Shelf Care Society by @Brian.Reads

Bethany Joy Lenz on “The Betrayal of Cora Wexford,” Reinvention & Finding Your Voice

Actor, author, and musician Bethany Joy Lenz joins Brian Larson on Shelf Care Society for a candid conversation about storytelling, reinvention, and learning to trust you

TJ Klune on “We Burned So Bright,” Queer Love & His New Book, "The Stars Look Like Home"

#1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune joins Brian Larson on Shelf Care Society for a wide-ranging conversation about love, mortality, queer storytelling, and the

What should be on your reading radar as we head into the final stretch of 2026?

In this episode of Shelf Care Society, I’m talking through some of the books I can’t stop thinking about, from major new novels by Min Jin Lee, Barbara Kingsolver, Hernan

Kathryn Stockett on “The Calamity Club,” 17 Years After “The Help”

Seventeen years after “The Help” became a publishing phenomenon, Kathryn Stockett is back with “The Calamity Club,” her sprawling, funny, devastating new novel and a #1 N

Josh Silver on “Fruit Fly,” Sobriety, Queer Storytelling & Who Gets to Tell Our Stories

Josh Silver joins Brian Larson on “Shelf Care Society” to talk about “Fruit Fly,” his buzzy adult debut, available now. Josh takes us inside the darkly funny, deeply uns

Jodi Picoult on "Hollow Bones," Her 30th Novel, Postpartum Psychosis & the Stories We’re Afraid to Tell

Jodi Picoult has spent more than three decades writing directly into some of the most complicated questions of our time. In this episode of Shelf Care Society, Brian sits

R.F. Kuang on Writing Her Latest Novel, "Taipei Story," Reclaiming Language, & Finding Home

R.F. Kuang joins Brian for an intimate conversation about Taipei Story, her shortest and perhaps most personal novel yet. She shares how the death of her grandfather and

Cole Brauer on Sailing Solo Around the World, Betting on Yourself, and "First Light"

Cole Brauer made history as the first American woman to race solo, nonstop around the world, but getting to the starting line required almost as much determination as cro

Raphael Montes: Dinner, Death & the Deliciously Twisted

What happens when four broke roommates in Rio de Janeiro discover that wealthy strangers will pay an obscene amount of money for the ultimate forbidden dining experience?

André Aciman on Elio, Oliver, and Returning to "Call Me By Your Name"’.

Nearly two decades after “Call Me By Your Name” first introduced readers to Elio and Oliver, André Aciman is returning to their story in an entirely new form. In this ep

Richard Russo on Under the Falls, Hometown Secrets, and Writing a Thriller

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo joins Brian to discuss his propulsive new novel, Under the Falls. Set in the fictional upstate New York town of Stone Mountai

Ben Reeves on “Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt,” Writing Death with Tenderness, and the Small Moments That Make a Life

Brian sits down with Ben Reeves, author of the extraordinary debut novel “Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt,” a tender and deeply human story narrated by the pers

Matthew Quick on "Dad, Love, Me," Sobriety, and Forgiving the Unforgivable

New York Times bestselling author Matthew Quick joins Brian for an intimate conversation about Dad, Love, Me, his deeply personal debut memoir written as a letter to his

Cecily Mak on Going Alcohol-Free, Finding Clarity, and Living "Undimmed"

Cecily Mak joins Shelf Care Society for a deeply thoughtful conversation about alcohol-free living, unwanted habits, and the clarity that becomes possible when we stop di

Kerry Docherty on "Selfish" & The Permission to Want More

What does it really mean to be “selfish”… and why are so many of us afraid of it? This week on Shelf Care Society, I sit down with Kerry Docherty, co-founder of Faherty

Tayari Jones on "Kin" & Letters & The Bonds of Family

What do we owe the people who made us? This week on Shelf Care Society, I sit down with Tayari Jones to talk about her stunning new novel, Kin, an Oprah's Book Club sele

Liz Tran On Why Your "Agility Quotient" (AQ) Might Matter More Than Your IQ

What if the thing that determines your success isn’t how smart you are, but how quickly you can adapt? This week on Shelf Care Society, I’m joined by Liz Tran, executive

Deconstructing the Kardashians—and Ourselves—with M.J. Corey

Why are the Kardashians so famous—and what does that say about us? In this episode of Shelf Care Society: The Podcast, I sit down with M.J. Corey (@mjcorey) to talk abou

Making Art While Making a Living with Mason Currey

What does it actually look like to build a creative life—and pay the bills? In this episode of Shelf Care Society: The Podcast, I sit down with Mason Currey (@masoncurre

Reparenting the Inner Child with Dr. Nicole LePera

Why do we keep repeating patterns we know aren’t serving us? In this episode of Shelf Care Society: The Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Nicole LePera (@the.holistic.psychol