June is audiobook month, and here at Reading Women we're celebrating by featuring some of our favorite listens. AND we're premiering a brand new segment on the podcast! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other...

On June 1st, 2016, we published our first episode of Reading Women. Little did we know that two years later we would have reached our 70th episode, including author interviews and bonus content featuring everything from new releases to book...

We have a chat with Meaghan O'Connell about her new memoir And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready. Meaghan discusses the romanticized expectations surrounding birth and early motherhood, the process of she...

We talk about our discussion books for May, The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, AND we share a special announcement about next month's plans! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book...

We chat with Chibundu Onuzo about her novel Welcome to Lagos, which is out now from Catapult.  Books Mentioned Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo The Spider King's Daughter by Chibundu Onuzo Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta The Woman Next...

In May, we're going places! All our book selections this month revolve around the theme "going places." Have a listen and check out our book recs, just in time for summer travels! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other...

When we started podcasting, everyone and her mother's brother asked if we listened to Anne Bogel's podcast What Should I Read Next? And rightly so. She has a great podcast where she talks with guests about some of their favorite books and...

We end our month featuring poetry by discussing Whereas by Layli Long Soldier and Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Listener Survey | We're now on Spotify! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other...

Here in the U.S., it's National Poetry Month! In honor of the occasion, we're featuring amazing women poets all month long. Have a listen and check out our six selections, including our two discussion book that will be featured in our next episode! ...

Autumn and Kendra chat with Anjali Sachdeva about her debut short story collection All the Names They Used for God. Author Bio Anjali Sachdeva is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has taught writing at the University of Iowa, Augustana...

This month, we're discussing Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet, and Mary Wollstencraft Shelley's Frankenstein—which turns 200 this year! Listener Survey | We're...

March is all about classic women! From ancient Greece to early 20th-century New Orleans, our book selections feature a wide range of classics written or translated by women. Listener Survey | We're now on Spotify! News PEN America Awards...

Autumn and Kendra chat with Mira T. Lee, the author of Everything Here is Beautiful, about her debut novel, her road publication, and the importance of discussing the complexities of mental health. Author Bio Mira T. Lee's debut novel, EVERYTHING HERE...

For our February discussion episode, we're talking about Kindred by Octavie E. Butler and Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Books Mentioned Kindred (Beacon Press) by Octavia E. Butler Homegoing (Knopf) by Yaa Gyasi  Check out our Patreon page to learn...

Autumn and Kendra chat with Maggie O'Farrell about her first work of nonfiction, her memoir I Am, I Am, I Am. O'Farrell talks about why she wanted to write a memoir after seven novels and about her own relationship with mortality, which inspired...

For February, we're discussing black women authors in honor of black history month. Be sure to follow along over on Instagram and join the discussion in our Goodreads group! News National Book Award Announces International Prize Jacqueline...

Today's episode is part of a podcast collaboration with Friendlier, a podcast for friends who love to talk. In our episode, we chat about the social aspects of reading and how social media has changed how we find books. In their episode, Friendlier...

We're back, bookish friends! With our first regular episode, we chat about some of our most anticipated releases of 2018. News New theme song—thank you Isaac and Sarah Greene. The Reading Women Challenge has started! We redesigned the Reading Women...

Autumn and Kendra chat with Chloe Benjamin about her latest novel, The Immortalists. They discuss the inspiration for The Immortalists, living life vs. merely surviving, and the nature of fate. Author Bio Chloe Benjamin is the author of the novel...

We finally announce the winners of the 2017 Reading Women Awards! News Introducing the 2018 Reading Women Challenge You can buy Reading Women Award seals in our new store! Books Mentioned Nonfiction Shortlist Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by...

Here's our first collab with another bookish podcast! We had a chat with Jenny Colvin from the Reading Envy podcast about some of our favorite books by or about women that we've read this year. Books Mentioned The Mothers by Brit Bennett (Riverhead)...

It's here! In this episode, we announce the 2017 Reading Women Award Nonfiction Shortlist!  Books Mentioned Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember:...

Autumn and Kendra chat with Jen Campbell about her short story collection The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night (Two Roads), her love of fairy tales, and how fact can often be stranger than fiction. Buy the Book | Jen's Website You can...

It's here! In this episode, we announce the 2017 Reading Women Award Fiction Shortlist! The nonfiction shortlist will be released on November 15th and the winners will be announced December 6th. Books Mentioned The Weight of Him (St....

Autumn and Kendra interview Margaret Wilkerson Sexton about her debut novel A Kind of Freedom, which was longlisted for the National Book Award. You can find Margaret on Twitter, Facebook, or on her website.  Be sure to subscribe to our...