Our Second Favorite Books by Dead Authors

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Recorded14 Jul 2021

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We've heard them rave about their favorites and rant about their least favorites, but Marlon and Jake reveal in this episode their second favorite books by dead authors: the books they love that are the runners-up to the #1 spots in their hearts. From Amos Tutuola to Gabriel García Márquez to John le Carré and more, Marlon and Jake explore why one's favorite book by an author might not always be their best book, what separates an intellectual vs. an emotional response to a book, and the importance of being a promiscuous reader. (That’s right, promiscuous.) And what is the next book by a dead author Marlon and Jake will be reading together for the first time? Tune in to find out!Select Titles Discussed:Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareA House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. NaipaulDarkness Visible by William GoldingLord of the Flies by William GoldingShardik by Richard AdamsWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos TutuolaMy Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos TutuolaOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezUnder the Volcano by Malcolm LowryShōgun by James ClavellAirport by Arthur HaileyThe Moneychangers by Arthur HaileyThe Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John le CarréTinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le CarréThe Honorable Schoolboy by John le CarréSmiley’s People by John le CarréA Perfect Spy by John le CarréPersuasion by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSula by Toni MorrisonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonPnin by Vladimir NabokovThe House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneMiddlemarch by George EliotTom Jones by Henry FieldingGreat Expectations by Charles DickensBleak House by Charles DickensBarchester Towers by Anthony TrollopeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBlood on the Forge by William AttawayMy Life and Hard Times by James Thurber

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