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So Many Damn Books — 271 episodes
261: 31 Short Books for Busy People
260: Meg Richardson (PARADISE PAWN) & Curtis Sittenfeld's PREP
259: Stephen Fishbach (ESCAPE!) & William Golding's LORD OF THE FLIES
258: Ailsa Ross (HOVEL) & Jean Rhys' VOYAGE IN THE DARK
257: Reading Journal
256: Casey Scieszka (THE FOUNTAIN) & Natalie Babbitt's TUCK EVERLASTING
255: Lior Torenberg (JUST WATCH ME) & Rufi Thorpe's MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES
254: Kathleen Boland (SCAVENGERS) & Joy Williams' THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
253: Drew Broussard Runs By (Stephen King's THE RUNNING MAN & Edgar Wright's THE RUNNING MAN)
252: Reading Journal – Aimee Bender
251: Alix E. Harrow (THE EVERLASTING) & Nicola Griffith's MENEWOOD
250: Sarah Interviews Christopher about 250 Episodes
249: Erin Somers (THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR) & Susie Boyt's LOVED AND MISSED
248: Patrick Ryan (BUCKEYE) & Christopher Isherwood's A SINGLE MAN
247: Mona Awad (WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY) & Kenneth Grahame's THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
246: Kerry Cullen (HOUSE OF BETH) & Nicky Gonzalez's MAYRA
245: Leonie Swann (BIG BAD WOOL, THREE BAGS FULL, AGNES SHARPE) & Robert Jackson Bennett's THE TAINTED CUP
244: Favorite Reads of 2025 (so far)
243: Allison King (THE PHOENIX PENCIL COMPANY) & Anton Hur's TOWARD ETERNITY
242: Drew Returns (to revisit "Top 6 of 2015" and chat books aimlessly)
241: Tyler Wetherall (AMPHIBIAN) and Terjei Vesaas' THE ICE PALACE
240: Kate Folk (SKY DADDY) and Marlen Haushofer's THE WALL
239: Jeanne Thornton (A/S/L) & Anton Solomonik's REALISTIC FICTION
238: Kate Slotover (of The Book Club Review) Returns, Solvej Balle's ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME VOL 1
237: 21 Long Books to Sink Into
236: 22 Short Books for Short Attention Spans
235: Cynthia Weiner (A GORGEOUS EXCITEMENT) & Susanna Moore's IN THE CUT
234: Favorite Reads of 2024
233: Emily Habeck (SHARK HEART: A LOVE STORY) & Jenny Offill's DEPT. OF SPECULATION
232: Holiday Gift Guide 2024 (with Sarah!)
231: Rosalind Brown (PRACTICE) & Lisa Robertson's THE BAUDELAIRE FRACTAL
230: Ten Years of So Many Damn Books (with Drew Broussard)
229: Lena Valencia (MYSTERY LIGHTS) & Muriel Spark's DRIVER'S SEAT
228: Lev Grossman (THE BRIGHT SWORD) & Philip K Dick's UBIK
227: Holly Gramazio (THE HUSBANDS) & Zito Madu's THE MINOTAUR AT CALLE LANZA
226: Kate Slotover (THE BOOK CLUB REVIEW) discusses Helene Hanff's LETTER FROM NEW YORK and Joseph Mitchell's UP IN THE OLD HOTEL
225: Melissa Mogollon (OYE) and Jenny Odell's HOW TO DO NOTHING
224: Tea & Contemplation with Drew Broussard
223: Fiona Warnick (THE SKUNKS) and Sheila Heti's ALPHABETICAL DIARIES
222: Bookshelf May 2024
221: Alexandra Tanner (WORRY) and Kathryn Scanlan's AUG 9 - FOG
220: Bookish Pet Peeves with Sarah
219: Rachel Lyon (FRUIT OF THE DEAD) & Tessa Hadley's THE PAST
218: GennaRose Nethercott (FIFTY BEASTS TO BREAK YOUR HEART) & Sabrina Orah Marks' HAPPILY
