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There Will Be Books — 194 episodes
Episode 194 "Lolly Willowes; The Midnight Train"
Episode 193 "A Court of Thorns and Roses"
Episode 192 "Transcription by Ben Lerner"
Episode 191 "The Snows of Kilimanjaro; Ben Lerner"
Episode 190 "The Midnight Library"
Episode 189 "Enoch Soames and Book Talk"
Episode 188 "Victory Lap by George Saunders, and New TBR Addition"
Episode 187 "2026 Kickoff; Book Hauls, Christmas Movies, Author Project, and More"
Episode 186 "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Episode 185 "New TBR Additions, Christmas Movie Selection"
Episode 184 "Hemingway and October TBR Additions"
Episode 183 "Ripley Under Ground"
Episode 182 "Book News, Maas Prop Bets, and A Book Recommendation"
Episode 181 "Saki; TBR Additions"
Episode 180 "The Singularity"
Episode 179 "Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead"
Episode 178 "Lessons in Chemistry"
Episode 177 "Hills Like White Elephants; June TBR Nominations"
Episode 176 "Book Oscars 2024"
Episode 175 "Flashman in the Great Game"
Episode 174 "March Additions; Bookshelf Purge"
Episode 173 "Great Granny Webster"
Episode 172 "The Spectre of Alexander Wolf; Plus TBR Short Stories"
Episode 171 "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry"
Episode 170 "Steppenwolf; For Madmen Only"
Episode 169 "Fall Reading Roundup, October Nominations"
Episode 168 "September TBR Additions"
Episode 167 "My Brilliant Friend"
Episode 166 "The Wager by David Grann"
Episode 165 "Where to start with Pynchon?"
Episode 164 "NYT 100 Best Books of 21st Century; Plus, Horror Novella Recommendation"
Episode 163 "Fun & Serious Additions"
Episode 162 "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Episode 161 "An Apology: A Maggot"
Episode 160 "The Poison King: Part 1"
Episode 159 "Ripley, Hitchens, and Didion"
Episode 158 "A Question of Upbringing" (A Dance to the Music of Time, #1)
Episode 157 "April TBR Addition Extravaganza"
Episode 156 "2023 Book Oscars"
Episode 155 "March Nominations plus Kafka and Bowles"
Episode 154 "The Historian. Hunter S Thompson, and Prop Bets"
Episode 153 "HHhH"
Episode 152 "Dinner at the Golden Corral; featuring Dostoevsky, Capote, Didion, Thompson, Bowles, Gaiman, Kafka, and Hitchens
Episode 151 "Flashman at the Charge"
Episode 150 "Christmas Movies. Christmas Book Hauls"
Episode 149 "The Fellowship of Two Turtledoves"
Episode 148 "Burr: Part 2"
Episode 147 "Non-Fiction November TBR Addition"
Episode 146 "Ball Four by Jim Bouton"
Episode 145 "Jayber Crow"
Episode 144 "Spooky Nominations"
Episode 143 "'The Son' by Philipp Meyer"
Episode 142 "Interview w/ R.J. Jacobs; author of the book 'This is How We End Things'"
Episode 141 "September Nominations; Patreon Legal Thrillers"
Episode 140 "Interview with Rustin Dodd; Kingdom Quarterback Co-Author"
Episode 139 "Burr by Gore Vidal; Part 1"
Episode 138 "Nights in Rodanthe"
Episode 137 "August Nominations; A Surprising Selection"
Episode 136 "Interview w/ author and podcaster Brad Kelly"
Episode 135 "The Once and Future King: Part I"
Episode 134 "52 Pickup; Elmore Leonard Talk"
Episode 133 "Adding to the TBR and Rodanthe Prop Bets"
Episode 132 "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again; Special Guest"
Episode 131 "Negative Review, Harari, and Prop Bets"
Episode 130 "A Moveable Feast"
Episode 129 "The Manticore; Plus, Adding Sparks to the TBR?!"
Episode 128 "Suttree with Special Guest Aldous Asterion"
Episode 127 "A Time to Be Born by Dawn Powell"
Episode 126 "Author Fantasy Baseball Draft '23"
Episode 125 "New Book Recommendations, Homo Deus, and May Book Selection"
Episode 124 "David Foster Wallace and April Nominations"
Episode 123 "Spring Short Stories"
Episode 122 "2022 Book Oscars"
Episode 121 "The Blithedale Romance"
Episode 120 "Book Recs, Mailbag Questions, Children Book Reviews"
Episode 119 "All the Seas of the World; Short Story Nominations"
Episode 118 "Interview with the Author of Diplomats & Admirals, Dale A. Jenkins"
Episode 117 "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead and January TBR Additions"
Episode 116 "2022 Review; Goals For 2023"
Episode 115 "Christmas Book Haul and Holiday Movies"
Episode 114 "Some of the Ugly Horses"
Episode 113 "Sports, Vidal, and Holiday Movies"
Episode 112 "Holiday Book Recommends; November TBR Addition"
Episode 111 "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark"
Episode 110 "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Episode 109 "Spooky Stories"
Episode 108 "Flash For Freedom!"
