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We talk with Ingrid Rojas Contreras, author of the Fruit of the Drunken Tree , which is out now from Doubleday! Some links are affiliate lin...

For October, we're talking about books around theme of Fractured Fairytales! A special thanks goes to Bombas socks for sponsoring this episo...

We talk with Peng Shepherd, the author of The Book of M, which is out now from William Morrow! Books Mentioned The Book of M by Peng Shepher...

For our month about memoirs, we discuss Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot and Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winters...

One of our favorite Reading Women specials is here—our most anticipated new releases! In this episode, we talk with Elizabeth Khuri Chandler...

Another month means another theme! For September, we're reading memoirs. Special thanks goes to Bombas socks for sponsoring this episode. We...

For our bonus episode this month, we talk with Jean, the host of That's Ancient History , the podcast for all things classical, old and new....

You, our dear listeners, have followed along as we've interviewed authors from a wide range of backgrounds who've written different stories...

We discuss The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck and Beloved by Toni Morrison. We are having a special deal in our Etsy store! Use the code promo...

We chat with Crystal Hana Kim about her debut novel If You Leave Me , which is out now from William Morrow! We are having a special deal in...

August is all about women who have won the Nobel Prize in Literature! We may have had only 14 authors to choose from (thank you, patriarchy)...

We discuss My Life in France by Julia Child and Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee. Visit our store! Check out our Patreon page to le...

We chat with Lucy Tan about her debut novel What We Were Promised, which is out now from Little, Brown! Books Mentioned What We Were Promise...

All July, we're talking about books all about food! Grab a snack, sit down, and have a listen! Check out our Patreon page to learn more abou...

Today we chat with Alice Bolin about her essay collection Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession . Books Mentioned Dead Girls...

We discuss Educated by Tara Westover and The Idiot by Elif Batuman. AND we reveal next month's theme! Check out our Patreon page to learn mo...

We were thrilled to chat with Gail Honeyman, author of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine . Gail shares a little about the origin of the me...

June is audiobook month, and here at Reading Women we're celebrating by featuring some of our favorite listens. AND we're premiering a brand...

On June 1st, 2016, we published our first episode of Reading Women. Little did we know that two years later we would have reached our 70th e...

We have a chat with Meaghan O'Connell about her new memoir And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready. Meaghan discusses t...

We talk about our discussion books for May, The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, AND we share...

We chat with Chibundu Onuzo about her novel Welcome to Lagos , which is out now from Catapult. Books Mentioned Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu...

In May, we're going places! All our book selections this month revolve around the theme "going places." Have a listen and check out our book...

When we started podcasting, everyone and her mother's brother asked if we listened to Anne Bogel's podcast What Should I Read Next? And righ...

We end our month featuring poetry by discussing Whereas by Layli Long Soldier and Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Listener Survey...

Here in the U.S., it's National Poetry Month! In honor of the occasion, we're featuring amazing women poets all month long. Have a listen an...

Autumn and Kendra chat with Anjali Sachdeva about her debut short story collection All the Names They Used for God . Author Bio Anjali Sachd...

This month, we're discussing Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet,...

March is all about classic women! From ancient Greece to early 20th-century New Orleans, our book selections feature a wide range of classic...

Autumn and Kendra chat with Mira T. Lee, the author of Everything Here is Beautiful, about her debut novel, her road publication, and the im...

For our February discussion episode, we're talking about Kindred by Octavie E. Butler and Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Books Mentioned Kindred (B...

Autumn and Kendra chat with Maggie O'Farrell about her first work of nonfiction, her memoir I Am, I Am, I Am . O'Farrell talks about why she...

For February, we're discussing black women authors in honor of black history month. Be sure to follow along over on Instagram and join the d...

Today's episode is part of a podcast collaboration with Friendlier, a podcast for friends who love to talk. In our episode, we chat about th...

We're back, bookish friends! With our first regular episode, we chat about some of our most anticipated releases of 2018. News New theme son...

Autumn and Kendra chat with Chloe Benjamin about her latest novel, The Immortalists . They discuss the inspiration for The Immortalists , li...

We finally announce the winners of the 2017 Reading Women Awards! News Introducing the 2018 Reading Women Challenge You can buy Reading Wome...

Here's our first collab with another bookish podcast! We had a chat with Jenny Colvin from the Reading Envy podcast about some of our favori...

It's here! In this episode, we announce the 2017 Reading Women Award Nonfiction Shortlist! Books Mentioned Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by...

Autumn and Kendra chat with Jen Campbell about her short story collection The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night (Two Roads),...

It's here! In this episode, we announce the 2017 Reading Women Award Fiction Shortlist! The nonfiction shortlist will be released on Novembe...

Autumn and Kendra interview Margaret Wilkerson Sexton about her debut novel A Kind of Freedom , which was longlisted for the National Book A...

We discuss The Cutting Season by Attica Locke and Little Deaths by Emma Flint. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don't m...

Today we have a chat with Stephanie Powell Watts about her debut novel No One Is Coming to Save Us (Ecco). We loved discussing the book with...

The air has turned chilly, the leaves are beginning to change, and the pumpkin spice latte is back at Starbucks. It must be fall. To go with...

We discuss The Fire This Time edited by Jesmyn Ward and The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit. Books Mentioned The Fire This Time ed...

We have our first double author interview for you today! Rachel Kadish, author of The Weight of Ink , and Tova Mirvis, author of The Book of...

This month we're talking about essay collections! Books Mentioned Sunshine State by Sarah Gerard Too Much and Not the Mood by Durga Chew-Bos...

We couldn't have an episode about new books without asking Liberty Hardy, Book Riot contributing editor and Book of the Month judge, to come...

We discuss The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami and Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez. Books Mentioned The Nakano Thrift S...