Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚

have you listened to me chat with Erin Somers (@somers.bsky.social) yet? You could! We chatted about her new novel THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR and Susie Boyt’s LOVED AND MISSED. It’s a good listen! Check it out (and all the titles we mention) here! www.somanydamnbooks.com/episodes/epi...

Down with the cowardly gerontocracy.

Good morning everyone. It's me again here to ask NYC residents to please send a letter to your City Council person in support of allocating 0.5% of the city expense budget to our local public libraries. Thank you. It will only take you 90 seconds. This time with the correct link:

Got to chat with Patrick Ryan about one of my favorite reads this year, BUCKEYE. Not only that, but I recorded that chat and am releasing at as an episode. Listen in! www.somanydamnbooks.com/episodes/epi...

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Never going to feature books with ai covers on the show good luck to this “John Irving”

New episode with Mona Awad is out right now… for patrons. If you need me talking to Mona Awad before Tuesday, pay me a dollar! (Or more) www.patreon.com/posts/139883...

book club, good for clubbing the fantods away

go update your podcast apps there’s a new episode out with Kerry Cullen and it’s 53 minutes of nice book talk to focus on

you’d think after 245 of these I’d be more comfortable hearing my own voice but it still sounds wrong to me. appreciate you guys putting up with it

recorded two episodes this weekend and I think I’m getting better at this

would you say the book is incisive about its lyricism, or lyrical about its incisiveness?

New episode out today with Leonie Swann, and I think you can hear my giddiness. Three Bags Full is a pinnacle of what fiction can do, and talking to her about her work was a total delight. More Heraclitus talk than you might expect! www.somanydamnbooks.com/episodes/epi...

are books still good? The investigation continues

Thank you @somanydamnbooks.bsky.social !!!

Superman comic people, tell me where to go next! So far I’ve read (and loved): -Superman Up in the Sky -Superman for all Seasons -Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? -Superman: Red Son -Superman: The Harvests of Youth

hey here are my favorite reads of 2025 so far, visually represented. Go listen to the whys and hows of whats: www.somanydamnbooks.com/episodes/epi...

I yapped about fave books, tell me, what are some of your favorites you’ve read this year?

hey if you’re a Patreon member the book club vote is tied right now, make sure you go and vote

new episode up now, if you want 17 minutes of book talk to break up your day www.somanydamnbooks.com/episodes/epi...

book club, good for what ails ya

so many good books out there but all I wanna do is read Superman comics

Read a book!

Listen to me get tipsy and talk about Muriel Spark's THE DRIVER'S SEAT!

heard SMDB was on a best of 2025 list but I can’t find it anywhere, can anyone help me and write that article

got behind on posting cocktail pics, here’s the drink I made inspired by @lenavalencia.bsky.social’s MYSTERY LIGHTS, you can listen to us chat about it right here: www.somanydamnbooks.com/episodes/epi...

go write a review of your favorite podcast somewhere

Very little will make me wish against your book’s future except if you sign me up for your mailing list without asking

I’m heading out to CA and missing this, but you all should definitely go

new episode with Allison King up right now! We talked about her new novel, THE PHOENIX PENCIL COMPANY, recorded it, and I made it into a podcast. Go listen! www.somanydamnbooks.com/episodes/epi...

If you need a new episode of so many damn books today, it’s up early for Patreon folks: Patreon.com/smdb

Here’s the recipe for an alcoholic code red Mountain Dew I made up inspired by @jeannethornton.bsky.social’s A/S/L!

there is no ethical use of AI, and to act like it will “help with diversity” when all it does is so far is give employers an excuse to reduce staff is unbelievably stupid. Siobhan Cole is another person whose work you can fully ignore in the marketplace, at least they are revealing themselves

voting begins for the July Book Club title! You too can vote if you pay a dollar (or more) and join the Patreon: Patreon.com/smdb

Here’s some nice news

Choosing the July book club title right now over at the Patreon. Taking suggestions (from paying members) and then we all vote on the titles gathered. Good time to join if you like book polls! Patreon.com/smdb

gotta read up on where we’re all livin’

This is a cool way to say “don’t read any of my books ever”

Y’all if you write about how you use AI to do the work of writing I am just going to block you and never read your books or think about you again.

finally some backlash

have you listened to me talk to @drewsof.bsky.social yet? I mean, recently. The new episode, number 242, the one from Friday, not the other times www.somanydamnbooks.com/episodes/epi...

new episode with ol’ pal @drewsof.bsky.social up now, try and listen to it! You’ll see how easy it is: www.somanydamnbooks.com/episodes/epi...

time for a ban on comparing books to the white lotus

the fascists will lose but I hope they lose faster

once again the SMDB book club is a bright spot amidst the darkness

im in my reading era

was at an event with name tags and the show title underneath. was talking to someone and they pointed and laughed. I hung my head. “But there are. There ARE so many damn books.”

Tyler Wetherall hung out with me for a good long while, we talked books like her novel AMPHIBIAN and recorded it, and this is the result of those efforts, a humble podcast episode. Fully listenable! www.somanydamnbooks.com/episodes/epi...

Fuck this, absolutely fuck this, everyone who loves audiobooks loves their favourite narrators because they are great at their jobs and interpreting the author's words and they make the experience what it is www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...