217: Kirsten Bakis (KING NYX) & Tana French's THE SECRET PLACE
216: Marie-Helene Bertino (BEAUTYLAND) & Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's THE LITTLE PRINCE
215: Top Reads of 2023 with Sarah
214: SMDB Gift Guide 2023
213: Book Chattin' with Drew
212: Amy Kurzweil (ARTIFICIAL: A LOVE STORY) & Jason Lutes' BERLIN
211: Edan Lepucki (TIME'S MOUTH) & Yael Goldstein-Love's THE POSSIBILITIES
210: Jennifer Baker (FORGIVE ME NOT) & Akwaeke Emezi's PET
209: Mona Awad (ROUGE) & Susanna Clarke's PIRANESI
208: Stacey Mei Yan Fong (50 PIES 50 STATES) & John Waters' CARSICK
207: Henry Hoke (OPEN THROAT) & Steven Dunn's POTTED MEAT
206: Vacation Reading
205: Christine Grillo (HESTIA STRIKES A MATCH) & Molly Keane's GOOD BEHAVIOUR
204: Kate Slotover (The Book Club Review) & Kathryn Scanlan's KICK THE LATCH & Christopher Morley's PARNASSUS ON WHEELS
203: Rebecca Makkai (I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU) & Sabahattin Ali's MADONNA IN A FUR COAT
202: Brendan Slocumb (SYMPHONY OF SECRETS) & Eli Cranor's OZARK DOGS
201: Ling Ling Huang (NATURAL BEAUTY) & Baek Sehee's I WANT TO DIE BUT I WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI
200: Kelly Link (WHITE CAT, BLACK DOG) & Megan Giddings' THE WOMEN COULD FLY
199: Idra Novey (TAKE WHAT YOU NEED) & César Aira's ON CONTEMPORARY ART
198: Spring Horizon Ramble 2023, or, The Re-Return of Drew
197: Nita Prose (THE MAID) & Nina de Gramont's THE CHRISTIE AFFAIR
196: Tom Ayling (Antiquarian Book Seller & TikToker) & David Pearson's SPEAKING VOLUMES
195: Top 2022 Reads with Sarah
194: Alison Watts (transl. Seishu Hase's THE BOY AND THE DOG) & Peter Heller's THE DOG STARS
193: Ashley Hutson (ONE'S COMPANY) & Lindsay Hill's SEA OF HOOKS
192: Kevin Wilson (NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PANIC) & Blair Braverman's SMALL GAME
191: Kate Beaton (DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS) & Michelle Paver's DARK MATTER
190: GennaRose Nethercott (THISTLEFOOT) & Kelly Link's MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS
189: Anthony Marra (MERCURY PICTURES PRESENTS) & Jennifer Egan's A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD
188: Tom Scharpling (IT NEVER ENDS, THE BEST SHOW, and more)
187: Summer Ramble 2022
186: Angela Ledgerwood (LIT UP) & Richard Flanagan's THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH
185: Mat Johnson (INVISIBLE THINGS) and Claire North's NOTES FROM A BURNING AGE
184: Elaine Hsieh Chou (DISORIENTATION) and Matthew Salesses' CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD
183: Reader Feature (Part 2)
182: Reader Feature (Part 1)
181: Publishing Talk with Sarah
180: Sara Nović (TRUE BIZ) and Asali Solomon's THE DAYS OF AFREKETE
179: Sasha Fletcher (BE HERE TO LOVE ME AT THE END OF THE WORLD) & Benjamín Labatut’s WHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD
178: Sequoia Nagamatsu (HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK) & Brenda Peynado's THE ROCK EATERS
177: Dana Stevens (CAMERA MAN: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century) & Fernando Pessoa's THE BOOK OF DISQUIET
