Mean Book Club

Waddup, book nerds! Live at the Strand, we read Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann. She was the first back-to-back NYT bestselling author who revolutionized book promotions. Dolls was published 1966 where it stayed in the NYT Bestseller fiction list for 65 weeks! The next year it was turned into a (film) starring Barbara Perkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate and Susan Hayward. How did it get so popular? We’re on the case.Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 7 so you can read along:* The Christmas Train by David Baldacci* Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann* American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins* Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov* Naughty Neighbor by Janet Ivanovich* Women Who Work by Ivanka Trump* Naked Came the Stranger by Penelope Ashe* Artemis Fowl by Eo