• Daughters of Naples by Diana Giovinazzo
    Sep 22 2026

    I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Diana Giovinazzo. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, Daughters of Naples. Set in Naples, Italy, during World War II, three sisters must survive in the face of danger.


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    Diana: Iced Coffee with Cookie & Cream Creamer

    Eliza: Aperol Spritz

    Diana’s Book:

    Daughters of Naples: A Novel


    What Diana is Reading:

    Last Prince of Florence


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    Eliza Knight


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    25 min
  • Love Me Like a Rock Song By Shelly Jay Shore
    Sep 8 2026

    I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Shelly Jay Shore. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, Love Me Like a Rock Song. Delilah is a lyricist looking for a muse. Emmett is a golem ready to be unmade. A soul-stirring, romantic novel about a jilted singer-songwriter, her unexpected hitchhiker, and the road trip of a lifetime.


    Paired with this episode:

    Shelly: Old Fashioned Way

    Eliza: French 75

    Shelly’s Book:

    Love Me Like a Rock Song


    What Shelly is Reading:

    The Way It Haunted Him


    Saturn Returning


    The Iliad


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    36 min
  • A Time of Witches by Madeline Martin
    Sep 1 2026

    I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Madeline Martin, who also happens to be my bestie. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, A Time of Witches. Two women. Two centuries. One chance to rewrite history before they are both erased.


    Paired with this episode:

    Madeline: True Myth Wine

    Eliza: Bubbly

    Madeline’s Book:

    A Time of Witches


    What Madeline is Reading:

    Land: A Novel


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    Eliza Knight


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    25 min
  • The Last Woman of Warsaw by Judy Batalion
    Aug 25 2026

    I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Judy Batalion. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, The Last Woman of Warsaw, following two very different Jewish women in Warsaw in the late 1930s as they unexpectedly come together in their search for love, meaning, and a sense of home, and as they grapple with the storm clouds gathering around them.


    Paired with this episode:

    Judy: Cherry Seltzer

    Eliza: Josh Seaswept Wine

    Judy’s Book:

    The Last Woman of Warsaw: A Novel


    What Judy is Reading:

    The House of Mirth


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    Eliza Knight


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    20 min
  • The Lost Book of Lancelot by John Glynn
    Aug 18 2026

    I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, John Glynn. On this episode we’re going to talk about his new book,The Lost Book of Lancelot, a “richly detailed and evocative” queer retelling of the legend of Sir Lancelot, following the famous knight as he grows up orphaned, falls in love, and attempts to fulfill his destiny at the Round Table.


    Paired with this episode:

    John: Dirty Vodka Martini

    Eliza: Unlikely Path Cabernet Sauvignon

    John’s Book:

    The Lost Book of Lancelot: A Novel


    What John is Reading:

    The Tapestry of Fate

    Into The Blue

    Homebound


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    Eliza Knight


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    25 min
  • The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline
    Aug 11 2026

    I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Christina Baker Kline. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, The Foursome. A boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina — Kline’s own distant relatives — who married world-famous conjoined twins from Siam.


    Paired with this episode:

    Christina: Aperol Spritz

    Eliza: Whispering Angel Rosé

    Christina’s Book:

    The Foursome


    What Christina is Reading:

    Whistler: A Novel

    The Original: A Novel


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    Eliza Knight


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    35 min
  • 4 Janes by Marian Yee
    Aug 4 2026

    I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Marian Yee. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, 4 Janes, a genre-bending re-telling of Jane Eyre. When Jane Eyre’s story doesn’t end with her marriage to Edward Rochester, her adventures begin again as a missionary’s wife, a bookseller in Vietnam, a time-traveler, and a heroine in a modern gothic tale.


    Paired with this episode:

    Marian: Lemon Water

    Eliza: White Wine Spritzer

    Marian’s Book:

    4 Janes: A Novel


    What Marian is Reading:

    On the Calculation of Volume

    Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel

    Tom Lake: A Novel

    Demon Copperhead: A Novel

    James: A Novel


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    Eliza Knight


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    22 min
  • The Story Behind A Harlem Wedding with Tiffany Warren
    Jun 30 2026

    I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Tiffany Warren. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, A Harlem Wedding. A dishy and dramatic novel of the Harlem Renaissance and its most famous Black debutante, Yolande Du Bois, daughter of W.E.B. Du Bois, whose spectacular wedding to poet Countee Cullen was the society event of the year...even though the bride and groom were not-so-secretly in love with other people.


    Paired with this episode:

    Tiffany: Prohibition Gin

    Eliza: Santa Margarita Pinot Grigio

    Tiffany’s Book:

    A Harlem Wedding


    What Tiffany is Reading:

    Where the Wildflowers Grow

    Kin: Orphan’s Book Club: A Novel

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    Eliza Knight


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    24 min