The Perks Of Being A Book Lover Podcast

S14: Ep273 - The Mourner's Bestiary with Guest Eiren Caffal + Old Dude Book Recommendations

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We chat this week with Eiren Caffall, a Chicago writer whose memoir, The Mourner’s Bestiary, sat on Carrie's shelf staring at her for a year until she finally made time to read it but she is so glad I did. In this creative nonfiction work, Eiren talks about her family’s long history with a chronic illness (specifically, polycystic kidney disease (PKD)) and connects that to the health of the waterways and living creatures in Maine. It is a master work that merges scientific writing with poetic language. We also talk about her novel, All the Water in the World, which came out less than six months after The Mourner’s Bestiary. It is also about water, but in a fictional dystopian setting where New York City has flooded due to the melting of the ice caps. If you enjoyed Station Eleven, you must give this novel a try.

 

And for our book recommendation section of the show, we are focusing on Old Dudes!!  Carrie has a soft spot in her heart for curmudgeonly and/ or cuddly elderly men, so we are giving you six ideas of books that feature crotchety (or not) male senior citizens.  We have a memoir, a children’s book series, a book translated from Swedish, novels featuring LGBTQ protagonists, and literary fiction.

 

Books Discussed in this Episode:

 

1- The Mourner's Bestiary by Eiren Caffal 

2- All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffal 

3- Howards End by E.M. Forster 

4- Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius 

5- Ignition by MR O'Connor 

6- Hotshot: A Life on Fire by River Selby 

7- The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Story of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown 

8- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann 

9- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones 

10- Queen Bee by Cierra Geraghty 

11- The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

12- A Five Star Read Recommended by a Fellow Book Lover - In a Lonely Place by Dorothy Hughes 

13- The Very Long Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl by Bart Yates 

14- The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray by Walter Mosley 

15- The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku 

16- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson 

17- The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain 

18- Mr. Putter and Tabby series by Cynthia Rylant

19- A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City: Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville by David Dominé

 

Media Mentioned:

1- 'Murder in Glitter Ball City' - https://www.wdrb.com/news/murder-in-glitter-ball-city-hbo-documentary-explores-2010-old-louisville-murder/article_1b4cc513-c22b-4543-b609-5b6267e1dce2.html

2- Our Episode with David Dominé - https://ThePerksofBeingaBookLover.podbean.com/e/season-5-episode-108-sex-drugs-and-true-crime-vibes-with-guest-david-domine-10-13-21/

3- True Detective Night Country (HBO Max, 2024)

 

S14:Ep272 - The Place Where They Buried Your Heart with Guest Christina Henry + House as a Character Book Recs

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You can find Christina Henry at christinahenry.net or on IG  @authorchristinahenry 

 

In this week’s episode, our focus is on houses that are so important to a story that they essentially become a character. When we started thinking about this idea, we realized that Chicago writer Christina Henry would be a perfect guest because her last two novels are focused on houses. Her most recent is titled The Place Where They Buried Your Heart and is about a neighborhood house that lures people in, causing heartache for neighbors as well as a sense of family among a handful of them. Prior to this novel, Christina wrote The House That Horror Built. We talk to Christina about the importance of houses in her stories and how a house can straddle setting and character. 

 

In our book rec section, we continue the house idea with a range of titles in which houses are critically important—-we’ve got a memoir, a National Book Award winner, children’s fantasy, classic literature, and propulsive literary fiction.

 

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

 

1- The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry

2- The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry 

3- Howards End by E.M. Forster 

3- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

3- Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen by Jon M. Chu 

4- Double Indemnity by James Cain 

5- From the Moment They Met It Was Murder: Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir by Alain Silver and James Ursini 

6- Out by Natsuo Kirino 

7- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 

8- Earthlings by Sayaka Murata 

9- The Mantis by Kotaro Osaka 

10- Three Assasins by Kotaro Osaka 

11- Bullet Train by Kotaro Osaka 

12- The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir

13- Night Shift by Alex Finlay

14- A Five Star Read by Fellow Book Lover Kris Wyatt @froggyreadteach - The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt 

15- Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman by Patrick Hutchison 

16- House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III

17- The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom 

18- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 

19- The House with the Clock in it's Walls by John Bellairs 

20- Behind the Waterline by Kionna Walker LeMalle 

21- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

22- Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier 

 

Media Mentioned:

1- If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)

2- Platonic (Apple +, 2023 - present)

3- Train Dreams (2025)

4- The Studio (Apple +, 2025)

5- Howards End (1992)

6- Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

7- The House with the Clock in it's Walls (2018)

8- House of Sand and Fog (2003)

9- LibroVox app for free audiobooks of books in the public domain

10- Whitehall House and Gardens Book Club - https://www.historicwhitehall.org/whitehall-book-club

 

 

S14:Ep271 - The Secret Astronomers with Guest Jessica Walker + West Virginia Based Book Recommendations

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In this week’s episode, we’re talking to debut novelist and assistant professor of fine arts at Parsons School of Design Jessica Walker, whose novel Amy discovered late last year. The Secret Astronomers is an illustrated novel, which is not the same as a graphic novel.  This is a novel that is written on sticky notes between two people inside a book.  It’s in full color and really eye-catching. Although it is technically geared towards young adults, it is a feast for the eyes for any age reader.  The story is about two girls who keep their identities secret from each other and converse through an old astronomy textbook in the school library. This new take on the epistolary novel takes the reader on an adventure to solve a mystery in this small West Virginia town.  

 

And in our book rec section, inspired by the West Virginia setting of The Secret Astronomers, we’re giving you other books set in The Mountain State. We have a mystery, a Pulitzer Prize winner, several historical fiction, and an investigative nonfiction.

 

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

 

1- The Secret Astronomers by Jessica Walker 

2- I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak 

3- Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe by Preston Norton 

4- Floreana by Midge Raymond 

5- What You are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte 

6- Yellow Singing Sail: A Memoir of an Only Child in China by Yinfan Huang 

7- Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee 

8- Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Address Book by Nick Bantok 

9- My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for a Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar

10- The Doorman by Chris Pavone

11- A Five Star Read by Fellow Book Lover Karla @karla_bookishlife - Blood Like Ours and Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville

12- The Road to Blair Mountain by Charles Keeney

13- The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

14- The Unquiet Grave by Sharyn McCrumb

15- Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips

16- The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence by Stephen Kurczy

17- The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg

18- Foote: A Mystery Novel by Tom Bredehoft

19- The Coffin Quilt: The Feud Between the Hatfields and McCoys by Ann Rinaldi

20- The Grand Design by Joy Calloway

 

Media Mentioned:

1- Footnotes and Tangents Substack - War and Peace

2- Eden (Netflix, 2024)

3- Our episode with Meg Shaffer - https://ThePerksofBeingaBookLover.podbean.com/e/s12ep249-the-lost-story-with-guest-meg-shaffer-11525/

4- Article about Reading Resetting the Nervous System - https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/873671/why-reading-cures-overactive-nervous-system-experts-explain/

 

 

S14:Ep270 - The Witch's Orchard with Guest Archer Sullivan + Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Book Recs - 1/7/25

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You can find Archer Sullivan at her website archersullivan.com or on IG @archer_sullivan.

 

We are back with all new episodes, book recommendations, and, most importantly, guests!  To start the new season with a bang, we have author Archer Sullivan whose book The Witch’s Orchard is the first in a new series featuring Private Investigator Annie Gore, who travels to small town North Carolina to solve the mystery of young girls who have disappeared. What makes the cases even more creepy is that an Appalachian apple face doll is left in place of the child. Archer draws on her personal knowledge of place as a 7th-generation Appalachian, although she now resides in Los Angeles, and is always looking for a reason to come home. The novel was a nominee for the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards in the Best Debut Novel Category. The next Annie Gore installment comes out in August of 2026.

