Between The Covers

About Between The Covers

Author Jay Ruud has read every ”100 Best Book” list there is, so it’s only natural that he would create his own. Listen to each episode as he and his wife, author Stacey Margaret Jones discuss a book from his carefully cultivated ”100 Lovable Books” list. Stacey interviews Jay on what makes the book ”lovable” and where it ranks on the master list. They’ll also discuss current books in the CHAOS READER segment.

Publisher

Jay Ruud and Stacey Margaret Jones

Category

arts · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Jul 2024

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

108 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Oct 2026

   ICYMI No. 3: Recapping the List of the 100 Most Lovable Novels: 50 to 26

   We’re getting closer to the top of the list with this episode covering Jay’s most lovable novels. We share each book from 75 to 51 with the original air dates and a few choice comments. Chaos Reader decides if Jay has sold her on each entry… or not.

2. 

   20 Oct 2026

   ICYMI No. 2: Recapping Jay’s List of the 100 Most Lovable Novels: 75 to 51

   We continue walking through the final rankings of Jay’s List of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language that we covered one by one for the past two years. This week, we discuss nos. 75 to 51 along with the original air dates for each book.

3. 

   13 Oct 2026

   ICYMI No. 1: Recapping Jay’s List of the 100 Most Lovable Novels: 100 to 76

   This week we begin walking through the final list’s rankings, as Jay slowly built the ranked list of his 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language over two years of podcasting. In this episode, we talk about nos. 100 through 76, what’s lovable, whether Chaos Reader has or will read them and when each book's episode originally aired.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

56,770

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

16 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

68

Social presence

94

YouTube

85

Engagement

51

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