176: Sara Gran (THE BOOK OF THE MOST PRECIOUS SUBSTANCE) & Elizabeth Hand's GENERATION LOSS
175: Winter Ramble 2021
174: Eugene Lim (SEARCH HISTORY) & César Aira's CONVERSATIONS
173: Uli Beutter Cohen (BETWEEN THE LINES: STORIES FROM THE UNDERGROUND) & Katherine May's WINTERING
172: Gus Moreno (THIS THING BETWEEN US) & Clive Barker's THE HELLBOUND HEART
171: Autumn Ramble 2021
170: Ruth Ozeki (THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS) & Walter Benjamin's "UNPACKING MY LIBRARY"
169: Alexandra Kleeman (SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN) & André Gide's MARSHLANDS
168: Reading Snapshot, Moving Edition
167: McSweeney's Issue 64: The Audio Issue
166: Mona Awad (ALL'S WELL) & Sara Gran's COME CLOSER
165: Meredith Westgate (THE SHIMMERING STATE) & Tim Krabbé's THE VANISHING
164: Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman (THE VERY NICE BOX) & Kristen Arnett's WITH TEETH
163: Rosecrans Baldwin (EVERYTHING NOW: LESSONS FROM THE CITY STATE OF LOS ANGELES) & Orhan Pamuk's ISTANBUL
162: Backlist: Patricia Highsmith (THE RIPLEY NOVELS)
161: Loan Le (A PHO LOVE STORY) & John Searles' HELP FOR THE HAUNTED
160: A.E. Osworth (WE ARE WATCHING ELIZA BRIGHT) & Patricia Lockwood's NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS
159: K.M. Szpara (FIRST, BECOME ASHES) & Michael Crichton's JURASSIC PARK
158: Reading Snapshot, March 2021
157: The Morning News' 2021 Tournament of Books Begins
156: Reading Snapshot, February 2021
155: Jenny Offill (WEATHER) & Jean Rhys' WIDE SARGASSO SEA
154: Mateo Askaripour (BLACK BUCK) & Sam Greenlee's THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR
153: George Saunders (A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN) & Leo Tolstoy's MASTER AND MAN
152: Top 9**‡ of 2020
Minisode: Opening Presents and The Week Between
Minisode: Stocking Stuffers from the Public Domain
151: Emily Temple (THE LIGHTNESS) & Kōbō Abe's THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES
150: Book Recommendation Extravaganza
149: Short Stories with Lena Valencia (One Story)
148: Backlist: Mark Z. Danielewski (HOUSE OF LEAVES)
147: Rumaan Alam (LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND) & Lynn Steger Strong's WANT
146: The Morning News' SUPER ROOSTER Predictions
145: Raven Leilani (LUSTER) & Danzy Senna's NEW PEOPLE
144: Megha Majumdar (A BURNING) and Anjan Sundaram's BAD NEWS
143: Reading Snapshot Redux
142: Lindsay Ellis (AXIOM'S END) & Orson Scott Card's SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD
141: Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman (BIG FRIENDSHIP + CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND) & Octavia Butler's PARABLE OF THE SOWER
140: Quan Barry (WE RIDE UPON STICKS) & Kei Miller's AUGUSTOWN
139: Hilary Leichter (TEMPORARY) & Sabrina Orah Mark's WILD MILK
138: Backlist: Ali Smith ("The Accidental")
137: Back in the Saddle or, Reading Snapshot
136: St. Jordi Day (with guest co-host, Dani)
135: Tales from the Public Domain
