In case you haven't noticed, there has been an explosion in books being adapted to television and movies lately. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, in fact, it's a great way for writers to have financial success and stability in their writing careers. This practice has become so common, Reese Witherspoon has an entire business model based on not just publishing books, but gobbling up the film rights to those books, essentially giving her an near unlimited pipeline of content. One of the most recent adaptations that we were excited about is Shogun, which is based on the 1970s novel by the same name, written by James Clavell. If you haven't read Shogun, it's an epic adventure, smartly written with a swath of complex characters and plot lines. While both Andy and Tony have been enjoying Shogun (out now on Hulu), we certainly have our critiques as well. In this episode we also talk about our favorite book to screen adaptations thus far, and which books we'd love to see on the big screen. Here is a list of all of the books mentioned in the episode. Shogun by James Clavell https://amzn.to/49csA7R Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright https://amzn.to/3xafpHt Too Much of Life by Clarice Lispector https://amzn.to/4acgop2 Lost Empress by Sergio De La Pava https://amzn.to/43Dhh7M A Bended Circuity by Robert Stickley A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava https://amzn.to/4cpOAPs Passion According to GH by Calrice Lispector https://amzn.to/4abhHEC Dispatches by Michael Herr https://amzn.to/3x8zcqB Musashi by Eiji Yushikawa https://amzn.to/3x8zcqB Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison https://amzn.to/43xVcao King Rat by James Clavell https://amzn.to/49c9gaL Tai-Pan by James Clavell https://amzn.to/3TTFHGP Noble House by James Clavel https://amzn.to/4alIjCG Whirlwind by James Clavell https://amzn.to/4appgId Gai-Jin by James Clavell https://amzn.to/4abu3fW A Song of Fire and Ice by George RR Martin https://amzn.to/3IVFxZi White Noise by Don DeLillo https://amzn.to/4989VKB No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy https://amzn.to/4czyouZ Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon https://amzn.to/4auaCyW Jaws by Peter Benchley https://amzn.to/43I1RPt Jurassic Park by Michael Cricthon https://amzn.to/4a87fxD The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu https://amzn.to/4azLuH3 The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nyguen https://amzn.to/3VCQ2Z2 Dune by Frank Herbert https://amzn.to/3TDkWxs Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann https://amzn.to/3vxlpcH The Wager by David Grann https://amzn.to/3TBGjiJ Hold the Dark by William Geraldi https://amzn.to/3ISYkUK Leave the World Behind with Rumaan Alam https://amzn.to/3PFSjyK Vineland by Thomas Pynchon https://amzn.to/49bUPDJ Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy https://amzn.to/3PGmRjP Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace https://amzn.to/43zZX3f Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon https://amzn.to/49aGoQh Underworld by Don DeLillo https://amzn.to/3x69piI JR by William Gaddis https://amzn.to/4awhjAp The Crying of Lot 49 https://amzn.to/49f3DJd Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park https://amzn.to/43BXdT9 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens https://amzn.to/3PzZmsQ The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas https://amzn.to/4cBi6Sk Satantago by Laszlo Krasznahorki https://amzn.to/3xb2PaJ The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorki https://amzn.to/3TPpl1L. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson https://amzn.to/4cye8Kk Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky https://amzn.to/43z29rI Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson https://amzn.to/3vEkvLr Last Boat out of Shanghai by Hele Zia https://amzn.to/4atmbGz East of Eden by John Steinbeck https://amzn.to/3xeVjMd Love and Terror by William Herrick https://amzn.to/4aaPu0Q

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