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Shoulda Books

Jonathan Faircloth Kirk

The podcast about all the books you shoulda read by now.

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49 episodes

  1. 44. up in the woods w/ Jay Putnam 1:10:40
  2. 43. does CARRIE hold up? 28:40
  3. 42. life is hard, have fun anyway (A Gentleman in Moscow + MORE) 56:47
  4. 41. DRINKING GAME: the Guardian's 100 best novels of all time 55:10
  5. 40. "Sense and Sensibility" in the age of AI slop 37:54
  6. 39. talking Zadie Smith, Raymond Chandler, and Peter Sellers with Below the Fray 1:02:23
  7. 38. Christian fiction was...strange 37:09
  8. 37. I read my former boss's spicy book (STRANGE BEDFELLOWS) 54:20
  9. 36. trust me, BELOVED is worth the effort 34:49
  10. 35. no country for old podcasters 58:31
  11. 34. reacting to your hot book takes w/ Will Witwer 1:00:58
  12. 33. The Odyssey and the End of Reading 37:48
  13. 32. turns out nature's pretty great (Mary Oliver, A Psalm for the Wild-Built, and MORE) 1:02:32
  14. 31. going underground w/ author Luke Goebel (Kill D*ck) 45:43
  15. 30. what I've read so far this year (YESTERYEAR, LOST LAMBS, more) 28:56
  16. 29. how STONER changed Sarah Bonsignore's life 59:52
  17. 28. does PACHINKO just state the obvious? 30:33
  18. 27. doommaxxing with Kirsten King (author of "A Good Person") 1:04:08
  19. 26. Dungeon Crawler Carl might get you reading again (w/ Ryan W. Garcia) 1:12:54
  20. 25. horror screenwriter Zachary Donohue (PASSENGER) talks time loops and Kurt Cobain 1:02:04
  21. 24. Why was The Kite Runner so popular? 29:06
  22. 23. Rainie Toll finds the link between The Giver and The Catcher in the Rye 59:00
  23. 22. talking about God with Jimmy Wong 1:03:31
  24. PATREON UNLOCK: "The Outsiders" film is mid (w/ Cailyn Hoertz) 48:24
  25. 21. Annie Rauwerda (Depths of Wikipedia) loves The Power Broker (and MORE) 1:00:06
  26. 20. "Never Let Me Go" is frustrating...but is that the point? 42:05
  27. 19. too much trauma dumping? ("I'm Glad My Mom Died" + MORE) 1:15:39
  28. 18. these books can help you find meaning ("When Breath Becomes Air" + MORE) 1:00:20
  29. 17. did "Left Behind" traumatize you, too? 35:57
  30. 16. your friends are right about The Artist's Way 52:23
  31. 15 - "The Outsiders" launched the YA genre 37:17
  32. 14. do you really want to live forever? (Ash Perez on "Tuck Everlasting" + MORE) 1:15:54
  33. 13. showing generosity to your characters (w/ Andrew Martin) 58:22
  34. 12. the interior made exterior w/ Scott Broker (author of "The Disappointment") 1:03:23
  35. 11. getting too h*rny at Thoreau camp (w/ Jonny Cakes) 1:03:05
  36. 10. is Jane Eyre the original rom-com? 47:11
  37. 9. why do some (GOOD) ideas not stick? ("There Is No Antimemetics Division" + more) 51:49
  38. 8. what makes a book "fun"? (Cloud Atlas + more) 1:07:13
  39. BONUS - "Wuthering Heights" (2026) is NOT an adaptation (PATREON PREVIEW) 7:35
  40. 7. channel your anger with these books (The Art of War + more) 1:15:03
  41. 6. these nonfiction books will make you cry ("Tuesdays with Morrie" + MORE) 1:06:49
  42. 5. we're kind of IN "The House of the Spirits" 1:08:07
  43. 4. choosing better stories (w/ Tori Dunlap | Her First $100K) 1:06:00
  44. 3. nerding out on trees, media theory, and John Steinbeck (w/ Thomas Flight) 1:04:14
  45. 2. it's all about the yearning (w/ Cailyn Hoertz) 56:03
  46. 1. read these books to stay more present (w/ Miles Bonsignore) 1:07:44
  47. iii. ranking what I read in 2025 35:28
  48. ii. what we're reading in the new year 11:56
  49. i. Preface 12:08