Our newest exclusive audio collection at The Popcast is your reminder that adaptation is an art form and that sometimes Hollywood simply understood the assignment.

This 3-episode collection celebrates the rare and beautiful occasions when the movie beat the book. We’re talking books that walked so their movies could run, skip, and click their heels, in an adaptation that elevated the author's intentions in all the best ways.

This Movies > Books Collection includes deep dives on:

• Bridget Jones’s Diary
• The Wizard of Oz
• Jurassic Park

Fall is here and we're snake drafting new books coming out in October, November, and December of 2026. Get your TBRs locked in.

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• Our List of Snake Draft Picks on Bookshop.org (this isn't just to get your money. It's so you're not spoiled in the show notes)
• Florida by Lauren Groff
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• Knox McCoy on Substack
• Erin Moon on Substack
• Jamie B. Golden on Instagram

We're tackling the pet peeves and the frustrations found in listening to books on audio.

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• Erin's Common Ground Pilgrimage trip for Hamnet happening in June 2027 isnow open for registrations.
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1. Chore: an objectively successful and popular book we felt was a chore to get through
2. Whore: an unpopular book we actually enjoyed a lot
3. Score: a backlist book (2016 or earlier) we feel is underrated and should be added to your TBR

We have the honor of having 3x New York Times bestselling author and avid reader, Kendra Adachi, sit in with us for this chat while Erin is on leave.

• Hardbacks Nonfiction Audiobooks Recs Spreadsheet (free to access this week)
• Kendra Adachi: The Lazy Genius | Instagram | Podcast | Books | The Book List Newsletter
• Chores: Listen in, no spoilers.
• Whores: Jamie | Kendra | Knox
• Scores: Jamie | Kendra | Knox
• Erin's Common Ground Pilgrimage trip for Hamnet happening in June 2027 is now open for registrations.
• Our Bookshop.org Storefront
• Our Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect
• Our Threads: @readwithshelfrespect
• readwithshelfrespect.com

This is Footnotes. In these episodes, we scan the reading world for recent stories, trends, and news to chat about. We pick timely topics for the three of us, and you, to discuss.

We have the honor of having bestselling author and lover of all things reading, Laura Tremaine, sit in with us for this chat while Erin is on leave.

• Laura Tremaine: Instagram | Threads | Secret Stuff Substack | Slow Read: Outlander
• Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First. by Laura Tremaine
• The Life Council by Laura Tremaine
• Topic 1: Influencer PBSquamer asks for authors to pay him for reading and reviewing and the internet got in their feelings (OG video file)
• Topic 2: Is Rachel Cusk's new novel Life of M about Natalie Portman? Vulture
• The Project by Rachel Cusk on The New Yorker
• Who Is The Bad Art Friend? by Robert Kolker
• Erin's Common Ground Pilgrimage trip for Hamnet happening in June 2027 is now open for registrations.
• Our Bookshop.org Storefront
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In honor of back to school season, we're taking a look at traditional required reading in schools and deciding if those picks get a Pass or a Fail.

• The Highest Paid Podcasters of 2026
• Our list of books mentioned on Bookshop.org (this isn't just to get your money. It's so you're not spoiled in the show notes)
• The Invisible Man movie
• Young Frankenstein movie
• Society of the Snow movie
• Erin's Common Ground Pilgrimage trip for Hamnet happening in June 2027 is now open for registrations
• Patreon: Shelf Respect
• Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect
• Threads: @readwithshelfrespect
• readwithshelfrespect.com

The first in our series: Author Deep Dives. In this episode, we unpack the meteoric rise of young millennial romance book icon, Emily Henry.

We answer all the questions: What are our own experiences with her writing? Where did she come from? What's the scouting report on her books?

And then we enter into the debates: Is she a mirror or an engine? Could her books be written by someone else? Who's on her corner? What is her VORA Score in terms of craft, conversion, degree of difficulty, and personality? We wrap it up with how will we consider her in 2046.

• Erin's Common Ground Pilgrimage trip for Hamnet happening in June 2027 is now open for registrations
• Emily Henry's Books on Bookshop.org
• Emily Henry on Instagram
• People We Meet on Vacation on Netflix
• What Up With That? SNL sketch
• Chuck Lorre
• Carrie Underwood's fall
• Ali Hazelwood
• BK Borison
• Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect
• Threads: @readwithshelfrespect
• readwithshelfrespect.com

This is Footnotes. In these episodes, we scan the reading world for recent stories, trends, and news to chat about. We pick timely topics for the three of us, and you, to discuss.

• The Odyssey reviews
• ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ Author Tomi Adeyemi “Will Not Watch” Film Version: “Officially Separating My Name”
• Sense and Sensibility movie trailer
• Erin's Common Ground Pilgrimage trip for Hamnet happening in June 2027 is now open for registrations.
• Our Patreon: Shelf Respect
• Our Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect
• readwithshelfrespect.com