The Reader's Couch
A book podcast where you will discover new books and get reading tips, but we also talk about lifestyle, wellness, and self-care. So let's learn something new, feel encouraged and inspired, and have fun!
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 250
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Ep. 29 Champagne for One by Rebekah Iliff
Champagne for One is a miscellany of essays, stories, and poems; with some wisdom and satire, it paints aloneness as something to be prized rather than pitied.
Today on the podc…
Ep. 28 The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
The Violin Conspiracy is a novel about a Black classical musician as he tries to find his stolen violin on the eve of the most prestigious music competition in the world.
Today…
Ep. 27 Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
Cleopatra and Frankenstein is a novel about one couple's impulsive marriage and how it affects their friends and family.
Today on the podcast, Victoria speaks with Coco Mellors…
Ep. 26 Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
Count Your Lucky Stars is a steamy queer rom-com about former best friends who might end up being each other's second chance at love.
Today on the podcast, Victoria speaks with…
Ep. 25 Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
In Black Cake, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s death, a puzzling inheritance, and her hidden past.
Today on the podcast, Vic…
Ep. 24 Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier
Good Rich People is a psychological thriller that follows a destitute woman who lands in the middle of a wealthy couple's twisty game, but she's not about to go down without a f…
Ep. 23 Wahala by Nikki May
Wahala is a story that follows three Anglo-Nigerian best friends that's a modern take on female friendship, family, and culture.
Today on the podcast, Victoria speaks with Nikki …
Ep. 22 The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes
The Spanish Daughter is a historical novel that blends family drama, dangerous mystery, romance, and the real-life history of the coastal town known as the “birthplace of cacao.…
Ep. 21 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 6
Victoria shares her personal top ten books of 2021.
In part six of our six-part "top ten books of 2021" series, Victoria closes out the series and season one of the podcast wi…
Ep. 20 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 5
Two readers join Victoria on the couch to share their top ten books of 2021.
In part five of our six-part "top ten books of 2021" series is Michelle Martin, the bookstagrammer…
Ep. 19 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 4
Two readers join Victoria on the couch to share their top ten books of 2021.
In part four of our six-part "top ten books of 2021" series is Kelly Hooker, the bookstagrammer behi…
Ep. 18 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 3
Two readers join Victoria on the couch to share their top ten books of 2021.
In part three of our six-part "top ten books of 2021" series is Aimee Gruenwald, the bookstagrammer b…
Ep. 17 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 2
Two readers join Victoria on the couch to share their top ten books of 2021.
In part two of our six-part "top ten books of 2021" series is Jennifer Furr, the bookstagrammer behin…
Ep. 16 Top Ten Books of 2021 Series: Part 1
Two readers join Victoria on the couch to share their top ten books of 2021.
Kicking off part one of our six-part "top ten books of 2021" series is Kim Brock, the bookstagrammer …
Ep. 15 Books to Gift Series: Part 4
Two readers join Victoria on the couch to share the books they recommend you gift this holiday season. Victoria shares her recommendations as well.
In part four of our four-part …
Ep. 14 Books to Gift Series: Part 3
Three readers join Victoria on the couch to share the books they recommend that you gift this holiday season.
In part three of our four-part "books to gift" series is Lisa Harris…
Ep. 13 Books to Gift Series: Part 2
Three readers join Victoria on the couch to share the books they recommend that you gift this holiday season.
In part two of our four-part "books to gift" series is Rachel, a Fro…
Ep. 12 Books to Gift Series: Part 1
Three readers join Victoria on the couch to share the books they recommend that you gift this holiday season.
Kicking off part one of our four-part "books to gift" series is Jen …
Ep. 11 The Fastest Way to Fall by Denise Williams
The Fastest Way to Fall is a rom-com that follows plus-sized heroine Britta as she writes about her experience with a fitness app centered around body confidence that pairs its …
Ep. 10 I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer
I Hope This Find You Well is the latest collection of poems from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman, created from notes she received from followers, …