In this episode, Kendra and August ask each other a question that has been haunting each of them respectively over the past year: "How can you not like a genre I love?" August gushes about her love for an American/Southern Gothic while Kendra begs August to consider reading a fantasy. Will either of them be successful in their endeavor? Will the other finally give in and read their cohost's favorite? Only time will tell. This episode is completely spoiler free! Books mentioned in the episode: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (1986) Graceling by Kristin Cashore (2008) Circe by Madeline Miller (2018) Darker Shades of Magic series by V. E. Schwab (2015) Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (2015) Harry Potter Series Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (1954) Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (1985) In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (1965) The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (1839) The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (1948) Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987) The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock (2011)