We’re starting the year with several books about musicians, including Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller.

Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education was an easy yes for us.

We’re starting this year strong with so many good books, including Mr. Dickens and His Carol.

Joe and Julie share their top books of 2021.

We’re revisiting one of our favorite shows in the new oral history, Welcome to Dunder Mifflin, by Brian Baumgartner and Ben Silverman.

We’re talking, once again, about Pat Conroy—this time about his posthumous essay collection, Lowcountry Heart.

Beth Allison Barr’s The Making of Biblical Womanhood is thought-provoking and fascinating.

No shared read today, but we still have lots of good books to discuss.

Our shared read this week is the inimitable Anthony Doerr’s Cloud Cuckoo Land.

We’re reading When Stars Are Scattered, a graphic novel recommended by our daughter, and welcoming guest appearances by each of our kids.

We love Doris Kearns Goodwin, and her book Leadership in Turbulent Times helps us discuss the Presidency in new ways.

We reread an old favorite—My Reading Life by Pat Conroy.

We loved Syed M. Massoud’s The Bad Muslim Discount.

Happy first podcast anniversary to us! We’re celebrating by discussing Michael Lewis’s The Premonition: A Pandemic Story.

This episode’s shared book is Jon Acuff’s Stuff Christians Like.

John Green’s The Anthropocene Reviewed brings new light to the events and creations of our world today.

We’re exploring one of Joe’s favorite Presidents with Andrew Ferguson’s Land of Lincoln.

With summer travel on our minds, we took a look back at Bill Bryson’s classic travel memoir, Neither Here nor There.

Joe and Julie discuss Will Leitch’s new novel, How Lucky.

Joe and Julie deep dive into Frederick Buechner’s Peculiar Treasures.