Men's Book Club
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Giver by Lois Lowry
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The classic story, which you probably read in school, is a dystopian novel about a society that lives by very strict and uniformed rules. It's the...
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Set in the backdrop of a real estate company based out of Chicago; this play tells the story of a few men trying to get an edge in their sale position...
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Kreutzer Sonata, is a small work of fiction by Leo Tolstoy that explores the philosophical ideals of marriage, sex, family and jealousy. In this...
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tennessee Williams's most famous work is his 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire. It's a play that focuses on love, anger, jealousy, and u...
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This heartbreaking story is a tale about 2 children that grew up on the same continent and ended up on opposite sides of the war. And while neither o...
Mid-Year Recap
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's about half-way through the year. So, we decided to recap our favorite and not-so favorite books that we have read thus far in 2024! Listen to...
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Everytime a husband goes up to the attic of Lauren's flat in London, a new man comes down. She can't explain it, she was never married, she ne...
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Garber takes us to a fantasy world, where competition and clues are the difference between life and death. Sisters Scarlett and Tells want ...
So long, See you tomorrow by William Maxwell Jr.
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the author's hometown of Lincoln, Illinois, 1922, we are introduced to a group of characters who are tethered to one another by one act or ano...
The Martian by Andy Weir
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Martian by Andy Weir is a famous Sci-fi book about a man who got left behind on Mars after his crew presumed him dead. While awaiting for help tha...
Burning of the Books: The Audiobooks debate. Is it reading?
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Once again, we're back with an unpopular opinion as we discuss the most important debate in the book-reading community: Is listening to an audiob...
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Frank and April Wheeler are stuck in a typical suburban lifestyle in Connecticut around the early 1960s. Their solution to escape the mundane? Travel ...
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sadie and Sam are childhood friends that turn into co-owners of a successful video game company. Along with their friend Marx, the three of them embar...
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Part 2)
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 An epic about the American West and the pioneering spirit that drove men to settle in the farther corners of our country. This behemoth of a no...
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Part 1)
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 An epic about the American West and the pioneering spirit that drove men to settle in the farther corners of our country. This behemoth of a no...
Burning: Fredrick Backman (Anxious People and a Man Called Ove)
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Unpopular opinions incoming!!! We know, we know! Everyone loves these books but two different guys reading two different books came to the same conclu...
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Texas Ranger, Tom White, investigates a series of murders in Oklahoma's Osage tribe. Initially believed to be accidental, Tom White uncovers a ...
The Running Man by Stephen King
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Stephen King's dystopian novel, the world has turned into one giant game show owned and controlled by Games Network. The only way to survive ...
The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Either God is real, or he isn't. But one way or another, you need some help and one claiming to be God is there to help. The only ask is that ever...
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On her way home, Susie Salmon is kidnapped and raped by her next door neighbor. And that's just chapter 1. The rest of the books follows the spiri...
#1 Old School by Tobias Wolff
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
No, we are not reviewing the great Will Ferrell movie Old School. We are reviewing the novel Old School by Tobias Wolff which is our first pod of the ...
Year End Review
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our Year End Review. We highlight the books we read throughout the year. Listen along!
Intro to The Stolen Hours by Allen Eskens
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Cover Story by Susan Rigetti
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cover Story is a simple story on its surface. A wealthy woman trying to scam credit card companies in order to live like an heiress. However, when she...
Intro to Cover Story by Susan Rigetti
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Inferno by Dan Brown
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you have ever read a Dan Brown novel, you know more or less what to expect: An adventure to a place you never thought about having an adventure in....
Intro to Inferno by Dan Brown
05 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
05 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy, Sean and Dave are 3 ordinary kids from Boston. One day, Dave gets tricked into getting in a stranger's car. 4 days later, he returns home, havi...
Intro to Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
05 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Our Town by Thorton Wilder
05 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thorton Wilder's Our Town is often thought of as one of the best plays ever written. And at first glance, that might not be obvious. The play is ...
