Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next, Episode 97.

Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.

What should I read next?

We don't get bossy on the show.

What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.

Every week we'll talk all things books and reading, and today we have a special episode in which we do just that.

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Readers, this episode is airing for the first time on Tuesday, September 19th, which means my book, Reading People,

How Seeing the World Through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything, releases today.

Way back in Episode 84, I mentioned offhand that one day on the podcast we would have to talk about all the fascinating things I've learned about the publishing industry,

and the process of bringing this book to life.

A bunch of you all heard me say that and said, yes please, I want to hear that episode.

It turns out that many of our What Should I Read Next listeners are really curious about how the sausage is made.

So today, we're doing it.

I'm taking you behind the scenes of how Reading People came into being.

In one sense, I've been working on this book, meaning thinking about it and researching it for years, like maybe decades.

But the act of work phase lasted more like two to 1,5 years.

I asked our newsletter subscribers to share their burning questions, and they shared plenty.

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