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Mean Book Club the Podcast: Four ladies (UCB-NY, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) read, discuss & make fun of NYT bestselling books with little literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic....
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Mean Book Club the Podcast: Four ladies (UCB-NY, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) read, discuss & make fun of NYT bestselling books with little literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute?
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4 MAR 2026 · Our season 21 book list announcement! Listen so you can read along, or so you can full ignore the books and just enjoy the podcast. You decide!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Â
Here’s the Season 21 reading list:
- Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
- Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
- Powerless by Lauren Roberts
- The Secret of Secrets by Dan Bwon
- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
- Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
- Quicksilver by Callie Hart Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
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3 MAR 2026 · An incomprehensible world of magic, a blinding romance fraught with peril, and a bunch of filler in between: This week we read the fan-fic turned book: Rose in Chains by Julie Soto, and spoiler alert, Sarah loved it.
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Â
Here’s the Season 21 reading list:
- Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
- Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
- Powerless by Lauren Roberts
- The Secret of Secrets by Dan Bwon
- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
- Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
- Quicksilver by Callie Hart
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton and Blake Opper. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com
 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
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23 DEC 2025 · Special Bonus Episode! Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday! Â
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub! Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts. CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here:Â https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
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25 NOV 2025 · From the author of seminal legal-thrillers such as The Firm and A Time to Kill, comes the inspiration behind... Christmas with the Kranks? This week we read Skipping Christmas by John Grisham and all we want from santa is to give us back the time we spent reading this nonsense. Big thanks to our very special guest Johnathan Fernandez!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Â
Here’s the Season 20 reading list:
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
- Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Jonson
- Beautiful Ugly byAlice Feeneyy
- Where is Joe Merchant by Jimmy Buffet
- Skipping Christmas by John Grishham
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton and Blake Opper. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com
 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
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18 NOV 2025 · A very special episode with a very special guest, this week we read "Beautiful Ugly" by Alice Feeney and it was... confusing. Revenge, instant bestsellers, and murderous lesbians make for a wild and confusing ride as we read between the lines of this bad bad book. Special thanks to our guest Raúl and to our wonderful fans who support us over on Patreon!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Â
Here’s the Season 20 reading list:
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
- Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Jonson
- Beautiful Ugly byAlice Feeneyy
- Where is Joe Merchant by Jimmy Buffet
- Skipping Christmas by John Grishham
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton and Blake Opper. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com
 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
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28 OCT 2025 · Where are our Parrot Heads at?! This week we read Where's Joe Merchant by Mr. Margaritaville himself, Jimmy Buffett. Did the plot make sense? No. Did we like the book? Also no. But did Johnna find out that Jimmy Buffett is her most listened to artist on Spotify mid-episode? The answer may surprise you.
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Â
Here’s the Season 20 reading list:
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
- Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Jonson
- Beautiful Ugly byAlice Feeneyy
- Where is Joe Merchant by Jimmy Buffet
- Skipping Christmas by John Grishham
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton and Blake Opper. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
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14 OCT 2025 · Personal goals, career goals, squad goals, any and all of it can be considered "The Cheese." But what happens when someone moves the cheese? What wildly oversimplified options do you have? Well Spencer Johnson lays it all out in this tiny little business fable about adapting to change and the very literal rat race.
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Â
Here’s the Season 20 reading list:
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
- Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Jonson
- Beautiful Ugly byAlice Feeneyy
- Where is Joe Merchant by Jimmy Buffet
- Skipping Christmas by John Grishham
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton and Blake Opper. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
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16 SEP 2025 · Arson, anmesia, and a private island? It's a wonder how this book could be so boring. This week we read "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart and we can't say it enough: JUST WATCH THE TV SHOW!
Big thanks to our special guest David Joseph Craig who's new film "I Don't Understand You" is now streaming on Hulu. Check it out!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Â
Here’s the Season 20 reading list:
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
- Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Jonson
- Beautiful Ugly byAlice Feeneyy
- Where is Joe Merchant by Jimmy Buffet
- Skipping Christmas by John Grishham
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton and Blake Opper. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
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14 SEP 2025 · An alternate history with family drama, cultural identity, and extremely detailed descriptions of stamps, this week we read "The Plot Against America" by Phillip Roth and what can we say? This book was way too good for our podcast. Special thanks to our patron Miles for foisting this literary classic on us. We enjoyed the break from our usual trash!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Â
Here’s the Season 20 reading list:
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
- Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Jonson
- Beautiful Ugly byAlice Feeneyy
- Where is Joe Merchant by Jimmy Buffet
- Skipping Christmas by John Grishham
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton and Blake Opper. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
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2 SEP 2025 · Sometimes in life, a special book comes along and embraces you with characters you relate to, a setting that you enjoy, and a plot that exists. This is unfortunately not that book. This week we read "Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld and good news, we hated it!
Big thanks to our patron Saroj for making us read this stinker and congratulations to Curtis Sittenfeld for being our first ever three-peat author!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Â
Here’s the Season 20 reading list:
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
- Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Jonson
- Beautiful Ugly byAlice Feeneyy
- Where is Joe Merchant by Jimmy Buffet
- Skipping Christmas by John Grishham
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton and Blake Opper. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
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18 FEB 2025 · We watched the NYT bestselling movie turned movie, and yes, we talked about the Baldoni and Lively drama. We've probably already changed our minds since recording. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
Supporters Club
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5 SEP 2023 · Special BONUS EPISODE! NO EDITS! RAW CONVERSATION FOR OUR NUMBER ONE FANS! We watched the 2023 Amazon movie that JUST CAME OUT! Look at us! SO WITH IT! Is it better than the book?? Is there enough sex to satisfy Sarah? Find out! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
Supporters Club
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16 MAY 2023 · Special BONUS EPISODE! NO EDITS! RAW CONVERSATION FOR OUR NUMBER ONE FANS! We watched the 2019 American romantic drama film directed by Jenny Gage and written by Gage, Susan McMartin and Tamara Chestna, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Anna Todd. Wow! It was a full movie of montage!! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
Supporters Club
6 DEC 2022 · Special BONUS EPISODE! NO EDITS! RAW CONVERSATION FOR OUR NUMBER ONE FANS! We watched the 2017 Hallmark movie starring Dermot Mulroney (Tom Langdon), Kimberly Williams-Paisley (Ellie Carter) (from Father of the Bride), Danny Glover (Max Powers), and Joan Cusak (Agnes)! Thanks for this one, original book author David Baldacci! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
Supporters Club
26 JUL 2022 · Hello PATRONS! We love you so much we recorded a raw episode JUST FOR YOU! We all watched Where The Crawdads Sing in THEATRES so you could hear us scream about this NYT bestselling adaptation!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday!
Here’s the book list for Season 13 - all fan recommends:
- Survive the Night by Riley Sager
- The Whisper Man by Alex North
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
- The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
- 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
- Swing Your Sword by Mike Leach
- The Lies that Bind by Emily Giffin
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS:
Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
This episode was produced by Sabrina B. Jordan and edited by John Purcell.
Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
Mean Book Club the Podcast: Four ladies (UCB-NY, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) read, discuss & make fun of NYT bestselling books with little literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic....
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Mean Book Club the Podcast: Four ladies (UCB-NY, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) read, discuss & make fun of NYT bestselling books with little literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute?
New podcast every Tuesday!
show less
New podcast every Tuesday!
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