It’s the powerful forces of White Whale staff picks and a community book club combined: the Pod Picks Book Club! Each month (usually on the last Thursday), a different bookseller gets to pick a book for the club to read and they’ll host the meeting as well. Book club picks will be 10% off 30 days in advance of the meeting day to give you time to read it. And plan on grabbing a drink and a snack from the café when you come to the meeting!

Olive’s Pod Pick: When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy 

One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy’s father, she and the boy find themselves running for their lives.

As they attempt to evade the boy’s increasingly desperate father, horrifying incidents of butchery follow them. At first, Jess thinks she understands what they’re up against, but she’s about to learn there’s more to these surreal and grisly events than she could’ve ever imagined.

And when the wolf finally comes home, none will be spared.

“When the Wolf Comes Home gripped me unlike any other horror read in the last year! The story moves heart-thumpingly fast, with twists and depth that left me re-evaluating my own daddy issues…. I found it so inspiring and can’t wait to talk about it in book club with you all!!” —Olive

OLIVE (he/they) is originally from the Midwest, and loves his home in Appalachia alongside the lovely white whale crew. He is absolutely obsessed with reading and finds most comfort and excitement in the horror genre, especially favoring trans and queer authors and stories. Giving book recommendations is one of his great passions, so find him in the store if you want help finding your next nail-biting read!