Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer

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Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer

Welcome to Five or Flop, a podcast for the best (and worst) historical fiction has to offer! Each week, we'll be reading and reviewing a different historical fiction book on a scale from flop to five. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Have a book you want us to read? Send us a recommendation: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8 Read along with us on StoryGraph! Join the Five or Flop: Season One Reading Challenge and track your progress: https://bit.ly/3T7z8jO

  1. 5H AGO

    The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng: Flopping on the Veranda

    We're crossing decades and oceans this week, and juggling tons of real-life historical figures: we're reading The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng! Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

    42 min

  2. JUL 1

    Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides: Flop Dog Stands

    We're two-thirds of the way through Season 4, and this week is a big one: we're reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides! The book covers a lot of ground, we have a lot of thoughts, and the historical accuracy section is a lot longer than usual! Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

    57 min

  3. JUN 24

    Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta: Flopping in a Feminist Modern Way

    Cantoras, Part 2? Grace and Erin disagree over this week's book, Under the Udala Trees, but we're excited to return to an era we previously visited in Season 2! Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

    40 min

  4. JUN 17

    A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall: Premise Five, Practice Flop

    This week, we tackle our romance pick for the season: A Lady for a Duke, a classic historical romance with an LGBTQ+ twist! Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

    53 min

  5. JUN 10

    Cantoras by Caro de Robertis: Erin's Flight Flops Again

    Erin's back from Ireland with another plane story, Grace's AC is on full blast, and we have a new book and a new era on deck: Cantoras by Caro de Robertis, set in 1970s Uruguay! Note: Erin was correct in the episode! The Thirty Names of Night did win the Stonewall Book Award in 2021. Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

    46 min

  6. JUN 3

    Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel: How Do You Say Flop in French?

    It's a special week, not only because we're reading Daughters of the Deer, but because we are joined by a special guest host: Jen! Will this episode be streamed more than Love in the Time of Cholera? Let's find out! The queer indigenous language source cited by Erin in the historical accuracy section can be found here: https://queerlanguage.com/2018/12/20/queer-indigenous-language-and-identity-north-america/ Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

    1h 10m

  7. MAY 27

    The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue: Finally Free From Flops

    We're off to Ireland (and so is Erin) this week, reading The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue! Hopefully, Erin doesn't catch the Spanish flu while she's there. Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

    51 min

  8. MAY 20

    The Persian Boy by Mary Renault: Alexander the Flop

    This week, Erin confronts an old enemy when we read Mary Renault's The Persian Boy, the second in her Alexander the Great trilogy. Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on StoryGraph: http://bit.ly/4mcCZbj Want to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

    36 min
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Welcome to Five or Flop, a podcast for the best (and worst) historical fiction has to offer! Each week, we'll be reading and reviewing a different historical fiction book on a scale from flop to five. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Have a book you want us to read? Send us a recommendation: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8 Read along with us on StoryGraph! Join the Five or Flop: Season One Reading Challenge and track your progress: https://bit.ly/3T7z8jO

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