Intro to Our Town by Thoron Wilder
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Girl on a Train by Paula Hawkin
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel is dealing with an out of control life that involves pretending to have a job, drinking non-stop and trying to get over her ex-husband, who lef...
Intro to Girl on a Train by Paula Hawkin
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Intro to The Boy in The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Black Like Me is written by journalist John Howard Griffin in the Mid-20th Century. It is his account of what it felt like to be both a white and a bl...
Intro to Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A catastrophic particle is eating away the energy of our sun. Earth is on course for another Ice Age. According to the smartest scientists, humanity's...
Intro to Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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A Lesson before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ernest J. Gaines's A Lesson before Dying tells the story of Grant Wiggins, a black teacher working in Louisiana during the Jim-Crow-Era.&nbs...
Intro to A Lesson before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Looking for Alaska by John Green
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Miles, or Pudge as he is often referred to, is searching for the "Great Perhaps". To him, that means something beyond the mundane. After much persuasi...
Intro to Looking for Alaska by John Green
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To listen or not to listen? That is the question. Shakespeare's Hamlet is perhaps the most famous work of the most famous author, and for good reason....
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After the sudden disappearance of his wife, Nick becomes the number one suspect. His missing Wife's diary, the clues she left behind, and the det...
Intro to Hamlet by William Shakespeare
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To listen or not to listen? That is the question. Shakespeare's Hamlet is perhaps the most famous work of the most famous author, and for good reason....
Intro to Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After the sudden disappearance of his wife, Nick becomes the number one suspect. His missing Wife's diary, the clues she left behind, and the det...
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An explainable apocalyptic phenomenon erases 10% of the world's population. No explanation and no purpose. In a small town, we see the devastation thi...
Intro to The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An explainable apocalyptic phenomenon erases 10% of the world's population. No explanation and no purpose. In a small town, we see the devastation thi...
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The five people you meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom is a story of purpose. Eddie is just a guy who works at an amusement park fixing rides that bre...
Intro to The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The five people you meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom is a story of purpose. Eddie is just a guy who works at an amusement park fixing rides that bre...
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Moonwalking with Einstein is Joshua Foer's New York best seller for a reason. In about than 300 pages, Foer tells you how to better your memory, how t...
Intro to Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Moonwalking with Einstein is Joshua Foer's New York best seller for a reason. In about than 300 pages, Foer tells you how to better your memory, how t...
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nora Seed, a woman in her 30's, has had enough of her life. Being let go from her dead-end job, breaking up with her boyfriend, having a horrible rela...
Intro to The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Intro to The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Latinist by Mark Prins
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In his debut novel, Mark Prins tells the story of Tessa, a PhD candidate in Oxford University. Tessa quickly finds out that her mentor, close friend, ...
Intro to The Latinist by Mark Prins
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In his debut novel, Mark Prins tells the story of Tessa, a PhD candidate in Oxford University. Tessa quickly finds out that her mentor, close friend, ...
All My Sons by Arthur Miller
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Keller and Steve Deever were once next door neighbors and business partners running an airplane part shop. When the parts they sold to the US Mili...
Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Kurt Vonnegut's most popular book, 'Slaughterhouse-5', we are joining a journey with Billy Pilgrim; a man that has become unstuck in time. Bil...
Intro to All My Sons by Arthur Miller
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Intro to Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Kurt Vonnegut's most popular book, 'Slaughterhouse-5', we are joining a journey with Billy Pilgrim; a man that has become unstuck in time. Bil...
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'This Side of Paradise' tells the coming-of-age story of an eccentric Princeton University student, Amory Blaine. Amory, through...
Flamin' Hot by Richard Montanez
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Flamin' Hot tells the autobiographical story of Richard Montanez, a janitor turned executive in the Frito-Lay and PepsiCo company. Richard shares some...
Intro to This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'This Side of Paradise' tells the coming-of-age story of an eccentric Princeton University student, Amory Blaine. Amory, through...
Intro to Flamin' Hot by Richard Montanez
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Flamin' Hot tells the autobiographical story of Richard Montanez, a janitor turned executive in the Frito-Lay and PepsiCo company. Richard shares some...
