Chris had to go to space again this week. This time, he takes us to a galaxy kinda far away... more

Somehow we ended up with another zombie romance around Valentine’s Day for the second year in a row. Paris chose Rabid... more

Our Patron Beastwiththeleast sent us Lunar Justice through the mail, presumably straight from his colony on the moon. This may be our... more

Paris tackles today's selection, which was suggested by listener Deborah, self-proclaimed Unrepentant Sinner! She wrote in to us last summer... more

Happy (?) new year, listeners. We discuss Chris's journey through the latest Maradonia book that reboots the series entirely, proving... more

It's the final episode of Season 9! Luna's Edge was self-published in June of 2024 by author Roxana Macias. Just like... more

Hail and well met, book friends! We're feeling pretty silly as we close in on the final episodes of Season... more

Chris found The Wife App by Carolyn Mackler out in the wild at a bookstore in NH when he was on... more

This week we're discussing our experience reading Verity by Colleen Hoover. We selected this for today’s episode because it has... more

We've released this as an alternate episode if today's regular episode is a bit too much for you on this... more

*The US general election is TODAY! Get out there and vote in person if you haven’t yet voted early or... more

This was recommended eons ago in the age of 2021 by Twitter user KirliaHookah who described this book as, “Hey... more

Happy Octoberween, dear listeners! In honor of the season, we bring you some spook-adjacent books for October's episodes. Today, our... more

Julius the Nice Dragon offered us a true Patron's Choice: Return to The Dunks or choose a new path. We... more

Chris read Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros on his own and retold the plot to Paris on this very special... more

We finally got around to checking out this 2023 BookTok phenomenon thanks to our Patron Austin, who described Legends &... more

This time, we read stuff NOT for TBC, listened to music, watched TV and movies, and played video games! After... more

A fateful tweet last summer by the author themselves brought this book into our terrible orbit. At first glance, it... more

This week we discuss Home Grown Worries by Alex Donahue. We reviewed Alex’s other book, Leon & Chris, back in Episode... more

You may not think you know Mazes & Monsters by Rona Jaffe, but you certainly know its 1982 movie adaptation... more

Our patron Arrant has requested another non-fiction gem for their Patron's Choice episode this year. In How to Fail at... more

Our patron Of The Void (The Taco Eating Unicorn of the Hot Springs) requested yet another Yahtzee Croshaw book in... more

It's time for the ultimate 1990s crossover - X-Men and Star Trek, united at last! We discuss our experience reading... more

Our Patron Robin requested that we read and discuss VenCo for today's episode. Although they did not request the Antiques... more

Our Patron BeastwiththeLeast requested that we read Rena Vale's Taurus Four from 1970. How could such a dusty, seemingly insignificant sci-fi... more

Today's episode features a book that many folks have asked us to read, but it took our brave Patron Miles... more

Today's episode is Part 2 of our childhood nostalgia retrospective! We each chose a book for each other from a... more

Today's episode is Part 1 of our childhood nostalgia retrospective! We each chose a book for each other from a... more

We read Butch for today's episode at the request of listener Os who emailed us last year saying,"A while ago, I... more

This time, we read How it Unfolds (Far Reaches Book 1) by James S.A. Corey, published by Amazon Original Stories... more

Paris & Chris dive back into children's literature and find that Dr. Block may have written some of the healthiest... more

We had so much to say about Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory... more

We had so much to say about Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by... more

We've got another Amazon Double Feature for you! Today, we tackle two more pieces of book-like debris... more

Ring in the new year with the Terrible Antique Book Freaks! The Antiques Freaks join us today to do a... more

It's winter holiday time again, so you all get a little gift from TBC! Please enjoy this special edition of... more

Ken of Antiques Freaks suggested that we read this and the time is nigh. Come along with us to Atlantis... more

For today's episode, we read The Energy Conspiracy by David C Seman, vanity published in 1981. This was requested by... more

We read Jam by Yahtzee Croshaw this week at the request of our Patron Of the Void (The Taco-Eating Unicorn). We... more

Beginnings: A Christian Fantasy Short Story Collection by M.H. Elrich was self-published earlier this year. Chris found it while on... more

This time we read The Golden Basement by David Norman Lewis, self-published in March of 2023. This was recommended by... more

