What puts you off a book and what pulls you towards one? This episode is all about the books we thought we wouldn’t like - whether the cover, the topic, or something else - but we’re happy to tell you these are six books we actually thought were great. We deep dive into our own reading tastes and prejudices and create the Venn Diagram of Jake and Ella’s reading taste. 

Warning: there are some hot, and bad, takes in this episode!

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

8.20 Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

12.40 Ducks, Newburyport - Lucy Ellmann

15.22 Yellowface - R. F. Kuang

19.32 The Bee Sting - Paul Murray

22.00 In Memoriam - Alice Winn

27.20 A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas

Also featured:

One Day - David Nicholls

Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid

It Lasts Forever and then It’s Over - Anne de Marcken

Second Best - David Foenkinos

Blood Over Bright Haven - M.L. Wang

A Little Life - Hanya Yanigahara

STACK with Jake and Ella is a books podcast helping you cut through the noise to fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.

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STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production.

It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.

Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke

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