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In this podcast, readers Pam and Hallie share their thoughts on the books of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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9 SEP 2026 · Books mentioned, in order:
The Dream Thieves: The Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater, adapted and illustrated by Sas Milledge
The Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Julius Julius by Aurora Stewart de Peña
The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Mystery Play by Elizabeth Kostova
The Odyssey by Homer
Duplex by Mike Nagel
Culdesac by Mike Nagel
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal el-Mohtar
Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Euphoria by Lily King
Writers and Loves by Lily King
The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski Find Pam and Hallie online!
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26 AUG 2026 · Books mentioned, in order:
The Odyssey by Homer
The Iliad by Homer
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Story Girl by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Comedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson, translated by Damion Searls
Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden
Duplex by Mike Nagel
Culdesac by Mike Nagel
Yume by Sifton Tracey Anipare
The Group by Mary McCarthy
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
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12 AUG 2026 · Books mentioned in order:
Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon
Bride + Mate by Ali Hazelwood
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges
Ruth by Kate Riley
My Favourite Thing is Monsters: Volume 1 by Emil Ferris
Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed, tr. by Deena Mohamed
Comedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson, translated by Damion Searls
Indelicacy by Amina Cain
The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector
Carrion Crow by Heather Parry
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor
Chasing Homer by László Krasznahorkai, translated by John Batki
The Odyssey by Homer translated by EV and DCH Rieu
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
Slewfoot by Brom
Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim
LinksL
https://hrcyed.my.canva.site/hrcyed-3-0/
Emily Wilson’s review of The Odyssey https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man Find Pam and Hallie online!
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29 JUL 2026 · Books mentioned, in order:
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth
Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth
Canon by Paige Lewis
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Guards Guards by Terry Pratchett
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar
The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski
The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski
My Favourite Thing is Monsters: Volume 1 by Emil Ferris
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Links:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/
https://duckstamp.com/art-contest/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DayCUUFkdTG/?img_index=1 Find Pam and Hallie online!
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Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
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15 JUL 2026 · Books mentioned, in order:
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher
What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher
Hemlock and Silver by T Kingfisher
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher
Paladin’s Grace by T Kingfisher
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
The Frequency of Living Things by Nick Fuller Googins
The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins
A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth
Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth
The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski
The Pencil by Henry Petroski
Links referenced:
https://youtu.be/nm--qS8neH8
https://hrcyed.my.canva.site/hrcyed-3-0/ Find Pam and Hallie online!
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Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com
8 JUL 2026 · Books mentioned:
Scott Pilgrim Vol 1 and 2 by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Ducks Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
Final Space: The Final Chapter by Olan Rogers
The Girl from the Sea by Lee Knox Ostertag
The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector tr. Benjamin Moser
The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje tr. David McKay
Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne OELKE
This is the Journey by Alison Malee
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun Lee
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag tr. Srinath Perur
On Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle tr. Barbara J Haveland
On Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle tr. Barbara J Haveland
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
The Raven Boys Graphic Novel by MS, adapted by Stephanie Williams and Sas Milledge
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura, translated by Yuki Tejima
Are You My Mother? By Alison Bechdel
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
Les sentiers de neige by Kev Lambert
City in Glass by Paul Aster, graphic novel adaptation by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli, with a new introduction by Art Spiegelman
Duplex by Mike Nagel
Culdesac by Mike Nagel
A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher
Plant Based Bride + The Everlasting: https://youtu.be/c1ZU9fjzXYQ?
Deedi Reads + The Everlasting: https://deedireads.com/book-reviews/the-everlasting Find Pam and Hallie online!
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Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com
24 JUN 2026 · Will Hallie ever finish a book again? Plus, Pam is on the verge of multiple BINGOs.
Books mentioned in order:
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Some People by Parini Shroff
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Squire by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas, illustrated by Sara
Pig Wife by Abbey Luck
Ballad for Sophie by Felipe Melo and Juan Cavia
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth
Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth
Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag translated by Srinath Perur
The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje translated by David McKay
Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne OELKE Find Pam and Hallie online!
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10 JUN 2026 · Books mentioned, in order: Shady Hollow by Juneau Black
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
The princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace
Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
Pool House by Mary H.K. Choi
Storybook Ending by Moira Macdonald
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Oseman
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector
The Remembered Soldier by Anjaat Danje, translated by David McKay
Review of Portrait of a Thief https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3830163145
Video about Amanda Lovelace poetry https://youtu.be/msL425_IJEM
The Orange by Wendy Cope https://www.best-poems.net/wendy-cope/the-orange.html
Receipt From the Bookshop https://katieclapham.substack.com/p/receipt-from-the-bookshop-146
Why to have more unread books https://austinkleon.substack.com/p/why-our-house-is-a-library Find Pam and Hallie online!
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Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com
27 MAY 2026 · Books mentioned, in order:
The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager
Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
This Kingdom Will not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth
Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
The Radiant Dark by Alexandra Oliva
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
TikTok mentioned: https://www.tiktok.com/@girl_on_couch/video/7363742421588512043?lang=en
Pirate Wonders Readathon Announcement and Rules:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD47gfpqVSg
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CUxGnQKMLT1AtkHs75vKrT7cC317yXPYC4MVm6QDwPU/edit?usp=sharing Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at https://wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com
13 MAY 2026 · Hallie reads a hot title, and Pam continues a hot series. Look at us, so hip with the book world.
Books mentioned, in order:
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
The Hitch by Sara Levine
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D Li
The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector, translated from Portuguese by Benjamin Moser
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman
The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
Readathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYdI2DpVcSE Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at https://wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com
In this podcast, readers Pam and Hallie share their thoughts on the books of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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