The To Read List Podcast

The Bookend of The To Read List

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well, Page-Os, after six years of irreverent book reviews, we have come to the end of The To Read List Podcast. In this, our final episode, we reminis...

The Clan of the Bright Bear

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

THE BRIGHT SWORD by LEV GROSSMAN THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR by JEAN M. AUEL Du nuh nuh, nuh nuhhh (to the theme song of A Charlie Brown Christmas) Page...

His Watership Materials

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

HIS DARK MATERIALS by Philip Pullman WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams   In our 148th episode, Andrew covers not one, not two, but three books! That's ...

The Shadow of the Separate Peace

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER by Gene Wolfe / A SEPARATE PEACE by John Knowles Why, hello, Page-os. We apologize for the delay with this episode's releas...

The Assassin's Left Hand

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE by ROBIN HOBB THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by URSULA K LE GUIN All hail King Smart, Page-O's! This episode is a genre fiction doubl...

The Guest Prospects

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

THE GUEST by Emma Cline / THE PROSPECTS by K.T. Hoffman This week, we review the classic film BULL DURHAM...I mean...we review books! After Toby writh...

The Turnout is Announced

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

SLEEPING MURDER & A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED by Agatha Christie / THE TURNOUT by Megan Abbott   Miss Marple has entered the chat! This week our valiant ho...

Ghosts Meal

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

GHOSTS by Edith Warton / FAMILY MEAL by Bryan Washington Set your plates and don your capes, Page-O's! This week on the pod Toby dives into GHOSTS by ...

Needless Street All the Way Down

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN by John Green / THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET by Catriona Ward In today's new episode, Andrew tries desparately to make J...

The Nine Billion Names of Margaret

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD (and RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA) by Arthur C. Clarke / ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET. by Judy Blume Fellow "pleasures ...

The Song of Speech Team

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

THE SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller SPEECH TEAM by Tim Murphy   Prepare your position papers and make sure you have your humorous interpretation ...

The Most Lathe We Ever Had

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

THE LATHE OF HEAVEN by URSULA K LE GUIN / THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD by CLAIRE LOMBARDO  Dream a little dream of us, Page-O's! In this episode, Toby gi...

The Splendid and the Beach Read

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson / BEACH READ by Emily Henry In this episode, we get to talk about two of our favorite authors--Emily "The Lov...

Pale Blue Fear

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

PALE BLUE DOT by Carl Sagan / THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin de Becker Toby makes his triumphant return to the podcast only to reveal his greatest shame ye...

The Unwomanly Banner of Heaven

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

THE UNWOMANLY FACE OF WAR by Svetlana Alexievich / UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN by John Krakauer   The choosening really brought some heavy hitters to ...

The Liars' Survivor

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

THE LIAR'S CLUB by MARY KARR / SURVIVOR by CHUCK PAHLANIUK Tell the truth, Page-Os, you're excited for this one! In this episode, Toby reads Mary Karr...

City of Mitfords

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

THE CITY OF BRASS by S.A. Chakraborty / THE MITFORDS edited by Charlotte Mosley Today's the day that Bailey finally reviews THE MITFORDS, the 800-page...

Sorrowland vs. the World

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

SORROWLAND by Rivers Solomon THE WANGS VS. THE WORLD by Jade Chang Bailey and Dillon are back, baby! Now that the crew has re-assembled, Toby can intr...

Babel Wood w/ Gillian Beth Durkee

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

BABEL by R.F. Kuang BIRNAM WOOD by Eleanor Catton   This week the boys are joined by none other than composer extraordinaire (and Andrew's wife) Gill...

Stay Soup

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

STAY TRUE by Hua Hsu IN THE MISO SOUP by Ryu Murakami   Lads episode! Andrew and Toby take the wheel this week and it is as ROWDY and CHAOTIC as you ...

Hiatus Deflatus!

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Call your headphone mechanic and your earbuds back from the shop, Page-O's, because HIATUS IS CANCELLED. We'll be back next week with a brand new epis...

Hiatus Announcement - Stay Tuned!

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hi loyal Page-os! This is a quick announcement to explain the lack of new episode this week: we're taking a brief hiatus to regroup. We'll be back bef...

The Fifth Annual Bookend Awards!

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check it, Page-O's: it's our favorite episode of the year, and also the most bowl-shakingly terrifying episode of the year — the Bookend Awards! Joi...

