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You Don’t Know Lit

You Don’t Know Lit•www.youdontknowlitpodcast.com
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Book club meets fight club. Two book recommendations every Monday from high school English teachers Ian and Joe. And Nick.
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Episodes

230. Foodsgiving

The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron (2013)

Nov 25, 2024•30 min•Ep. 231

EP 229. Faust

Faust, a Tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1808) VS Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann (1947)

Nov 18, 2024•49 min•Ep. 230

228. Foreign Dystopia

The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei (2021) VS The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza (2018)

Nov 11, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 229

227. National Book Awards (Non-fiction)

Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle (2024) VS The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives by Ernest Scheyder (2024)

Nov 04, 2024•51 min•Ep. 228

226. Spooktacular Grishmas

Camino Ghosts by John Grisham (2024) vs Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (2001)

Oct 28, 2024•57 min•Ep. 227

225. Nonsense Lit

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (1974) vs Tiger on a Tree by Anushka Ravishankar (1997)

Oct 21, 2024•43 min•Ep. 226

223. Merry Grishmas!

The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (1992) VS The Rainmaker by John Grisham (1995)

Oct 07, 2024•52 min•Ep. 224

222. Epistolary

Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher (2014) VS Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (2001)

Sep 30, 2024•49 min•Ep. 223

221. Banished Books

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (2001) VS Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (2019)

Sep 23, 2024•49 min•Ep. 222

220. GOATS

The Fight by Norman Mailer (1975) vs Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky (2024)

Sep 16, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 221

218. Bel Canto

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (2001)

Sep 03, 2024•26 min•Ep. 219

215. Raft of Stars

Raft of Stars: A Novel by Andrew Graff (2021)

Aug 12, 2024•26 min•Ep. 216

212. Netflix (RERUN)

Travel back in time to episode 26 to when Armie Hammer wasn't yet a cannibal and JD Vance was still a prick. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (1938) vs Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance (2016)

Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 213

211. East of Eden

East of Eden by John Steinbeck (1952)

Jul 15, 2024•29 min•Ep. 212

210. String Theory

String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis by David Foster Wallace (2014)

Jul 08, 2024•27 min•Ep. 211

207. Tennessee

Suttree by Cormac McCarthy (1979) vs The Firm by John Grisham (1991)

Jun 17, 2024•49 min•Ep. 208

205. Knife

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie (2024)

Jun 03, 2024•30 min•Ep. 206

204. The Dwarf

The Dwarf by Pär Lagerkvist (1944) The Dwarf is a 1944 novel by Pär Lagerkvist. It is considered his most important and artistically innovative novel. The main setting is a fictionalized version of Milan. The character Bernardo of the novel is a fictionalized version of Leonardo da Vinci, who served as a court artist and military architect in Milan from 1482 to 1499. The novel depicts the Italian Renaissance through the eyes of a misanthropic assassin.

May 28, 2024•24 min•Ep. 205

203. Locke & Key

Locke & Key written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez (2008)

May 20, 2024•28 min•Ep. 204

202. Social Media

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport (2019) VS So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson (2015)

May 13, 2024•49 min•Ep. 203
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