Ep 488: Reading goals that are just lofty enough

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Novels featuring an ensemble cast of characters and multiple points of view are a favorite for today's guest, and she'd love Anne's help in finding more of this particular type of reading experience. Olivia Haber Greenwood is joining Anne from Barcelona, where she's lived for the past seven years working as a copywriter and freelance journalist. Olivia is a happy reader with an abundant reading life, but she's found herself stymied when it comes to novels featuring multiple points of view. Olivia loves the concept of these books, and sometimes she'll find one that really works for her. But since voice is such a strong component of what she loves in a book, too many of the multiple point of view novels she's read fall a bit flat. She's on the hunt for a story told from multiple points of view where every character's distinctive, unmistakable voice elicits a big wow. It's a tall order. Can they do it? Anne and Olivia sure have fun trying in today's conversation. Find the list of titles discussed today and leave your suggestions for Olivia at our show notes page, which you'll find at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/488. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm just never going to really like them as much as other books.
0:05.1	Maybe not, you know.
0:06.4	Maybe I'd be closing myself off to something.
0:09.4	And that doesn't feel good to you because there's a lot of great books out there
0:12.2	and you don't want to miss a bunch because you're not looking.
0:14.5	Exactly.
0:15.4	Exactly.
0:15.7	Okay.
0:16.6	That's why I've come to you in.
0:23.8	Hey, readers. Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next?
0:28.9	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:33.5	What should I read next?
0:35.4	We don't get bossy on the show.
0:37.1	What we will do here is give you
0:38.8	the information you need to choose your next week. Every week we'll talk all things books and
0:43.1	reading and do a little literary matchmaking with one guest. Readers, even though it's still
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