This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Google AI reading romance novels, algorithms picking books, Ian McKellan’s Shakespeare apps, and much more.

This episode is sponsored by Audible, Book of the Month, and The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church.

Links discussed in this episode:

Google’s AI engine reads romance novels

Ian McKellen planning oodles (okay 37) Shakespeare apps 

Inkitt & Tor.com publishing book selected by an algorithm 

Shelfie partners with Harvard Bookstore 

From the attic: Walt Whitman’s “Manly Health” guide 

Elisabeth Moss to start in Hulu miniseries of Handmaid’s Tale 

Oprah to start in Henrietta Lacks bio-pic 

Lee Daniels options Men We Reaped