For Ep. 174, due to an unexpected change in our episode schedule, we’re bringing you an episode from our newest Patreon bonus series, Unscripted. This series is our sandbox for any bookish topic, whether it’s publishing news, behind-the-scenes insights from the podcast and our reading lives, or patron-submitted discussions. Most Unscripted episodes feature both co-hosts, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) and Catherine Gilmore (@GilmoreGuide), along with me — and this April episode was no exception. We dive into the topic of Auto-Buy Authors, submitted by patrons! Tune in for a candid chat about the authors we always buy, former favorites, and those we’ve learned to avoid.

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Introduction [4:19 ]

Books Mentioned

• The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo [5:12 ]

Auto-Buy Authors [11:12 ]

Catherine

• Elizabeth George
  • The Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley Mysteries, #1) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [11:43 ]
• Anna Quindlen
• Paula McLain
  • When the Stars Go Dark | Amazon | Bookshop.org [19:49 ]
  • Circling the Sun | Amazon | Bookshop.org [19:56 ]
  • Love and Ruin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [20:03 ]
  • A Ticket to Ride | Amazon | Bookshop.org [20:23 ]
  • The Paris Wife | Amazon | Bookshop.org [20:27 ]
• Alice Hoffman
  • Practical Magic | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:02 ]
  • The Rules of Magic | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:43 ]
• Thrity Umrigar
  • Honor | Amazon | Bookshop.org [27:30 ]
• Barbara Kingsolver
  • Demon Copperhead | Amazon | Bookshop.org [29:51 ]
  • The Bean Trees | Amazon | Bookshop.org [30:03 ]
  • The Poisonwood Bible | Amazon | Bookshop.org [30:25 ]
  • Unsheltered | Amazon | Bookshop.org [30:46 ]
  • Prodigal Summer | Amazon | Bookshop.org [31:10 ]
  • Pigs in Heaven | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [31:25 ]
• Natalie Haynes
• S. A. Cosby
  • All the Sinners Bleed | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:01 ]
• Maggie O’Farrell
  • I Am, I Am, I Am | Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:03 ]
  • The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox | Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:22 ]
• John Boyne
  • Water | Amazon [43:48 ]
  • The Heart’s Invisible Furies | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:16 ]
  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:23 ]
  • All the Broken Places | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:25 ]
  • A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:04 ]
  • A Ladder to the Sky | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:18 ]
• Abbi Waxman
  • Other People’s Houses | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:12 ]
  • The Bookish Life of Nina Hill | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:21 ]
• Percival Everett
  • James | Amazon | Bookshop.org [53:12 ]
  • The Trees | Amazon | Bookshop.org [53:13 ]
  • Erasure | Amazon | Bookshop.org [53:16 ]
• Jennifer Saint
  • Elektra | Amazon | Bookshop.org [55:59 ]
  • Ariadne | Amazon | Bookshop.org [56:00 ]
  • Atalanta | Amazon | Bookshop.org [56:02 ]
• Laini Taylor
  • Strange the Dreamer | Amazon | <a href= "ht