Sour and Punishment

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Fyodor Dostoevsky / SOUR HEART by Jenny Zhang Sacre bleu! This week, Andrew digs into his first Dostoevsky—CRIME AND PUNISHM...

The Left-Handed Booksellers of Westing with Ella Gale

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON by Garth Nix /  THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin Would you like to play a game? In this very special episode of...

Cry, The Beloved Hypothesis

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY by Alan Paton / THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS by Ali Hazelwood In this very NOT spooky episode, we have a classic pairing of novels. Th...

Trust Chincoteague

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE by Marguerite Henry / TRUST by Hernan Diaz Don't make a sound, Page-O's! Bailey's on the warpath after she reads MISTY OF CHINCO...

Tufflektra

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

TUFF by Paul Beatty / ELEKTRA by Jennifer Saint This week, Andrew attempts to summarize Paul Beatty's poetic style and finds it... TUFF. (You're welco...

Bonfire of the Force

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

DRIVING FORCE by Dick Francis / THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES by Tom Wolfe And we're off! This week, Toby reviews DRIVING FORCE by Dick Francis, a certi...

I Have Some Questions for Siddhartha

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU by Rebecca Makkai SIDDHARTHA by Herman Hesse   Take a journey with us on this week's episode as our hosts dive into Her...

The Falconer Man

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

FALCONER by JOHN CHEEVER THE WHISPER MAN by ALEX NORTH   Caw-CAW, Page-O's! Join us this week as Toby gets incarcerated by John Cheever's prison nove...

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Rodham

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce / RODHAM by Curtis Sittenfeld The books we read for this episode spark provocative questions, l...

Boy, Snow, Apes

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

PLANET OF THE APES by Pierre Boulle / BOY, SNOW, BIRD by Helen Oyeyemi If you've ever wanted to live inside a Grimm fairy tale and/or a Charlton Hesto...

This Is How You Lose the Time Prophet

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone / THE PROPHET by Khalil Gibran This week our intrepid hosts navigate time and sp...

Wise Sons

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

WISE BLOOD by FLANNERY O'CONNOR / SUMMER SONS by LEE MANDELO Page-O's, grab your sweet teas and hop in a car with a hot boy because it's a Southern Ep...

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn New Hampshire

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid /  THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE by John Irving This week, Andrew revisits friend of the podcast (...

Fat Witch of Laredo

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

STREETS OF LAREDO by Larry McMurtry / FAT WITCH SUMMER by Lizzy Ives This is a very special episode because we have fabulous author Lizzy Ives on to t...

A People's History of Bones

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES by Howard Zinn / DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD by Olga Tokarczuk Hope you're ready for some Zinn-...

Pride and Kindred

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

KINDRED by Octavia E. Butler / PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen On this week's episode, two old friends return to the podcast! We cover our third bo...

The Anthropocene of December

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

TENTH OF DECEMBER by George Saunders /  THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED by John Green This week, we present you some reviews on short stories and some shor...

Wizard's First Lightning Thief

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

WIZARD'S FIRST RULE by Terry Goodkind / THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS, #1) by Rick Riordan It's a fantasy-filled episode this w...

True Waves

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

THE WAVES by Virginia Woolf / TRUE BIZ by Sara Nović  This week our hosts surf a stream of consciousness with Virginia Woolf's classic, THE WAVES. W...

The Husband's Woods

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A WALK IN THE WOODS by Bill Bryson / THE HUSBAND'S SECRET by Liane Moriarty   Popcorn… Page-O's! We hope you remember that classroom gimmick, becau...

Our Missing Kilimanjaro

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO AND OTHER STORIES by Ernest Hemingway / OUR MISSING HEARTS by Celeste Ng Hope you're up on your Iceberg Theory, because in th...

The Only Good Jest

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace /  THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS by Stephen Graham Jones   If you've ever doubted that Toby is an intellectual, doubt ...

The Great Lapvona

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

THE GREAT BELIEVERS by Rebecca Makkai / LAPVONA by Ottessa Moshfegh On this week's show we welcome back an old friend, with Ottessa Moshfegh's medieva...

Here is Queen Bee

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

HERE IS NEW YORK by E.B. White / QUEEN BEES & WANNABES by Rosalind Wiseman This takes the cake for oddest book pairing ever on our show! First, Toby r...

