Sometimes the best part of finishing a movie is figuring out what to read next.

In this episode of I’d Read That, we're starting with You've Got Mail—the 1998 rom-com that gave us bookstores, AOL, enemies-to-lovers, anonymous correspondence, and the eternal battle between the charming little indie shop and the giant corporate bookstore.

But instead of simply talking about the movie, we're asking a different question: What books would we pair with it?

Michelle, Laura, and Katya each pulled out different themes from You've Got Mail and brought books they think belong beside it—from falling for someone through their words to small-business communities, reinvention, rivalry, and, of course, enemies-to-lovers.

Some connections are obvious. Some require a little explaining. And apparently some of us interpreted “bring a book” as “bring half your TBR.”

Sometimes we watch a movie and think, “I'd read that.” Sometimes we finish a book and think, “I'd watch that.”

Welcome to Chapter One, Scene One, where books and movies meet—and we figure out what stories belong together.

Join Michelle, Laura, and Katya as we pull apart the themes, tropes, characters, and ideas behind the stories we're reading and watching, then pair them with something from the other side of the page or screen.

And in our What Would _____ Read? episodes, Michelle and Laura do a little digging into the actors behind the movies—from what they've actually read to the roles they've played—to answer one completely unsolicited question: What book do we think they'd love?

Expect book recommendations, movie recommendations, questionable connections we'll attempt to defend, occasional disagreements, and a TBR and watchlist that will probably be longer by the time we're finished.

Because around here, the question isn't just “Was the book better?”

It's “What should we read—or watch—next?”

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⚠️ Spoiler Warning: We discuss the books, movies, and shows featured in each episode in detail, so spoilers are always possible.