134: Tournament of Books 2020 Wrap-Up: Zoom After Hours (with Nozlee Samadzadeh)
133: Jenny Offill's WEATHER (with guest co-host, Sarah)
132: Jordan Kisner (THIN PLACES) & Louise Fitzhugh's HARRIET THE SPY
131: Tournament of Books 2020 Primer
130: Emily Nemens (THE CACTUS LEAGUE) & Anelise Chen's SO MANY OLYMPIC EXERTIONS
129: Adaptations (CATS, LITTLE WOMEN, and DICKINSON)
128: Top 8* of 2019
127: So Many Damn Christmases (The SMDB Holiday Album)
126: Kate Racculia (TUESDAY MOONEY TALKS TO GHOSTS) & Ling Ma's "Severance"
125: Helen Phillips (THE NEED) & Samanta Schweblin's FEVER DREAM
124: Reading Snapshot
123: Jami Attenberg (ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS) & Sarah Broom's THE YELLOW HOUSE
122: Lisa Brennan-Jobs (SMALL FRY) & Marilynne Robinson's HOUSEKEEPING
121: Courtney Maum (COSTALEGRE) & Aaron Schulman's THE AGE OF DISENCHANTMENTS
120: Back to School
119: Benjamin Dreyer (DREYER'S ENGLISH) & Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
118: Mira Jacob (GOOD TALK) & Toni Morrison's SULA
117: Backlist: Larry McMurtry ("Lonesome Dove")
116: #OneBookNY (Patti Smith's JUST KIDS) & Top 6 of 2019 (So Far)
115: Mona Awad (BUNNY) & Rebecca Godfrey's THE TORN SKIRT
114: Seth (CLYDE FANS) & Virginia Woolf's TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
113: Erin Somers (STAY UP WITH HUGO BEST) & Dorothy Baker's CASSANDRA AT THE WEDDING
112: Myla Goldberg (FEAST YOUR EYES) & Jesse Ball's CENSUS
111: Lauren Wilkinson (AMERICAN SPY) & Nella Larsen's PASSING
110: Leanne Shapton (GUESTBOOK: GHOST STORIES) & Miriam Toews' WOMEN TALKING
The 2019 Tournament of Books -- Minisode #4
The 2019 Tournament of Books -- Minisode #3
109: Halle Butler (THE NEW ME) & Samuel Beckett's MOLLOY
The 2019 Tournament of Books -- Minisode #2
The 2019 Tournament of Books -- Minisode #1
108: Unreliable Narrators
107: Charlie Jane Anders (THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT) & Ursula K. Le Guin's FIVE WAYS TO FORGIVENESS
106: Karen Thompson Walker (THE DREAMERS) & Kazuo Ishiguro's NEVER LET ME GO
105: Top 6* of 2018
104: Happy Holidays, 2018 edition!
103: Jonathan Lethem (THE FERAL DETECTIVE) & Sei Shōnagon's THE PILLOW BOOK
102: Preti Taneja (WE THAT ARE YOUNG) & Ahmed Saadawi's FRANKENSTEIN IN BAGHDAD
101: Sjón (CODEX:1962) & Christian Kracht's THE DEAD
100: One Hundred Beloved Books
99: Milan Bozic (HarperCollins Senior Art Director) & Jaroslav Hašek's THE GOOD SOLDIER ŠVEJK
98: Reading Snapshot 2
97: #OneBookNY (Jennifer Egan's MANHATTAN BEACH)
96: R.O. Kwon (THE INCENDIARIES) & Rachel Khong's GOODBYE VITAMIN
95: Megan Abbott (GIVE ME YOUR HAND) & Lisa Halliday's ASYMMETRY
94: John Hodgman (VACATIONLAND)
93: Top 5 of 2018 (so far) + Summer Reading
92: Hannah Pittard (VISIBLE EMPIRE) & Ralph Ellison's INVISIBLE MAN
91: Stephanie Danler (SWEETBITTER on Starz) & Lorrie Moore's ANAGRAMS
90: Amy Kurzweil (FLYING COUCH) & Riad Sattouf's ARAB OF THE FUTURE
89: Christopher + Drew (Just Interview Each Other)
88: Jonathan Ames (YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE) & Leonard Gardner's FAT CITY
Minisode: 2018 PEN World Voices Festival!
