Show overview
Shelf Respect has published 22 episodes during 2026. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 43 min and 1h 1m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 22 episodes already out so far this year.
From the publisher
We talk about reading in a ridiculous way. We'll judge books by their covers. And then some. Join us. Your dear readers are Knox McCoy, Jamie B. Golden, and Erin Moon.
Latest Episodes
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46 - Stephen King Deep Dive
The Popcast: Movies > Books Collection Preview
New Books Snake Draft: Fall 2026
The NOs of Audiobooks
Books: Chores, Whores, and Scores
Footnotes: Should Book Influencers Get Paid? Is it Okay to Write Fiction about Celebrities?
School Required Reading: Classics Pass/Fail
Deep Dive: Emily Henry
Footnotes: Screen Adaptations in Crisis? Children of Blood and Bone, Sense & Sensibility
New Book Snake Draft: Summer 2026
Literary Characters Most Likely To Be MAGA
Historical Fiction: The Good, The Bad, The Annoying
Non-Fic Icks: Our Non-Fiction Pet Peeves
Literary Spring Awakenings: First Reading Loves
Odd Reader Out: Short Stories
In this episode series, Odd Reader Out, one or two of your Shelf Respect hosts will take a literary concept the other host or hosts are unfamiliar with and attempt to entice them into jumping on the bandwagon. In this installment, Knox is walking Erin and Jamie through one of his favorite reading experiences: short stories. Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates (text in full) The Wondering Years: How Pop Culture Helped Me Answer Life's Biggest Questions by Knox McCoy All Things Reconsidered: How Rethinking What We Know Helps Us Know What We Believe by Knox McCoy I've Got Questions: The Spiritual Practice of Having It Out with God by Erin Moon Knox's Substack: Binge Thinking Erin's Substack: The Swipe Up Cathedral by Raymond Carver Florida by Lauren Groff Preorder The Frenzy by Joyce Carol Oates A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Our Patreon: Shelf Respect Our Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect readwithshelfrespect.com
New Books Snake Draft: Spring 2026
Spring has sprung and we're tackling all the new books coming out in April, May, and June of 2026. Get your TBRs ready. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Five stars, please and thank you. (Even if that's not where you listen. No rules, just right.) Our List of Snake Draft Picks on Bookshop.org (this isn't just to get your money. It's so you're not spoiled in the show notes) Sign up to be notified about Erin's upcoming Common Ground Pilgrimage trip for Hamnet. Whistler by Ann Patchett The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Son of Nobody by Yann Martel The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu American Fantasy by Emma Straub Our Patreon: Shelf Respect Our Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect readwithshelfrespect.com Knox McCoy on Substack Erin Moon on Substack Jamie B. Golden on Instagram What's your spring reading vibe? What's the best first kiss you've read in a book? Which new books do you have your eye on?
Toxic Literary Romance Snake Draft
We draw for spots and snake draft the worst (OR BEST) toxic fictional romances. These are love stories where suffering is marketed as soulmates. Our Bookshop Shop: https://bookshop.org/shop/shelfrespect Toxic Romance Snake Draft List of Books Mentioned Our Patreon: Shelf Respect Our Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect readwithshelfrespect.com Knox McCoy on Substack Erin Moon on Substack Jamie B. Golden on Instagram
Burn or Blurb: Reader Spicy Takes
We collected spicy takes from readers on Instagram and we decide whether those opinions will be burned or blurbed. Join 3,300+ Hardbacks on Patreon. Those readers get exclusive episodes like our Shelf Reflections series where we talk about what we've been reading, Building a Literary Villain, Odd Reader Out where two of us explain an unfamiliar concept to the third. Plus, our 2025 Book Superlatives and much more. Two exclusive episodes added every month. Use code BATEDBREATH now through March 6 to save 90% on your first month of Hardbacks. That's only $0.70 at patreon.com/shelfrespect. The Popcast Flavor Town: Book Edition A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Sunnie Reads Book Club RFK, Jr. and Kid Rock Get "Active" and Eat "Real" Food video The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley Book of the Month (not an affiliate link) I've Got Questions by Erin Moon (sexy under the dust jacket) Knox's paperback books: All Things Reconsidered and The Wondering Years Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman Magnetic Bookmark on Etsy Annie B. Jones Olivia Dade books Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model documentary One to Watch by Kate Staymon-London Our Patreon: Shelf Respect Our Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect readwithshelfrespect.com Knox McCoy on Substack Erin Moon on Substack Jamie B. Golden on Instagram
Words, Phrases, and Clichés That Need To Die in Fiction Books
Welcome to the first public episode of Shelf Respect. We've been doing this for six months over on Patreon and now it's time to have the best of both worlds. We'll have new free episodes twice monthly. This is a Snake Draft episode where the three of us slither through all the words and phrases we'd like to remove from all future books. All our book lists are always found on Bookshop.org. Support indie shops! Our Patreon: Shelf Respect Our Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect readwithshelfrespect.com Knox McCoy on Substack Erin Moon on Substack Jamie B. Golden on Instagram