Beautiful Oligarchy

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

OLIGARCHY by Scarlett Thomas / BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter  On this episode, Andrew examines OLIGARCHY by Scarlett Thomas, a story of wealth, priv...

The Fourth Annual Bookend Awards!

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's the most wonderful time of the year -- the Bookend Awards, where we honor the best (and worst) books we covered in 2022! Join us as we go over th...

The Amulet Runner

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND by Jonathan Stroud / THE KITE RUNNER BY KHALED HOSSEINI. On this week's episode, we pull two books our hosts missed from 2003 ...

The Wonder of No Nation

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

BEASTS OF NO NATION by Uzodinma Iweala / THE WONDER by Emma Donoghue This week, Andrew reviews BEASTS OF NO NATION, the powerful, evocative, and creat...

Fairy Schooled

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FAIRY TALE by Stephen King / SCHOOLED by Anisha Lakhani Things start off with a bang in our 101st episode when Bailey embraces chaos right out of the ...

Anne of Episode 100!

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES by L.M. Montgomery On this, our 100th episode, we discuss ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, the childhood favorite chosen by you, our dear li...

A Taste for a Thousand Faces

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES by Joseph Campbell / A TASTE FOR DEATH by P.D. James Here's a Call to Adventure for you -- listen to this podcast episo...

I'll Show Myself the Wedding

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING by Carson McCullers / I'LL SHOW MYSELF OUT by Jessi Klein This week, Toby comes of age with the young protagonist of THE ME...

My Favorite Thing is Hamnet

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS by Emil Farris / HAMNET by Maggie O'Farrell This week, Andrew finally reads MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS, a graphic no...

Imaginary Phlebas

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CONSIDER PHLEBAS by Iain M. Banks / IMAGINARY FRIEND by Stephen Chbosky What, and who, is even REAL? Bailey finds out when she reads the new horror no...

Fahrenheit Goldfinch

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt / FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury The heat is turned up on this week's episode when Bailey tackles Ray Bradbury's masterpi...

One Hundred Years in the Library

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY by Agatha Christie / ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It's time to solve the biggest mystery of all --...

Children, Where Are You

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CHILDREN OF ASH AND ELM by Neil Price / BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU by Sally Rooney. This week, Sally Rooney earns a To Read List hat-trick with th...

The Southern Groan

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

TITUS GROAN by Mervyn Peake / THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES by Grady Hendrix. Genre books unite! This time on the pod Toby wades ...

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is Pittsburgh

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH by Michael Chabon / EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR MOTHER IS A WITCH by Rivka Galchen. What do an angsty college grad discovering him...

The Time Traveler of My Dreams

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger & THE MAN OF MY DREAMS by Curtis Sittenfeld. This week, Toby questions whether THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE...

Imperfectionists, Please

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

YES, PLEASE by Amy Poehler & THE IMPERFECTIONISTS by Tom Rachman   This week on the pod Andrew engages with an uber-popular memoir of a few years bac...

Survive the Right Stuff

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THE RIGHT STUFF by Tom Wolfe & SURVIVE THE NIGHT by Riley Sager. This episode comprehensively addresses the age-old question: why do some dudes become...

In the Witch House

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

IN THE DREAM HOUSE by Carmen Maria Machado & THE WITCH ELM by Tana French   This week, two popular authors make their To Read List bows! Andrew revie...

Dunce Fingersmiths

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FINGERSMITH by Sarah Waters & A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by John Kennedy Toole. This week, Toby takes a twisty ride with queer Victorian tricksters in Sa...

Persepoot

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 85 PERSEPOLIS by MARJANE SATRAPI & HOOT by CARL HIASSEN This week on the podcast Andrew engages with Marjane Satrapi's critically acclaimed gr...

My Invisible Man Body

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison & MY BODY by Emily Ratajkowski. This week, Toby covers Ralph Ellison's 1952 masterpiece, INVISIBLE MAN. And no, it's no...

How Soccer Explains To Paradise

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

TO PARADISE by Hanya Yanagihara & HOW SOCCER EXPLAINS THE WORLD: AN [UNLIKELY] THEORY OF GLOBALIZATION. On this week's show, we examine the book on ev...

The Year of Magical Lawrence

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion & THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE by Caitlin Starling.  This week, Toby tackles a devastating memoir beloved b...

No One Belongs Here More Than Noise

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

WHITE NOISE by DON DELILLO & NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU by MIRANDA JULY. This week on the pod, Andrew takes on 1985's smash literary hit WHITE...