 

Our book rec section for this episode is a call back to what a lot of people were doing the past two weeks–taking planes, trains, and automobiles to family and friends to celebrate the holidays. We give you two books set on planes, two on trains, and two in automobiles, which you can look into whenever you’ve got travel plans in 2026.

 

Books Mentioned In This Episode:

 

1- The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan 

2- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

3- Sous Chef: 24 Hours of Working on the Line by Michael Gibney 

4- Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close 

5- Brimstone Hollow by Archer Sullivan 

6- Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly 

7- The Curse of Chalion by Lois Bujold 

8- The Wizard of Earths by Ursula K. LeGuin

9- Silver Medal Lover by Tanith Lee 

10- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison 

11- Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson

12- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo 

13- A Five Star Read by Fellow Book Lover - Babel by R.F. Kuang

14- West With The Night by Beryl Markham 

15- Circling the Sun by Paula McClain 

16- Turbulence by David Szalay

17- Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

18- Border Crossing by Emma Pick 

19- Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler 

20- The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

 

Media Mentioned:

1- Simon Haisell's Slow Read at Footnote and Tangents Substack - https://footnotesandtangents.substack.com

2- From the Front Porch Podcast - Patreon Conquer a Classic 

3- The Bear on Hulu 

 

S13:Ep269 - 2025 Year in Review

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Our first show of Season 14 will begin on January 7, 2026. We’ve been coming up with ideas for book recommendations and will soon be recording with guests. But until then, Amy is going to make merry, and Carrie is going to begrudgingly deal with the holidays. And in this episode, we’re reviewing some of the notable books that we have loved over the last 12 months. Some of these are backlist titles, and some are new releases—we cannot keep up with the publishing industry, nor do we really try. You will also hear from some of our guests from this year who share their favorites of 2025. 

 

Books Discussed In This Episode:

Carrie's Favorites of 2025

1- Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

2- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder 

3- The Millicent Quibb School for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon

4- The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh 

5- Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug

 

Amy's Favorites of 2025

1- Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce 

2- You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith

3- Culpability by Bruce Holsinger 

4- The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives by Theresa Brown, RN 

5- Paris Letters: A Travel Memoir About Art, Writing, and Finding Love in Paris by Janice MacLeod 

 

Other books mentioned

1- I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

2- The Nature of Pain by Mandi Fugate Sheffel 

3- The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker 

4- The Devils by Joe Abercrombie 

5- Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabess 

6- The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb

7- I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai

8- Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor

9- Starling House by Alix E. Harrow 

10- Dead Man Blues by S.D. House 

11- God of the Woods by Liz Moore 

12- The Road to Blair Mountain: Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal by Charles B. Keeney

13- Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench and Brendan O' Yea 

14- Carpool Detectives: A True Story  of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case by Chuck Hogan 

15- Anima Rising by Christopher Moore 

16- The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman

17- The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

18- Grace and Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman 

19- Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak

S13:Ep268 - Angel Down with Guest Daniel Kraus + Women in Politics Book Recs - 11/26/25

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You can find Daniel Kraus at his website danielkraus.com or on IG at @kraus_author.

 

This week our episode features Daniel Kraus, a writer who has published over 20 books, but among moviegoers he may be best known as the co-author with Guillermo del Toro of The Shape of Water. The film of this story won four Oscars in 2018. Daniel’s 2023 novel Whalefall is being turned into a 20th Century Fox motion picture, and I hope that at some point his latest novel, Angel Down, will also be on film. 

Both the premise and writing in Angel Down are unique. It is the story of a group of World War I soldiers told to go into No Man’s Land to rescue what they think is a wounded soldier. What they find is an angel. If you enjoy war novels, and even if you don’t, I recommend giving this book a read. 

 

Our book rec section of the show features books related to women in politics. If you are interested in politics yet hate the nuttery of American government at the moment, these books can provide a reprieve. We have contemporary fiction, biography, memoir, alternative history, and electoral nonfiction. 

