All Episodes

306. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

305. AI

304. Jane Austen's Bookshelf

303. Modern Classics

302. I'm Thinking of Ending Things

301. Darwin Awards

300. 300

299. MKUltra

298. NYTimes Best Sellers

297. Batman vs Superman

296. The Sandman

295. Outcast Characters

294. Robin Hobb

293. Poets

292. Devolution

291 Epic Quests

290. Space

289. Telephone Tales

288. Public Domain Day

287. Hallmark Books

286. Best of 2025

285. The Last Season

284. Nick's Picks

Baby's First Tolstoy

282. Percy vs Potter

281. Psychological Fiction

280. Strong Female Protagonist

279. Spooktacular

278. Merry Grishmas

277. Back to School

276. Historical Non-Fiction

275. The Cheese and the Worms

274. A Divine Language

273. The Trumpet of the Swan

272. An Immense World

271. The American West as Living Space

270. Raising Hare

269. Noor

268. Kiss Or Kill

267. Longitude

266. Dungeon Crawler Carl

265. Borne

264. Fun Home

263. Theodore Roosevelt

262. Parnassus on Wheels

261. Giovanni's Room

260. Spouses' Last Books

259. How to Stay Married

258. Puzzle Books

257. The Nineties

256. Maryland

255. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

254. Awesome Anthropomorphic Animals

253. Guilty Pleasure Books

252. NYT Bestsellers

251. Thinking Inside the Box

250. 250 Years of American History

249. Millions of Cats

248. YA Fiction

247. Your Attention

246. Jorge Luis Borges

245. Oscars

244. Wine Books

243. Oz vs Wicked

242. The Silent Patient

241. Self Help

240. A Darker Shade of Magic

239. Foreign Books

237. Top 10 of 2024

236. Public Domain 2025

235. Delay, Deny, Defend

234. Pope Books

233. You and I Eat the Same

232. The City of Trembling Leaves

231. A Calling for Charlie Barnes

230. Foodsgiving

EP 229. Faust

228. Foreign Dystopia

227. National Book Awards (Non-fiction)

226. Spooktacular Grishmas

225. Nonsense Lit

224. National Book Awards (Fiction)

223. Merry Grishmas!

222. Epistolary

221. Banished Books

220. GOATS

219. Everything I Never Told You

218. Bel Canto

217. The Year of Magical Thinking

Ep 216: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

215. Raft of Stars

214. My Family and Other Animals

213. The Westing Game

212. Netflix (RERUN)

211. East of Eden

210. String Theory

209. Wisconsin Death Trip

208. The Devotion of Suspect X

207. Tennessee

206. Pity the Beast

205. Knife

204. The Dwarf

203. Locke & Key

202. Social Media

202. Famous Feuds

201. Unputdownable (RERUN)

200. Tolkien Archivist William Fliss

Ep 199: Books by Billionaires

198. Self Help II

197. Self Help Books I

196. Dystopian Shorts

195. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

194. Fictional Autobiographies

193. Women's History Month

192. Child Authors

191. Corporate Drama

190. Arizona

189. Public Domain II

188. Best Books of 2023

187. 2024 Public Domain I

186. Debunked Books

185. Tender is the Flesh

184. Joyce Carol Oates

183. Letters from Father Christmas

182. The Art Thief

181. The Woman in Me

180. Louisa May Alcott

179. Napoleon

178. Perfect Adaptations

177. Shame Books

176. Nevada

175. Spooktacular

174. Slump Books

173. Overrated II

172. Overrated Books I

171. Gender

170. Wrinkle in Time

169. Conspiracy Theory Books

168. AI Books

167. Climate Change

165. Athlete Autobiographies

164. Coming of Age

163. Alien Invasion

162. Written in Prison

161. New York

160. Evil Cars

159. War

158. America IV

157. Robert Gottlieb

156. Why Fish Don’t Exist

155. Newish-berry Winners

154. Pulitzer

153. Pulitzer

152. Boats II (PART II)

151. Boats II (PART I)

150. Architecture

149. Banned Books

