Like English class, but without the homework. Listen and read along with us while we take a deep dive into what makes our favorite contemporary fiction paperbacks so good.
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Signup to Generate a PitchLike English class, but without the homework. Listen and read along with us while we take a deep dive into what makes our favorite contemporary fiction paperbacks so good.
Recent episodes include "Intermezzo, Sally Rooney, Chapter 12" (29 September 2026, 25 minutes), "Intermezzo, Sally Rooney, Chapter 11" (31 August 2026, 28 minutes), and "Intermezzo, Sally Rooney, Chapter 10" (28 August 2026, 39 minutes).
Let’s Read a Paperback publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 28 episodes.
Booking probability for Let’s Read a Paperback is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Let’s Read a Paperback requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Let’s Read a Paperback's contact route on record: public web form.
Let’s Read a Paperback is an arts podcast with 28 episodes published.
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Episode #28
We’re back with Margaret and her friend Anna who it turns out do have a good friendship. And it also turns out that “zero thoughts on Chapter 12” is actually 25 minutes of thoughts on Sally Rooney erupting Kathryn’s...
Episode #27
Whew! Kathryn and Hannah get into it on this episode. Peter’s behavior leaves us with MUCH to talk about/disagree on. Is there ever really an ending to analyzing a complicated mans decisions?
Episode #26
It’s an analysis heavy episode and we ALMOST manage to avoid all discussions of sex, even when the chapter is largely about it. Ivans communication impresses Hannah but makes Kathryn angry, Kathryn discovered she has no...
Episode #25
Naomi’s got it so bad. She likes (loves?) a guy who is giving her weird and confusing mixed signals (maybe he loves her, maybe he just wants to control her, maybe he doesn’t know what love is???) But who among us hasn’t...
Episode #24
For the literate girlies — big feelings girls who want to discuss if life is meaningful or meaningless, if God has anything to do with it, what it means to fall in love, and (also!) the tactileness (tactility?) of Sally...
Episode #23
But why does Sally Rooney have to do this to us? An absolutely crushing chapter between Peter and Ivan, woven together perfectly by our genius writer. We go heavy on the English class-ness on this episode, but how can...
Episode #22
Okay how about a moment of silence for the lovely Naomi? For how cool she is despite the fact that Peter’s behavior with her is giving Casa Amor. For the way those cops at the jail absolutely couldn’t wait to be rid of...
Episode #21
Welcome to Sally Rooney 101. Today we discuss people who love each other deeply and can’t figure out how to communicate about it. And it’s soooo frustrating we just have to chat about it. Plus: true crime corner...
Episode #20
In this episode, we consider Ivan’s and Margaret’s inverse relationships to isolation: Ivan, once solitary, finds companionship and a sense of completion with Margaret; Margaret, formerly held tightly by close friends...
Episode #19
Guys, she did it. Sally Rooney got us to talk about money and power, the male loneliness epidemic, and incels. Kinda surprised it took us three chapters to get here! Our advice? Fellas, always splurge on the seafood...
Episode #18
Welcome back for episode two of our summer project where we do one mini-episode per chapter of Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo. In Chapter Two we meet Ivan—Peter’s awkward, unfortunate looking, allegedly autistic, chess...
Episode #15
A chaotic episode for a chaotic set of chapters! Our narrator continues to lie to her students, teaches Trenchcoat about the art of laundry, and gets herself involved in a luxury bag scam.
Episode #14
We’re back! This week we discuss the first 73 pages of Yasmin Zaher’s debut novel The Coin. It’s our first foray into absurdist lit on the pod, and we’re HERE for the kooky crazy energy. Take your clothes off and...
Episode #13
Yes, of course we need to talk about Part Two of Hamnet and the breathtaking ending to this family tragedy, but we also really need to talk about Justin Chang’s appallingly bad takes about Hamnet (the film mostly) in...
Join us as we discuss the long middle section of Hamnet, Chapters 5-17. Is it sad? Yes. But is it heartbreaking? Also yes. But is it worth it? BIG YES. It’s called catharsis, baby! Let’s get through it together.
There’s no way you made it to this point in the timeline without hearing the name Hamnet. He’s everywhere! And you know how sometimes when everyone hypes up a movie so much that it gets annoying and you just can’t bring...
So it seems that 2026 is off to a chaotic start, but that’s a perfect reason to lean in to cozy season and lock in on your resolution to scroll less and read more! In this one-off episode, Kathryn and Hannah chat about...
In the second and final episode about This Other Eden, Kathryn & Hannah discuss white tears, the incongruous logic of eugenics, chosen family and other queer themes, replacing news with fiction, and of course, the...
On a desolate island off the coast of Maine, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife Patience settle in 1793 to sow apple seeds and grow their family in isolation. Generations later, the Honey clan remains...
Welcome to our podcast where every book we read ends with us wondering Is the main character dead? Trust, when it comes to Cyrus, there’s enough evidence to convince you in whichever direction you want to be convinced...
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