Get your flannels, ciders, and s'mores ready for this week's discussion of Campfire Stories of Western Canada by Barbara Smith! Paris’s... more

One Hundred Proofs that the Earth is Not a Globe was written and self-published by William M. Carpenter in 1885.... more

The 9th Colony by Colin Curtis was vanity published through AuthorHouse UK in February of 2023. We received an email... more

If you're interested in our take on a WWII popcorn spy thriller, it's here! It's hard for... more

We've got another reddit find for you this week! Paris found this when perusing the latest "What's the worst book... more

This week, we discuss our experience reading Golden (The Golden Wolf Series Book 1) by Shannon Mayer at the request... more

The Man Without Qualities by Morris Berman was recommended by listener (and author!) O.F. Cieri back in December of 2020.... more

Waldo Beyond the Walls: Adventures in the Galaxy by Bill Shook was recommended by an anonymous fan who has been... more

Chris found this being discussed on various subreddits related to men writing female characters. The book was pulled from Amazon... more

Our Patron Julius the Nice Dragon requested today's book saying, “I want to nominate...“First Impressions” by SJ Saunders…It’s the first of... more

Our Patron Lucek requested today's book saying, “Drew Hayes is becoming one of my favorite comedic authors. His NPCs and... more

This week, we were asked to review The Long Moonlight by our Patron Arrant with nary another word. Such mystery... more

Our Patron Donnie wrote to us to request Things in Jars saying that neither he nor his wife - nor... more

This time, our Patron Austin requested that we read Sword Woman by legendary fantasy author Robert E. Howard. We learn that... more

This week's review of Millenium University is the product of another of Chris's Amazon Short Reads explorations. Join us this time... more

Tanner's basement book pile produces a new treasure - but at a cost. We just wanted to play with... more

Listener and friend-of-the-show Charlotte donated Afterlife Love to the show and one look at the cover was enough to secure it... more

It’s Valentine’s Day so we thought, "Why not celebrate with multiple wives?" Friend-of-the-show Tris recommended Tarryn Fisher's The Wives to us... more

It's Paris's birthday today so Chris gave her the gift of skipping this episode! Instead, Mary Parker is here with... more

Since the well of terrible Carnacki stories has run dry, the Antiques Freaks are here today with us to read... more

Happy New Year, listeners! We're starting Season 8 with Pepper’s Quest by Felicity Brown at the request of our Patron... more

This time, we read The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers, translated by John Brownjohn. This was recommended to... more

We're back this week with another Patron's Choice episode for Patricia! She asked that we review Delirium by Lauren Oliver, a... more

Chris's brother Adam is here (gasp) instead of Paris to review another novel from a long time ago in a... more

In this week's Patron's Choice episode, we encounter yet another undead detective skeleton in Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy. This... more

For our 2022 Halloween special, we bring you our radioplay of the 1888 play Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by... more

The time is upon us for creepy Craftsmans! This week we discuss our experience reading Man, Fuck This House by Brian... more

It's another week and another Patron asked us to read their own work for the show! In this episode we... more

We take a brief reprieve this week from our slew of Patron requests to dive back into the deep, dark... more

Our patron Lynn requested that we read Arabiolosis by Nathen Mazri, the man who brought the world GarfieldEATS. We were... more

We return to the wild land of bizarro fiction this week to discuss Drag Queen Dino Fighters by MP Johnson.... more

One of our anonymous patrons asked us to choose a light novel for their Patron's Choice episode this season, so... more

Chris went on another deep dive into the “Short Reads” category on Amazon and found Dating & Crypto, a brand... more

We read All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai for our Patron Lucek as our tribute to his patronage for... more

We had so many friends and listeners contact us and ask us to read this that we squeezed it into... more

For this week's Patron's Choice episode, we read Interspecies Reviewers (Vol. 1): Ecstasy Days by Tetsuo Habara for our Patron... more

We take a break from Patron's Choice episodes this week to discuss HYDRATE RIGHT!: The Effective Way To Drink Water... more

This time, we read Hangman's Curse (The Veritas Project Vol. 1) by Frank Peretti as requested by our Patron, BeastWithTheLeast!... more

A YouTube user told us to check out a book about the afterlife, but Signs from Pets in the Afterlife... more

In this week's Patron's Choice episode, Paris & Chris discover how little they know about the former soviet union and... more

