Shoulda Books

Jonathan Faircloth Kirk
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The podcast about all the books you shoulda read by now.

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    19. too much trauma dumping? ("I'm Glad My Mom Died" + MORE)

    Stephen LaConte is the managing editor of Clickhole and the author of the advice column Stephen, Please. He's also the boyfriend of hyper-realistic cake creator Jonny Cakes, who refers to him (respectfully) as Cake Twink. Stephen shares 2 memoirs and a play that will make you laugh, cry, and question whether children should ever be actors.   sign up for Stephen's advice column: https://stephen.substack.com/ follow Stephen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenlc/   for the ad-free, extended version of this episode, sign up for the Shoulda Books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShouldaBooks   books discussed below. these are affiliate links for bookshop.org. by purchasing books through these links, you support local bookstores, and I earn a (very small) commission.   Bossypants by Tina Fey https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780316056878   I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781982185831   Our Town by Thornton Wilder https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780063003996 join the Shoulda Book Club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/the-shoulda-book-club-with-shoulda-books-225140024638?brid=yapSJjJ6zqETOwu3XngDDw   this month, we're reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781400078776 follow Shoulda Books on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shouldabooks/ follow Shoulda Books on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@shouldabooks   follow Jonathan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jf.kirk/?hl=en   Shoulda Books theme song by Skyler Klingenberg

    1 h 16 min

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    18. these books can help you find meaning ("When Breath Becomes Air" + MORE)

    Sam Bakas (editor, The Try Guys) returns to discuss 3 books that helped him find meaning in a cold, indifferent universe.   follow Sam on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheShmoopy follow Sam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshmoopy/ for the ad-free, extended version of this episode, sign up for the Shoulda Books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShouldaBooks books discussed below. these are affiliate links for bookshop.org. by purchasing books through these links, you support local bookstores, and I earn a (very small) commission.   "The House of the Spirits" by Isabell Allende https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781501117015   "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781594631931   "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780553375404   "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalinithi https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780812988406   "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781631495311   "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781400078776   join the Shoulda Book Club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/the-shoulda-book-club-with-shoulda-books-225140024638?brid=yapSJjJ6zqETOwu3XngDDw follow Shoulda Books on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shouldabooks/ follow Shoulda Books on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@shouldabooks   follow Jonathan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jf.kirk/?hl=en   Shoulda Books theme song by Skyler Klingenberg

    1 h

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    17. did "Left Behind" traumatize you, too?

    The Left Behind series traumatized me as a tween, and I know I'm not the only one. Join me for a loose, rambling episode exploring this cursed series and how it shaped the American Evangelical mind and, consequently, maybe even current US foreign policy?   NOTE: I recorded this episode on the afternoon of April 7th, 2026, before the temporary ceasefire was announced   Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/us-israel-iran-war-christian-rhetoric#:~:text=war%20on%20Iran-,US%20troops%20were%20told%20war%20on%20Iran%20was%20%27all%20part,Christian%20rhetoric%20to%20justify%20war for the ad-free, extended version of this episode, sign up for the Shoulda Books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShouldaBooks join the Shoulda Book Club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/the-shoulda-book-club-with-shoulda-books-225140024638?brid=yapSJjJ6zqETOwu3XngDDw follow Shoulda Books on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shouldabooks/ follow Shoulda Books on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@shouldabooks   follow Jonathan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jf.kirk/?hl=en   Shoulda Books theme song by Skyler Klingenberg

    36 min

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    16. your friends are right about The Artist's Way

    Merle Shane O'Neal shares 2 books that mean a great deal to me, and one that I know absolutely nothing about. So it goes.   follow Merle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/merleeshay/   follow Merle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MerleONeal   for the ad-free, extended version of this episode, sign up for the Shoulda Books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShouldaBooks   books discussed below. these are affiliate links for bookshop.org. by purchasing books through these links, you support local bookstores, and I earn a (very small) commission.   "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780143129257   "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780060786502   "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780440180296   "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780142407332   "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781400078776 join the Shoulda Book Club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/the-shoulda-book-club-with-shoulda-books-225140024638?brid=yapSJjJ6zqETOwu3XngDDw follow Shoulda Books on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shouldabooks/ follow Shoulda Books on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@shouldabooks   follow Jonathan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jf.kirk/?hl=en   Shoulda Books theme song by Skyler Klingenberg

