He Read She Read

This week on He Read She Read® journalist Georgia Love and comedian Sammy Petersen join Sarah to delve into Truman Capote’s true crime classic, In Cold Blood.
They discuss why it’s endured the test of time, the ethics around claiming something is a true story if it contains fictional elements and how Capote’s writing has informed so much of their favourite writing today. 
Recommendations:
Georgia recommended Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton
Sammy recommended Joe Cinque’s Consolation by Helen Garner. 
Listen to Georgia and Sammy’s podcast Not Another Crime Podcast on Apple and Spotify and follow their show on Instagram on @notanothercrimepodcast
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This week on He Read She Read® JP and Sarah answer listener questions including why they started He Read She Read®, how they find time to read and what’s going on with JP’s hair.
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This week on He Read She Read® JP and Sarah are blasting off into outer space and deep-diving Taylor Jenkin-Reid’s latest novel Atmosphere. They discuss what they like and dislike about the commercial blockbuster and how they would rewrite the ending.

Recommendations:
Sarah recommended Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead.
JP recommended Seascraper by Benjamin Wood. 
And he snuck in a bonus recommendation Train Dreams by Denis Johnson and The Elements by John Boyne. 
 
He Read She Read® is proudly presented by Specsavers. 
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This week on He Read She Read® JP and Sarah talk about the importance of reading and recommend a stack of books to get you out of a reading slump and into a good reading rhythm in 2026. 
 
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For the first episode of He Read She Read®, JP and Sarah deep dive the 2025 Booker Prize winning novel Flesh by David Szalay. They talk about how the Booker Prize is determined and the controversial 2025 judge, how they feel about Flesh and whether they believe it’s a worthy Booker Prize winner.
Recommendations:
JP recommended Dove by Georgia Harper.
Sarah recommended Don’t Let Him In by crime fiction author, Lisa Jewell.
He Read She Read® is proudly presented by Specsavers.
The He Read She Read ®team would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast was recorded.