 

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Whalefall by Daniel Kraus 

2- Angel Down by Daniel Kraus 

3- The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus

4- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

5- The Leaphorn and Chee Series by Tony Hillerman

6- Hearts of the Missing by Carol Potenza

7- The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch by Daniel Kraus 

8- Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp 

9- From Under the Truck by Josh Brolin

10- Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali 

11- The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue 

12- A Five Star Read recommended by fellow Book Lover State Katz @all.da.bookish.things - The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan 

13- Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing by Alison Winn Scotch 

14- Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza

15- The Partisan Gap: Why Democratic Women Get Elected But Republican Women Don't by Laurel Elder 

16- Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld 

17- Mrs. Lincoln: A Life by Catherine Clinton 

18- A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Arden

 

Media Mentioned:

1- Frankenstein (2025-Netflix)

2- Dark Winds (2022 - present, Netflix)

3- The Shape of Water (2017)

4- 1917 (2019)

5- Whalefall (Upcoming Fall 2026)

6- Michelle Obama Says US Not Ready for a Female President - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/michelle-obama-says-us-not-ready-woman-president-rcna244136

 

 

 

S13:Ep267 - REMIX Meet Me at Luke's with Guest Kristine Eckart - 11/12/25

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You can find out more about Kristine and Meet Me At Luke’s at www.gilmorebookclub.com or on IG at  @gilmorebookclub.

 

This week we catch up with Kristine Eckart, the founder of the online Gilmore Book Club. When we first spoke to her in Season 9, Episode 188 (2023), she talked about creating this book club, which is based on the books read by the characters in the beloved bookish TV show The Gilmore Girls. 

 

This year the show is celebrating its 25th anniversary since it first aired, and to commemorate this occasion, Kristine has written a book titled Meet Me at Luke’s, which is a compendium of essays about the show and its impact on Kristine and other book lovers. If you have a Gilmore Girl fan in your life, this might be the perfect holiday gift. In this remix episode, you’ll hear an update from Kristine as well as clips from her initial visit on The Perks. 

 

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

1- Meet Me At Luke's by Kristine Eckart 

2- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

3- The Vampyre by John Polidori 

4- Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw 

5- Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakeable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness by  Rick Hanson 

6- A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway 

7- The Paris Wife by Paula McClain 

8- The President's Wife by Tracey Emerson Wood 

9- The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson 

10- A 5 Star Read Recommnended by a Fellow Book Lover Kim Layman @the_read_rat - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 

11- The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature by Viv Groskop

 

Shows Mentioned:

1- The Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)

2- Gossip Girl (2007-2012)

3- The Office (2005-2013)

4- Anne with an E (2017-2019)

5- White Lotus (MAX, 2021-present)

 

Link to previous Perks episode: https://www.perksofbeingabooklover.com/episodes/blpks3ktgywx9fx-x9wxe-p3aft-j9j3f-pk2fn-wbdd3-dbsfp-hhfrc-ep6yz-alk6z-hl34a-dhhaz-l9x4z-88zrd-rh699-xd584-r9src-wkdf3-aegrx-hhnhf-zsc5j

 

Whitehall Historic Home and Gardens -

https://www.historicwhitehall.org/whitehall-book-club

 

 

 

 

S13:Ep266 - Spider To The Fly with Guest J.H. Markert + Notable Non-Fiction Book Recs

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This week we chat with JH Markert who we spoke to pre-Covid in the before times when he was writing historical fiction. Over the last couple of years, he has changed gears and returned to the genre that first made him an avid reader: horror. JH has been cranking out horror novels and finding a great deal of success with them. We catch up with James and discuss his transition to horror and what that has been like after writing five previous historical fiction novels.  His most recent release that came out in September, Spider to the Fly, is dark horror suspense that deals with a serial killer, a true crime influencer, and a family with some bizarre dynamics. 

 

And for our book rec section, we are talking about notable nonfiction. These are nonfiction books we’ve read in the last year that have made us think differently about a topic or stood out for us in some way (even though these books might not have been published in the last year). We’ll talk about a micro-history, a biography, a true crime, a memoir, a study of morality and politics, and a niche book about cussing. 

