{"podcast":{"title":"What to Read Next — Book Recommendations for Romance, Thrillers & Escape Reads","slug":"what-to-read-next-book-recommendations-for-romance-thrillers-escape-reads-9873","podcast_index_feed_id":9873,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/whattoreadnext/","website_url":"http://www.whattoreadnextblog.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f7acd6df-7bd5-4b9f-bdcd-cc1c6c790629/4osSDj37v6rAcBIBBysi07ET.png","author":"Laura R Yamin","episode_count":928,"summary":"You know you want to read. You just don't know what. What to Read Next is the podcast for readers who love romance, thrillers, and women's fiction — and spend more time staring at their TBR than actually reading it. I'm Laura, and twice a week I bring you book recommendations built around one thing: how you actually feel right now. Not what's new. Not what's trending. The right book for this exact mood, this exact moment, this exact week of your life. Some weeks that means asking an author what they read for joy — not what they wrote, but what they reach for when they need to escape. Their answer is always your next discovery. Some weeks it means me telling you exactly what I read, what stayed with me, what I DNF'd at 40% and why, and which one I'd press into your hands right now if we were having coffee. Romance across every subgenre. Psychological thrillers. Beach reads with actual substance. Women's fiction that makes you feel seen. The books that give you the escape you came for — and a few that'll quietly change how you see things too. New episodes every Monday and Wednesday. The Reading Receipt — my weekly reading log — drops every Thursday on Substack. Start anywhere. The r…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:17:08.396085+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-to-read-next-book-recommendations-for-romance-thrillers-escape-reads-9873"},"episode":{"title":"Sun-Drenched Thrills: A New Summer Mystery + 4 More Reads You Need | Jaclyn Goldis","slug":"sun-drenched-thrills-a-new-summer-mystery-4-more-reads-you-need-jaclyn-goldis","published_at":"2026-06-15T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-to-read-next-book-recommendations-for-romance-thrillers-escape-reads-9873/sun-drenched-thrills-a-new-summer-mystery-4-more-reads-you-need-jaclyn-goldis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-to-read-next-book-recommendations-for-romance-thrillers-escape-reads-9873","url":"http://www.whattoreadnextblog.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b96a1d7e-745d-46a6-a414-3257061c7e39.mp3","summary":"This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. What if your thriller author and your meditation teacher turned out to be the same person? That's exactly how this conversation started — and it only gets better from there. Laura sits down with author Jaclyn Goldis, whose upcoming novel The Last Time We Saw Her follows a group of former campers who return to the volcanic Azores Islands a decade after one of their own vanished — only for another death to shatter the reunion. It's a twisty, sun-drenched thriller full of unreliable narrators and cold-case documentary vibes, perfect for summer reading. They also dig into Vedic meditation, the creative benefits of boredom, and a stack of thriller and mystery recommendations you'll want to add to your TBR immediately. 📚 Books Mentioned The Last Time We Saw Her by Jaclyn Goldis — Buy on Amazon | Thriller My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney — Buy on Amazon | Psychological Thriller We Solve Murders by Richard Osman — Buy on Amazon | Cozy Mystery Magpie Murders (series, Book 1) by Anthony Horowitz — Buy on Amazon | Mystery Rewilding by Jane Green — Buy on Amazon | Memoir / Nonfiction ⏱️ Timestamps [00:00] Welcome & how Laura and Jaclyn know each other [01:00] Jaclyn's background: lawyer turned novelist, life in Tel Aviv [02:00] The Last Time We Saw Her — summer camp, the Azores, cold case documentary [04:00] Vedic meditation — what it is and why Jaclyn swears by it [08:30] The creative benefits of boredom & phone-free walks [10:00] Jaclyn's reading tastes — thrillers, rom-coms, nonfiction [10:30] My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney [11:30] The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman [12:00] Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz [13:00] Rewilding by Jane Green — memoir, Jane Gre…","meta_description":"This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. 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