Ep 472: Literary + Genre = match made in heaven

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Finding highly discussable books for book clubs often feels like a full-time job, especially if you're a member of multiple long-standing book clubs like today's guest, Lara. Today, Lara joins Anne to talk about her constant search for fiction that explores the human condition in all its messy glory. She loves these sorts of books because they give her so much to talk about with her fellow readers. Recently, Lara was listening to an episode of our podcast when she heard Anne mention her appreciation for books that are literary AND, as in literary novels that also bring in strong genre elements like romance or adventure or mystery. Lara's reaction was, Oh, me too. In their conversation today, she and Anne talk more about books that are literary AND, and Anne recommends specific titles Lara may want to add to her TBR. Find the full list of those titles and other links from today's show at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/472. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When I talk to people about books and say, you know, my wheelhouse, safe place, comfort book is contemporary literary fiction, that does not mean reading books like James Joyce every day.
0:12.4	I do love a beautifully crafted sentence.
0:15.6	That's good because I'm not ready to talk about James Joyce.
0:18.0	Okay, good. Me either.
0:25.9	Hey, readers. I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next? Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that
0:30.9	plagues every reader. What should I read next? We don't get bossy on the show. What we will do here
0:37.0	is give you the information
0:38.3	you need to choose your next read. Every week we'll talk all things books and reading
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