STACK with Jake and Ella

• Weird Little Books: Zombies, Word Soup and Falling In Love With A Printer

  Ella and Jake pick six tiny books that pack a weird punch, and have fun debating whether they could handle the zombie apocalypse, whether they like to know what’s going on in a book, and a man called Bigolas Dickolas.The books featured in this week’s STACK:3.56 Hard Copy - Fien Veldman6.31 This Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone 11.10 Heatwave - Victor Jestin14.23 It Lasts Forever And Then It’s Over - Anna de Marcken19.07 Second Best - David Foenkinos21.50 Treacle Walker - Alan GarnerAlso featured:Impossible Creatures - Katherine RundellFriends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing - Matthew PerryGeorge Orwell’s 1984: An Audible Original adaptationSTACK 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.Please follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube. Do comment and share and if you’d like to support the podcast even further, we’d love it if you could leave us a review - it’s massively helpful. We are @stackpodcast on socials.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcastPlease get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. 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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• Christmas Gift Guide: Crowd-Pleasers, Broadchurch and Miriam Margolyes

  Ready for your Christmas shopping? This week’s Stack covers six crowd-pleasing books to fill anybody’s stocking. Ella and Jake discuss their own Christmas lists, getting your colours done and what on earth to buy for your dad. The books featured in this week’s Stack:12.14 The Poetry Pharmacy14.17 My Friends - Fredrik Backman16.14 Is A River Alive? - Robert Macfarlane18.12 Death At The White Hart - Chris Chibnall19.40 The Little Book Of Miriam - Miriam Margoyles22.48 The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King - Harry TrevaldwynAlso featured:The Wedding People - Alison EspachNotes On Your Sudden Disappearance - Alison EspachThe Christmas Tree That Loved To Dance - Miranda HartAll The Best For The Future - Greg JamesBuckeye - Patrick Ryan Alchemised - SenLinYuThe Raven Scholar - Antonia HodgsonThe Safekeep - Yael van der WoudenThe Stack 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.Please follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube. Do comment and share and if you’d like to support the podcast even further, we’d love it if you could leave us a review - it’s massively helpful. We are @stackpodcast on socials.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcastPlease get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. 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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• For Girls and Gays: Caroline O’Donoghue, Sad Gay Lit and Life-Changing Non-Fiction

  This week’s STACK is all about the girls and the gays. Jake and Ella cover books that speak to their identities, others that help them to understand other perspectives and Ella reads The Lamb after Jake’s review last week.The books featured in this week’s STACK:04.45 Amateur - Thomas Page McBee09.05 The Rachel Incident - Caroline O’Donoghue12.23 Period Power - Maisie Hill16.05 I Leave It Up To You - Jinwoo Chong17.50  A Marvellous Light - Freya Marske21.05 A Home At The End of the World - Michael Cunningham Also featured:The Lamb - Lucy RoseAmazing Grace Adams - Fran LittlewoodGreat Circle - Maggie ShipsteadThe Binding - Bridget CollinsThe Stack 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.Please follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube. Do comment and share and if you’d like to support the podcast even further, we’d love it if you could leave us a review - it’s massively helpful. We are @stackpodcast on socials.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcastPlease get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. STACK 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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• Everybody Scream: Haunted Books, Ghost Stories and Book Binges

  Welcome to the first episode of STACK, a new fortnightly books podcast from Jake, a writer and producer, and Ella, who works in publishing.Every week, they’ll curate a list of six brilliant books on a theme, cutting through the noise and choice of the book world to recommend the ones that are really worth your time.This week, they’re chatting haunted houses and ghost sightings, convincing each other to give children’s books a try, read a book after having seen the film, and to give oozing haunted houses a try. The books featured in this week’s STACK:Ninth House - Leigh BardugoAftertaste - Daria Lavelle The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co Book 1) - Jonathan StroudStrangers - Taichi YamadaMexican Gothic -  Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Lamb - Lucy RosePlease comment, subscribe and share, and if you’d like to support the podcast even further, we’d love it if you could leave us a review. We are @stackpodcast on socials - please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section.

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• Introducing STACK with Jake and Ella

  Welcome to STACK with Jake and Ella - a books podcast cutting through the noise to help you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. We're here to introduce the books that are worth your time with six brilliant books per episode, on a bespoke theme. STACK starts Tuesday 28th October, new episodes every fortnight. The Stack is hosted by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.This episode was recorded on location in Sheffield. We are @stackpodcast on Instagram and TikTok.

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