Then, we do a deep dive on 'We Love You, Bunny', this year’s follow-up to Mona Awad’s cult hit novel 'Bunny'. We are unanimous in our belief that it is both sequel and prequel, which is both interesting and problematic.

Amber is conflicted about the idea of Virginia Woolf using social media and, like several guests before her, stands up for the unjustly maligned second person POV.

We had a great time welcoming writer Amber Sparks to the show and discussing her new novel 'Happy People Don’t Live Here', which features a girl detective, abusive men, ghosts, a mermaid, and what it means to keep your love for someone alive long after they — or you — are gone.

Then, we pull back the curtain on back-of-the-book blurbs and other publicity tactics. “Riveting!” — Stephen King

We sat down with Jason Diamond, bookish man about town and author of the multigenerational Jewish gangster saga 'Kaplan’s Plot'. He made a strong case for Chicago as a literary city and for not forgetting the immigrant experience in your ancestry.

Plus, Mason overreacts to an upcoming novel being based on the Faust myth, and demands a moratorium on Faust retellings. Will the literary establishment take note?

Always a thoughtful and fun guest, Kyle gives us some insight into his process for this novel while establishing a mind-meld with Nathan over possible Halloween costumes.

We’re feeling spooky with horror author Kyle Winkler, back to discuss his latest novel, the creepy and horrifying Enter the Peerless, which starts with a private investigator trying to figure out what happened to a bunch of people who went into an abandoned trailer and never came out.