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Mean Book Club

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Mean Book Club the Podcast: Four ladies (UCB-NY, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) read, discuss & make fun of NYT bestselling books with little literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute? New podcast every Tuesday! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.

Latest episodes

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Quicksilver by Callie Hart

Our Season 21 Finale is here!! This half-baked ACOTAR knock-off got the treatment it deserved and boy oh boy did it deserve the most. Thank you to all of our listeners fo

Jun 9
1 h 28 min

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

Unreliable narrators, love affairs, and.... ghosts? This week we read Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney and believe us when we say you don't want to read this one. Mean Bo

May 26
1 h 19 min

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (w/ Johnathan Fernandez)

Robert Langdon is back in action and this time he has to solve... wait. what does he do in this book exactly? This week we read The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown with re

May 12
2 h 12 min

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

A lost grandson, a talking octopus, and a new unholy alliance between hosts!? This week we read Remarkably Bright Creatures and is was remarkably bad. Mean Book Club is

Apr 28
1 h 21 min

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

This week we have a MASSIVE episode filled with lame powers, daddy issues, and a whole lotta YA yearning. This week we read Powerless by Lauren Roberts and despite it's b

Apr 14
1 h 43 min

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Ivy league frats, magical pencil pushers, and an ALL NEW SEGMENT OF THE POD!? This week we read "Ninth House" by Leigh Bardugo and it was a doozy. Mean Book Club is four

Mar 31
1 h 37 min

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid w/ James Coker

Looking for the hottest MM, enemies-to-lovers book about hockey that inspired a hit Netflix show? Well we've got you covered! This week we read "Heated Rivalry" by Rachel

Mar 17
1 h 40 min

Season 21 Book List

Our season 21 book list announcement! Listen so you can read along, or so you can full ignore the books and just enjoy the podcast. You decide! Mean Book Club is four la

Mar 4
8 min

Rose in Chains by Julie Soto

An incomprehensible world of magic, a blinding romance fraught with peril, and a bunch of filler in between: This week we read the fan-fic turned book: Rose in Chains by

Mar 3
1 h 26 min

Bonus! Housemaid The Movie

Special Bonus Episode! Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have

Dec 23 2025
49 min

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham w/ Jonathan Fernandez

From the author of seminal legal-thrillers such as The Firm and A Time to Kill, comes the inspiration behind... Christmas with the Kranks? This week we read Skipping Chri

Nov 25 2025
1 h 43 min

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney w/ Raúl Esparza

A very special episode with a very special guest, this week we read "Beautiful Ugly" by Alice Feeney and it was... confusing. Revenge, instant bestsellers, and murderous

Nov 18 2025
1 h 50 min

Where is Joe Merchant by Jimmy Buffett

Where are our Parrot Heads at?! This week we read Where's Joe Merchant by Mr. Margaritaville himself, Jimmy Buffett. Did the plot make sense? No. Did we like the book? Al

Oct 28 2025
1 h 31 min

Who Moved my Cheese by Spencer Johnson

Personal goals, career goals, squad goals, any and all of it can be considered "The Cheese." But what happens when someone moves the cheese? What wildly oversimplified op

Oct 14 2025
1 h 30 min

"We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart w/ David Joseph Craig

Arson, anmesia, and a private island? It's a wonder how this book could be so boring. This week we read "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart and we can't say it enough: JUST WA

Sep 16 2025
1 h 34 min

The Plot Against America by Phillip Roth

An alternate history with family drama, cultural identity, and extremely detailed descriptions of stamps, this week we read "The Plot Against America" by Phillip Roth and

Sep 14 2025
1 h 24 min

"Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld

Sometimes in life, a special book comes along and embraces you with characters you relate to, a setting that you enjoy, and a plot that exists. This is unfortunately not

Sep 2 2025
1 h 17 min

"The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen

Was it profound or was it pretentious? Is the author a genius or a misogynist? The only thing we know for sure is that a man made love to a couch. Mean Book Club returns

Aug 19 2025
1 h 41 min

From the Vault: "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

Mean Book Club "From the Vault!" We're periodically reuploading episodes straight from the ghost of Mean Book Club's past! This week we're taking a look back at the book

Aug 12 2025
51 min

Season 20 Book List and Promo

Mean Book Club is BACK with their biggest season yet! Join us for a series of bad romances, self-help stinkers, and mandane mysteries to celebrate our 20TH SEASON. New ep

Aug 5 2025
4 min

Chart trend

Position in the Books chart (US), last 90 days.

#16
all-time peak
8
days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where Mean Book Club ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 25, 2026).

#197 ▼ 8 Books US

What listeners say

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They are so hilarious and so consistent. This podcast got me through March 2020 lockdowns and then continued to get me through everything since. They read a book I suggested but I was sad that they didn’t hate it as much as I did. Still love them though

kindaLame · Dec 2024

I’ve been listening for several years now and I still get so excited when a new episode comes out! Y’all are so funny and charming!! It’s like when you’re a little kid and you eavesdrop on your aunts gossiping. Thank you guys for tearing these terrible books to shreds, it always makes my day.

Insides inside 😡😖😫😤 · Dec 2024

I do have reader friends, but we have very different opinions and tastes and it gets delicate. Mean Book Club fulfills my need to complain about BAD BOOKS THAT ARE BAD. I know it sounds crazy to literally listen to every episode like 3x, but these ladies crack me up and their dynamics are so entertaining. And I appreciate their insights; I’ve read new books because of them (and the books were generally bad!!!). I’d love to hear them take down Whalefall by Daniel Krause, lauded as “scientifically accurate”. I found it predictable as far as father-son relations and needlessly gory. Don’t know what I’d do without you guys—thank you 💕

jbyrd2973 · Sep 2024

Found this podcast a few months ago and I have been binging it. I’m so happy that it’s still going on, but I’m so sad I don’t have more current episodes. I love it so much and I often laugh out loud. I listen to podcasts while lifting weights but I laugh too much during this one to do so. It’s been lovely to see the additions in everyone’s lives also.

Lindsaym15 · Jul 2024

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