Book Club For Masochists: A Readers Advisory Podcast

In our ongoing quest to become better librarians by reading every genre (regardless of our actual interest) we tackle Psychological Thrillers.   Listen to your hosts Anna Ferri,Meghan Whyte, and Matthew Murray discuss appeal factors (atmosphere vs plot, literature vs pulp), the violence against women trope,grown-ass women, the Twist (plot, not dance), reading a book because you mistake it for something else, search strategies,non-linear narratives and unreliable narrators, science with fairies, board games, word-cloud based thriller descriptions, and the Bestsellers problem. Your Hosts This Episode Anna Ferri| Meghan Whyte| Matthew Murray Psychological Thrillers We Read (or kinda): Recommended The Silent Wife by A.S.A Harrison (AF) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (MW) Dare Me by Megan Abbott (MW) Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (AF/MW) (sci-fi crossover) Other books read Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (MM) Along Came a Spider by James Patterson (MW) (beach read) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Defending