It's another episode of Terrible Antique Book Freaks! D & Ken from Antiques Freaks join us for the final Carnacki tale... more

Way back in 2015, Twitter user @keylime3_14 suggested that we read Young God. After languishing in the recommendations pile for... more

For the first time on TBC, we had a Patron ask us to read their own work for the show.... more

A few months ago, Paris got a spam email at work from a training salesperson representing Becoming Your Best. He... more

We're starting February off with a Double Feature! Today we tackle two pieces of book-like debris that Chris found in... more

Paris’s fiancé was on Reddit one day and saw a picture of one of those cars that's covered in bumper... more

Paris was on a walk in Minnesota last year and decided to look inside a Little Free Library on the... more

A few months ago on a website far, far away... It is a dark time for the Terrible Book Club.... more

It's another episode of Terrible Antique Book Freaks! D & Ken from Antiques Freaks join us once again to read... more

Ken from Antiques Freaks joins Chris for a very special Gentleman's Club episode! No girls are allowed as Chris &... more

For this week's Patron's Choice episode, we read RALPH 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660 by Hugo Gernsback... more

TBC listener Ann reached out to us on Twitter earlier this year about this series and we thought a dark... more

Another Patron's Choice rears its head! We read Power Mage by Hondo Jinx at the request of our patron Austin for... more

Just in time for fall in New England, our Patron Martin requested that we read Rush Revere & the Brave... more

For this week's Patron's Choice episode, we read Last and First Idol by Gengen Kusano for our anonymous patron. We... more

It's another episode of Terrible Antique Book Freaks! D and Ken from Antiques Freaks board The Haunted Jarvee with us for an,... more

Come along with us to Terrible Book Beach! We took a look at the New York Times Bestsellers List earlier... more

We read Hidden Sins this week because we figured that there’s gotta’ be a catch to Stacey Abrams. She can’t... more

Callirhoe is considered to be the earliest surviving written romance in Western history and it is said to have popularized... more

It's 2017. Mother's Day is coming up. You need to sell more fried chicken than ever before. You are graced... more

Author Alex Donahue asked us to read his children's book about two young boys living on Prince Edward Island during... more

The inevitable has happened: we heeded the cries of friends and listeners and read a book from Stephanie Meyer's Twilight... more

Our Patron Lucek requested that we read You're Going to Mars! for an extra special birthday edition of a patron's choice... more

Our Patron Miri requested that we read the legendary German post-modernist play, Die Hamletmachine and also watch a film adaptation of... more

We read The 1776 Report - you know, that weird American history summary that the Trump Administration released on MLK... more

You are about to enter the Courtroom of Judge Meatball Sub and Judge Veggie Delight with Egg. The authors are... more

We have finally heeded the call of numerous listeners and read one of Onision's books. This week, we discuss his... more

In the first two-book episode of TBC, Archangel Parisael and Archangel Christophatron sing to the angels and try the breath-tap... more

Chris Fenton promises a "deeply revealing memoir" with Feeding the Dragon, but is it actually just a glossy, dimensionless jerk-off... more

We review a religious text this week! Lured in by the promise of a faith focused on big-assed women and... more

Like a plane soaring to cruising altitude in calm, sunny weather, Ninth House really set itself up for success in the... more

D & Ken from Antiques Freaks return - and combine with us, Captain Planet style - for another episode of... more

Happy New Year, listeners! In our first episode of Season 6, we determine that the true villain of bad writing... more

It's winter holiday time, so you all get a little gift from TBC. Please enjoy this special Patron's Choice presentation... more

Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book One is basically an Irish shonen anime. Does the world need more male power fantasies... more

We've somehow been doing this for 100 episodes! We read a sci-fi horror short story with poor pacing and character... more

Today we read a book that was recommended to us on Twitter over a year ago by Twitter user @GeneCurl.... more

Chris found When TRUMPets Ring: The Battle - A True Story by Gregory Hetzer out in the wild on the... more

Happy U.S. Election Day! We all need some extra entertainment today, so we're airing this episode a week early. We... more

We read this book at the request of our Patron Will as part of his Patreon rewards. If you, too, would... more

Late Bloomer is a perfectly good gay billionaire erotic romance novel (if that's the sort of thing you're looking for).... more

We read this book at the request of our Patron Jakub as part of their Patreon rewards. If you, too, would... more

