{"id":6502,"date":"2025-12-01T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6502"},"modified":"2025-11-30T21:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:06:07","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-279-all-the-way-to-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-279-all-the-way-to-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 279 &#8211; All The Way To The River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>All The Way To The River<\/i> by Elizabeth Gilbert.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-279-all-the-way-to-the-river\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/city.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/city-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/city-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/city-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/city-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/city.jpg 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thedead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thedead-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Dead Are Gods by Eirinie Carson\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thedead-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thedead-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thedead.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eatpraylove.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eatpraylove-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eatpraylove-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eatpraylove-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eatpraylove.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781594634741\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>City of Girls<\/em> by Elizabeth Gilbert<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781685890452\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Dead Are Gods<\/em> by Eirinie Carson<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780143038412\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Eat Pray Love<\/em> by Elizabeth Gilbert<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/everything.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/everything-141x220.jpg\" alt=\"Everything is Horrible and Wonderful by Stephanie Wittels Wachs\" width=\"141\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/everything-141x220.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/everything-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/everything.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/heart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5431 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/heart-138x220.jpg\" alt=\"Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot\" width=\"138\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/heart-138x220.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/heart-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/heart.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/joyful.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/joyful-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/joyful-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/joyful-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/joyful-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/joyful.jpg 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781492669852\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Everything is Horrible and Wonderful<\/em> by Stephanie Wittels Wachs<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781640091603\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Heart Berries<\/em> by Terese Marie Mailhot<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780063293724\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Joyful Recollections of Trauma<\/em> by Paul Scheer<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mothermary.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mothermary-145x220.webp\" alt=\"Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mothermary-145x220.webp 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mothermary-198x300.webp 198w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mothermary-675x1024.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mothermary.webp 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mybody.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mybody-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"My Body is a List of Rules by Elissa Washuta \" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mybody-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mybody-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mybody.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/night.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/night-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Night of the Gun by David Carr\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/night-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/night-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/night.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781668094716\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Mother Mary Comes to Me<\/em> by Arundhati Roy<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781597099691\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>My Body is a Book of Rules<\/em> by Elissa Washuta<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781416541530\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Night of the Gun<\/em> by David Carr<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/self.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/self-147x220.webp\" alt=\"Self-Sabotage: And Other Ways I've Spent my Time by Jeffery Self\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/self-147x220.webp 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/self-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/self-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/self.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sloppy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sloppy-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Sloppy by Rax King\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sloppy-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sloppy-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sloppy-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sloppy.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780063328778\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Self-Sabotage: And Other Ways I&#8217;ve Spent My Time<\/em> by Jeffery Self<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593688458\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Sloppy<\/em> by Rax King<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250270504\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Sucker Punch<\/em> by Scaachi Koul<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sure-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Sure, I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sure-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sure-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sure.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thisiswater.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thisiswater-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"This Is Water by David Foster Wallace \" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thisiswater-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thisiswater.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wayshefeel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wayshefeel-150x196.jpg\" alt=\"The Way She Feels by Courtney Cook\" width=\"168\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wayshefeel-150x196.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wayshefeel-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wayshefeel.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781982168575\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Sure, I&#8217;ll Join Your Cult<\/em> by Maria Bamford<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316068222\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>This Is Water<\/em> by David Foster Wallace<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781951142599\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Way She Feels<\/em> by Courtney Cook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading All The Way To The River by Elizabeth Gilbert.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2644,2649,2645,2648,1134,2322,2157,987,2647,2560,2650,2158,48,30,2646,2041,2317],"class_list":["post-6502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-all-the-way-to-the-river","tag-arundhati-roy","tag-courtney-cook","tag-david-carr","tag-david-foster-wallace","tag-eirinie-carson","tag-elissa-washuta","tag-elizabeth-gilbert","tag-jeffery-self","tag-maria-bamford","tag-paul-scheer","tag-rax-king","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-scaachi-koul","tag-stephanie-wittels-wachs","tag-terese-marie-mailhot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6520,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502\/revisions\/6520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}