One of our favorite podcasts is My Favorite Murder, featuring Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, and we’re not alone—it’s among the most popular podcasts in the world. Now Kilgariff and Hardstark take their trademark humor, honesty, and true crime obsession to book form with Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered. I believe we’ve found your first summer read.
Exploring everything from personal struggles to the murderous topics they’ve become known for, those who tune in to hear Kilgariff and Hardstark’s witty storytelling will love their foray into writing. Here’s what we know:
Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation. Theirs is the kind of unflinching take on the world.
In Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, Karen and Georgia focus on the importance of self-advocating and valuing personal safety over being “nice” or “helpful.” They delve into their own pasts, true crime stories, and beyond to discuss meaningful cultural and societal issues with fierce empathy and unapologetic frankness.
Jenny Lawson calls Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered “all the best advice your mother never told you,” while actress Megan Mullally, Karen Walker herself, declares the book “hilarious, honest, insightful, and clever as hell.” Author Stephanie Perkins sold us hook, line, and sinker with her take: “It’s like an afternoon coffee date with your best friend that spills late into the night―where you share your darkest secrets and hardest-earned advice, and then emerge back into the world fully recharged. And ready to destroy toxic masculinity.”
It was also a Mary Sue Book Club pick because we not only love True Crime here, but we also appreciate having fresh, fun female voices at the forefront of it.
What was that about summer reading? Oh, yes—this one is primed for both the sunny beach or a spooky cabin in the woods. Wherever you like to do your reading, let Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered dispense wisdom, keep you laughing, and gear you up to destroy toxic masculinity. Because killers don’t care about your manners. Goodbyeeee.
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