What Should I Read Next?

Hosted ByAnne Bogel

What Should I Read Next? is the show for every reader who has ever finished a book and faced the problem of not knowing what to read next. Each week, Anne Bogel, of the blog Modern Mrs Darcy, interviews a reader about the books they love, the books they hate, and the books they're reading now. Then, she makes recommendations about what to read next. The real purpose of the show is to help YOU find your next read.

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Ep 104: Books that don’t hold anything back

November 7, 2017 What Should I Read Next? 00:46:40 Comments Off on Ep 104: Books that don’t hold anything back

Alexandra Rodriguez is an English teacher and grad student in the Indianapolis area whose reading life underwent a big change a few years ago. Today, Anne explores how reading...

Ep 103: Accidental book theft & other bookworm crimes

October 31, 2017 What Should I Read Next? 00:47:49 Comments Off on Ep 103: Accidental book theft & other bookworm crimes

Today Anne chats with Katherine Riling, a mom, math teacher, and new Alaska resident whose go-to genre is historical fiction — but she doesn’t want to read it ALL...

Ep 102: A new way to think about fictional characters

October 24, 2017 What Should I Read Next? 00:50:02 Comments Off on Ep 102: A new way to think about fictional characters

Anne is joined by a familiar voice — Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project and, most recently, The Four Tendencies, a new personality framework in which she investigates...

Ep 101: What Anne wishes she’d known (100 episodes later)

October 17, 2017 What Should I Read Next? 01:07:07 Comments Off on Ep 101: What Anne wishes she’d known (100 episodes later)

Anne and WSIRN’s producer Brenna Frederick take a look back at memorable moments from the first 100 episodes of What Should I Read Next. From behind-the-scenes moments to reading-saved-my-life...

Ep 100: When everyone loves that book but you

October 10, 2017 What Should I Read Next? 00:56:23 Comments Off on Ep 100: When everyone loves that book but you

This week Anne chatts with Keith Watts, a Seattle resident who credits Star Wars with making him a reader, and Top Gun for making him a history major. Keith...

Ep 99: Nobody hates a beautiful book (or a handwritten letter)

October 3, 2017 What Should I Read Next? 00:59:50 Comments Off on Ep 99: Nobody hates a beautiful book (or a handwritten letter)

Today’s guest, Caroline Weaver, is known as The Pencil Lady, because by day she owns and operates CW Pencil Enterprise, a shop dedicated exclusively to pencils and pencil-related goods...

Ep 98: Loving that literary lifestyle

September 26, 2017 What Should I Read Next? 00:53:27 Comments Off on Ep 98: Loving that literary lifestyle

This week Anne chats with Rikki and Michaela, two Seattle area friends and serious book lovers who knew each other for YEARS before they discovered they shared a love...

Ep 97: How a book REALLY gets made, from idea to the bookstore shelves

September 19, 2017 What Should I Read Next? 00:26:24 Comments Off on Ep 97: How a book REALLY gets made, from idea to the bookstore shelves

Today Anne takes you behind the scenes of how her bookReading Peoplecame into being. Guided by questions from newsletter subscribers, we’re delving into the intricacies of how the book...

Ep 96: Listen to Anne read Chapter 1 of her new book Reading People!

September 15, 2017 What Should I Read Next? 00:34:57 Comments Off on Ep 96: Listen to Anne read Chapter 1 of her new book Reading People!

We’re in serious countdown mode: Anne’s bookReading People: How Seeing the World Through the Lens of Personality Changes Everythingcomes out on Tuesday, September 19. This is the story of...

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