Professional Book Nerds
Hosted by Joe and Joe Skelley · Book Lounge by Libby
4.6from 412 ratings
- 967
- Episodes
- 158
- Transcribed
- 412
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 28M
- YouTube views
About Professional Book Nerds
Book Lounge by Libby is your cozy reading corner of the internet. Hosted by Joe Skelley, each episode invites you into candid and thoughtful conversations about books, writing, publishing and the trends shaping what we read (plus reading recommendations you won't want to miss). Brought to you by Libby, the library app. Find more at: https://pages.libbylife.com/BL-Links Book Lounge airs year-round, with two 10-week seasons each year, featuring publishing conversations on Mondays and paired book recommendations on Thursdays- plus monthly Book Release Radar episodes. We release 1–3 episodes per month between seasons. Reach out to us at bookloungebylibby@overdrive.com. Happy Reading!
- Publisher
- Book Lounge by Libby
- Category
- arts · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Dec 2015
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
158 of 967 episodes have a transcript.
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Build Your Horror Triptych: Horror Books for Beginners
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] This is a little risky. This is one of those kinds of books that I think has a hard time finding its audience because it's a genre bender. So we are getting that historical fiction aspect. But it goes into the fantastical, there will be a big supernatural twist to the story as it builds to the end, it may surprise you. I just want to tell you that if you are looking for something that goes into that supernatural vein, if you're a fan of writers like Sarah Penner, especially, I think that this one will really sit in your wheelhouse. So in this story, Carolyn Foster is stepping into a mysterious role at the Whitechapel Full Moon Society and She is in search of her missing brother and she finds a crumbling facade hiding a world of secrets and creeping danger. […]
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- Amy Allen Clark
- Kenzie Deerin
- Tiffany D Jackson
- Jonny Sims
- Jonathan Edward Durham
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- YouTube views
- 27,504,155
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 335 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 77 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 96 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 91
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Joe and Joe Skelley host the show. Published by Book Lounge by Libby.
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