You Don’t Know Lit

In our first ever anti-recommendation episode Ian and Joe pan the 4-hour audiobook The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (1988).

Welcome to our end-of-summer Road Trip Series featuring some of our favorite audiobooks. This week is the 8-hour audiobook Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (1962).

Ian and Joe share their super hero origin stories, Joe reads his entire book and Nick at one time owned a Buick. From a Buick 8 by Stephen King (2002) VS Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut (1982).

We laughed, we cried, we discovered Nick is the Devil. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande (2014) Vs A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1859).

Bust out your homemade swords, large grey beard you've been growing for decades, and sexy specs for this week's episode on Sir Terry Pratchett. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (1983) vs Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (1990).

Another breakout theme in the books this week as we present two new books this week: The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green (2021) VS Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees (1926).

Ian, Joe and Nick achieve their collective maximum potential on this week's episode. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua (2011) vs Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman (2012).

In this abbreviated episode we celebrate the 4th of July by celebrating Canada Day with of course Canada by Mike Myers (2016).

Willy Wonka is the greatest villain ever, Wheelers, and the campaign to make Arnold Schwarzenegger the next Vice President begins. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl (1972) vs The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1904).

Finical advise from two high school English teachers, two more Nicks and name-dropping friend-of-the-show photographer Russel Wong. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (2013) vs The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925).

Dr. Dre health updates, 12-word books, and detailed instructions on how to make a sharp knife. Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (1913) vs Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig (1974)

Hip youth words, terrible pirate metaphors and the sailing the high seas of the Jersey Shore on this episode. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883) vs Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie (1911).

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (2008) vs Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953).

In this abbreviated episode we discuss Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë published in 1847.

Happy 50th episode, Lit Heads! Goldfinger by Ian Fleming (1959) vs The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming (1974)

Alone by Richard E. Byrd (1938) vs A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2016).

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder (2017) vs Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World by Srdja Popovic (2015).

In this abbreviated episode we discuss To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee published in 1960. 

A special thank you to the host of That Shakespeare Life Cassidy Cash for joining us on this episode. Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1606) vs The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare (1611).

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (2009) vs Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James (2011).

A special thank you to Dr. Dribbles for joining us on this episode. The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant (2018) vs They Call Me Coach by John Wooden (1972).

No matter the winner, here are two good books to enjoy during Women's History Month or any other time during the year: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (2010) vs Becoming by Michelle Obama (2018)

A special thank you to all the gumshoes out there for joining us on this episode. I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (2018) vs In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (1965).

A special thank you to Settlers of Catan for joining us on this episode. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2014) vs Zone One by Colson Whitehead (2011).

A special thank you to STEEEEEELLLLLLLLAAAAAAAA for joining us on this episode. 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (1970) vs A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (1947).