A book club for the rest of us
We read the book. We argue about it. We drink something strange.
Alchemist's Book Coven is a monthly book club podcast for readers of every genre: cozy mysteries, gothic horror, fantasy doorstoppers, the romance you're embarrassed to admit you loved. No gatekeeping, just good talk.
How the coven works
One book a month, one honest conversation.
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Solve
We pick the book
Each month's read goes up on this page ahead of time, with links to every format, so you can pick it up and read along.
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Coagula
We argue about it
No syllabus, no homework. Just whether the book actually worked, and which character needs to be stopped.
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Distillatio
We drink something strange
Pour whatever the book deserves and press play. Finished the book or not, we won't check.
Reading now · Up next for Episode II
Do Not Disturb
by Freida McFadden
Quinn Alexander is fleeing a crime she committed when a snowstorm strands her at the isolated Baxter Motel. The owner seems kind enough. But the motel has a dark past, and someone in the house across the way is always watching.
This is the book for the next episode. Pick it up and read along before it drops.
Get your copy
The reading calendar
Every month's pick, in whatever format you like.
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JunePast pick
For Whom the Belle Tolls
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JulyPast pick
Discussed in Episode ILights Out
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AugustPast pick
The Witch's Heart
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SeptemberReading now
Do Not Disturb
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OctoberComing up
The Midnight Library
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NovemberComing up
Sunrise on the Reaping
The archive
Episodes
A new episode drops once a month. Each one comes with its own reading. Pick it up before you press play, or don't, we won't check.
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Get in, Get Off, Get the F*ck Out
Lights Out by Navessa Allen
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Title to be announced
Do Not Disturb by Freida McFadden
Coming soon Read along
Your host
Hosted by Lili Duquette
Reader of everything. Rewatcher of nothing.
Every month, Lili picks a book. Sometimes it's a classic, sometimes something they found face-down in a used bookstore. Listeners read along, and the episode is one honest conversation about whether the book actually worked.
Before this podcast, Lili was the friend who texted "chapter 14, we need to talk" at 1am. Now that energy has a microphone.
No syllabus, no homework, no gatekeeping.
Join the coven
Subscribe wherever you listen.
New episodes once a month. Follow so you don't miss the next read.
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