Same research. Same actress. Very different vibes.

In our first What Would _____ Read? episode, Michelle and Laura are putting Parker Posey's imaginary TBR to the test.

We dug into books Parker has actually talked about reading, the writers and ideas she's drawn to, her own wonderfully unconventional memoir, and a career filled with smart, eccentric, ambitious, complicated—and occasionally unhinged—women. Then we each came to the microphone with three books we think belong on her shelf.

Michelle went vintage, eccentric, Southern Gothic, and old-Hollywood adjacent with The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington, The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.

Laura took the same research in a much more contemporary direction with The Husbands by Holly Gramazio, Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino, and Strangers by Belle Burden.

Six books. Two completely different interpretations of Parker Posey. And somehow...they both make sense.

So which version of Parker's bookshelf would you choose?

Welcome to What Would _____ Read?, a Chapter One, Scene One series where Michelle and Laura build completely unsolicited book recommendations for actors from the movies we've been watching.

But we're not picking books based on vibes alone.

We dig into what they've actually read, the books and writers they've talked about, their interests, interviews, and even the characters they've chosen to play. Then we each bring our picks to the microphone and make the case for why that book belongs on their TBR.

Same research. Different readers. And sometimes very different books.

Because they didn't ask us what they should read next...

but we're going to tell them anyway.

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