I Think You Should Read

I Think You Should Read

Rachel O'Neill and Áine O'Connell

Episodes 19
Avg. Duration 1h
Activity Dormant
Since Apr 2024
Latest Episode Jul 2025

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Every 2 Weeks
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Serial
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100%
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About This Podcast

Rachel and Áine are two bookworms with two essential questions for their guests; what book do you think everyone should read and why? Coming up this season, we've eight wonderful guests from the world of books to answer those very questions.


Season 2 dropping Thursday 24th April and every fortnight thereafter.


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Recent Episodes

S2E8 Peter McGann thinks you should read The Chill

Jul 30, 2025 1h 14m

For our final episode of season 2, actor, comedian and crime fiction nerd Peter McGann joins Rachel and Áine to discuss Ross MacDonald's 'The Chill'. Digressions include explaining to Rachel what…

S2E7 Rónán Hession thinks you should read The Notebook Trilogy

Jul 16, 2025 1h 7m

What is the self? This week we're exploring this and other deep questions with author and musician Rónán Hession. Digressions include why we need to read more translated works, the brutality of life…

S2E6 Richy Craven thinks you should read Nation

Jul 02, 2025 1h 5m

This week, we talk to author Richy Craven about his enduring love of Terry Pratchett as we dive into Pratchett's stand-alone novel 'Nation'. Digressions include entry-level colonialism, dealing with…

S2E5 Rosemary MacCabe thinks you should read Venus Envy

Jun 18, 2025 1h 9m

Content warning: This episode is heavy on the fatphobia. There is also a brief discussion of sexual assault.This week, it's a first for us on ITYSR as we encounter the worst book we've ever…

S2E4 Fionnuala Jones thinks you should read Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

Jun 05, 2025 58m

If you were an orphan who learnt how to hypnotise people, what would you do with your new found power? That's the question we ask podcaster, TV host and all round good Cork woman Fionnuala Jones who…

S2E3 Dean Van Nguyen thinks you should read Out Of the Vinyl Deeps

May 21, 2025 58m

This week we're going back in time to review the 1960's rock and roll scene with music journalist and author Dean Van Nguyen. Dean has chosen 'Out of the Vinyl Deeps' an essay collection on the…

S2E2 Sarah Maria Griffin thinks you should read Howl's Moving Castle

May 07, 2025 1h 12m

What is the meaning of a moving castle and why does Rachel think it involves tax evasion? This week Áine and Rachel are joined by author and podcaster Sarah Maria Griffin to discuss Diana Wynne…

S2E1 Séamas O'Reilly thinks you should read What A Carve Up!

Apr 23, 2025 1h 10m

Does satire work? In our first episode of season 2, Áine and Rachel chat to author, writer and many-siblings holder Séamas O'Reilly about Jonathan Coe's 'What A Carve Up!'. Digressions include…

S2 Season 2 Annoucement: Books and Guests!

Apr 03, 2025 29m Bonus

We're back for season 2! As good podcasts hosts, we've taken on your feedback from Season 1. In this minisode, join Rachel and Áine as they take you through those changes and more importantly the…

I Think You Should Read Christmas Extravaganza

Dec 13, 2024 57m

*extremely Wizzard voice IT'S CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTMAS!!! Join Áine and Rachel for a chat about their favourite books of 2024 - part review of our years in reading, part gift guide. Enjoy!…

S1E8 Catherine Walsh thinks you should read Daughter of the Forest

Jun 21, 2024 49m

It’s our last episode of Season 1 and we’re joined by best-selling author and friend of the pod Catherine Walsh, author of best-selling, world-beating romantic comedies like Holiday Romance and…

S1E7 Cauvery Madhavan thinks you should read The Broken Cedar

Jun 14, 2024 51m

Author of Paddy Indian, The Uncoupling and the Tainted Cauvery Madhavan joins us to discuss Martin Malone's 'The Broken Cedar'. We discuss Malone's unique career as a soldier in Lebanon, the current…

S1E6 Steve O'Rourke thinks you should read My Name is Red

Jun 07, 2024 58m

Steve O’Rourke is the author of the acclaimed memoir “And A Bang on the Ear”. He chats to us about our second Nobel Prize winner of the season, the experimental Turkish novel, My Name Is Red. Book…

S1E5 Catherine Prasifka thinks you should read A Girl's Story

May 31, 2024 49m

"Your feelings will make you insane!"Novelist Catherine Prasifka joins us to chat about Annie Ernaux’s intense work of non-fiction, A Girl’s Story, as well as the nature of memory and the horrors of…

S1E4 Aoife Martin thinks you should read Winter's Bone

May 24, 2024 53m

Activist Aoife Martin speaks to us about Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell, a novel guaranteed to make you feel cold even in the middle of summer. Set in the Ozark mountains, the novel is both…

S1E3 Mark O'Connell thinks you should read The Adversary

May 17, 2024 54m

We chat to award-winning writer and essayist Mark O’Connell about the book he thinks everyone should read: The Adversary by Emmanuel Carreré. A chilling true-crime story about notorious murderer…

S1E2 Sophie White thinks you should read The Breathing Method

May 10, 2024 56m

Writer, podcaster and all-round legend Sophie White joined us for a chat to really get into The Breathing Method, a short novella by the master of horror Stephen King. We’re telling you nothing else…

S1E1 Patrick Freyne thinks you should read A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

May 03, 2024 1h

Have you got your towel with you? Áine and Rachel chat to Patrick Freyne, Irish Times journalist, writer and all-round froody guy about Douglas Adams’ iconic sci-fi comedy, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to…

I Think You Should Read - Coming May 3rd

Apr 18, 2024 0m Trailer

Rachel and Áine are two bookworms with two very important questions for their guests; what book do you think everyone should read and why? Coming up this season, we've eight wonderful guests from the…

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