Save Me From My Shelf
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Episode 78b - Vanity Fair Part Two
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our seventy-eighth episode, we cover Part Two of our possibly most...
Episode 78a - Vanity Fair Part One
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our seventy-eighth episode, we cover Part One of our possibly most...
SMFMS Bookends 29: Lysistrata
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The twenty-ninth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about w...
Episode 77 - Lysistrata
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our seventy-seventh episode and International Women's Day Special,...
SMFMS Bookends 28: Much Ado About Nothing
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The twenty-eighth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about ...
Episode 76 - Much Ado About Nothing
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our seventy-six episode and Valentine's Day Special, we go back to...
SMFMS Bookends 27: The Phantom of the Opera
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The twenty-seventh episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about...
Episode 75 - The Phantom of the Opera
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our seventy-fifth episode and opener for Season 7 (a whole year of...
SMFMS Bookends 26: Uncle Tom's Cabin
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The twenty-sixth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about w...
Episode 74 - Uncle Tom's Cabin
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our seventy-fourth episode, and last in our season on banned books...
SMFMS Bookends 25: Lord of the Flies
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The twenty-fifth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about w...
Episode 73 - Lord of the Flies
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. I...
SMFMS Bookends 24: Dante's Inferno
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The twenty-fourth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about ...
Episode 72 - Dante's Inferno (and rest of the Divine Comedy)
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. I...
SMFMS Bookends 23: Catcher in the Rye
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The twenty-third episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about w...
Episode 71 - The Catcher in the Rye
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. I...
SMFMS Bookends 22: Fahrenheit 451
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The twenty-second episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about ...
Episode 70 - Fahrenheit 451
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. I...
SMFMS Bookends 21: Fanny Hill
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The twenty-first episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about w...
Episode 69 - Fanny Hill
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. I...
SMFMS Bookends 20: A Streetcar Named Desire
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The twentieth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what...
Episode 68 - A Streetcar Named Desire
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. I...
SMFMS Bookends 19: Ulysses
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The ninteenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what...
Episode 67b - Ulysses, Part Two
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. I...
Episode 67a - Ulysses, Part One
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. I...
SMFMS Bookends 18: The Kite Runner
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The eighteenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about wha...
Episode 66 - The Kite Runner
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal.This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. In...
SMFMS Bookends 17: The Handmaid's Tale
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The fifteenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what...
Episode 65 - The Handmaid's Tale
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal.This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. In...
SMFMS Bookends 16: Madame Bovary
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The fifteenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what...
Episode 64 - Madame Bovary
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal.This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. In...
SMFMS Bookends 15: The Duchess of Malfi
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The fifteenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what...
Episode 63 - The Duchess of Malfi
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our sixty-third episode, we open Season 6 with a look at banned an...
SMFMS Bookends 14: Little Women
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The fourteenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about wha...
Episode 62 - Little Women
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our sixty-second episode and Christmas Special, we plunge through ...
SMFMS Bookends 13: Heart of Darkness
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The thirteenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about wha...
Episode 61 - Heart of Darkness
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our sixty-first episode, we finally cover the most glaring omissio...
SMFMS Bookends 12: The Bloody Chamber
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The twelfth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what w...
Episode 60 - The Bloody Chamber
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our sixtieth episode and Halloween special, we examine Angela Cart...
SMFMS Scheduling Update
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the remainder of S5, we need to release all episodes at the end of every month, rather than in the mdidle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
SMFMS Bookends 11: Don Quixote, Part Two
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The eleventh episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what ...
Episode 59b - Don Quixote, Part Two
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In the second part of our fifty-ninth episode, we tackle the remainde...
SMFMS Bookends 10: Don Quixote, Part One
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The tenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we'...
Episode 59a - Don Quixote, Part One
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In the first part of our fifty-ninth episode, we tackle the first hal...
SMFMS Bookends 9: To Kill a Mockingbird
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The ninth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we'...
Episode 58 - To Kill a Mockingbird
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our fifty-eighth episode, we once again cross the Atlantic for Har...
SMFMS Bookends 8: Through the Looking Glass
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The eighth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we...
Episode 57b - Through the Looking Glass
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In the second part of our fifty-seventh episode, we recap Lewis Carro...
SMFMS Bookends 7: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The seventh episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what w...
Episode 57a - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In the first part of our fifty-seventh episode, we regress to childho...
SMFMS Bookends 6 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The sixth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we'...
Episode 56 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our fifty-sixth episode, we celebrate midsummer with Shakespeare's...
SMFMS Bookends 5 - The Grapes of Wrath
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The fifth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we'...
Episode 55 - The Grapes of Wrath
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our fifty-fifth episode, we recap John Steinbeck's 1939 Dust Bowl ...
SMFMS Bookends 4: The Time Machine
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The forth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we'...
Episode 54 - The Time Machine
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our last episode, we went into the past. Now, in our fifty-fourth ...
SMFMS Bookends 3: Ivanhoe
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The third episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we'...
Episode 53 - Ivanhoe
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our fifty-third episode, we cover the first proper Historical Nove...
SMFMS Bookends 2: Rebecca
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The second episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we...
