The Laydown Podcast

J. Ryan Stradal is on the podcast to chat about his latest novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club!

Bonnie Garmus chats about her novel LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY!

Bonus Episode! Jo and Ryan chat about some of the books they've been reading since they last recorded a full episode in February.

Becky Chalsen joins Ryan on the podcast to chat about her debut novel, Kismet!

Ryan chats with author Alma Katsu about her latest crime thriller, Red London!

Ryan chats with Rebecca Makkai about her literary feminist boarding school murder mystery, I Have Some Questions For You!

Happy Valentine's Day! Have some Romance! Elisabeth joins us on the pod this month to share her favorite recent Romance novels, ranked by Steam Scale Levels.

Welcome to our Fifth Season! We've got a new intro and outro, Jo and Ryan are switching some things up a bit, and we're introducing our 2023 Reading Challenge!

Kicking off our Fifth Season with a bang! Ryan chats with Grady Hendrix about his newest Horror novel, How To Sell A Haunted House!

Ryan and Jo are here with the best recommendations for gifts for everyone on your list this Holiday Season!

Happy Halloween! Sam's back on the podcast to chat about spooky books with Ryan and Jo!

The audio recording of our in-store event with Josh Malerman in conversation with our very own Ryan!

Rachel Harrison is BACK! She's here for a third time to talk about her brand new Werewolf Novel, Such Sharp Teeth!

Heather, our Children's Book & Toy Buyer, joins us on the podcast to discuss Banned Books!

Ryan chats with Stacey McEwan about her debut novel, Ledge!

John joins Ryan and Jo this month to talk about what it's like being one of the book buyers for Gibson's, and he gives us a preview of some of the amazing books coming out this fall!

Ryan chats with Alicia Thompson about her romance novel, Love in the Time of Serial Killers!

Sam joins Ryan and Jo to chat all things True Crime! Also there's a hippo story you don't wanna miss.

Ryan got to chat with Ashley Poston about her spooky romance novel, The Dead Romantics!

Fal joins Ryan and Jo to chat about their favorite queer books! Happy Pride!

Riley Sager is back on the podcast, this time to chat with Ryan about his latest novel, The House Across the Lake!

Ryan got to chat with author Karen Heuler about her new novel, The Splendid City!

Reagan joins Ryan and Jo this month to chat about reading translations!

Ryan and Jo chat with Juno Dawson about her adult debut novel, Her Majesty's Royal Coven!

Ryan chatted with Stephen Lloyd about his urban fantasy noir mystery, Friend of the Devil!

Emily Henry is back on the Pod! Ryan and Elisabeth chat with Emily Henry about her latest romance novel, Book Lovers!

Ryan sat down virtually with local SciFi author R.W.W. Greene to chat about his upcoming novel, Mercury Rising!

Ryan got to chat with New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani about her latest novel, The Good Left Undone!

If you've ever wanted to listen to Jo talk about Shakespeare for 2 hours, now's your chance!

Let people read whatever they want! Matt's on the podcast this month to talk about Literary Gatekeeping!

Ryan chats with NYT Bestselling Author Lisa Scottoline about her latest novel, What Happened to the Bennetts!

Ryan, Jo, and Madeline talk about books across all genres that let you travel without ever leaving your seat.

Ryan got to chat remotely with the incredible Bethany C. Morrow about her new Social Horror novel, Cherish Farrah!

Michael's on the Pod! Your hosts chat about their favorite books of last year, go off on several tangents, and have a great time. Enjoy!

Ryan sat down remotely with Lisa Gardner to chat about her new mystery thriller, One Step Too Far!

Ryan sat down remotely with bestselling author Elizabeth George to chat about her latest novel, Something to Hide!

Ryan sat down remotely with author Kerri Maher to chat about her new novel, The Paris Bookseller!

Hillary passes the Book Club mantle to Jo, and we reminisce and say goodbye because it's Hillary's last episode!

Ryan sat down remotely to chat with Genevieve Gornichec about her debut novel, The Witch's Heart!

Ryan sat down virtually with Max Greenfield to chat about his new picture book, "I Don't Want to Read This Book", available now!

Ryan, Hillary, and Jo chat about some books coming out in the next several months that they're excited about and want you to preorder!

Ryan sat down virtually with the delightful Todd Doughty to chat about his book, Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World.

Ryan sat down with local photographer, Josh Hrehovcik, to chat about his book, Retro Roadtrip: New Hampshire - Portsmouth and Dover (and a couple of side trips)!

Ryan & Madeline sat down remotely with local author, educator, and environmental activist, Susan Inches to chat about her new book, Advocating for the Environment!

Ryan, Jo, and Sam chat about their favorite spooky books and discuss House of Leaves!

Ryan and Elisabeth chat with Lana Harper about her new book, Payback's a Witch!

Josh Malerman is back on the podcast to chat about his latest horror novel, Pearl!

Rachel Harrison is back! The author of The Return chats with Ryan about her latest novel, Cackle!

The Supply Chain is Broken! Your hosts explain what that means for your holiday shopping and how to work around it, including taking bookseller recommendations and shopping the backlist!

Ryan chats with Samantha Downing about her new thriller, For Your Own Good!