Better the Bookshelf Podcast
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Better the Bookshelf Podcast

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Listen to your favorite episodes before we say goodbye on 13 September!

Better the Bookshelf is a bookclub-esque podcast hosted by Richard Daly and Ryan Kuether. We read to decide what to keep on our personal bookshelves and we podcast because we like the sound of our own voices.

Twitter: @betterbookshelf

Listen to your favorite episodes before we say goodbye on 13 September!

Better the Bookshelf is a bookclub-esque podcast hosted by Richard Daly and Ryan Kuether. We read to decide what to keep on our personal bookshelves and we podcast because we like the sound of our own voices.

Twitter: @betterbookshelf

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Announcement - A Farewell To Podcasts

Announcement - A Farewell To Podcasts by Ryan Kuether & Richard Daly
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Ep. 64 - New Years Eve Mountainside Chat

Rich and Ryan were together in Switzerland and had a chat about their 2022 book experience and podcast resolutions for 2023.
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Ep. 63 - Tell Me I'm Worthless by Allison Rumfitt

Rich and Ryan read Allison Rumfitt's trans-horror novel that Rich found as a suggestion on Twitter. Are there ties to the "Haunting of Hill House"? Should they take more Twitter recommendations? Come for their muddled cold-ridden voices, stay for the advent calendar style selection of their next book at the end.
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Ep. 62 - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Time for a story about a haunted house... or is it? Rich and Ryan take on Jackson's terror classic, "The Haunting of Hill House."
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Ep. 61 - The Overstory by Richard Powers

It's time for a heavy-hitter. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book beat Rich and Ryan down a bit, take a listen and find out why!
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Ep. 60 - At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

Happy spooky season! It's time for some H.P. Lovecraft. Let's see what monsters Rich and Ryan find lurking in the Mountains of Madness.
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Ep. 59 - The Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber

Let's talk about Jesus in space and aliens whose faces look like fetuses. That's right, it's time for Rich and Ryan to get into some literary science fiction.
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Ep. 58 - Linconln Highway by Amor Towles

A new book and a new co-host! Check our Rich and Ryan's meander through Amor Towles's latest book "The Lincoln Highway."
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Announcement: New Episodes! New Host?!

Announcement time! New bi-weekly episodes starting 5 September 2022. Welcome in the Rich & Ryan era of slightly irreverent book chats.
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Ep. 57 - WE'RE BACK BABY! - Better The Bookshelf Podcast

We are back in action faithful listeners!
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Ep. 56 - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Jacob and Ryan discuss Gillian Flynn's dramatic murder/trauma debut novel, Sharp Objects and make a big announcement about the future of the podcast.
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Ep. 55 - In The Garden Of Beasts by Erik Larson

Jacob and Ryan talk about another Erik Larson best seller and ties to modern politics.
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Ep. 54 - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Jacob and Ryan wrap up their required reading dystopian themed novels with Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
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Ep. 53 - 1984 by George Orwell

Jacob and Ryan discuss George Orwell's dystopian novel, 1984, and its themes in modern American politics, among other things.
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Ep. 52 - The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson

Jacob and Ryan discuss Erik Larson's rich historical nonfiction novel about the building of Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair (World's Columbian Exposition) and the horrific activities of serial killer H.H. Holmes who used the event to find his prey.
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Ep. 51 - Good Bones by Maggie Smith

Jacob and Ryan swoop through Maggie Smith's poetry collection on motherhood.
Art and literature 6 years
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Ep. 50 - Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Jacob and Ryan have a sour conversation about Fifty Shades of Grey, with a bit of Tiger King sprinkled in.
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Ep. 49 - The Outsider by Stephen King

Jacob and Ryan dive into Stephen King's "The Outsider." Read the book, watch the great HBO adaptation, or do both, and then jump in and enjoy our discussion! Stick around until the end for LOTS of upcoming books and past recommendations to help get you through COVID-19.
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Ep. 48 - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John le Carre

Jacob and Ryan talk about spies and all that entails.
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Ep. 47 - Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

The theme of depressing childhood books continues with a discussion of Frank McCourt's Pulitzer prize-winning memoir.
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