Episode 52 - Rebecca
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our fifty-second episode, Valentine's Day Special, AND Ash Wednesd...
SMFMS Bookends 1: The Scarlet Letter
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Abby and Daniel launch their first episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener quest...
Episode 51 - The Scarlet Letter
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our Season 5 opener and fifty-first episode, we return to Puritani...
End-Of-Year-Special 2023
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Save Me From My Shelf's end-of-year wrap up for 2023, Abby and Daniel read listener letters, respond to audience questions, correct any Season 4 mi...
Episode 50 - Paradise Lost
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our fiftieth episode and (anti-)Christmas special, we go into John...
Episode 49 - Ethan Frome
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our forty-ninth episode, we cover Edith Wharton's wintry New Engla...
Episode 48 - Macbeth
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our forty-eighth episode, we tell the tale of ambition, revenge, m...
Episode 47b - Poe Anthology, Part Two
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In the second part of our forty-seventh episode, we continue our reca...
Episode 47a - Poe Anthology, Part One
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our forty-seven and big Halloween episode, we host our first antho...
Episode 46 - The Stepford Wives
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our forty-sixth episode--Ira Levin's The Stepford Wives (1972)--we...
Episode 45 - The Trial
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our forty-fifth episode, we delve into a world of cartoon referenc...
Bonus Content - Q&A with Abby and Daniel
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel and Abby answer listener questions about how they make the podcast, the best literary decades, overrated authors, giant ducks, and when to thro...
Episode 44 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our forty-fourth episode, we look at Mark Twain's satire on system...
Episode 43 - The Epic of Gilgamesh
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our forty-third episode, we go back to ancient epics and probably ...
Episode 42 - The Monk
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our forty-second episode, we get dark and dirty with Matthew Lewis...
Bonus Content - Tiresias Minisode
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel's homework on the blind prophet Tiresias got cut from our episode on Homer's The Odyssey, Part One. Please find the segment resuscitated here, ...
Episode 41b - The Odyssey, Part Two
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In the second half of our forty-first episode, we cover the last twel...
Episode 41a - The Odyssey, Part One
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. Sing, O Muse!, of our forty-first episode, the first twelve books of ...
Episode 40 - Candide
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our fortieth episode, we make our first foray across la Manche in ...
Episode 39 - The Picture of Dorian Gray
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In out thirty-ninth episode, our Audience Pick from Season Three, and...
BONUS - Interview with Liam Knight
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from our coverage of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower (1993), we have a bit of a roundtable chat with local hellscape expert, Liam K...
Episode 38 - Parable of the Sower
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In out thirty-eighth episode, we recap our first apocalyptic novel, O...
Episode 37 - Robinson Crusoe
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In out thirty-seventh episode, we look at a candidate for first-ever ...
Episode 36 - A Tale of Two Cities
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In out thirty-sixth episode, we journey back to Revolutionary France ...
Episode 35 - Lady Chatterley's Lover
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our Season Four opener, Valentine's Day special, and thirty-fifth...
Bonus: Blooper reel #5 - tangents 'n' banter
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Yet another sequence of brief clips that have been rescued from oblivion. Thematically we're getting a bit thin on the ground here, and dressing it up...
Bonus: Blooper Reel #4 - US-UK Relations
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A new, eagerly-awaited installment in the much-loved series of outtakes and bloopers.Bald eagle-eared listeners may have noticed that the co-hosts of ...
Episode 34 - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our thirty-fourth episode and Christmas special/end-of-season fina...
Episode 33 - Wide Sargasso Sea
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our thirty-third episode, the Pedants' Revolt keeps waging on with...
Episode 32b - The Canterbury Tales, PART TWO
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In Part Two of our thirty-second episode, we keep the bawdy scatologi...
Episode 32a - The Canterbury Tales, PART ONE
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In Part One of our thirty-second episode, we experience a whole lot o...
Episode 31 - The Turn of the Screw
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our thirty-first episode and the second of two Halloween specials,...
Episode 30 - The Castle of Otranto
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our thirtieth episode and first of two Halloween specials, we cove...
Episode 29 - An Inspector Calls
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our twenty-ninth episode, we answer the age-old question, 'What if...
Episode 28 - Lolita
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our twenty-eighth episode, we court controversy with Vladimir Nabo...
Episode 27 - Twelfth Night
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our twenty-seventh episode, we return to Shakespeare--but with a c...
Episode 26 - Crime and Punishment
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our Season 3 premiere and twenty-sixth episode, we read one of the...
Bonus: Blooper Reel #3 - Four Legs Good
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
More bonus content for the summer hiatus.It's all about animals this time: all the ones Daniel hates, the ones that turn up in dreams, and the ones th...
Bonus: Blooper Reel #2 - S*x and F**d
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Another steaming bowl of bonus material coming your way. This podcast, provisionally named 'Carry on up the Canon', has never shied away from the odd ...
Bonus: Blooper Reel #1 - Cultural Insights
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A bit of bonus material to tide you over during the summer hiatus. The archives of Save Me From My Shelf are littered with cultural insights and aperç...
Episode 25 - Silas Marner
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our twenty-fifth episode, End of Season 2, and End-Of-Year Special...