Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer
Welcome to Five or Flop, a podcast for the best (and worst) historical fiction has to offer! Each week, we'll be reading and reviewing a different historical fiction book on a scale from flop to five. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 77
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Flop for Making Us Cry: Watching Ashes in the Snow
We're back with a far less happy movie adaptation. We're watching Ashes in the Snow, the movie version of Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys! Join us for a good cry and more identifying where we …
Five Cast, Flop Soundtrack: The Catherine, Called Birdy Movie
It's the most anticipated adaptation of season three: today we're watching Lena Dunham's film adaptation of Catherine, Called Birdy!
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The Fives and Flops to Rule Them All: A Complete Podcast Ranking
We're back from a brief hiatus with our first between-season bonus episode! In this episode, we're revisiting all of our past reads and choosing the floppiest flops, the finest fines, and the fivest …
Royal Diaries Part Two: Final Grade is Flop
It must be time for summer break, because it's the end of Back to School! We're wrapping up this week with Erin's Royal Diaries picks, reading about Anastasia, Cleopatra, and Marie Antoinette. We als…
Royal Diaries Part One: Princess of Flops
The first part of the two-part season finale is here, and it's our last series overview: the Royal Diaries! This week, it's Grace's picks, and we're reading about Anacaona, Jahanara, and Eleanor of A…
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis: Grace, Erin, and the Flopping Fives of the Podcast!!!!!
We're back to Newbery winners this week with a classic of elementary school libraries everywhere- it's Bud, Not Buddy!
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Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix: Fire Safety is Not a Flop
This week, we're tackling one of Grace's favorite childhood books and one of both hosts' childhood historical obsessions: we're reading Uprising and learning about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fir…
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner: Our Hosts' First Flop
*We're still adjusting to our new mics, sorry for any loud portions!
We messed up and accidentally selected a contemporary fiction, so come with us to 1880s Sydney in Seven Little Australians by Ethel…
Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn: Tesla’s Flop Machine
*We're adjusting to our new mics, sorry for any loud portions!
Hop aboard the Titanic (for a shockingly short amount of time) to read Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn with us!
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Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne: Becoming a Magic Flopbrarian
This week, a special guest joins us to discuss another titan of the children's historical fiction series genre: Magic Tree House!
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Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson: Too Many Flops in the Flop Cart
In today's new episode, we're revisiting beloved pod author Laurie Halse Anderson and throwing it back to the 1700s (again). Grab your disinfectant and your masks - it's Fever 1793!
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Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys: Winter in Flopberia
This week, we're reading another debut: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys!
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The Davenports by Krystal Marquis: Cars Five, Carriages Flop
This week we are reading a recent release with The Davenports, a debut novel by Krystal Marquis!
There are a few minutes of iffy audio quality at the end of the episode. We apologize and thank you fo…
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein: Code Name Flop
This week, we're visiting World War II again and talking about Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein! Discussion includes planes, plot twists, and publication orders.
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Dear America Part Two: Across the Wide and Flopsome Prairie
In today's new episode, we're finishing up our Dear America two-parter with I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly, Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie, and My Heart is On the Ground.
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Dear America Part One: Get These Flops a Happy Ending
In today's new episode, we're revisiting a childhood staple: Dear America! This one is a two-parter. For the first part, we're reading So Far From Home, A Coal Miner's Bridge, and Survival in the Sto…
Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan: Leaving Your Estate to the Flop Society
In today's new episode, we keep the yapping to a minimum so we can keep our ears open for roars! We're reading Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan.
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Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman: The Feast Day of Saint Flop
In today's new episode, we're reading Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman and (spoiler alert) making plans to watch the 2022 movie.
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Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes: One if by Land, Two if by Flop
In today's new episode, we're taking another trip back to the American Revolution and reading Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes!
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss: Newbery Medals and Newbery Flops
In today's new episode, we're revisiting WWII and some childhood classics, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss. Two rereads for Erin, and a former DNF for Grace!
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