STACK with Jake and Ella

Jake and Ella are reading outside of their type, looking at the true crime genre: the morals, the scandal and the real-life drama of it all. They - allegedly - cover the Kennedys, recent high-profile non-fiction and how to write about a murderer properly. It’s still a fun episode, they promise–just wait until Ella’s anecdote.

And Jake’s okay after what he talks about in the intro, we promise.

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

London Falling - Patrick Radden Keefe

Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll

Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth

A Hymn to Life - Gisèle Pelicot

Notes On An Execution - Danya Kukafka

Ask Not - Maureen Callahan



STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you 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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It’s freshers week for Jake and Ella as they share their favourite campus-set novels. Whether you’re talking Uni or College, consider these books your set texts for September - educational, fun and full of mistakes.

Plus, Ella has finally read Normal People and you can hear an exclusive extract from Booker-longlisted May We Feed the King, read by the author.

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

Black Bag by Luke Kennard

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Rayburn Affair by Laurie Petrou

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The House on Otley Road by Rosa Silverman

Normal People by Sally Rooney



Also mentioned:

May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry - with exclusive reading provided by the author

Thank you so much to our episode sponsor Quercus Books. You can order a copy of Fellow Creatures by Emma Lowther here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/fellow-creatures/emma-lowther/9781529444056.

STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you 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.

Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.

We are @stackpodcast on socials.

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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast

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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It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne.
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Why are we so obsessed with weddings in fiction? This week Jake and Ella discuss their favourite books about nuptials. From love triangles and in-laws to hen-dos and croquembouches, these six books are guaranteed to bring the drama.

Plus, Jake has spotted a Taylor Swift inspired theme in bookshops…

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Ghost Wedding by David Park

Piglet by Lottie Hazell

Best Woman by Rose Dommu

People in Love by Claire Daverley

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides



Also mentioned:

Talking at Night by Claire Daverley

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you 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.



Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.

We are @stackpodcast on socials.

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/⁠

TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast⁠



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.



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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It’s payback time! Join Jake and Ella as they discuss their favourite books about revenge. Plus, Jake has a harrowing story about punctuation and Ella is seeking information on a Sheffield motorist. She just wants to talk.

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

Speech Team by Tim Murphy

Honey by Imani Thompson

We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

Better Than Revenge by Bea Fitzgerald

The Favourites by Layne Fargo



Also mentioned:

My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry

Our extremely niche bonus stack on bee stings: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUGe5hfgvwS/



Thank you so much to our episode sponsor 3am Books. You can
order a copy of Fawn by C. N. Vair here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/fawn/c-n-vair/2928377389437



STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you 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.



Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.

We are @stackpodcast on socials.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast



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.



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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Surprise! We’ve squeezed in a super special bonus episode all about David Nicholls and his books about love.

Jake, a self-professed Nicholls head guides Ella through the options, and she picks her next read from his recommendations. Loved One Day, and wondering where else to go next? This is the episode for you.

The books featured in this week’s STACK:

The Understudy by David Nicholls

Starter For Ten by David Nicholls

One Day by David Nicholls

Us by David Nicholls

Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls

You Are Here by David Nicholls

AD | Thank you to Hodder Books and their David Nicholls: Read For Love campaign for making this episode of STACK possible.

STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you 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.

Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.

We are @stackpodcast on socials.

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/⁠

TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast

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.

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.

We record on location at Aspect Ratio Studio in Sheffield.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices