You Don’t Know Lit

This week, our sixth love language is murder! HVD, Lit Heads! The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman (1992) vs Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (2003).

Where it all started for two high school English teachers Ian and Joe. It's like their origin story but instead of saving the world it's book. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (1967) vs Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (1943).

Wyrms, beef investment advice and tea 'n tea explosions on this week's episode. The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker (1911) vs 11/22/63 by Stephen King (2011).

Rock n Roll finally dies on this week's episode: 150 Glimpses of the Beatles by Craig Brown (2020) vs Just Kids by Patti Smith (2010).

Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.! This week we talk about MLK's 1963 book Why We Can't Wait.

Short stories from the Prince of Premise himself. Paycheck by Philip K. Dick (1953) vs We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick (1966).

This week we final answer the age-old question: What came first, the chicken or the book that was written about a movie? The Fifth Element by Terry Bisson (1995) vs 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (1968).

Another troublesome author takes center stage on YDKL this week. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling (1894) vs With the Night Mail by Rudyard Kipling (1909).

Two high school English teachers provide financial advise for your Xmas season through books: The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford (2008) VS Hundred Dollar Holiday by Bill McKibben (1998).

No matter what happens, we're all winners. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Alicia Miles (2021) vs Hell of a Book by Jason Mott (2021).

In this abbreviated episode we chit-chat about Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (1908).

The long awaited and final episode in our three-part food series is served: Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson (2012) vs An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage (2009).

Part two of our three part food series continues with Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat (2017) vs Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton (2011).

On the first episode of our three part food trilogy we chat about Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain (2000).

On this abbreviated episode we chat about Levels of the Game by John McPhee (1969).

Joe's weekly in memoriam, child labor ideas for Audible, and a tell-all interview with the car that hit Stephen King. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (2016) vs On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (2000).

Happy spooky season! The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (2007) vs Nancy Drew, The Quest of the Missing Map by Carolyn Keene (1942).

Fall weather, ribs and blatant pandering on this weeks episode. The Age of Anxiety Poem by W. H. Auden (1947) vs The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (2011).

Happy National Book Month! This episode we feature previous National Book Award winners. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer (2013) vs The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom (2019).

Nick becomes a plumber in real-time, Big Mama Jamas, and we finally learn what a crawdad is but not really. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (2018) vs Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (2018).

Many, many Creed references, we discover it's all about the journey, and we enter the Argarian Era. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer (1952) vs Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer (1932).

The world's longest book titles, action items and Joe says yes. The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction by Matthew Crawford (2014) vs Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes (2015).

Hard science: What is it and where does it come from? We explore this completely new topic on this weekend episode. Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (2011) vs Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds (2000).

Shed those pounds on this week's episode - Happy Labor Day! Grand Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery (2014) vs What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami (2007).

In our final Road Trip Series episode, Nick and Ian present to Joe the 22-hour audiobook Moby Dick by Herman Melville (1851).