Episode 107 "Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley"
Episode 106 "Adding Tokarczuk and Bulgakov to TBR"
Episode 105 "Fantasy Football Book Draft"
Episode 104 "Black Leopard, Red Wolf; History Review"
Episode 103 "Laurus plus New Book Club Selection"
Episode 102 "Neverwhere and Neil Gaiman"
Episode 101 "Fifth Business"
Episode 100 "A Celebration and Look Back"
Episode 99 "Masters of Atlantis"
Episode 98 "Sally Rooney Pt 2 / New Seasonal Book Club"
Episode 97 "Summer Lightning; Praise for P.G. Wodehouse"
Episode 96 "Anabasis by Xenophon"
Episode 95 "June Nominations, Plus a Growing TBR"
Episode 94 "Sometimes A Great Notion; Kidney Stones"
Episode 93 "Author Fantasy Baseball Team"
Episode 92 "May Book Club; Plus, Book Hauls and Audiobooks"
Episode 91 "Black Swan Green"
Episode 90 "The Importance of Being Ernst"
Episode 89 "April Book Club Nominations"
Episode 88 "Bookstore Revival and More"
Episode 87 "The Game of Kings"
Episode 86 "March Book Club Nominations"
Episode 85 "TBR Show & Tell"
Episode 84 "The Red and The Black"
Episode 83 "February Book Club; Matt's Grocery Store Story"
Episode 82 "Foundation"
Episode 81 "Hogfather"
Episode 80 "Le Guin and January Nominations"
Episode 79 "2021 Book Oscars"
Episode 78 "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Episode 77 "December Book Club Nominations"
Episode 76 "The Little Stranger"
Episode 75 "Holiday Bookstore Memories. Plus, Live Book Haul"
Episode 74 "November Book Club Nominations"
Episode 73 "The Turn of the Screw"
Episode 72 "The House of Mirth"
Episode 71 "Autumn Nominations and Bewilderment Review"
Episode 70 "Lonesome Dove"
Episode 69 "October Book Nominations; Final Sally Rooney Thoughts"
Episode 68 "James Ellroy and Sally Rooney"
Episode 67 "Royal Flash"
Episode 66 "September Book Nominations"
Episode 65 "Summer Book Haul"
Episode 64 "A Confederacy of Dunces"
Episode 63 "The Catcher in the Rye"
Episode 62 "The Wicked Pavilion"
Episode 61 "August Book Nominations"
Episode 60 "Killing Time at the Info Desk"
Episode 59 "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
Episode 58 "July Book Club Nominations"
Episode 57 "July Reading Updates, TBR additions, and Book Haul"
Episode 56 "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue"
Episode 55 "June Book Club Nominations; Plus Waffle House"
Episode 54 "Shakespeare in Love: Melville Edition"
Episode 53 "Seasonal Book Club Nominations"
Episode 52 "Dune"
Episode 51 "Kitchen Confidential"
Episode 50 "May Book Club Nominations"
Episode 49 "Spring Semester"
Episode 48 "Author Fantasy Football Draft"
Episode 47 "Medley of Books and Digressions"
Episode 46 "If On A Winter's Night A Traveler"
Episode 45 "April Book Club Nominations"
Episode 44 "R.J. Jacobs Author Interview"
Episode 43 "Sherlock and Ursula K. Le Guin"
Episode 42 "March, What Are We Reading?"
Episode 41 "New Book Reviews, Fizzy Water, and Thadd"
Episode 40 "I,Claudius"
Episode 39 "February TBR: Short Stories"
Episode 38 "Fake Accounts"
Episode 37 "The Count of Monte Cristo Part 3"
Episode 36 "Winter Seasonal and The Liar's Dictionary"
Episode 35 "The Count of Monte Cristo Part: 2"
Episode 34 "January Book Haul"
Episode 33 "The Count of Monte Cristo Part:1"
Episode 32 "The Hobbit"
Episode 31 "January Book Club Nominations"
Episode 30 "A Christmas Carol"
Episode 29 "Home Alone"
Episode 28 "2021 TBR and Resolutions"
Episode 27 "Dubliners'
Episode 26 "December Book Club Nominations"
Episode 25 "Eclectic Book Haul and TBR"
Episode 24 "Piranesi"
Episode 23 "Confidence Men and Presidential Memoirs"
Episode 22 "The Haunting of Hill House"
Episode 21 "It's Time to Read Joyce"
Episode 20 "Reread Old Favorites"
Episode 19 "Weekly Reads/Shoe Box Ideas"
Episode 18 "Sleepy Hollow and Coffee Table Books"
Episode 17 "Spooky October Book Club"
Episode 16 "American Rust: September Book Club"
Episode 15 "Weekly Reads, Genius Grants, and Ideal Bookshops"
Episode 14 "Bookish Pet Peeves"
Episode 13 "Revolutions and Alexander the Great"
Episode 12 "Skateboards and September Book Club Nominations"
Episode 11 "Flashman: August Book Club"
Episode 10 "Auditions to be Professors"
Episode 9 "Autofiction in Kansas"
Episode 8 "War (What Is It Good For?)"
Episode 7 "Two Five Star Reads"
Episode 6 "The Monthly/Seasonal Book Club Picks"
Episode 5 "Utopia Avenue"
Episode 4 "Criticism and Mickey Rourke"
Episode 3 "Desert Island Books but Really Eggs and Pasta Sauce"
Episode 2 "Brain Pills, Clearing the Deck, and Feuds"
Episode 1 "A Podcast about books and weights"