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The Spicy Librarian Podcast
Dark romance, romantasy, and spicy reads - served with chaos, warmth, and absolutely zero filter.
The Spicy Librarian Podcast is the dark romance and romantasy podcast for readers who love yapping about books just as much as reading them. Every Thursday, D and Katie bring you honest, unhinged, and genuinely obsessive conversations about the romance books everyone is talking about, the indie titles you need to add to your TBR immediately, and the ones that kept them up until 3am.
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An Exclusive Interview with Jean Kwok: Dominion, Debut Romantasy & the Trauma Queen of New York — The Spicy Librarian Podcast
Dark romance and romantasy podcast The Spicy Librarian sits down with Jean Kwok — Harvard physicist, former professional ballroom dancer, bestselling literary…
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Would You Rather Round 2: The Halloween Edition — The Spicy Librarian Podcast
Dark romance and romantasy podcast The Spicy Librarian is back for round two of Would You Rather — and this time we are throwing Dee and Katie headfirst into…
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September Reading Round Up ft. An Unexpected Catch Up — The Spicy Librarian Podcast
Dark romance and romantasy podcast The Spicy Librarian is back with the September reading roundup — and we’ll be honest, this one went a slightly different…
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The £20 Book Boyfriend Draft: Five Men, One Roster & the Arc That Could Save Publishing — The Spicy Librarian Podcast
The rules are simple. You have £20. You need five book boyfriends. Every man on the market has a price tag and you have to build the best possible roster…
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Spooky Season is Here: Gothic Reads, Our Fall TBR & Exciting Updates — The Spicy Librarian Podcast
Spooky season has arrived and we here, at The Spicy Librarian, are not calm about it. This week we have exciting updates. As always, told here first, usually…
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Hyped, Overhyped & Criminally Underrated: The Books We Need to Talk About — The Spicy Librarian Podcast
Dark romance and romantasy podcast The Spicy Librarian is settling the score this week — which books deserve every bit of their hype, which ones we think the…
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Would You Rather: They Don't Have to Agree But They Do Have to Justify — The Spicy Librarian Podcast
Dark romance and romantasy podcast The Spicy Librarian is back — and this week Dee and Katie are being dropped into their favourite books, whether they like it…
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August Reading Round Up: Summer is Over, the Ber Months Have Arrived — The Spicy Librarian Podcast
Dark romance and romantasy podcast The Spicy Librarian is back with the August reading roundup — summer is over, the ber months are here, and we read an…
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Bookish Confessional: Judge, Jury and Executioner — The Spicy Librarian Podcast
Dark romance and romantasy podcast, The Spicy Librarian is back — and this week we are confessing our deepest, darkest reading secrets, exposing the community…
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The Post Holiday Reading DeeBrief Nobody Asked For & the Adaptations We're All Talking About — The Spicy Librarian Podcast
Dark romance, romantasy and everything in between. The Spicy Librarian Podcast is back with a post-holiday reading debrief nobody asked for and every book…
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Bookish 20 Questions: An Episode We Very Nearly Didn't Come Back From
This week on The Spicy Librarian Podcast, Katie and Dee were forced to played bookish 20 questions. Post it notes on foreheads, sunglasses on, eyebrows firmly…
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July Reading Round Up: Dark Romance, Romantasy & Contemporary
The July reading roundup and book club is here! Between Dee and Katie, they've read what feels like half the internet this month. Dark romance, romantasy…
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Community Outreach & Yap: Your Questions, Our Answers & Five Star Book Clinic
This week on The Spicy Librarian Podcast we are coming straight to you -- answering your bookish questions, giving you the latest shop and event updates. Then…
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F*ck, Marry, Kill: Book Boyfriends & Series We'd Die (or Kill) For
F*ck, Marry, Kill but make it bookish — this week on The Spicy Librarian Podcast we are making the hard decisions about our favourite MMCs and the series we…
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Salt, Sweet & Spicy Honey: An Exclusive Interview with UK Indie Author Juno Rose
This week on The Spicy Librarian Podcast we're sitting down with one of the UK's most exciting up and coming indie authors — Juno Rose. We're talking her debut…
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June Reading Roundup: Dark Romance, Romantasy, Contemporary & More
The June reading roundup is here and we went wide this month — dark romance, romantasy, contemporary, beachy reads, and everything in between. Dee and Katie…
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The Least Competitive Game of Bookish Bingo
Bookish Bingo lands on The Spicy Librarian Podcast this week — and it turns out Dee and Katie are not even a little bit competitive. From sports romance to…
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Book Recs 101 Part One: The Best Romantasy & Dark Romance
Your ultimate guide to romantasy and dark romance is here. The Spicy Librarian Podcast's Book Recs 101 is the episode every new and seasoned spicy reader…
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Telestrations: Dark Romance & Romantasy Tropes, Chaos & Bookish Mayhem
