Control Your Shelf

About Control Your Shelf

Three of your favorite Barnes Booksellers spill all their tea about books! Each episode covers a different title, and each episode in it’s entirety will be full of spoilers, so beware! Whether you just want to hear what all the buzz on a book is about(we’re talking about you, BookTok-ers), or if you simply need those comfort spoilers like we do, then come join in on our chaos.

Publisher

controlyourshelfpod

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jan 2023

Latest episode

10 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Aug 2025

   Bookish Would You Rather with Kat Cho

   In this episode, we go through a bunch of bookish 'would you rather' type questions, though some of them turn into kpop chatter(in the best way). Give us some of your scenarios in the comments, and be sure to check out Kat's books if you've just finished kpop demon hunters and simply need MORE like the rest of us!

2. 

   12 Jun 2025

   One Star Review Guessing Game

   The hosts of "Control Your Shelf" play a guessing game, identifying popular books from one-star reviews and sharing their reactions in this episode.

3. 

   28 May 2025

   The Reformatory

   Rose analyzes Tananarive Due's 'The Reformatory,' a blend of historical fiction, horror, and social commentary, exploring its themes of systemic racism, child abuse, and historical trauma in this episode.

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

95,632

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

43 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

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

Quality

5

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

77