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Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer

Welcome to Five or Flop, a podcast for the best (and worst) historical fiction has to offer! Each week, we"ll be reading and reviewing a different historical fiction book on a scale from flop to five. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Have a book you want us to read? Send us a recommendation: https://forms.gle/1JroxLkK157zpa9N8

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52:45

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall: Premise Five,...

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2025/06/17

This week, we tackle our romance pick for the season: A Lady for a Duke, a classic historical romance with an LGBTQ+ twist!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Join our Season Four Reading Challenge on

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46:08

Cantoras by Caro de Robertis: Erin's Flight Flops Again

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2025/06/10

Erin's back from Ireland with another plane story, Grace's AC is on full blast, and we have a new book and a new era on deck: Cantoras by Caro de Robertis, set in 1970s Uruguay!Note: Erin was correct in the episode! The Thirty Names of Night did win the Stonewall Book Award in 2021.Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading

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01:10:06

Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel: How Do You...

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2025/06/03

It's a special week, not only because we're reading Daughters of the Deer, but because we are joined by a special guest host: Jen! Will this episode be streamed more than Love in the Time of Cholera? Let's find out!The queer indigenous language source cited by Erin in the historical accuracy section can be found here: https://queerlanguage.com/2018/12/20/queer-indigenous-language-and-identity-north-america/Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer

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50:55

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue: Finally Free...

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2025/05/27

We're off to Ireland (and so is Erin) this week, reading The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue! Hopefully, Erin doesn't catch the Spanish flu while she's there.Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Join

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36:12

The Persian Boy by Mary Renault: Alexander the Flop

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2025/05/20

This week, Erin confronts an old enemy when we read Mary Renault's The Persian Boy, the second in her Alexander the Great trilogy.Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Join our Season Four Reading

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40:18

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar: An...

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2025/05/13

In this episode, we're headed to both Syria AND Little Syria with The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar! We hope you like birds, because there certainly are an unprecedented number of them.Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok

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53:10

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher: Camelflop

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2025/05/06

We're back this week with another audiobook and another Grace and Erin disagreement: it's Arthurian legend time, and we're reading Gwen and Art Are Not in Love!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Join

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01:09:14

Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon: Floppy Bottom

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2025/04/29

Five or Flop is back, and with the help of a special guest, we're kicking off Reading Rainbow with Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon! Are we more excited to discuss a book set in DC, or an adaptation starring Jonathan Bailey? Listen and find out!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a

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24:16

Somehow Five AND Flop: HBO's Dear America Film...

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2025/04/01

It's the final bonus episode of Season 3, and it's a special one- we're watching two half-hour long short film adaptations of So Far From Home and Cleopatra!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Join our

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23:36

Flop for Making Us Cry: Watching Ashes in the Snow

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2025/03/25

We're back with a far less happy movie adaptation. We're watching Ashes in the Snow, the movie version of Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys! Join us for a good cry and more identifying where we know the cast from.Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram,

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23:21

Five Cast, Flop Soundtrack: The Catherine, Called...

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2025/03/18

It's the most anticipated adaptation of season three: today we're watching Lena Dunham's film adaptation of Catherine, Called Birdy!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Join our Season Three Reading

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29:27

The Fives and Flops to Rule Them All: A Complete...

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2025/03/11

We're back from a brief hiatus with our first between-season bonus episode! In this episode, we're revisiting all of our past reads and choosing the floppiest flops, the finest fines, and the fivest fives.Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok

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01:26:23

Royal Diaries Part Two: Final Grade is Flop

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2025/02/11

It must be time for summer break, because it's the end of Back to School! We're wrapping up this week with Erin's Royal Diaries picks, reading about Anastasia, Cleopatra, and Marie Antoinette. We also rank all the books from the entire season, and tease the theme for season four!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to

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50:33

Royal Diaries Part One: Princess of Flops

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2025/02/04

The first part of the two-part season finale is here, and it's our last series overview: the Royal Diaries! This week, it's Grace's picks, and we're reading about Anacaona, Jahanara, and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok

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34:50

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis: Grace,...

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction... ·

2025/01/28

We're back to Newbery winners this week with a classic of elementary school libraries everywhere- it's Bud, Not Buddy!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Join our Season Three Reading Challenge on

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40:48

Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix: Fire Safety is...

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction... ·

2025/01/21

This week, we're tackling one of Grace's favorite childhood books and one of both hosts' childhood historical obsessions: we're reading Uprising and learning about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok

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35:26

Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner: Our Hosts'...

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction... ·

2025/01/14

*We're still adjusting to our new mics, sorry for any loud portions!We messed up and accidentally selected a contemporary fiction, so come with us to 1880s Sydney in Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok

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48:19

Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn: Tesla’s Flop Machine

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction... ·

2025/01/07

*We're adjusting to our new mics, sorry for any loud portions!Hop aboard the Titanic (for a shockingly short amount of time) to read Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn with us!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest

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55:05

Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne: Becoming a...

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction... ·

2024/12/31

This week, a special guest joins us to discuss another titan of the children's historical fiction series genre: Magic Tree House! Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates!Join our Season Three Reading

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39:42

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson: Too Many Flops...

Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction... ·

2024/12/17

In today's new episode, we're revisiting beloved pod author Laurie Halse Anderson and throwing it back to the 1700s (again). Grab your disinfectant and your masks - it's Fever 1793!Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Three is Back to School.Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the

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