Rachel and Áine are two bookworms with two essential questions for their guests; what book do you think everyone should read and why? Coming up this season, we've eight wonderful guests from the world of books to answer those very questions.
Season 2 dropping Thursday 24th April and every fortnight thereafter.
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For our final episode of season 2, actor, comedian and crime fiction nerd Peter McGann joins Rachel and Áine to discuss Ross MacDonald's 'The Chill'. Digressions include explaining to Rachel what hard-boiled crime fiction is, why Ross MacDonald doesn't get all the plaudits that other writers in the genre do and what exactly makes a good crime fiction novel.
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16 Jul 2025
Rónán Hession thinks you should read The Notebook Trilogy
What is the self? This week we're exploring this and other deep questions with author and musician Rónán Hession. Digressions include why we need to read more translated works, the brutality of life and why this book is like a strong blue cheese.
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2 Jul 2025
Richy Craven thinks you should read Nation
Author Richy Craven discusses Terry Pratchett's novel 'Nation', exploring themes of colonialism, loss, and mental health in an interview with the hosts of "I Think You Should Read."
18 Jun 2025
Rosemary MacCabe thinks you should read Venus Envy
Author Rosemary MacCabe critiques Louise Mensch's novel 'Venus Envy,' dissecting its fatphobia and harmful stereotypes in this interview episode.
5 Jun 2025
Fionnuala Jones thinks you should read Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Fionnuala Jones discusses Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism, exploring themes of hypnotism, orphan narratives, and moral perceptions in this interview episode with hosts Áine O'Connell and Rachel O'Neill.
21 May 2025
Dean Van Nguyen thinks you should read Out Of the Vinyl Deeps
This week we're going back in time to review the 1960's rock and roll scene with music journalist and author Dean Van Nguyen. Dean has chosen 'Out of the Vinyl Deeps' an essay collection on the writing of the New Yorker's first female music critic Ellen Willis. Digressions include how much Bob Dylan is too much Bob Dylan, what would Willis make of Taylor Swift and whether it's ever ok to call John Lennon sexy.
You can order Dean's new book here. (https://www.dubraybooks.ie/product/words-for-my-comrades-9781399615440?srsltid=AfmBOoqsc0FrMuf-JVEXFJ11Ic9FAX2TfZRNNAZ4V-2CSgUrm0Ne4QmQ)
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7 May 2025
Sarah Maria Griffin thinks you should read Howl's Moving Castle
What is the meaning of a moving castle and why does Rachel think it involves tax evasion? This week Áine and Rachel are joined by author and podcaster Sarah Maria Griffin to discuss Diana Wynne Jones' "Howl's Moving Castle". Digressions include world-building in Wales, Howl being an incredibly annoying person and what success looks like as an author.
Apologies for Rachel's audio which failed. She endeavours to do better.
You can pre-order Sarah's new book here (https://www.kennys.ie/shop/eat-the-ones-you-love-sarah-maria-griffin-9781803366760). Listen to Juvenalia here. (https://open.spotify.com/show/4a8K7d3b1aDh6QyK1LjkI3?si=44d6744e55a94a75)
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23 Apr 2025
Séamas O'Reilly thinks you should read What A Carve Up!
Does satire work? In our first episode of season 2, Áine and Rachel chat to author, writer and many-siblings holder Séamas O'Reilly about Jonathan Coe's 'What A Carve Up!'. Digressions include discussions on left wing comedy, the state of the world now versus the late 80s and how we all really feel about Margaret Thatcher.
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3 Apr 2025
Season 2 Annoucement: Books and Guests!
We're back for season 2! As good podcasts hosts, we've taken on your feedback from Season 1. In this minisode, join Rachel and Áine as they take you through those changes and more importantly the books and guests they'll cover this season!
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13 Dec 2024
I Think You Should Read Christmas Extravaganza
Áine and Rachel share their favorite books of 2024, offering a year-in-review of their reading experiences and a holiday gift guide for book lovers.
21 Jun 2024
Catherine Walsh thinks you should read Daughter of the Forest
It’s our last episode of Season 1 and we’re joined by best-selling author and friend of the pod Catherine Walsh, author of best-selling, world-beating romantic comedies like Holiday Romance and Snowed In! Catherine chats to us about Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier, a historical fantasy epic based on the myth of the Children of Lir. Digressions include Billie Eilish, the band Hanson, self-publishing and Áine’s upcoming wedding.
