Bad On Paper

This week, we chatted with literary agent Alyssa Morris and East City Bookshop Buyer Emilie Sommer about 2026 publishing trends! We pick their brains about customer shopping behavior, what editors are looking for, how they know something is going to hit, and their big bets for the year. Alyssa's 2026 Picks In Stormy Weather by Chelsea Curto The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson One & Only Maurene Goo Games by Anna Maria Volkova Emilie's 2026 Picks Leave Your Mess at Home by Tolani Akinola Five by Ilona Bannister London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe Under Story by Chloe Benjamin The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson American Fantasy by Emma Straub April's Book Club Pick - Good People by Patmeena Sabit What we read this week Olivia - The Fountain by Casey Scieska, In Her Defense by Phillipa Malicka, Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor, The Sirens by Emilia Hart Becca - Once And Again by Rebecca Serle; American Fantasy by Emma Straub Obsession Becca - Garlic Slicer Olivia - New notes app system Sponsors Cozy Earth - Head to cozyearth.com and use code BOP for an exclusive 20% off Ritual - save 25% on your first month of ritual at Ritual.com/BADONPEPER. Wayfair - Take up to 80% off with fast and FREE shipping on everything at Wayfair.com from April 25 - 27th to shop Way Day. Caraway home - Visit Carawayhome.com/BOP for an additional 10% off your next purchase. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

How time has FLOWN! Eight years into the podcast, we wanted to look back and re-listen to our first episode with Olivia as a co-host! We reflect on how our lives have changed since 2022, listen back to highs and lows of the time, and revisit the questionnaire we used to break the ice! April's Book Club Pick - Good People by Patmeena Sabit Obsession Olivia - Project Hail Mary (The movie!) Becca - Godlight by Noah Kahan Sponsors Quince - Go to quince.com/bop for free shipping and 365-day returns. Quince dot com slash bop. Caraway Home - Visit Carawayhome.com/BOP to take an additional 10% off your next purchase. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Time is flying—both in this book and you know… in life—and we're clocking back in for another book club! We're excited to discuss this month's pick, So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder! We chat about why we chose it, its unique structure, the dynamic of friends with vs without kids, and what 5 parties define our adulthood! If you liked this book, you may like - The Celebrants by Steven Rowley, The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer, Olive by Emma Gannon. What we read this week Olivia - Good People by Patmeena Sabit, So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder Becca - Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson, Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore April's Book Club Pick - Obsession Becca - Up Thai on 72nd and 2nd Sponsors Cozy Earth - Head to cozyearth.com and use my code BOP for up to 20% off. MacMillan - Tiffany Crum's This Story Might Save Your Life is read by Julia Whelan and Sean Patrick Hopkins and available now, wherever you listen to audiobooks! Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

SO excited to have bestie of the pod (and co-host emeritus), Grace Atwood, on to talk about what she's been up to lately, specifically the joy of starting to write a novel! What we read this week Olivia - You Between the Lines by Katie Naymon, Under Story by Chloe Benjamin, Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra, A Visit from the Good Squad by Jennifer Egan Becca - Lake Effect by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Grace's Recent Reads In Her Defense by Philippa Malicka, The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland, Strangers by Belle Burden, The Storm by Rachel Hawkins, Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser, Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro March's Book Club Pick - So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder Obsession Becca - American Girls and Taste Back by Harry Styles Sponsors Better Help - Get 10% off at BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER. Master Class - Get an additional 15% off any annual membership at masterclass.com/BOP. Skims - Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at SKIMS.com. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

New month, new installment of Three Things! We're ready to get introspective, set goals, get random, and more! Becca's Things Reece Witherspoon's Reel about talent vs. passion. Is contemporary romance dead? How to set writing goals. Olivia's Things Things from our childhoods that aged poorly (and well). What we're excited about this year. The last internet rabbit hole you fell into. Obsession Becca - Viral rotisserie chicken recipe Olivia - The Hand by Annabelle Dinda What we read this week Becca - Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano March's Book Club Pick - So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder Sponsors Caraway - take an additional 10% off your next purchase at Carawayhome.com/BOP or use code BOP at checkout. Cozy Earth - Head to cozyearth.com and use my code BOP for up to 20% off. Ritual - Save 25% on your first month at Ritual.com/BADONPAPER. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week, we're diving into a topic we haven't covered in 8 years of this podcast: Non-fiction! We aren't experts on the genre, so we asked our listeners about their favorites, too, and wow, did they have some books to share! Becca's Favorites Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Open Book by Jessica Simpson I'll Have What She's Having: How Nora Ephron's 3 Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy by Erin Carlson Edie: An American Girl by Jean Stein No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNichol Olivia's Favorites A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round by Jami Attenberg Not My Type: One Woman Vs. a President by E Jean Caroll I'm Glad My Mom Died by Janette McCurdy Listener Favorites Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum We Might Just Make It After All by Elyce Arons People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry Tranquility by Tuesday by Laura Vanderkam Disney High by Ashley Spencer Farenheit 182 by Mark Hoppus with Dan Ozzi Homeschooled by Stefan Merrill Block Running Memoirs Solito by Javier Zamora Obsession Becca - Love Story Olivia - Jessie Buckley What we read this week Macmillan - Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser, read by Bessie Carter, is available wherever you listen to audiobooks! Olivia - Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochauser Becca - Lina & June by Genevieve Wheeler (out 12/8), Games: A Love Story by Anna Maria Volkova (out 6/2), Play it Again by Georgia Clark (out 6/16) March's Book Club Pick - So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder Sponsors Quince - Go to Quince.com/bop for free shipping and 365-day returns. Wayfair - Head to Wayfair.com to shop all things home. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