87: Ruth Curry (Emily Books) & Sigrid Nunez's THE FRIEND
The 2018 Tournament of Books - Minisode #4
The 2018 Tournament of Books - Minisode #3
86: Gabe Habash (STEPHEN FLORIDA) & Iris Murdoch's THE NICE AND THE GOOD
The 2018 Tournament of Books - Minisode #2
85: John Darnielle (UNIVERSAL HARVESTER, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS) & Mathias Énard's Zone
The 2018 Tournament of Books - Minisode #1
84: Rachel Lyon (SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BOY) & Eileen Myles' AFTERGLOW
83: Katherine Faw (ULTRALUMINOUS) & Fleur Jaeggy's SWEET DAYS OF DISCIPLINE
82: Top 6 of 2017
81: Holiday Bookclub (Tom Hanks' UNCOMMON TYPE)
80: E. Lockhart (GENUINE FRAUD) & John Green's TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN
79: Movie Adaptations & MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
78: Carolyn Murnick (THE HOT ONE) & Claire Dederer's LOVE AND TROUBLE
76: Edgar Cantero (MEDDLING KIDS) & Enid Blyton's FAMOUS FIVE Series
75: Robin Sloan (SOURDOUGH) & Eugene Lim's DEAR CYBORGS
74: Amelia Gray & "Nicotine"
73: Backlist: Jonathan Lethem (*Motherless Brooklyn")
72: Samantha Hunt & "Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country"
71: Rachel Khong & "Why Did I Ever"
70: Rosecrans Baldwin & "Brighton Rock"
69: Julie Buntin & "Woman No. 17"
68: Alissa Nutting & "Him, Me, Muhammad Ali"
67: Elif Batuman & "Swann's Way"
66: #OneBookNY ("Americanah")
65: Bianca Bosker & "South and West"
64: Melissa Febos & "Animals Strike Curious Poses"
63: #TOB17 Wrap-Up with Nozlee
62: Kaitlyn Greenidge & "Tipping the Velvet"
61: Jonathan Lee & "Pereira Maintains"
60: Francine Prose & "Hangsaman"
59: In-Between Books ("Ongoingness" & "Multiple Choice")
58: Megan Abbott & "Deep Water"
57: Tournament of Books 2017 Primer
56: A Snowisode Holiday Spectacular!
55: "Six of Crows" & Top 6 of 2016!
54: Lisa Lutz & "Dirty Snow"
53: Jade Chang & "Neon Green"
52: Kathleen Donohoe & "Charming Billy"
51: Hannah Pittard & "I'm Thinking of Ending Things"
50: Teddy Wayne & "The Bed Moved"
49: Alexandra Kleeman & "Pricksongs and Descants"
48: Episode Forty-Eight and the Cursed Child
47: Backlist: Donna Tartt ("The Little Friend")
46: Evan Hanczor & "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
45: Top Six of 2016 (so far)
44: YA feat. "Stargirl" & "Bone Gap"
43: Stephanie Danler & "Bluets"
42: Alexander Chee & "What Belongs to You"
41: "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72"
40: #TOB16 Wrap-Up with Nozlee Samadzadeh and Will Chancellor
39: #TOB16 Chatter
38: Katy Waldman & More #TOB16
37: Angela Flournoy & #TOB16
36: Maris Kreizman & "The Invaders"
35: Mark de Silva & "Less than Zero"
34: Laura Van Den Berg & "The Naked Eye"
33: The 2016 Tournament of Books Shortlist
32: "The Pickle Index"
31: Christopher and Drew's Top 6 of 2015
30: Marie-Helene Bertino & "A Little Life"
29: Ryan Britt & "Star Wars: Heir to the Empire"
28: Alexandra Kleeman & "The Blind Owl"
27: "Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl"
26: "City on Fire" & "Purity"
25: Happy Birthday!
24: Will Chancellor Strikes Back
23: Vanessa Manko ("The Invention of Exile") & "The English Patient"
22: Isaac Fitzgerald & "Infinite Home"
21: Summer. Reading.
20: Ferrante Fever / "My Brilliant Friend"
19: Comics / "Sex Criminals"
18: Saeed Jones ("Prelude to Bruise") & "Citizen: An American Lyric"
17: Lev Grossman & "Mrs. Dalloway"
16: The Recommendation Game / "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" by David Shafer
15: Catherine Lacey
14: ToB Wrap-Up & Call-In
13: Tournament Gab / Jeff VanderMeer & "Annihiliation"
12: Tournament Talk / John Warner & "Tough Day for the Army"
11: "A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall" by Will Chancellor
10: Event Books / "The Bone Clocks"
9: Audiobooks / "Everything I Never Told You" / Interview: Emily St. John Mandel
8: KINGCAST!
7: Non-Fiction / "Not That Kind of Girl"
6: Literary Awards / "Missing Person"
5: Pastiches / "The Beekeeper's Apprentice"
4: Gimmicks / "Horrorstör"
3: Games / "Wolf in White Van"
2: Series / "Southern Reach" vs "The Magicians"
1: Dystopia / "Station Eleven"