What to Read Next Podcast l Book Recommendation Show
Hosted by Laura · Laura R Yamin
4.0from 78 ratings
- 953
- Episodes
- 42
- Transcribed
- 78
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About What to Read Next Podcast l Book Recommendation Show
You know you want to read. You just don't know what. What to Read Next is the podcast for readers who love romance, thrillers, and women's fiction — and spend more time staring at their TBR than actually reading it. I'm Laura, and twice a week I bring you book recommendations built around one thing: how you actually feel right now. Not what's new. Not what's trending. The right book for this exact mood, this exact moment, this exact week of your life. Some weeks that means asking an author what they read for joy — not what they wrote, but what they reach for when they need to escape. Their answer is always your next discovery. Some weeks it means me telling you exactly what I read, what stayed with me, what I DNF'd at 40% and why, and which one I'd press into your hands right now if we were having coffee. Romance across every subgenre. Psychological thrillers. Beach reads with actual substance. Women's fiction that makes you feel seen. The books that give you the escape you came for — and a few that'll quietly change how you see things too. New episodes every Monday and Wednesday. The Reading Receipt — my weekly reading log — drops every Thursday on Substack. Start anywhere. The right episode will find you.
- Publisher
- Laura R Yamin
- Category
- arts · leisure · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 19 Dec 2017
- Latest episode
- 27 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
42 of 953 episodes have a transcript.
27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ghosts, Multiverses & Magic: Speculative Romance Recs | Author Interview Bridget Morrissey
20 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
10 National Book Award Nominees You Need to Know | Literary Fiction Longlist
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Myth of the Debut Author, Explained by an Agent | Siren Says by Jennifer Herrera
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Ghosts, Multiverses & Magic: Speculative Romance Recs | Author Interview Bridget Morrissey
Published 27 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And in the process of that, they end up traveling to a series of different alternate realities. And in each reality, they actually meet and interact with different versions of themselves. And they get to see how their life could have unfolded if they made different choices in life, in career, and in love, maybe with each other. Yeah, so it's just really imaginative. It's got a lot of humor to it, but it does also have an undercurrent of sadness and grief in there. So it's kind of got it all. But yeah, that's pretty much the gist of it. So this is a very complex book to build. Talk to us about the process of putting together the story to make sense of it. […]
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- Bridget Morrissey
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- Jennifer Herrera
- Bri
- Leslie Vedder
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.0 / 5
- 63 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.8 / 5
- 15 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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