    52 min

  5. 31 MARS

    15 - "The Outsiders" launched the YA genre

    this week, we're rumbling through S.E. Hinton's 1967 classic The Outsiders, the book that apparently taught the publishing industry that teenagers read books   for the ad-free, extended version of this episode, sign up for the Shoulda Books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShouldaBooks   books discussed below. these are affiliate links for bookshop.org. by purchasing books through these links, you support local bookstores, and I earn a (very small) commission.   "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780142407332   "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781400078776     join the Shoulda Book Club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/the-shoulda-book-club-with-shoulda-books-225140024638?brid=yapSJjJ6zqETOwu3XngDDw   follow Shoulda Books on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shouldabooks/   follow Shoulda Books on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@shouldabooks   follow Jonathan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jf.kirk/?hl=en   Shoulda Books theme song by Skyler Klingenberg

    37 min

  6. 26 MARS

    14. do you really want to live forever? (Ash Perez on "Tuck Everlasting" + MORE)

    Ash Perez discusses 3 books that bring together comedy and heartbreak, and that balance nostalgia with hope for the future.   pre-order Ash's delightful new rom-com audiobook "Speak Now" (available March 31, 2026) https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Speak-Now/Ash-Perez/9781668117927?utm_campaign=speak-now_ash-perez_audio&utm_content=audio_buy_link&utm_medium=audio_author_outlet&utm_source=author_outlet#buy-from   Ash's website: https://www.ashperez.com/   for the ad-free, extended version of this episode, sign up for the Shoulda Books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShouldaBooks   books discussed below. these are affiliate links for bookshop.org. by purchasing books through these links, you support local bookstores, and I earn a (very small) commission.   "Heartburn" by Nora Ephron https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780679767954   "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780312369811   "Hyperbole and a Half" by Allie Brosh https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781451666175   "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780142407332   join the Shoulda Book Club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/the-shoulda-book-club-with-shoulda-books-225140024638?brid=yapSJjJ6zqETOwu3XngDDw   The Q2 Ballot o' Books (vote for these on Patreon for free): The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini White Teeth by Zadie Smith Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Overstory by Richard Powers Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro follow Shoulda Books on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shouldabooks/ follow Shoulda Books on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@shouldabooks   follow Jonathan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jf.kirk/?hl=en   Shoulda Books theme song by Skyler Klingenberg

    1 h 16 min

  7. 19 MARS

    13. showing generosity to your characters (w/ Andrew Martin)

    Author Andrew Martin shares the three books he thinks everyone should read. His fantastic new novel Down Time is available everywhere now, via Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.   follow Andrew on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewhmartin85/?hl=en   for the ad-free, extended version of this episode, sign up for the Shoulda Books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShouldaBooks   books discussed below. these are affiliate links for bookshop.org. by purchasing books through these links, you support local bookstores, and I earn a (very small) commission.   Down Time by Andrew Martin https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780374617066   The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781585673261   The Collected Stories of Grace Paley https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780374530280   Unforgiving Years by Victor Serge https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781590172476   join the Shoulda Book Club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/the-shoulda-book-club-with-shoulda-books-225140024638?brid=yapSJjJ6zqETOwu3XngDDw   follow Shoulda Books on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shouldabooks/ follow Shoulda Books on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@shouldabooks   follow Jonathan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jf.kirk/?hl=en   Shoulda Books theme song by Skyler Klingenberg

    58 min

  8. 12 MARS

    12. the interior made exterior w/ Scott Broker (author of "The Disappointment")

    Scott Broker, whose excellent new novel The Disappointment is out now, stops by to talk James Baldwin, Greek myths, desire, grief, and more.    check out Scott's website: https://www.scottjbroker.com/ follow Scott on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottjbroker/?hl=en   for the ad-free, extended version of this episode, sign up for the Shoulda Books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShouldaBooks   books discussed below. these are affiliate links for bookshop.org. by purchasing books through these links, you support local bookstores, and I earn a (very small) commission.   "The Disappointment" by Scott Broker https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781646222858   "Another Country" by James Baldwin https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780679744719   "Autobiography of Red" by Anne Carson https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780375701290   "Small Rain" by Garth Greenwell https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781250397508   "The Outsiders" by SE Hinton https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780142407332   join the Shoulda Book Club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/the-shoulda-book-club-with-shoulda-books-225140024638?brid=yapSJjJ6zqETOwu3XngDDw   follow Shoulda Books on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shouldabooks/ follow Shoulda Books on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@shouldabooks   follow Jonathan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jf.kirk/?hl=en Shoulda Books theme song by Skyler Klingenberg

    1 h 3 min
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The podcast about all the books you shoulda read by now.

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  • Créateur
    Jonathan Faircloth Kirk
  • Années d’activité
    2025 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    23
  • Classement
    Contenu explicite
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    © 2025
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