson Highway by E. Pauline Johnson by Dan SaSuWeh Jones, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre by Komatsu Kazuhiko, translated by Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda by Taylor Keen by Liniers by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy by Phuoc Thi Minh Tran, illustrated by Dong Nguyen and Hop Thi Nguyen by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Give us feedback! to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our , join our , or ! Join us again on Tuesday, May 6th when we’ll be discussing the genre/topic of Linguistics and Language! Then on Tuesday, June 3rd we’ll be discussing “Found Books,” that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps. /episode/index/show/bookclub4m/id/35892175

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