On each episode of Unlikeable Female Characters, feminist thriller writers Kristen Lepionka, Layne Fargo, and Wendy Heard talk about female characters who don’t give a damn if you like them.

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You probably have to stay inside all summer anyway, so why not lock yourself up with a whole stack of good books? On today’s episode, Kristen, Layne, and Wendy share what they’re most excited to read this summer, plus some exciting news about what’s next for the Unlikeable Female Characters podcast.

Books discussed in this episode:

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Kit Frick, I Killed Zoe Spanos

Hannah Mary McKinnon, Sister Dear

Roseanne A. Brown, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

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Zoje Stage, Wonderland

Ivy Pochoda, These Women

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Kristen Lepionka, Once You Go This Far

Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic

S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland

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R.J. Jacobs, Somewhere in the Dark

Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands

Caleb Roehrig, The Fell of Dark

Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun

Ameera Patel, Outside the Lines

Kimberly Belle, Stranger in the Lake

Kylie Schachte, You’re Next

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Unlikeable Female Characters

Unlikeable Female Characters

Feminist thriller writers Kristen Lepionka, Layne Fargo, and Wendy Heard talk about female characters who don’t give a damn if you like them.