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Mean Book Club

Mean Book Club the Podcast: Four ladies (UCB-NY, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) read, discuss & make fun of NYT bestselling books with little literary merit. It's fun. It's cat...

Episodes

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Quicksilver by Callie Hart

Our Season 21 Finale is here!! This half-baked ACOTAR knock-off got the treatment it deserved and boy oh boy did it deserve the most. Thank...

88:27Jun 9, 2026

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

Unreliable narrators, love affairs, and.... ghosts? This week we read Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney and believe us when we say you don't w...

79:32May 26, 2026

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (w/ Johnathan Fernandez)

Robert Langdon is back in action and this time he has to solve... wait. what does he do in this book exactly? This week we read The Secret o...

132:19May 12, 2026

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

A lost grandson, a talking octopus, and a new unholy alliance between hosts!? This week we read Remarkably Bright Creatures and is was remar...

81:00Apr 28, 2026

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

This week we have a MASSIVE episode filled with lame powers, daddy issues, and a whole lotta YA yearning. This week we read Powerless by Lau...

103:02Apr 14, 2026

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Ivy league frats, magical pencil pushers, and an ALL NEW SEGMENT OF THE POD!? This week we read "Ninth House" by Leigh Bardugo and it was a...

97:06Mar 31, 2026

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid w/ James Coker

Looking for the hottest MM, enemies-to-lovers book about hockey that inspired a hit Netflix show? Well we've got you covered! This week we r...

100:38Mar 17, 2026

Season 21 Book List

Our season 21 book list announcement! Listen so you can read along, or so you can full ignore the books and just enjoy the podcast. You deci...

8:40Mar 4, 2026

Rose in Chains by Julie Soto

An incomprehensible world of magic, a blinding romance fraught with peril, and a bunch of filler in between: This week we read the fan-fic t...

86:55Mar 3, 2026

Bonus! Housemaid The Movie

Special Bonus Episode! Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NY...

49:36Dec 23, 2025

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham w/ Jonathan Fernandez

From the author of seminal legal-thrillers such as The Firm and A Time to Kill, comes the inspiration behind... Christmas with the Kranks? T...

103:02Nov 25, 2025

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney w/ Raúl Esparza

A very special episode with a very special guest, this week we read "Beautiful Ugly" by Alice Feeney and it was... confusing. Revenge, insta...

110:35Nov 18, 2025

Where is Joe Merchant by Jimmy Buffett

Where are our Parrot Heads at?! This week we read Where's Joe Merchant by Mr. Margaritaville himself, Jimmy Buffett. Did the plot make sense...

91:11Oct 28, 2025

Who Moved my Cheese by Spencer Johnson

Personal goals, career goals, squad goals, any and all of it can be considered "The Cheese." But what happens when someone moves the cheese?...

90:04Oct 14, 2025

"We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart w/ David Joseph Craig

Arson, anmesia, and a private island? It's a wonder how this book could be so boring. This week we read "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart and w...

94:56Sep 16, 2025

The Plot Against America by Phillip Roth

An alternate history with family drama, cultural identity, and extremely detailed descriptions of stamps, this week we read "The Plot Agains...

84:24Sep 14, 2025

"Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld

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 exis...

77:01Sep 2, 2025

"The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen

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...

101:25Aug 19, 2025

From the Vault: "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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 t...

51:12Aug 12, 2025

Season 20 Book List and Promo

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 cel...

4:02Aug 5, 2025