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, we discuss Edith Wharton's classic novella, Ethan Frome. Ethan is a man tormented by the love he has for his wife's younger co...
Intro to Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, we discuss Edith Wharton's classic novella, Ethan Frome. Ethan is a man tormented by the love he has for his wife's younger co...
The Life we Bury by Allen Eskens
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 'The Life we Bury' by Allen Eskens, Joe Talbert is a college student with more on his plate than he can handle. A drunk mother, autistic brother, a...
Intro to The Life we Bury by Allen Eskens
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read along before we discuss: In 'The Life we Bury' by Allen Eskens, Joe Talbert is a college student with more on his plate than he can handle. A dru...
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
'People we meet on vacation' by Emily Henry, tells the story of two college friends (Poppy and Alex) and their 12-year vacation-based-friendship. Thei...
Intro to People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love. This is what our next book chat will be about. If interested, read the book and f...
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Men's Book Club, we discuss the novel Idaho by Emily Ruskovich. The book uses multiple streams of consciousness, and travels back a...
Up from Slavery - Booker T. Washington
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Five time! Five time! Five time champion!...Oh wait wrong Booker T! This Booker T. rose from slavery to be a champion on his own race. Listen to the p...
Intro to Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
New format! We will now be doing short episodes discussing what novels we will be reading so you guys can follow along when the full episode is posted...
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss another great book, "Flowers for Algernon". Listen to the episode to get smart just like Charlie!
Anne Frank- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We where on a hiatus for awhile and now we are back discussing an all time classic The Diary of Anne Frank.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you were promised great expectations? If so, this is your lucky day, Great Expectations follows Pip ...
The Body by Stephen King
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you ever saw the movie "Stand by Me" and loved it you should listen to our pod. The reason: "The Body" is the only reason why "Stand by Me" exists!...
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We have a thing about birds on this podcast. What can we say? We love them! Especially, when they are classic pieces of work. To Kill a Mockingbird to...
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alicia murdered her husband. That much we know, however after the crime she refused to talk and was committed to the grove. Theo, a therapist who has ...
Edgar Allen Poe
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey guys, this episode is all about Edgar Allen Poe.
The Donna Tartt Challenge
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Special week on the pod. It's the battle of two Donna Tartt books "The Secret History" and "The Little Friend"...Listen to Matt and Sam break down eac...
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us when we discuss the very popular novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich. This book was written in the late 1800's yet it is still so relatable today...
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We made it to episode 10! In today's show we break down the classic novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Listen to why Matt likes this novel and why Sam doe...
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are back, baby! As promised, we deep dive into The Handmaid's Tale in long form. Find out if Matt and Sam what they liked and disliked about the no...
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another week. Another classic. I like to think the green light in the novel represents how close we are to getting listeners. So, close to almost touc...
Animal Farm by George Orwell
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let's cut to the chase. This book is a classic and if you haven't read it, you are totally missing out! Matt and Sam suggest you read it and then list...
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you like art, paintings of birds, art museums and really awesome story this is the novel for you. Theo Decker, is a young kid at a museum with his ...
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Time to play the game! This book is about the secret underground world of pick up artists. Listen to the pod to learn how the author became one of the...
To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History by Lawrence Levy
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about the beginnings of Pixar. Did you know Pixar wasn't always known for movies? Did you know that Steve Jobs owned Pixar? Did yo...
The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you like history (WW2), exotic location (Paris) and art (Architecture) this will be the podcast and book for you. It follows the story of French ar...
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you like selling items door to door and death this play is for you! It's a classic tragedy and let's face it, who doesn't like a good tragedy! So, ...
11/22/63 by Stephen King
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you ever wondered what it would be like if JFK didn't end up getting assassinated then this is the book/podcast ep. for you! Matt and Sam also disc...
Intro to Men's Book Club
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey all, Welcome to Men's Book Club. The first book we will be discussing is 11/22/63 by Stephen King. Listen to our intro to learn more!!!