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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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  • fortnightly
  • Avg 30 min
  • English

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  • #2
    Nov 11, 2025 · 33 min

    For Girls and Gays: Caroline O’Donoghue, Sad Gay Lit and Life-Changing Non-Fiction

    This week’s STACK is all about the girls and the gays. Jake and Ella cover books that speak to their identities, others that help them to understand other perspectives and Ella reads The Lamb after Jake’s review last week. The books featured in this week’s STACK: 04.45 Amateur - Thomas Page McBee 09.05 The Rachel Incident - Caroline O’Donoghue 12.23 Period Power - Maisie Hill 16.05 I Leave It Up To You - Jinwoo Chong 17.50 A Marvellous Light - Freya Marske 21.05 A Home At The End of the World - Michael Cunningham Also featured: The Lamb - Lucy Rose Amazing Grace Adams - Fran Littlewood Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead The Binding - Bridget Collins The Stack 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. STACK 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

  • #1
    Oct 28, 2025 · 31 min

    Everybody Scream: Haunted Books, Ghost Stories and Book Binges

    Welcome to the first episode of STACK, a new fortnightly books podcast from Jake, a writer and producer, and Ella, who works in publishing. Every week, they’ll curate a list of six brilliant books on a theme, cutting through the noise and choice of the book world to recommend the ones that are really worth your time. This week, they’re chatting haunted houses and ghost sightings, convincing each other to give children’s books a try, read a book after having seen the film, and to give oozing haunted houses a try. The books featured in this week’s STACK: Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo Aftertaste - Daria Lavelle The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co Book 1) - Jonathan Stroud Strangers - Taichi Yamada Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Lamb - Lucy Rose Please comment, subscribe and share, and if you’d like to support the podcast even further, we’d love it if you could leave us a review. We are @stackpodcast on socials - 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Oct 21, 2025 · 7 min

    Introducing STACK with Jake and Ella

    Welcome to STACK with Jake and Ella - a books podcast cutting through the noise to help you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. We're here to introduce the books that are worth your time with six brilliant books per episode, on a bespoke theme. STACK starts Tuesday 28th October, new episodes every fortnight. The Stack is hosted by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. This episode was recorded on location in Sheffield. We are @stackpodcast on Instagram and TikTok. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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