Shoulda Books

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

  1. 1D AGO

    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

  2. 5D AGO

    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

    1h 16m

  3. MAR 19

    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

  4. MAR 12

    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

    1h 3m

  5. MAR 5

    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

    1h 3m

  6. FEB 28

    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

  7. FEB 26

    9. why do some (GOOD) ideas not stick? ("There Is No Antimemetics Division" + more)

    Emilie Friedlander (writer and co-host of The Culture Journalist podcast) shares 3 books that shaped her thinking on music, culture, and, well, THINKING itself.   find Emilie's work here: https://www.emilie-friedlander.com/   follow Emilie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emiliefriedlander/?hl=en   check out The Culture Journalist podcast: https://theculturejournalist.substack.com/   Emilie's article about the Facebook cult: https://onezero.medium.com/inside-the-social-media-cult-that-convinces-young-people-to-give-up-everything-f3878fbec632 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 Essential Ellen Willis" https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780816681211   "The Manual: How to Have a Number One the Easy Way" by Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond   "There Is No Antimimetics Division" by qntm https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780593983751   "I Who Have Never Known Men" by Jacqueline Harpman https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781945492600   "Blank Space: A Cultural History of the 21st Century" by W. David Marx https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780593833995   "Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading" by Nadia Asparouhova   "Down and Dirty Pictures" by Peter Biskind https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780684862583   "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" by Peter Biskind https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780684857084   "The End of the Myth" by Greg Grandin https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781250214850   "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

    52 min

  8. FEB 19

    8. what makes a book "fun"? (Cloud Atlas + more)

    Will Witwer shares 3 books that have me questioning just what HE means when he says a book is "fun"   follow Will on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wwitwer/?hl=en   for the ad-free, extended version of this episode (and lots more), 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.   "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780375507250   "The Door" by Magda Szabo https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781590177716   "Piranesi" by Susannah Clark https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781635577808   "Early Work" by Andrew Martin https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781250215017   "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780141441146 join the Shoulda Book Club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/the-shoulda-book-club-with-shoulda-books-225140024638?brid=yapSJjJ6zqETOwu3XngDDw   sign up for the Shoulda Books Newsletter: https://shouldabooks.com/   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

    1h 7m
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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
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Show Website
    Shoulda Books

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