Come along with us, listeners, to the fabled land of The Dunks where all value is now held in gallons... more

We read Flashback this week at the request of our Patron J as part of their Patreon rewards. If you, too, would... more

We read The Little Stranger this week at the request of our Patron Veronica as part of her Patreon rewards.... more

Get your bingo cards ready! We've invited the Antiques Freaks over to our place again to read yet another story... more

Paris and Chris return to the very horny Midlands with our woods guide, TJ! He helped us out when we... more

This week we discuss another book that Chris found out in the real world at a local book store: a... more

Although not strictly necessary, we recommend listening to these 4 other episodes before starting this one in the following order:... more

Today's book was read at the behest of our patron Ciaran. Thanks so much for supporting the show, Ciaran! Check... more

Our patron Signe bought this book thinking it was written by an author she actually liked - Mark Edwards. Unfortunately,... more

Chris's book scouting in the real world yielded today's book, which we didn't totally dislike! It may not be for... more

Our favorite Antiques Freaks, D & Ken, are back! In ghost form! We decide that space IS ghosts, have a ghost horse... more

Get your candles and bad couplets ready - we're goin' Bitchcraftin'! You can watch a video of us recording this... more

We recorded this episode as a live stream on Twitch, so if you want to see AND hear us, you... more

Listener Martin Ford recommended this to us and we had to read it because it seemed so absurd. How could a... more

This week it's 1985 and we're two children in an off-brand "Plot - It - Yourself" horror story. Chris wants... more

Chris asked a bookstore employee to take him to the worst book they had seen lately, so we ended up... more

We learn to control everyone with this ONE WEIRD TRICK! Chris tries to hypnotize Paris into loving bad books. This material... more

We begin this episode by arguing about tigers and lions and eventually make our way to discussing the mechanics of... more

Paris and Chris have had a long evening of crafting for the previous episode. They then try to work their... more

T'was the week before Christmas and all through the house, could be heard Paris and Chris shrieking, and not from... more

There was so much Christmas cheer in this series that we had to call in our friends over at the... more

This psychological thriller didn't so much thrill us as annoy and infuriate us. Diary entries read like screenplays, the writing... more

In this edition of Microwave Cooking for One in Space, we ascend with our arsenal of 200 microwaves. We're gonna'... more

When D & Ken listened to 30 seconds of our podcast and told us we were good, we immediately invited... more

Neither of us over at TBC are into "bizarro" fiction, but today we discover that this corner of literature exists... more

It's October, so this episode is the first in our series of spooky books in honor of the season. After... more

Another week, another screenplay disguised as a book. This one is a real Russian nesting doll of poor choices. Thanks... more

Our Patron Jensina chose this book as their once-per-year reward! Check out our Patreon here to get this and other rewards for... more

Someone cast Meteor on Chris's computer and this episode and the associated bonus Patreon content was almost lost. Luckily, his... more

GET YOUR PINKLE JINXXXXXXED!!! This book came to our attention through an anonymous recommendation. Thank you, anonymous person, and we... more

Although not strictly necessary, we recommend listening to this episode along with the other Maradonia episodes in the following order:... more

Although not strictly necessary, we recommend listening to this episode along with the other Maradonia episodes in the following order:... more

We're roasting ourselves again! We decided that it was time to review past missteps and things we were wrong about... more

This time, we’re roasting ourselves! We decided that it was time to review past missteps and things we were wrong... more

The editor for this series posted about how bad the writing was in a Facebook group called Men Failing at... more

After seeing #puppetgate trending on Twitter, Chris and Paris dive into the script of the play All in a Row... more

This time, we figured we’d try to help you understand and - more importantly - laugh with us at The... more

Our Patron Signe chose this book as her once-per-year reward! Check out our Patreon here to get this and other rewards for... more

Our Patron Greg chose this book as his once-per-year reward! Check out our Patreon here to get this and other rewards for... more

This week we learn how to (not) defend ourselves with objects through a book infamous for its imagery! Thanks to our friend... more

April Fool's! Tomorrow you'll get your regularly scheduled TBC episode, but for today we're switching episodes with The Short Stories... more

Somehow we're reading another Christian-leaning, dog related book with strange authorship. We really don't know how this happened again. Thanks to... more

Our Patron Lynn chose this book as their once-per-year reward! Check out our Patreon here to get this and other rewards for... more

