In case you missed it over the weekend, we're back with a new episode to tell you what's good

We're back with our annual Best of the Year episode! Join us to find out what we enjoyed in 2025. We've got monster squads, sleazy tunes, spooky good-time tv, and more! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

We recorded out Best of 2025 episode this morning, so get ready!

The latest episode of Bad Books for Bad People is live! Jack and Kate explore Karl Edward Wagner's Bloodstone, a sword and sorcery novel that dares to ask the question: "what if Conan was an asshole?" For fans of: mighty thews, boob armor, monster girlfriends badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Reposting for the morning crowd! Halloween approaches, so join us for this novel of vampires, satanists, and the two kind of husbands available in France--the gay ones and the ones with crippling gambling addictions.

We're back just in time to usher in the Halloween season with a new episode on Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Hotel Transylvania, the first book in her long-running series about a Short King vampire who loves good manners and hates satanists. badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Thank you to the most recent @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social ep for giving me; Gay, European, or Vampire- the 3 genders

Once more for the night crowd. We love the night crowd.

We're back with some olde timey Appendix N fantasy for you! Gather the party for Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Reminder for the day crew: we're coming in HOT

We're back with a new episode that ponders the big philosophical questions, like "Is Augustina Bazterrica's post-apocalyptic novel The Unworthy nunsploitation?" badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

In case you missed it, we're back with an episode on Smoke City: get ready for a down and out artist, ghosts, and Joan of Arc's executioner

We're back with a new episode on Keith Rosson's Smoke City! Road-trippin' to a funeral and in search of the reincarnated spirit of Joan of Arc. Listen in to hear all about hot dog burritos, redemption, and a jazz records as legal tender badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

In case you missed it, we're back with a sick double-header.

A new episode of Bad Books for Bad People is out! Jack talks about a novel with racist cops, racist Boston transplants, racist madwomen, and a dog who isn't racist, then Kate talks about Nazis vs. Dracula with a side order of squat, hirsute, sex-crazed women badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Our own Jack Guignol has made his sleazy grindhouse RPG free for all!

Bad Books for Bad People is back and we're gettin' sweaty over science fiction this month as we take on Algis Budrys's Rogue Moon! Masculinity, moon mazes, fast dames in a variety of swimwear, and more! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

We're back from an unintentional hiatus to skim the cream from the top and tell you all about the BEST things we encountered in 2024! Expect murder, metal, and spooky mecca for weirdos badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Need to get away from your family and fill your ears with violent depravity? Bad Books for Bad People is here for you because we're sneaking down the chimney with a gift bag made of human skin in our new episode! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

We're back with an episode on a graphic novel detailing Ed Gein's crimes--just in time for the holidays. badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

We've covered a good number of books published by @valancourtbooks.bsky.social over the years, and if you want to stock up now's the time: they're having a Small Press Sunday/Cyber Monday sale with 99 cent shipping on orders over $39 !

In case you missed it, Bad Books for Bad People is back with a wrasslin' murder mystery courtesy of Christa Faust's Hoodtown! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Bag Books for Bad People is gonna put you in a hammer lock, you turkey necks, before we dive off the top rope into Christa Faust's Hoodtown! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

We don't usually cover new fiction on the podcast, but if it's Jonathan L. Howard doing a Call of Cthulhu riff, we make an exception badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

At one point on this, Jack is laughing so hard he's crying

We're back, and we're lobbing something wild over the net badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Another entry in Jack's Poison Elves re-read is up today on the Bad Books blog badbooksbadpeople.com/blog/desert-...

In case you missed it, start your week off right with the new episode of Bad Books for Bad People

Just in time for the weekend, we're back with a new episode on Russell Kirk's Old House of Fear! What happens when a conservative political philosopher writes a Gothic novel? Tune in to find out badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

After you've listened to our episode on Stephen King's Joyland, take a look at the Bad Books for Bad People blog where Jack is kicking off a retrospective on Drew Hayes's Poison Elves comics! badbooksbadpeople.com/blog/requiem...

If you missed it, Bad Books for Bad People is back with an episode on Stephen King's Joyland. Crime, carnies, MILFs, and magic kids! Step right up! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Bad Books for Bad People is back with Stephen King's Joyland: Murder, Manhood, and MILFery ahead! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Did you know that when the podcast hosts aren't talking about books, sometimes they're writing stories of their own? Here's one from Jack about a mad scientist just trying to get her doctorate.

Hello night crowd, S. Elizabeth was kind enough to give me space on her blog to talk about one of my great loves: EURO-GOTHIC FILMS! - J.

As you may know, we recently did an episode on Ray Garton's novel Live Girls. Just learned that the man himself is facing health and financial woes, so chip in if you can and spread the word either way, please! - J. Guignol www.gofundme.com/f/ray-garton...

In case you missed it, we're back with an episode on Ray Garton's Live Girls, in which vampire strippers have to take on...souvenir ping pong balls. badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

We're back with a wild book that includes smokeshow bloodsucking strippers, donut-inspired dirty talk, and dancefloor remixes of “The Old Rugged Cross.” badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Reposting for the night crowd: we're back to not one but TWO vintage paperbacks. Do you hate hippies? Have you ever thought about being crushed by a piano? Welcome to Bad Books for Bad People.

Bad Books for Bad People is back with the first episode of the new year. I'm talking about Rae Foley's anti-hippie murder mystery Nightmare House and Kate is recapping the star-studded disaster that is Airport '77! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Jack has a blog post up at the Bad Books for Bad People site alerting you to an *excellent* dark fantasy novel by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social badbooksbadpeople.com/blog/the-jus...

In case you missed it, we're closing out the year with an episode on what was good in 2023: badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

If you get bored waiting for Saint Nick, cuddle up by the fire with your pals from Bad Books for Bad People badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

New blog post up on Bad Books for Bad People: true to his word, Jack kept reading Spawn badbooksbadpeople.com/blog/spawn-c...

On the Bad Books for Bad People blog, Jack has done a review of Lee Mandelo's Summer Sons, a novel that combines "dark academia," a Southern Gothic ghost story, and...a lot of drag racing badbooksbadpeople.com/blog/summer-...

A new episode of Bad Books for Bad People is out! This time we're taking you to 90s Nostalgia HELL with SPAWN. badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Another satisfied customer! (The price is: free)

Get yourself a nice, warm drink and settle in for a Halloween treat: Bad Books for Bad People is back with a queen-sized episode on a Vampira biography and the Elvira autobiography! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

On the Bad Books for Bad People blog, Jack has thoughts on @lordsteerpike.bsky.social's wonderful Gothic novel The Feast of the Innocents: badbooksbadpeople.com/blog/the-fea...

In case you missed it last night, we're back with one hell of an episode.

New episode in which Jack is saved from having to read a book where the real villain is radical self-acceptance and Kate has to hear about a really gross story she'd rather not hear about (but is actually very impressed by): badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...