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Meet your next favourite books...STACK with Jake and Ella is a books podcast sharing the books we love and helping people fall in love-and stay in love-with reading. In every episode, Ella and Jake will present a curated list of six brilliant books on a theme. We're creating mini-libraries on a theme, for whenever the inspiration takes you. Get in touch with your dilemmas for Shelf Help - no question is too big.We are @stackpodcast on Instagram and TikTok
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- 1 weeks ago44 min
On Campus: Ella’s first Sally Rooney, Booker Prizes and an exclusive reading of May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry
It’s freshers week for Jake and Ella as they share their favourite campus-set novels. Whether you’re talking Uni or College, consider these books your set texts for September - educational, fun and full of mistakes. Plus, Ella has finally read Normal People and you can hear an exclusive extract from Booker-longlisted May We Feed the King, read by the author. The books featured in this week’s STACK: Black Bag by Luke Kennard The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Rayburn Affair by Laurie Petrou The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss The House on Otley Road by Rosa Silverman Normal People by Sally Rooney Also mentioned: May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry - with exclusive reading provided by the author Thank you so much to our episode sponsor Quercus Books. You can order a copy of Fellow Creatures by Emma Lowther here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/fellow-creatures/emma-lowther/9781529444056. STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time. Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it. We are @stackpodcast on socials. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production. It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago29 min
Wedding Dramas: Taylor Swift, Claire Daverley and Croquembouche Catastrophes
Why are we so obsessed with weddings in fiction? This week Jake and Ella discuss their favourite books about nuptials. From love triangles and in-laws to hen-dos and croquembouches, these six books are guaranteed to bring the drama. Plus, Jake has spotted a Taylor Swift inspired theme in bookshops… The books featured in this week’s STACK: The Wedding People by Alison Espach Ghost Wedding by David Park Piglet by Lottie Hazell Best Woman by Rose Dommu People in Love by Claire Daverley The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides Also mentioned: Talking at Night by Claire Daverley A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time. Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it. We are @stackpodcast on socials. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production. It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 12, 202632 min
Revenge Is Sweet: Frenemies, The Raven Scholar and Wuthering Heights on Ice
It’s payback time! Join Jake and Ella as they discuss their favourite books about revenge. Plus, Jake has a harrowing story about punctuation and Ella is seeking information on a Sheffield motorist. She just wants to talk. The books featured in this week’s STACK: Speech Team by Tim Murphy Honey by Imani Thompson We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson Better Than Revenge by Bea Fitzgerald The Favourites by Layne Fargo Also mentioned: My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry Our extremely niche bonus stack on bee stings: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUGe5hfgvwS/ Thank you so much to our episode sponsor 3am Books. You can order a copy of Fawn by C. N. Vair here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/fawn/c-n-vair/2928377389437 STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time. Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it. We are @stackpodcast on socials. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production. It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 5, 202615 min
BONUS: David Nicholls: Love Stories, University Nostalgia and What To Read After One Day
Surprise! We’ve squeezed in a super special bonus episode all about David Nicholls and his books about love. Jake, a self-professed Nicholls head guides Ella through the options, and she picks her next read from his recommendations. Loved One Day, and wondering where else to go next? This is the episode for you. The books featured in this week’s STACK: The Understudy by David Nicholls Starter For Ten by David Nicholls One Day by David Nicholls Us by David Nicholls Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls You Are Here by David Nicholls AD | Thank you to Hodder Books and their David Nicholls: Read For Love campaign for making this episode of STACK possible. STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time. Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it. We are @stackpodcast on socials. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production. It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. We record on location at Aspect Ratio Studio in Sheffield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jul 29, 202635 min
Literally Beach Reads: Off Campus, The Odyssey & STACK is Back!
Your favourite books podcast returns with an episode on Beach Reads. Literally. In this episode we discuss our favourite books set on the coast - perfect for your holiday reading. We also cover the cultural highlights from the break (The Odyssey! Off Campus! Heartstopper! Yesteryear!) and go absolutely mad responding to a Shelf Help dilemma about nature writing. The books featured in this week’s STACK: Beach Read by Emily Henry The Summer Boy by Philippe Besson Sandwich by Catherine Newman Private Rites by Julia Armfield The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson Also mentioned: Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune The Running Hare by John Lewis-Stempel Who Owns England by Guy Shrubsole Albion by Anna Hope When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift Common Ground by Naomi Ishiguro Layover by Emily Henry can be found here: https://www.emilyhenrybooks.com/bonus-content STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time. Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it. We are @stackpodcast on socials. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section. STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production. It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. We record on location at Aspect Ratio Studio in Sheffield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jul 27, 20264 min
This Wednesday... STACK is BACK!
We're back. Have you missed us? We missed you. We're bigger, bookier and better than ever before. Now lightening up your hump days - series two lands in just two days time this Wednesday, with themes including Weddings, Revenge and Beach Reads. Get in touch now to tell us what you've enjoyed reading over the break, or your Shelf Help dilemmas. We've missed you. There's lots of exciting things to come. Think bonus episodes, think author interviews, think STACK. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Apr 7, 202634 min
Books on Friendship: Confetti Cannons, Mayflies, Gabrielle Zevin AND we’ll be back in July!
It’s the season one finale and it starts with a literal bang (sorry about the noise)! In this episode we look back on our highlights from the last twelve episodes and share our favourite books about friendship because we’re incredibly sentimental. Plus Ella pitches a soon-to-be-published book as Ghostbusters meets It’s A Sin and it’s the crossover you didn’t know you needed! Don’t forget to subscribe to the pod so you don’t miss our triumphant return in July… The books featured in this week’s STACK: Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Private Side of Friendship by Alexander McCall Smith Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler STACK with Jake and Ella is a books podcast helping you cut through the noise to fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time. Please follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube. Do comment and share and if you’d like to support the podcast even further, we’d love it if you could leave us a review - it’s massively helpful. We are @stackpodcast on socials. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section - you can literally ask us anything! STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production. It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Mar 24, 202636 min
Books for Turbulent Times: Emily Henry, Motherland and When To Hibernate
Do you ever feel the need to hide from the world in a book? We do! All the time! This episode showcases our favourite books to read in turbulent times - with a generous side of caveats. Our shelf-help segment this week includes our top recommendations for a documentary-style novel - perfect for fans of Daisy Jones and the Six! The books featured in this week’s STACK: The Poetry Pharmacy by William Sieghart We All Live Here by JoJo Moyes Wintering by Katherine May Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer We also recommend The People We Meet on Vacation & The History of Sound. The poem Ella quotes is Today My Horoscope Read, by Warsan Shire. STACK with Jake and Ella is a books podcast helping you cut through the noise to fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time. Please follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube. Do comment and share and if you’d like to support the podcast even further, we’d love it if you could leave us a review - it’s massively helpful. We are @stackpodcast on socials. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section - you can literally ask us anything! STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production. It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
About STACK with Jake and Ella
Meet your next favourite books...STACK with Jake and Ella is a books podcast sharing the books we love and helping people fall in love-and stay in love-with reading. In every episode, Ella and Jake will present a curated list of six brilliant books on a theme. We're creating mini-libraries on a theme, for whenever the inspiration takes you. Get in touch with your dilemmas for Shelf Help - no question is too big.We are @stackpodcast on Instagram and TikTok
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