Dark romance and romantasy meets Telestrations on this week's Spicy Librarian - we're drawing tropes, guessing characters, and somehow attempting to pitch the…
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An Emotional Cream Pie and an Apology for Spoilers with No Promise Not to Spoil Again
The May book club is here and besties, this month's picks were a whole lot. But first, we're pulling back the curtain on what is coming up for The Spicy…
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Slaglines: We Wrapped Books, We Gave Clues & Absolutely Nobody Was Helpful
Slaglines: We Wrapped Books, We Gave Clues & Absolutely Nobody Was Helpful We invented a game. We wrapped books in brown paper, gave each other the most…
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Yes We're Late, No We Don't Care: The April Book Club Roundup
Look. It's the April book club roundup. We know. We're late. We're had a lot going on. This month we went three very different directions and we have…
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Billionaires, Big Feelings & Prime Video: T.L. Swan on New Releases, Amazon & All Things Contemporary Romance
She is one of the biggest names in contemporary romance, and this week she is sitting down with us on Spicy Librarian- and yes, we are absolutely fangirling…
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Judging A Box By Its Cover
We did it. Our very first Spicy Librarian subscription book box is here - and in this episode, we’re talking about ALL of it. We’re taking you behind the…
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We're Back, We're Unhinged & We Have Plans: The TSL World Domination Update
Your favourite chaotic besties are back, and we have a LOT to talk about. This episode is pure unfiltered Spicy Librarian- no books to review, no guests to…
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This or That: Bookish Edition
This or that: bookish edition. We are settling scores today and we're serious about it. This is the most fun episode, and with your help, a segment we feel…
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Our Summer TBR
Summer is coming and so is our reading list- but no, they aren't all beach reads. Think less chilled rosé on a sun lounger, more completely feral about…
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1 * Reviews of Our 5 * Reads
You know that pain you feel when someone trashes your God Tier reads? Yeah. That's this episode. This week on Spicy Librarian we are facing it head-on- reading…
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Deliciously Deranged: CJ Riggs on Erotic Horror, Indie Hustle & Unhinged Creativity
*Content Warning* We discuss themes of suicide, sexual violence and sexual assault within literary fiction. This week on Spicy Librarian, Dee and Katie are…
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Our Most Unpopular Book Opinions
We said what we said. And we are not taking it back. This week on Spicy Librarian Podcast, Katie, Dee and backup, are doing something dangerous: sharing our…
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March Book Club Round Up
Three books. Three genres. One episode that has absolutely everything. This month's Spicy Librarian book club is serving a full course meal - we've got dark…
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Green Flag or Red Flag? The Ultimate Romance Trope Debate
It's giving green flag. Actually no. RED FLAG. Actually… both?? This week on Spicy Librarian we are settling the debate once and for all — because we are…
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Where The Broken Belong: J Rose on Dark Romance, Broken Heroes & Why Choose
This week on Spicy Librarian, Dee and Katie are sitting down with the incredibly talented J Rose- UK indie author, dark romance queen, and the woman behind the…
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Our Most Unhinged Reads To Date...
We need to talk. Because this episode went fully, completely, unapologetically off the rails — and we are not sorry. The episode you have all been waiting for…
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February Book Club- Cici Williams' Melting Point (and exclusive interview)
Your favourite chaotic book besties are back! There is so so much going on we can’t tell you fast enough, from book club and releasing new events and the fact…
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The Romantasy Take Over: Fae Vs Feminism
Are you obsessed with morally grey love interests, enemies-to-lovers slow burns, and magic systems that somehow make you feel things? You're in the right…
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Fuckadoodledo: We opened a shop
After the most chaotic week on record, we finally got to sit down and record in our brand new shop. The Spicy Librarian is officially open, up and running…
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Dark Romance: When problematic is the point...
Join D and Katie this week as they talk all things dark romance- from the rise of dark romance as it takes its place in traditional publishing to the power in…
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From BookTok to our Bookshelf: The chaos and community
This week, join D and Katie as they discuss all things BookTok and Bookstagram, the good, the bad, and the ugly; from influencer culture to demystifying indie…
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January Book Club- B.A. Pepper's Daughter of Stone
Join us this week for our weekly catch-up and book club review of B. A. Pepper's Indie debut novel 'Daughter of Stone'
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So you've read ACOTAR, now what?
This week, D and Katie break down all things romance, chat all things sub-genres and tropes, their favourites and what's on the TBR for '26.
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Welcome to the Spicy Librarian & The Book Super Bowl 2025
Episode 1: Welcome to the first episode of The Spicy Librarian podcast! Join us as we discuss our top romance books for each month of 2025 and which book was…