Shelf Respect

Burn or Blurb: Reader Spicy Takes

We collected spicy takes from readers on Instagram and we decide whether those opinions will be burned or blurbed.  Join 3,300+ Hardbacks on Patreon. Those readers get exclusive episodes like our Shelf Reflections series where we talk about what we've been reading, Building a Literary Villain, Odd Reader Out where two of us explain an unfamiliar concept to the third. Plus, our 2025 Book Superlatives and much more. Two exclusive episodes added every month. Use code BATEDBREATH now through March 6 to save 90% on your first month of Hardbacks. That's only $0.70 at patreon.com/shelfrespect.  The Popcast Flavor Town: Book Edition A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Sunnie Reads Book Club RFK, Jr. and Kid Rock Get "Active" and Eat "Real" Food video The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley Book of the Month (not an affiliate link) I've Got Questions by Erin Moon (sexy under the dust jacket) Knox's paperback books: All Things Reconsidered and The Wondering Years Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman Magnetic Bookmark on Etsy Annie B. Jones Olivia Dade books Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model documentary One to Watch by Kate Staymon-London  Our Patreon: Shelf Respect Our Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect readwithshelfrespect.com Knox McCoy on Substack  Erin Moon on Substack Jamie B. Golden on Instagram

Words, Phrases, and Clichés That Need To Die in Fiction Books

Welcome to the first public episode of Shelf Respect. We've been doing this for six months over on Patreon and now it's time to have the best of both worlds. We'll have new free episodes twice monthly. This is a Snake Draft episode where the three of us slither through all the words and phrases we'd like to remove from all future books. All our book lists are always found on Bookshop.org. Support indie shops! Our Patreon: Shelf Respect Our Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect readwithshelfrespect.com Knox McCoy on Substack Erin Moon on Substack Jamie B. Golden on Instagram

The NOs of Fiction

This is a an example of our premium content you can find on our Shelf Respect Patreon. *originaly published in October, 2025 We asked our Hardbacks to air their grievances about fiction and they answered. LOUDLY AND WITH FEELING. They shared the details, big and small, they despise in a novel. In this episode, we feature some of their complaints, as well as share a few of our own. And there's a kerfuffle about short stories. Mentions: A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant Alchemised by Senlinyu Katabasis by R. F. Kuang The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain by Hannah Brown Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty The Bookshelf in Thomasville, GA The Compound by Aisling Rawe Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Annihilation movie streaming on Paramount+ Inception movie streaming on HBO Max 50 Times Male Authors Proved They Know Next To Nothing About Women The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder Colton Gentry's Third Act by Jeff Zentner No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy It by Stephen King Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James The New York Times Bestseller list wiki Publishers Weekly Bestseller List The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Moby-Dick by Herman Melville The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem Our Patreon: Shelf Respect Our Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect readwithshelfrespect.com Knox McCoy on Substack Erin Moon on Substack Jamie B. Golden on Instagram

Shelf Respect: What is This? Who Are We?

Join us as we unpack why we launched another podcast, who we are as readers, which books define us, and what to expect at Shelf Respect. *originally published in September, 2025 Knox McCoy Jamie Golden Erin Moon (Elizabethe Montgomery) Shelf Respect on Instagram readwithshelfrespect.com The Popcast with Knox and Jamie Faith Adjacent Is Pierce Brown hot? Is our beloved Annie B. Jones a friend of this show? Raindrop app The Books That Defined Us On Bookshop.org Our Free Little Library on Patreon