🚨 Spoilers ahead! 🚨 We're so pumped to dive deep into Olivia's novel, Little One! Becca asks Olivia all about the book, including the seed of the idea, how real world cults (and other cult novels!) influenced the book, how the book evolved across crafts, her thoughts on her main character's likability, how she perceives the ending, and So! Much! More! Listen to Little One's companion podcast Little Pod for more on Olivia's writing process! Obsession Becca - Exploring her new neighborhood Olivia - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms What we read this week Olivia - The Death of Us by Abigail Dean, Helpless by Jessica Knoll (July 7) Becca - Family Drama by Rebecca Fallon March's Book Club Pick - So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder Sponsors Cozy Earth - Head to cozyearth.com and use my code BOP for up to 20% off. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Happy Three Things Day! Reporting live post Becca's move and Olivia's book tour, and we can't wait to dive into bookish topics, pop culture Q's, perfect relaxing solo days, and more! Becca's Thing What is your all seasons, all moods song? Book Tour 101 The Traitors Dream Casting Olivia's Things Plans for Becca's new place Restorative + relaxing day off plans Writing Book 3 Approach Obsession Becca - Ryobi dustbuster (and battery pack) Olivia - Tom Hiddleston What we read this week Becca - Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson (Out October 6) February's Book Club Pick - Little One by Olivia Muenter Sponsors Caraway Home - visit Carawayhome.com/BOP you can take an additional 10% off your next purchase. Masterclass - get an additional 15% off any annual membership at masterclass.com/BOP Skims - Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at SKIMS.com. After you place your order, select "podcast" in the post-purchase survey and select Bad on Paper in the dropdown menu that follows. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Happy Valentine's Day from our twisted brain to yours. It's time for the third annual Obscure Erotica episode 💞 If this series taught us anything, it's that you can make comedy erotica featuring just about anything! Tune in to see what new delights (horrors?) we've brought for you this time. NSFW content ahead! Becca's Pick - Cold Sweat by Vera Valentine Olivia's Pick - My Macaroni And Cheese Is A Lesbian Also She Is My Lawyer by Chuck Tingle Obsession Becca - Sour Pear Bubs Olivia - Bombas Gripper Slippers February's Book Club Pick - Little One by Olivia Muenter Sponsors Better Help - get 10% off at BetterHelp.com/BOP Cozy Earth - Head to cozyearth.com and code BOP for up to 20% off. Ritual - Save 25% on your first month at Ritual.com/BADONPAPER. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Surprise! Enjoy this audiobook preview of Olivia's novel LITTLE ONE, available NOW. Order LITTLE ONE now wherever you get books! Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Highly requested, highly desired, it's TIME for our Heated Rivalry episode! We feel a lot of pressure to adequately express how much we love this show, and we have multiple pages of notes at the ready with all of our thoughts. 🏒 Obsession Olivia - My bed Becca - Splits Extra Salt pretzels What We Read This Week Becca - The Long Game by Rachel Reid Olivia - Let's Not Go Overboard by Erica Hendry (Out 6/2), Missing Me by Ayana Lage (Out 3/17), Saorise by Charleen Hurtubise (Out 2/24) February's Book Club Pick - Little One by Olivia Muenter Sponsors Quince - Go to Quince.com/bop for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Wayfair - Head to Wayfair.com to shop all things home Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Time for our first Book Club of the year! Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino was such an exciting read, and we can't wait to discuss! We talk about how we relate to the house hunting process in this book, what makes an unlikable main character work, and the story's class dynamics, twists, ending, and more! If you want to read something similar, books that came to mind include A Good Person by Kirsten King in March, and All The Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman, and Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang. Also, click here for Mutual and Community Aid efforts for those affected by ICE. Obsession Becca - Heated Rivalry calendar Olivia - Hamnet cast dance video What We Read This Week Becca - Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (out Apr 7) February's Book Club Pick - Little One by Olivia Muenter Sponsors Caraway Home - visit Carawayhome.com/BOP, you can take an additional 10% off your next purchase. Cozy Earth - visit cozyearth.com and use code BOPBOGO to get these pj's for you and someone you love! Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

