Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episode 9: In Cold Blood
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slightly less snark than usual in this episode on Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood (1966). Capote’s...
Episode 8: Billy Budd
25 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
All aboard, it's time to sail the high seas with Herman Melville's Billy Budd (1924)! Melville's pos...
Episode 7: Robinson Crusoe
18 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We have conflicting opinions about Daniel DeFoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719). Megan for some reason fi...
Episode 6: 1984
11 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A slight verge from previous eps in that we spend a lot of time on this one talking Bad Takes. We’...
Episode 5: Pride and Prejudice
04 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Pride and Prejudice! Jane Austen’s beloved 1813 novel about two jerks who discover that the...
Episode 4: The Scarlet Letter
28 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1850) and everyone’s favorite religious ext...
Episode 3: The Sun Also Rises
21 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you sick of novels that are way too chill with their symbolism? Do you want a novel that has no ...
Episode 2: Dracula
14 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our Creature Feature and discuss Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897). We get to the important...
Episode 1: Frankenstein
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frankenstein On the inaugural episode of Better Read than Dead, we talk about why three jerky social...