TW for sexual assault discussed in this episode around the 26
minute mark.
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14 Jun 2024
Cauvery Madhavan thinks you should read The Broken Cedar
Author of Paddy Indian, The Uncoupling and the Tainted Cauvery Madhavan (https://x.com/CauveryMadhavan)joins us to discuss Martin Malone's 'The Broken Cedar'. We discuss Malone's unique career as a soldier in Lebanon, the current situation in Palestine and how a book written 20 years ago is as relevant as ever.
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7 Jun 2024
Steve O'Rourke thinks you should read My Name is Red
Steve O’Rourke is the author of the acclaimed memoir “And A Bang on the Ear”. He chats to us about our second Nobel Prize winner of the season, the experimental Turkish novel, My Name Is Red.
Book recommendations this week!
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
The List by Yomi Adegoke
Yellowface by RF Kuang (banger)
None Of This Is Serious by friend of the pod Catherine Prasifka
Babel by RF Kuang
The White Castle, also by Orhan Pamuk
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
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31 May 2024
Catherine Prasifka thinks you should read A Girl's Story
"Your feelings will make you insane!"
Novelist Catherine Prasifka joins us to chat about Annie Ernaux’s intense work of non-fiction, A Girl’s Story, as well as the nature of memory and the horrors of being a teenage girl! Catherine is the author of NONE OF THIS IS SERIOUS, and the recently released THIS IS HOW YOU REMEMBER IT, both of which slap and are well worth a read.
Content warnings include: sexual assault
RECOMMENDATIONS THIS WEEK
The Book of Love by Kelly Link
If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution by Vincent Bevins
Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
Jerusalem the Golden by Margaret Drabble
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24 May 2024
Aoife Martin thinks you should read Winter's Bone
Activist Aoife Martin speaks to us about Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell, a novel guaranteed to make you feel cold even in the middle of summer. Set in the Ozark mountains, the novel is both action-packed and deceptively deep! We also use the term bleak approximately 4 million times.
Books we recommend in this episode:
How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney
As You Were by Elaine Feeney
Jewish Space Lasers by Mike Rothschild
The Storm is Upon Us by Mike Rothschild
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keeffe
Woe to Live on by Daniel Woodrell
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
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17 May 2024
Mark O'Connell thinks you should read The Adversary
We chat to award-winning writer and essayist Mark O’Connell (https://mark-oconnell.com/) about the book he thinks everyone should read: The Adversary by Emmanuel Carreré. A chilling true-crime story about notorious murderer Jean-Claude Romand, The Adversary served as inspiration for O’Connell in writing his most recent work, the critically acclaimed A Thread of Violence. Join Mark, Rachel and Áine for a chat about true crime, the nature of evil and the stories we tell ourselves. It’s more craic than it sounds.
Content warnings for this episode include: murder, assault, infidelity.
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10 May 2024
Sophie White thinks you should read The Breathing Method
Writer, podcaster and all-round legend Sophie White joined us for a chat to really get into The Breathing Method, a short novella by the master of horror Stephen King. We’re telling you nothing else because this is a novella - and episode - that it’s better to go into knowing absolutely nothing about what happens next!
Content warnings for this episode include: freak accidental death, car accidents, pregnancy and childbirth.
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3 May 2024
Patrick Freyne thinks you should read A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Have you got your towel with you? Áine and Rachel chat to Patrick Freyne, Irish Times journalist, writer and all-round froody guy about Douglas Adams’ iconic sci-fi comedy, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Digressions include but are not limited to growing up in Ireland in the 1980s, the importance of humour and why anything lacking humour is not to be trusted and Áine's love for Marvin.
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18 Apr 2024
I Think You Should Read - Coming May 3rd
Rachel and Áine are two bookworms with two very important questions for their guests; what book do you think everyone should read and why? Coming up this season, we've eight wonderful guests from the world of books to answer those very questions. Our first episode with Patrick Freyne discussing The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy will drop on Friday, May 3rd, wherever you get your podcasts.
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