Hello Readers.

Here's Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Empire of Pain by Patrick Raddan Keefe . Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.

To Read Instead

Dope Sick by Beth Macy

Careless People by Sarah Wynne-Williams

The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind

To Watch Instead

The Dropout podcast (2019)

Dr Death (2021)

All The Beauty and The Bloodshed (2022)

Death of A Unicorn (2025)

We will see you in July for some fantastic content from Hay On Wye and our regular podcast will be back in August after the Girly Swot and War Bore return :)

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Hello Readers.

Here's Chris' in depth take on Empire of Pain by Patrick Raddan Keefe and what he read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.

Here’s a list of the books, movies and shows mentioned in the podcast.

The Monkey 2025

Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock

East West Street by Philippe Sands

Gallipoli by Peter Hart

Make sure you are subscribed for part two when the Girly Swot will give you her recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Deathscent by Robin Jarvis. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.

To Read Instead

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

Shogun by James Clavell

To Watch Instead

The Dark Crystal (1982)

Labyrinth (1986)

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

John Carter (2012)

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

His Dark Materials (2019 TV series)

Shogun (2024 TV series)

We will see you in May for our next episode and you can find out what the War Bore thought about next months read and what else he read instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Vic's take on Deathscent by Robin Jarvis and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird by Mike Ashley

The Familiars by Stacey Hall

Circe by Madeline Miller

Killing Thatcher by Rory Carroll

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Make sure you are subscribed for part two when the War Bore will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of The Snapper. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.

To Read Instead

A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle

Mapp and Lucia by E F Benson

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

To Watch Instead

The Commitments (1991)

Good Vibrations (2012)

We will see you in May for our next episode and you can find out what Vic thought about next months read and what else she read instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Chris' in depth take on The Snapper and what he read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

The Snapper by Roddy Doyle

The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle

The Commitments by Roddy Doyle

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

History of the Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

I, Claudius (1976 TV series)

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Hello Readers.

Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Dominion. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.

To Read Instead

Crusaders by Dan Jones

The Borgias by Christopher Hibbert

Christ's Samurai by Jonathan Clements

Book Of Fire: William Tyndale, Thomas More and the Bloody Birth of the English Bible by Brian Moynahan

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Silence by Shizuka Ando

To Watch Instead

Silence (2016)

The Book of Eli (2010)

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

Dogma (1997)

Firebrand (2023)

We will see you in April for our next episode and you can find out what Chris thought about next months read and what else she read instead.

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Hello Readers.

Here's Vic's take on Dominion and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.

Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.

Handling The Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Feeding The Monster by Anna Bogutskaya

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman

The Boys From Brazil by Ira Levin

Bird King by Daniel Freedman

Who Goes There by John W Campbell

Finders Keepers by Stephen King

Make sure you are subscribed for part two when Chris will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.

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