Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Flop

Grace's mom has selected a hugely important work of American literature for us to read this week: Gone with the Wind. As Erin reads for the first time and Grace revisits, they both discuss the book's good and bad qualities and whether it is worth our time ninety years later.Is Gone With the Wind Still Relevant Today? by Ann EdelsteinFive or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsnWant to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore: A Journey to San Flopcisco

This week, we're inviting friend and former roommate Spencer to discuss The Paper Daughters of Chinatown! Will this book live up to our expectations? Will there be an implied Magic Treehouse crossover? Who's to say!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsnWant to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles: House Arrest at Hotel Flop

Hannah from our Love in the Time of Cholera episode is back, and we're discussing A Gentleman in Moscow! Will this have a better chance at a five than Love in the Time of Cholera?Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsnWant to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

Circe by Madeline Miller: Exiled to Flop Island

Jen from Season Four is back, and we're discussing Circe! Now we'll have read both of her books- which do we like more?Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsnWant to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

Brazil-Maru by Karen Tei Yamashita: Floptail Hour

Santiago and his themed cocktails are back, and we're reading Brazil-Maru by Karen Tei Yamashita! But will the drinks be the best part of the episode?Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Our Season Five Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find it here: https://rb.gy/2qehsnWant to recommend a book for a future season? Submit the title here: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8