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Hey readers, Funny thing, we started talking with today's guest about coming on the show back in the early fall. (It might even have been during the summer? Brenna knows for sure.) Between those initial conversations and today, the number of questions we've gotten about one bookish website have zoomed up—and today, we have a lot of answers for all your questions about ... The StoryGraph. In our new episode I'm chatting with Nadia Odunayo, the reader and entrepreneur behind [The StoryGraph](, a new website full of tracking tools and detailed rating systems to help readers get much better book recs than algorithms typically deliver. I love hearing behind-the-scenes stories about books and business, and it was fascinating to hear how this creative literary endeavor came to be. But of course, Nadia is first and foremost a reader. Today we dig in to her reading life, discussing a bunch of books that haven't appeared on the show before. I can't wait to hear which titles end up on your TBR lists. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and be sure to visit the podcast website at [whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/271]( for the full list of titles mentioned. Spread the book love Readers, ratings and reviews are our love language here at WSIRN HQ—and those ratings and reviews help more book lovers find the show. If you haven't yet, would you please write us a quick two-sentence review on Apple Podcasts? It's easy to do on an ioS device: - Open the Podcasts app. - Choose “Search” from the bottom row of icons and enter "What Should I Read Next" into the search field. - Select the show under Shows (not under Episodes) - Scroll down past the first few episodes until you see Ratings & Reviews. - Click “Write a Review” underneath the displayed reviews from other listeners. You’ll then have the option to rate us on a 5-star scale, and write a review. (You can rate without reviewing, but—speaking of algorithms—reviews are much more helpful.) Thanks in advance! 3 things I love: - I'm thrilled for Abby Jimenez! [The Happy Ever After Playlist is being adapted for the screen](; I loved it on audio. - Pair these two articles for a perfect dose of Austen: [a bookshop discovered a 110-year old set of Austen's novels in storage]() (can you IMAGINE?) and [what Jane Austen can teach us about resilience](=). - '[I get better sleep': the people who quit social media](. Interesting, not least because we've noticed a strong uptick in the number of potential WSIRN guests who say Instagram is bad for their reading lives. 1 thing I don't: [A lot of us are hitting a pandemic wall right now](=). I wish it wasn't so, but it's no surprise many of us are experiencing major pandemic fatigue right now. What I'm reading now I'm listening to [this new release]( on audio, I just finished [this book about the joy of learning]() (and the joy of being terrible at something) at any age, and I'm about to read a much-anticipated new release because I think it might be perfect for the WSIRN guest I'm recording with this week. I hope YOU are in the middle of a good book. Happy reading, friends! Anne [Modern Mrs Darcy]() | 291 N Hubbards Ln Ste 172-225, Louisville, Kentucky 40207 [Opt out of What Should I Read Next? news only]() | [Unsubscribe from all MMD emails](