Sometimes you just want a trusted voice to give you a recommendation.

Tell Me What to Read brings together book recommendations from book clubs, podcast guests, and other trusted voices. It is a place to find the titles that caught your attention in a conversation—and discover a few you might otherwise have missed.

We organize reading lists by their source, share a little context, and link back to the original conversation or announcement. Each book has a short introduction and links to find an edition, so you can spend less time searching and more time reading.

Recommendations with a source.

Whenever possible, we link to the original show notes or book club announcement so you can explore the conversations and recommendations for yourself.

An independent reading guide.

Tell Me What to Read is not affiliated with the podcasts, book clubs, or publishers featured here.

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