 

Books Mentioned In This Episode:

 

1- Spider to the Fly by J.H. Markert 

2- Molokai by Alan Brennert

3- A White Wind Blew by James Markert

4- Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert 

5- Mr. Lullaby by J. H. Markert

6- Sleep Tight by J.H. Markert 

7- Midnight at the Tuscany Hotel by James Markert 

8- The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb

9- Dietrich Bonhoeffer: In the Midst of Wickedness by Janet and Geoff Benge 

10-The Vanishing Place by Zöe Rankin 

11- Five Star Read by a Fellow Book Lover Jasper Adams-Smith - Be Kind, My Neighbor by Yugo Limbo 

12- For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun by Rebecca Roache 

13- The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies by Jason Fagone 

14- The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss 

15- The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt 

16- Playing to Lose: How a Jehovah's Witness Became a BDSM Model by Ariel Anderssen 

17- The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case by Chuck Hogan 

18- The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

 

Media Mentioned:

 

1- The Friend (2024)

2- Chief of War (Apple +, 2025)

3- The Outsider (HBO Max 2019)

4- Sinners (2025)

5- Nosferatu (2025)

 

A Perks Appearance on the Books With Betsy Podcast

Hey Book Lovers,

 

Carrie and I are on fall hiatus this week so we don't have a new episode for you.  But what we do have is your chance to check out a new-to-you book podcast, Books with Betsy, hosted by Betsy Tomsak.

This past summer we were guests to the show where we talked about all things in our book lives, maybe even tidbits we have never shared on our own show.  It's a fun conversation and we hope you will listen in and give Books With Betsy a follow.

We will be  back with an all new episode on October 29 when we chat with horror/ thriller writer J.H. Markert about his new release, Spider to the Fly, and give you book recommendations for notable non-fiction we've read recently.  

We hope you enjoy this episode of Books With Betsy.

Happy Reading!

 

S13:Ep265 - The Read Freely Project and Rediscovered Books with Guest Rebecca Leber-Gottberg + Ghostly Book Recs

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The American Library Association’s Banned Books Week is October 5-11, so we’re sharing an interview with one of the co-owners of Rediscovered Books in Boise, Idaho, a store that has pioneered a program in their city to push back against book banning in their state. Rebecca Leber-Gottberg talks to us about the history of the bookstore, her role there, and books that folks in Boise have been buying, but she also explains the bookstore’s Read Freely Project, which is their effort to get banned and threatened books dispersed throughout the community. 

 

And in our book rec section, we’re jumping into spooky season with books related to ghosts, but if you don’t like horror, don’t worry: a lot of these “ghostly” books aren’t horror, and some of them may only seem to be about ghosts. We’ve got a historical fiction about the Sri Lankan civil war, a detective story in which ghosts are witnesses, a nonfiction book about unexplained phenomena which may or may not involve ghosts, a funny novella, a supernatural suspense, and a ghostly gothic novel set in Mexico.

 

Books Discussed in this Episode:

1- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

2- The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve House, Four Patients' Lives by Theresa Brown

3- American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard

4- The Queen Bees of Tybee County by Kyle Casey Chu

5- The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

6- Trans History: A Graphic Novel by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett 

7- Lone Women by Victor LaValle 

8- Wild Tongues Can't be Tamed: 15 Voices from the LatinX Diaspora edited by Saraciea J. Fennell 

9- Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray 

10- Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson

11- House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 

12- On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder 

13- The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

14- Firekeeper's Daughter by Angleine Boulley 

15- Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley 

16- Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley 

17- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 

18- Culpability by Bruce Holsinger 

19- Songs for Other People's Weddings by David Levitan 

20- A Five Star Read Recommended by Claire @bookishly_claire - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

21- The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka 

22- The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

23- Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch 

24- Ghost Tamer by Meredith R. Lyons 

25- The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale 

26- The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

27- This is Going to Hurt by Adam McKay

 

Media Mentioned:

1- The Pitt (Max 2025)

2- ER ( 1994- 2009)

3- This is Going to Hurt (2022, Amazon Prime)

4- The Craft Lit Podcast - https://craftlit.com/