Ep. 166: Readers Are Coming Out of Their Little Caves ⛰️
Books mentioned, in order:
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey
Pet by Catherine Chidgey
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Chasing Homer by László Krasznahorkai, translated by John Batki
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Moss’d in Space by Rebecca Thorne
Moss Effect by Rebecca Thorne
Hollywood, Ending by John Green
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Links mentioned:
https://shelleyparkerchan.com/historical-figures/
https://youtu.be/fyXVdMgWPh4
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7 Oct 2026
Ep. 165: And The Award Goes To... Readers! 🏆
Plus, Pam has a rant.
Books mentioned, in order:
The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers
Witch Hat Atelier: Vol 1 by Kamome Shirahama, translated by Stephen Kohler
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Polybius by Collin Armstrong
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
As You Wake Break the Shell by Becky Chambers
To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
Our Infinite and Inevitable Ends by A. D. Suit
The Dragonfly Gambit by A. D. Suit
The Iron Garden Sutra by A. D. Suit
An End in Itself by Terry Fallis
Albatross by Terry Fallis
Links mentioned:
Tattooist of Auschwitz review https://www.auschwitz.org/gfx/auschwitz/userfiles/_public/memoria/en/pdf/memoria14en.pdf
Gifford Prize https://www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/
Giller Prize https://gillerprize.ca/
National Book Award https://www.nationalbook.org/
Kirkus Prize https://www.kirkusreviews.com/prize/
Novel Prize https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/
Booker Prize https://thebookerprizes.com/
Atwood Gibson Prize https://www.writerstrust.com/awards/atwood-gibson-writers-trust-fiction-prize
Hugo Prize https://www.thehugoawards.org/
55 Canadian fiction books https://www.cbc.ca/books/55-canadian-fiction-books-we-re-excited-about-this-fall-9.7295667
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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
23 Sept 2026
Ep. 164: Dark Academia? For Fall? Groundbreaking. 🍂
Books mentioned, in order:
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Writers and Lovers by Lily King
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal el-Mohtar
The River Has Roots by Amal el-Mohtar
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Mystery Play by Elizabeth Kostova
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Yume by Sifton Tracey Anipare
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Anthem by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Links mentioned:
HRCYED - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm--qS8neH8
Charity and Sylvia - https://www.charityandsylvia.com/
Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com (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
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