This week, we're simultaneously in both the years 1953 and 1692. Luckily our friends D & Ken from the Antiques Freaks... more

We received an anonymous recommendation to read this book. It is easily one of the most concentrated forms of delirium... more

This time, we’re dead and trying to figure out just what to do with these incorporeal forms of ours. Luckily,... more

Ah, cats - who doesn't love a good cat video or cat meme? The world is full of cat-themed things,... more

A guy who reviews cartoons and is really invested in creating a cartoon series himself wrote a children's chapter book... more

No real content warnings this week except for one off-hand misogynistic statement by a single character! There IS a weird... more

Fritz Leiber may have coined the term "sword and sorcery" and he may have written some legendary stories, but this... more

Don't be fooled! Darrel Day didn't write this - or even edit it, apparently - he just put it on... more

Happy Halloween! Enjoy this episode one day early as a treat from the Terrible Book Club. Crabs - The Human... more

Far away and 40 books ago, we read Marked, the first book in the House of Night Series by mother-daughter... more

Our Patron Veronica chose this book as her once-per-year reward! Check out our Patreon here to get this and other rewards for... more

This book feels like the author created a massive dartboard where each section was a completely random idea or topic,... more

This time, we read an X-Files novel sanctioned by Chris Carter and it was just as pulpy as we expected.... more

Since this book takes place 200 years in the past, we figured we needed some experts on old stuff! D... more

Cops that are dogs and dogs that are cops co-star in this sex-less Christian romance with an unreasonably long title!... more

Ah, yes - remember being in love so fiercely that you disobeyed your parents, ran naked through the forest all... more

If you're tired of plots and characters, this episode was made just for you! This time we read a book... more

Have you ever really liked a band? Have you ever liked a band so much that you thought you found... more

Burning witches, evil dads and uncles, more foreshadowing than one could ever need, the most obviously evil necklace of all... more

Can we interest you in some crawfish? Perhaps other types of seafood? Some jazz? How about some gay erotica? If... more

This time we read a short, double feature book with two fantasy/sci-fi novellas that were packaged together for seemingly no... more

In this in-between books episode, it's game time! Chris read a guide/miniature self-help book called Chakra Crystals by Kate Tomas about... more

This time on Terrible Book Club, we read a book that wasn't truly terrible! Wow! It happened!   We also have... more

Episode 28 is all about ghosts, mediums, and how Long Island seems to be some kind of breeding ground for... more

Our Patron Dari chose this book as her once-per-year reward! Check out our Patreon here to browse our reward structure and consider... more

You Suck! was given to Paris as a Secret Santa gift (thanks, Coty!) The book has some issues, but ultimately... more

Birds. Watches. Tits. These are things that old men from the 1800s love to talk about. Or, at least famous... more

Episode 24 tackles the anti-vaccination phenomenon. Melanie's Marvelous Measles was written by an anti-vaxxer author so parents could easily indoctrinate... more

For November, we read a self-help book to help us become smart hos! G.L. Lambert has created the ultimate guide... more

Our first sequel. Sexy nuns. Demon dicks. Naked horseback riding. All this and more can be found in Terry Goodkind's Stone... more

Episode 21 is brought to you by vampires, pistols, werewolves, sub-machine guns, boobs, automatic rifles, orcs, elves in trailer parks,... more

Chris & Paris learn that a gluten-free themed murder mystery book exists. Naturally, they couldn't resist reading such a bizarrely specific thing.... more

This book has evangelical Christianity, drugged out rock stars, squeaky villains, and FREEDOM. Have you ever wanted to be converted... more

When a book opens with a Nazi coming through a time portal in a library in the year 2000, it's... more

David Duchovny is a female, teenage cow with a surprisingly good grasp on technology. In Holy Cow, he leads us... more

Dive with us into the cesspool of Boston Harbor where mermaids make out! Explore an aquarium imagined by someone who... more

Chris wakes from his coma into a world of unprecedented horror. 

Our 14th episode! Our current book is almost 800 pages, so it's taking us a bit longer than usual to... more

Our third episode.

  In Episode Two, we begrudgingly drag ourselves through a sea of teen angst, slut shaming, poorly designed facial tattoos,... more

This one is for all of you who love conspiracies, chicken-and-waffles, and hot office temps. This was the first episode... more