Mean Book Club
Mean Book Club the Podcast: Four ladies (UCB-NY, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) read, discuss & make fun of NYT bestselling books with little literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute? New podcast every Tuesday! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
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October 14, 2025 • 90 mins
Personal goals, career goals, squad goals, any and all of it can be considered "The Cheese." But what happens when someone moves the cheese? What wildly oversimplified options do you have? Well Spencer Johnson lays it all out in this tiny little business fable about adapting to change and the very literal rat race.
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT ...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT ...
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September 16, 2025 • 94 mins
Arson, anmesia, and a private island? It's a wonder how this book could be so boring. This week we read "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart and we can't say it enough: JUST WATCH THE TV SHOW!
Big thanks to our special guest David Joseph Craig who's new film "I Don't Understand You" is now streaming on Hulu. Check it out!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT ...
Big thanks to our special guest David Joseph Craig who's new film "I Don't Understand You" is now streaming on Hulu. Check it out!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT ...
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September 14, 2025 • 84 mins
An alternate history with family drama, cultural identity, and extremely detailed descriptions of stamps, this week we read "The Plot Against America" by Phillip Roth and what can we say? This book was way too good for our podcast. Special thanks to our patron Miles for foisting this literary classic on us. We enjoyed the break from our usual trash!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who...
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September 2, 2025 • 77 mins
Sometimes in life, a special book comes along and embraces you with characters you relate to, a setting that you enjoy, and a plot that exists. This is unfortunately not that book. This week we read "Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld and good news, we hated it!
Big thanks to our patron Saroj for making us read this stinker and congratulations to Curtis Sittenfeld for being our first ever three-peat author!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UC...
Big thanks to our patron Saroj for making us read this stinker and congratulations to Curtis Sittenfeld for being our first ever three-peat author!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UC...
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August 19, 2025 • 101 mins
Was it profound or was it pretentious? Is the author a genius or a misogynist? The only thing we know for sure is that a man made love to a couch. Mean Book Club returns for our 20th season with "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen. Big thanks to patron of the mean arts, George for generously forcing this behemoth onto us!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine a...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine a...
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August 12, 2025 • 51 mins
Mean Book Club "From the Vault!" We're periodically reuploading episodes straight from the ghost of Mean Book Club's past! This week we're taking a look back at the book that started the multimillion dollar franchise: "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer.
Sarah, Johnna, Clara & Sabrina rip apart this week's NYT bestseller: Twilight. Released in 2005, this book debuted at #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list within a month of its r...
Sarah, Johnna, Clara & Sabrina rip apart this week's NYT bestseller: Twilight. Released in 2005, this book debuted at #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list within a month of its r...
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August 5, 2025 • 4 mins
Mean Book Club is BACK with their biggest season yet! Join us for a series of bad romances, self-help stinkers, and mandane mysteries to celebrate our 20TH SEASON. New episodes start on August 15th and follow us on Patreon for even more of that sweet, sweet season 20 content!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionabl...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionabl...
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July 22, 2025 • 99 mins
Mean Book Club "From the Vault!" We're periodically reuploading episodes straight from the ghost of Mean Book Club's past! This episode we're revisiting "Congo" by Michael Crichton. Check out our thoughts on this bad, bad book before we watch the bad, bad movie!
Hey book nerds! This week Colin O’Brien (Just For Laughs) and Michael Wolf (Comedy Central, MTV), hosts of the Literati podcast, forced us to read Congo by Michael Crichton....
Hey book nerds! This week Colin O’Brien (Just For Laughs) and Michael Wolf (Comedy Central, MTV), hosts of the Literati podcast, forced us to read Congo by Michael Crichton....
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June 17, 2025 • 111 mins
A Hollywood romance, a high diving board, and a weirdly important video from high school: this week we read "The Rom-Commers" by Katherine Center for a very exciting season finale, featuring special guest Emily Fidago, and the triumphant return of Sabrina!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It'...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It'...
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June 3, 2025 • 70 mins
Family drama, wine caves, and Johnna crimes: This week we read "The Paris Apartment" by two-time Mean Book Club offender Lucy Foley and it was un peu ennuyeux.
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s ...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
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May 20, 2025 • 79 mins
Heartbreaks, hate rates, and a host of husbands. This week we read "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid and it was... pretty good? Special shoutout to the person who recorded Johnna's version of the audiobook. This episode wouldn't have been the same without you.
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have que...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have que...
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May 6, 2025 • 77 mins
Rich husbands, dead sisters, and another non-NYTimes Bestseller!? This week we read "The Last Mrs. Parrish" by Liv Constantine and, twist, it was a stinker. Big thanks to Molly our recommender who was very correct about the NYTimes Bestseller status of this book.
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary mer...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary mer...
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April 22, 2025 • 87 mins
An old folks home and filled with red herrings. This week we read "Thursday Murder Club" by Richard Osman and we got mad. Big thanks to our listener Abby who recommended the book, which we found out IS a NYTimes bestseller after all.
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. ...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. ...
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April 8, 2025 • 91 mins
James Bond meets pickle ball? This week we read "Killers of a Certain Age" by Deanna Raybourn and we'd rate it a big old "Dr. No."
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the Season 18 reading list: 1...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the Season 18 reading list: 1...
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March 25, 2025 • 105 mins
Maybe the best/worst book we've ever done? This week we read "Handbook for Mortals" by Lani Sarem and we will never be the same.
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the Season 18 reading list: 1. ...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the Season 18 reading list: 1. ...
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March 11, 2025 • 85 mins
Murderous middle-age male meets moral mentor's mindful mantras. This week, we kick off season 19 with the alliterative "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay. Will Dexter turn evil? Will he ever experience human emotions? Should we have watched the TV show instead of reading his bad bad book? Tune in to the episode to find out!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and w...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and w...
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January 7, 2025 • 98 mins
A book as thrilling as joining the chess club at law school: for our season finale this week we read "While Justice Sleeps" by Stacey Abrams with our editor extraordinaire Blake Opper! You can check out his album "For Money and Power" on Bandcamp or wherever you get your music!
https://goldbloomtrio.bandcamp.com/album/for-money-and-power
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discus...
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Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discus...
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December 24, 2024 • 81 mins
The memoir of a fictional Japanese geisha written by white guy who went to Harvard... what could go wrong? This week we read "Memoirs of a Geisha" and just in time for Christmas. Happy Holidays everyone and thank you so much for the support this year!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fu...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fu...
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December 10, 2024 • 93 mins
Your classic who-done-it where the hypnotist is the killer and you find that out in... the prologue? Also the house is not a house it's a cabin and the cabin isn't a cabin, it's a pit with cement blocks.
Special thanks to Susan from Book Squad Goals for this rec! You can check out their podcast at https://www.booksquadgoals.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractica...
Special thanks to Susan from Book Squad Goals for this rec! You can check out their podcast at https://www.booksquadgoals.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractica...
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November 26, 2024 • 101 mins
This week we read "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J Maas and sorry listeners, we loved it! (Well, most of us).
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the Season 18 reading list: 1. Fourth Win...
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the Season 18 reading list: 1. Fourth Win...
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