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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.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 8
- Latest publication
- Sep 1, 2026
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- Earliest in this view
- Jul 7, 2026
Latest episodes
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda: I Am Not Throwing Away My Flop (opens the original)
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In the season finale, we finally talk about what we've been teasing all season: Hamilton! Grace and Erin both come in with opposite preconceived opinions... a new Hamilton and Burr in the making? 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. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Our Seaso
Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan: The Flopgate Scandal (opens the original)
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The most notorious scandal in pod history has just landed, and we're televising it all. We're talking Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, a pod author who was (unknowingly) already a pod icon. 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. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Our Season Six Read
Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim: Perfecting the Art of Flopilism (opens the original)
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Well there are worse things than recording a podcast episode on a Sunday! Join us for a discussion on Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim and help sponsor our tickets to see Jonathan Bailey as George next year. 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. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all
The Mountaintop by Katori Hall: The Mountainflop (opens the original)
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With Santiago's cocktail corner returning, this week is a tipsy episode as Erin and Grace discuss (rave about) The Mountaintop by Katori Hall! 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. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Our Season Six Reading Challenge is live on StoryGraph! Find i
The Miracle Worker by William Gibson: Learning to Spell F-L-O-P (opens the original)
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A different kind of national hero in our episode this week! We sit down to read The Miracle Worker by William Gibson, and Santiago's Cocktail Corner makes its triumphant return. 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. Leave us a review and give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @fiveorflop_pod for all the latest updates! Our Season Six Reading Chal
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