New year, new additions to our TBR! We spoke with some of our bookish pals about the 2026 releases they're most excited about. Great recommendations ahead! Olivia's Picks Missing Me by Ayana Lage (Out March 17) Whidbey by T Kira Madden (Out March 10) Grant Ginder's Picks George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett (Out January 20) Big Nobody by Alex Kadis (Out March 10) Brady Lockerby's Picks Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan (Out May 26) Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (Out April 7) Chelsea Devantez's Picks Phases: A Memoir by Brandy (Out March 31) You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir by Christina Applegate (Out March 3) Katie Fulton's Picks This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page (Out February 3) The Top of the World by Ethan Joella (Out June 30) Too Blessed to Stress by Alli Hoff Kosik (Out March 3) Sarah MacLean's Picks The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn (Out April 7) The Duke by Anna Cowan (Out April 28) Becca's Picks The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer (Out April 7) Dear Monica Lewinsky by Julia Langbein (Out April 14) Obsession Becca - The Traitors US What We Read This Week Olivia - Vantage Point by Sara Sligar Becca - One & Only by Maurene Goo January's Book Club Pick - Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino Sponsors Cozy Earth - Head to cozyearth.com and code BOP for up to 20% off. Skims - Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at http://www.skims.com #skimspartner Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

New year, new things! We're so excited to dive into what's been exciting us this month, like romance adaptations, medium joys, events, moving quandaries, and our 2026 mood boards! Becca's Things Heated Rivalry People We Meet on Vacation When you move, do you bring your condiments with you? Olivia's Things Dolphins/Medium Joys Book Events (check out Olivia's dates here!) 2026 Moodboards Obsession Becca - Everlane Luxe Rib Long Sleeve Crew Olivia - Sumo oranges What We Read This Week Olivia - Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw Becca - Their Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage, Last Night in Brooklyn by Xochitl Gonzalez (out 4/21) January's Book Club Pick - Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino Sponsors Masterclass - Get an additional 15% off any annual membership at masterclass.com/BOP. Betterhelp - Sign up and get 10% off at BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER. Ritual - Save 40% on your first month at Ritual.com/BADONPAPER. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We are so BACK!!! Soak in the new year energy and listen to us break down our 2026 goals. But first, we reflect on what we accomplished in 2025 and share how we're feeling at the start of the new year. Olivia's Personal Goals Continue strength routine and scale to heavier weights Start a young writers program in the community (or volunteer for one that already exists) Home projects! Kitchen reno, Refinish stairs + downstairs floors, install a stair runner Tighten + examine spending habits Keep track of every single thing I buy and how much I use them Start a new Goodwill habit (donate something every time I go) Generally, get rid of more than I accumulate Becca's Personal Goals Kick my phone out of my bedroom Take an in-person multi-session art class Plan 40th birthday Decorate my dream office Create hand-painted cards for birthdays Weights 3x/week Olivia's Professional Goals Finish Little One promo strong, focusing on gratitude and confidence Work on Little Pod Go on Tour! Return to my writing cave and dedicate the entire year to book 3 Nail down concept and one-page synopsis for book 4 Continue screening books for pod/book club/championing faves Get on NetGalley, finally Cotswolds Reading & Writing Retreat Becca's Professional Goals Write 2 drafts of Book 3 Curate more lightness around writing Approach Book 2 publication as a celebration Promo podcast book club picks Don't read mean things about myself on the internet Grow my writing community Grow Substack free subs/revenue by 20% Show up joyfully/unapologetically on social Obsession Becca - Le Puzz Miniatures Puzzle, Heated Rivalry, (more to come during next week's Three Things) Olivia - Come See Me In The Good Light What We Read This Week Olivia - Mothers & Other Strangers by Corey Ann Haydu, Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor, Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins Becca - Into the Blue by Emma Brodie (out Jul 14), In Your Dreams by Sarah Adams, Colored Television by Danzy Senna January's Book Club Pick - Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino Sponsors Quince - Go to Quince.com/bop for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Preorder Olivia's Book, Little One, and order Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.