# London Bookstore Strategies + Books We'd Stock In Our Own Bookstores (S8E43) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350/london-bookstore-strategies-books-we-d-stock-in-our-own-bookstores-s8e43 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350/london-bookstore-strategies-books-we-d-stock-in-our-own-bookstores-s8e43.md Podcast: [The Currently Reading Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350) Published: 2026-06-01T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.currentlyreadingpodcast.com/show-notes/s8e43 Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/currentlyreadingpodcast/CRS8E43Final.mp3?dest-id=789821 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350/episodes/london-bookstore-strategies-books-we-d-stock-in-our-own-bookstores-s8e43 Duration seconds: 4120 ## Resource On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Elizabeth are discussing: Bookish Moments: overseas bookstores and book resources Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: Meredith and Elizabeth imagine books in their own bookstore Before We Go : our new segment featuring a bookish friend post and Elizabeth updates us on her grandbabies Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . 1:53 - Ad For Ourselves 2:12 - Currently Reading Patreon 3:20 - Bookish Moments of the Week 4:19 - Waterstones 4:22 - Barter Books 4:37 - Foyles 4:38 - Notting Hill Bookshop 5:10 - Goldsboro Books 6:10 - Booklist magazine 8:27 - Current Reads 9:42 - The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett (Elizabath) 14:19 - Where are the Children by Mary Higgins Clark (Meredith) 18:54 - Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark 19:43 - The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff (Elizabeth) 19:47 - The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff 21:51 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live 23:12 - Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Meredith) 24:23 - Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 29:39 - Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves (Elizabeth, pre-order releases July 7, 2026) 30:00 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 32:35 - Theo of Golden by Allen Levi 32:37 - Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo 32:50 - Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin 32:57 - Page & Palette 34:30 - The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (Meredith) 37:29 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 37:30 - The Book Wanderers by Anna James 40:21 - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn 40:22 - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn 40:59 - A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross 43:36 - Deep Dive: Books We'd St… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350/episodes/london-bookstore-strategies-books-we-d-stock-in-our-own-bookstores-s8e43/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350/london-bookstore-strategies-books-we-d-stock-in-our-own-bookstores-s8e43.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.