Shelf Respect

Books: Chores, Whores, and Scores

In this episode, we're tackling a way to sort some reads into 3 easy categories: Chore: an objectively successful and popular book we felt was a chore to get through Wh

Footnotes: Should Book Influencers Get Paid? Is it Okay to Write Fiction about Celebrities?

This is Footnotes. In these episodes, we scan the reading world for recent stories, trends, and news to chat about. We pick timely topics for the three of us, and you, to

School Required Reading: Classics Pass/Fail

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Deep Dive: Emily Henry

The first in our series: Author Deep Dives. In this episode, we unpack the meteoric rise of young millennial romance book icon, Emily Henry.  We answer all the questions

Footnotes: Screen Adaptations in Crisis? Children of Blood and Bone, Sense & Sensibility

This is Footnotes. In these episodes, we scan the reading world for recent stories, trends, and news to chat about. We pick timely topics for the three of us, and you, to

New Book Snake Draft: Summer 2026

Summer is summering and we're tackling all the new books coming out in July, August, and September of 2026. Get your TBRs in sweaty order. Our List of Snake Draft Picks

Literary Characters Most Likely To Be MAGA

We're snake drafting book characters who would most likely be MAGA. This is not fictional folks who would be Republicans. This is reserved for sloppy, ear-bandage-wearing

Historical Fiction: The Good, The Bad, The Annoying

It's time for a genre deep dive on Historical Fiction. We define it, discuss when it shines, when it gets it wrong, which time periods we need less of, and which timeline

Non-Fic Icks: Our Non-Fiction Pet Peeves

We camp out with all our pet peeves when reading non-fiction books. This includes self-help, memoirs, religion, cookbooks, true crime, business, and more. We share ours a

Literary Spring Awakenings: First Reading Loves

We're taking it back to the characters we met in our youth who served as our literary spring awakening, those first tingles of romantic love. We share ours - YOU ARE NOT

Odd Reader Out: Short Stories

In this episode series, Odd Reader Out, one or two of your Shelf Respect hosts will take a literary concept the other host or hosts are unfamiliar with and attempt to ent

New Books Snake Draft: Spring 2026

Spring has sprung and we're tackling all the new books coming out in April, May, and June of 2026. Get your TBRs ready. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Toxic Literary Romance Snake Draft

We draw for spots and snake draft the worst (OR BEST) toxic fictional romances. These are love stories where suffering is marketed as soulmates. Our Bookshop Shop: http

Burn or Blurb: Reader Spicy Takes

We collected spicy takes from readers on Instagram and we decide whether those opinions will be burned or blurbed. Join 3,300+ Hardbacks on Patreon. Those readers get

Words, Phrases, and Clichés That Need To Die in Fiction Books

Welcome to the first public episode of Shelf Respect. We've been doing this for six months over on Patreon and now it's time to have the best of both worlds. We'll have n

The NOs of Fiction

This is a an example of our premium content you can find on our Shelf Respect Patreon. *originaly published in October, 2025 We asked our Hardbacks to air their grievan

Shelf Respect: What is This? Who Are We?

Join us as we unpack why we launched another podcast, who we are as readers, which books define us, and what to expect at Shelf Respect. *originally published in Septembe