Shoulda Books

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

  1. 12 HR AGO

    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

  2. 2 APR

    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

  3. 31 MAR

    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

  4. 26 MAR

    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

    1hr 16min

  5. 19 MAR

    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

  6. 12 MAR

    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

    1hr 3min

  7. 5 MAR

    11. getting too h*rny at Thoreau camp (w/ Jonny Cakes)

    The inimitable Jonny Cakes talks about 3 books and whatnot, sure, but MOST IMPORTANTLY he reads his diary from a Walden-style English class/camp. And, honestly, the Beautiful Dining Room Studio has never been so blessed.   follow Jonny on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thejonnycakes follow Jonny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejonnycakes/?hl=en follow Jonny on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejonnycakes?lang=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.   "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780486284996   "Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life" by Steven Martin https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781416553656   "The Heart's Invisible Furies" by John Boyne https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781524760793   "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

    1hr 3min

  8. 28 FEB

    10. is Jane Eyre the original rom-com?

    I hold down the fort on my lonesome this month to talk through a classic that I ended up enjoying much more than I thought I would. JUSTICE FOR BERTHA.   for the ad-free, extended version of this episode, sign up for the Shoulda Books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShouldaBooks   article about machine learning I mentioned: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ai-revives-physiognomy-dangers/   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.   "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780141441146   "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

    47 min
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The podcast about all the books you shoulda read by now.

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  • Creator
    Jonathan Faircloth Kirk
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Show Website
    Shoulda Books
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