148. When Breath Becomes Air

147. Crying in H Mart

147. Project Hail Mary

146. Stiff

145. The Peregrine

144. The Baron in the Trees

143. Vermont

139. California

136. The Passenger

134. Public Domain Day

129. Fast Food

126. Annie Ernaux

125 Spooktacular

122. Truman Capote

121: Roald Dahl

120: Microhistory

119. 90s Tween Horror

112. Bookspirations

111. Lord of the Flies

110. Boats

100. Too Many Butlers: Chapter One

97. Ukraine

95. Juicy Cowboys

91. Florida

88. Gateway Books

84. Philip K. Dick

82. Rudyard Kipling

75. Levels of the Game

74. Books About Books

64. Road Trip Series (4-Hour Book)

63. Road Trip Series (8-Hour Book)

62. Deep Cuts

61. Cry Books

60. Sir Terry Pratchett

59. Hard to Talk About

58. Parenting

57. America 2: Canada

56. Weird Sequels

55. The Rich

54. Dust Collectors

53. Pirates

52. Aliens

51. Jane Eyre

50. Gold

49. Isolation: Alone vs A Gentleman in Moscow

48. Survival Guide: Nomadland vs Blueprint for Revolution

47. Cop-out: To Kill a Mockingbird

46. Shakespeare: Macbeth vs The Winter's Tale

45. The Worst: Twilight vs Fifty Shades of Grey

44. March Basketballs: The Mamba Mentality vs They Call Me Coach

43. Women's History: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks vs Becoming

42. True Crime: I'll Be Gone in the Dark vs In Cold Blood

41. Global Pandemic: Station Eleven vs Zone One

39. Dr. Seuss: Dr. Seuss Goes to War vs The Lorax

38. Harlem Renaissance: Passing vs The Poetry of Langston Hughes

36. Success Stories: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, the African vs Born a Crime

34. Game Changers: Neuromancer vs Dune

33. Fun Reads: Ready Player One vs Holes

31. Cop-Out: The Fellowship of the Ring

30. Final Exam

29. Spooktacular II: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

28. In Memoriam: Alex Trebek vs Sean Connery

27. London Shorts: The Mexican vs To Build a Fire

26. Netflix Adaptations: Rebecca vs Hillbilly Elegy

25. Thankful: Slapstick vs Silverlock

24. Unexpected Books: Shrek! vs Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

23. Biographies: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl vs Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman

22. Cop-Out: Watchmen

21. Spooktacular: Bram Stoker's Dracula vs The Turn of the Screw

20. Cormac: All the Pretty Horses vs The Road

19. Weirdo Authors: Ender's Game vs Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

18: Satire: The Most Excellent Comedie and Tragical Romance of Two Gentlemen of Lebowski vs Slaughterhouse-Five

17. Great Outdoors: A Walk in the Woods vs Desert Solitaire

16. Murder Mystery: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead vs The Nine Tailors

15. Fun Robots: Metropolis vs We Are Legion

14. No Theme: Persepolis vs The Right Stuff

13. Cop-Out Episode: Romeo and Juliet

12. Journeys: Heart of Darkness vs Fear and loathing in Las Vegas

11. Happy: A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There vs The Three Musketeers

10. Dystopia: Brave New World vs Nineteen Eighty-Four

9. Monsters: Beowulf vs Odyssey

8. Talking Animals: Charlotte's Web vs The Wind in the Willows

7. Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea vs The Sun Also Rises

6. Cop-Out Episode: A Wizard of Earthsea

5. Unteachable: Pimp: The Story of My Life vs The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

An Introduction: You Don't Know Lit

4. America: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin vs Beloved

3. Challenging: Ulysses vs The Faerie Queene

2. Getting Old: Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life vs The Picture of Dorian Gray

1. Unputdownable: Of Mice and Men vs The Hobbit