262. Parnassus on Wheels
Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley (1917)
Jun 30, 2025•31 min•Ep. 262
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261. Giovanni's Room
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (1956)
Jun 23, 2025•45 min•Ep. 261
260. Spouses' Last Books
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (2012) vs Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater (2020)
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 260
259. How to Stay Married
How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told by Harrison Scott Key (2023)
Jun 09, 2025•33 min•Ep. 259
258. Puzzle Books
S. (Ship of Theseus) by Doug Dorst and J.J. Abrams (2013) vs Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers (1934)
Jun 02, 2025•56 min•Ep. 258
257. The Nineties
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman (2022)
May 27, 2025•32 min•Ep. 257
256. Maryland
Chesapeake by James A. Michener (1978) vs Beautiful Swimmers by William W. Warner (1976)
May 19, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 256
255. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (2005)
May 12, 2025•26 min•Ep. 255
254. Awesome Anthropomorphic Animals
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakiss (1997) vs Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem (1994)
May 05, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 254
253. Guilty Pleasure Books
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell (2009) vs Vintage 1975 Map Book Pacific Coast Highways Automobile Club of Southern California (1975)
Apr 28, 2025•55 min•Ep. 253
252. NYT Bestsellers
Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green (2025) vs The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2024)
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 252
251. Thinking Inside the Box
Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them by Adrienne Raphel (2020)
Apr 14, 2025•34 min•Ep. 251
250. 250 Years of American History
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire by Kurt Andersen (2017) vs Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges (2009)
Apr 07, 2025•58 min•Ep. 250
249. Millions of Cats
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág (1928)
Mar 31, 2025•33 min•Ep. 249
248. YA Fiction
Harun Aur Kahaniyo Ka Samunder by Salman Rushdie (1990) vs The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (1961)
Mar 24, 2025•43 min•Ep. 248
247. Your Attention
Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart by Nicholas G. Carr (2025) vs The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes (2025)
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 247
246. Jorge Luis Borges
Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (1944-1955) vs The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges (1945)
Mar 10, 2025•43 min•Ep. 246
245. Oscars
Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties by Elijah Wald (2015) vs The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (2019)
Mar 03, 2025•51 min•Ep. 245
244. Wine Books
The Widow Clicquot by Tilar J. Mazzeo (2008) vs Wine and War: The French, the Nazis and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure by Donald Kladstrup and Petie Kladstrup (2001)
Feb 24, 2025•56 min•Ep. 244
243. Oz vs Wicked
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900) vs Wicked by Gregory Maguire (1995)
Feb 14, 2025•55 min•Ep. 243
242. The Silent Patient
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (2019)
Feb 10, 2025•29 min•Ep. 242
241. Self Help
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (180 AD) vs Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841)
Feb 03, 2025•55 min•Ep. 241
240. A Darker Shade of Magic
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab (2015)
Jan 27, 2025•24 min•Ep. 240
239. Foreign Books
The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir (2024) VS Simpatia by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (2024)
Jan 20, 2025•53 min•Ep. 239
237. Top 10 of 2024
Joe and Ian share their top 10 books of 2024!
Jan 13, 2025•33 min•Ep. 238
236. Public Domain 2025
Is Sex Necessary? Or, Why You Feel the Way You Do by E. B. White and James Thurber (1929) VS Gods' Man by Lynd Ward (1929)
Jan 06, 2025•55 min•Ep. 237
235. Delay, Deny, Defend
Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It by Jay Feinman (2010)
Dec 30, 2024•35 min•Ep. 236
234. Pope Books
The Legend of Pope Joan: In Search of the Truth by Donna Woolfolk Cross (1996) VS Conclave by Robert Harris (2016)
Dec 23, 2024•56 min•Ep. 235
233. You and I Eat the Same
You and I Eat the Same: On the Countless Ways Food and Cooking Connect Us to One Another by René Redzepi (2018)
Dec 16, 2024•29 min•Ep. 234
232. The City of Trembling Leaves
The City of Trembling Leaves by Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1945)
Dec 09, 2024•31 min•Ep. 233
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