Ep 483: Help me find my new go-to summer author!

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

We often discuss auto-buy authors and completist authors around here, and today's guest is a completist on a mission to discover her new favorite summer author. Stephanie Edwards-Gass is a seventh-grade English teacher and an Elin Hilderbrand completist. For years, she's turned to Hilderbrand's novels for summer reading satisfaction. She's read (and reread) every book in Hilderbrand's catalog, but now that there aren't any new Nantucket books to look forward to, Stephanie's on the hunt for a new go-to summer author that scratches the same itch. She's looking for stories with complex characters, a strong sense of place, lots of juicy details, and often salacious scandals. Stephanie's already done a lot of legwork here and has a really good idea of what has and hasn't worked for her so far. Today she and Anne talk about which author (or authors) might fill this gap in Stephanie's summer reading plan. See the long list of titles mentioned today and leave your suggestions for Stephanie at our show notes page, at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/483. Thanks to all of you who have joined us lately in our Patreon community: we could not make this show without you. If you haven't joined us yet, it's an easy way to show your support for our show and financially support the work we're doing. When you sign up, you get immediate access to the 2025 Summer Reading Guide, our unboxing video, and bonus episodes like the books Anne read and really loved but didn't include in the Guide, and of course all of our archives and the new bonus episodes we're creating this summer. To sign up and get started, go to patreon.com/whatshouldireadnext. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was like, nothing in my life is going to top this.
0:03.3	Oh, my gosh.
0:04.3	I was so starstruck.
0:05.6	My friend on the side got like the most amazing pictures from it.
0:08.6	But I have been a devoted reader of hers for a very long time.
0:12.3	And I have just always loved everything that she's written, even her short stories.
0:17.8	I could read her grocery list and still be in love with it.
0:24.5	Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next?
0:30.0	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:35.1	What should I read next? We don't get bossy on this show.
0:39.3	What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.
0:44.2	Every week we'll talk all things books and reading,
0:46.3	and today we are loading up one reader's summer stacks with lots and lots of new to her literary options.
1:05.6	One of our favorite places to connect with our fellow readers is in our Patreon community.
1:08.2	So many of you have joined us over there lately.
1:09.8	Thank you so much for that.
1:11.4	We appreciate all of your support, and we could not make the show without you. If you recently joined us over in our
1:16.8	What Should I Read Next Patreon so that you could enjoy this year's summer reading guide,
1:20.7	I hope you've been loving everything else we offer over in Patreon, like our weekly bonus
1:25.4	episodes, peaks behind the scenes, and more. If you haven't joined
1:29.6	us yet, it's an easy way to show your support for our show and financially support the work we're
1:34.7	doing. When you sign up, you get immediate access to the 2025 Summer Reading Guide, our unboxing
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