rich 1.0 This is a an example of our premium content you can find on our Shelf Respect Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfRespect) . *originaly published in October, 2025 We asked our Hardbacks to air their grievances about fiction and they answered. LOUDLY AND WITH FEELING. They shared the details, big and small, they despise in a novel. In this episode, we feature some of their complaints, as well as share a few of our own. And there's a kerfuffle about short stories. Mentions: A Lady Awakened (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780553593839) by Cecilia Grant Alchemised (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780593972700) by Senlinyu Katabasis (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780063446243) by R. F. Kuang The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9781538756805) by Hannah Brown Chain Gang All-Stars (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780593469316) by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah The Pumpkin Spice Cafe (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780008610678) by Laurie Gilmore Lonesome Dove (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9781439195260) by Larry McMurty The Bookshelf (https://bookshelfthomasville.com/) in Thomasville, GA The Compound (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780593977279) by Aisling Rawe Annihilation (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9781250824042) by Jeff VanderMeer Annihilation (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2798920/) movie streaming on Paramount+ Inception (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1) movie streaming on HBO Max 50 Times Male Authors Proved They Know Next To Nothing About Women (https://www.boredpanda.com/men-writing-women-failing-posts/) The Throwback Special (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780393353785) by Chris Bachelder Colton Gentry's Third Act (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9781538756669) by Jeff Zentner No Country for Old Men (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780375706677) by Cormac McCarthy It (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9781501142970) by Stephen King Fifty Shades of Grey (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780345803481) by E.L. James The New York Times Bestseller list wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list) Publishers Weekly Bestseller List (https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/index.html) The Sun Also Rises (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780143136774) by Ernest Hemingway Moby-Dick (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780142437247) by Herman Melville The Jasad Heir (https://bookshop.org/a/20385/9780316477864) by Sara Hashem Our Patreon: Shelf Respect (https://www.patreon.com/c/ShelfRespect) Our Instagram: @readwithshelfrespect (https://www.instagram.com/readwithshelfrespect/) readwithshelfrespect.com (https://readwithshelfrespect.com/) Knox McCoy on Substack (https://knoxmccoy.substack.com) Erin Moon on Substack (https://erinhmoon.substack.com) Jamie B. Golden on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jamiebgolden/) Shelf Respect https://audioboom.com/channels/5170428-shelf-respect Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43628253/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8898899/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>