Running with les Misérables

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Augusten Burroughs & LES MISÉRABLES by Victor Hugo.   Look down! Look down! You don't have to wait one day more for Bailey'...

Band of French

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

BAND OF BROTHERS by Stephen E. Ambrose & FRENCH EXIT by Patrick deWitt This week on The To Read List, Bailey finds herself absolutely buried in shame!...

The Third Annual Bookend Awards!

29 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As 2021 comes to a close, we reflect back on the highs and lows of our reading year -- our favorite protagonists, our most surprising reads, and the c...

The House of the End

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS by Isabel Allende & THEN WE CAME TO THE END by Joshua Ferris. This week on the pod, Toby tackles Isabel Allende's smash hit, ...

To the Library

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf & THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig. This week, Andrew heads on a meta-journey inside the anxiety of the early 20t...

Dear Brideshead

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh & DEAR CHILD by Romy Hausmann. On this week's episode, Toby digs into a classic in Evelyn Waugh's BRIDESHEAD REVI...

Sing, Unburied Pizza

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward & PIZZA GIRL by Jean Kyoung Frazier. This week, Andrew takes a road trip with SING, UNBURIED, SING while Bailey ge...

Shining Crew

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

SKELETON CREW by Stephen King & THE SHINING by Stephen King & CARRIE by Stephen King & SALEM'S LOT by Stephen King. This week on the pod, it's a real ...

Salvage a Fun Age

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

AMERICAN SALVAGE by Bonnie Jo Campbell & SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid. This week, Andrew reads AMERICAN SALVAGE, a short story collection he may have ...

Crossing to Coca

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

SEÑOR VIVO AND THE COCA LORD by Louis de Bernières & CROSSING TO SAFETY by Wallace Stegner. Toby learns a valuable lesson about why some books shoul...

Wuthering Conversations

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte & CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS by Sally Rooney. After years of pretending he read the book, Andrew finally digs into t...

The Book of Ultimate Blood

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THE BOOK OF ULTIMATE TRUTHS by Robert Rankin & BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy. This week on the pod, Toby gets over his terror of the cover of Robe...

I Want to Be the Persuasion

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

PERSUASION by Jane Austen & I WANT TO BE WHERE THE NORMAL PEOPLE ARE by Rachel Bloom. In this, the first Toby-less episode, we get the chance to share...

We Are Never Money in Real Life

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

MONEY: A SUICIDE NOTE by Martin Amis & WE ARE NEVER MEETING IN REAL LIFE by Samantha Irby. In this week's episode, Toby tackles an 80s classic – MON...

Confederates in the Abbey

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

CONFEDERATES IN THE ATTIC by Tony Horwitz & NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen. Andrew and Dillon break down Tony Horwitz's non-fiction exploration of th...

BLACK HOLE

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

BLACK HOLE by Charles Burns. On the pod this week, all four hosts discuss the disgusting, disquieting, damn-good graphic novel BLACK HOLE by Charles B...

Out of Door

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OUT OF SIGHT by Elmore Leonard & A WIND IN THE DOOR by Madeline L'Engle. This week, Toby gets stuck in a trunk with Elmore Leonard for his review of t...

Circus and Bone

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern & NINTH HOUSE & SHADOW AND BONE by Leigh Bardugo. In this week's episode, Bailey reviews a Leigh Bardugo double f...

Mother-Ring

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí Clark & MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN by Jonathan Lethem. Which To Read List host is the most scared of racist werewolves? In what time...

Jungle Swan

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THE JUNGLE by Upton Sinclair & BLACK SWAN GREEN by David Mitchell. In this episode, we journey deep into the muckraking novel beloved of AP History te...

The Metamorphosis in Cabin 10

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THE METAMORPHOSIS AND OTHER STORIES by Franz Kafka & THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 by Ruth Ware. In this week's episode, Toby ponders whether Kafka is too Kaf...

My Best Friend's Shelter

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

UNSHELTERED by Barbara Kingsolver & MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM by Grady Hendrix. In our 59th Episode, Bailey reads Grady Hendrix's MY BEST FRIEND'S EXO...

The Signature of All Giants

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THE BURIED GIANT by Kazuo Ishiguro & THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS by Elizabeth Gilbert. Join us in Post-Arthurian England as we review Ishiguro's atmos...

Frankly My Father

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FRANKLY IN LOVE by David Yoon & DREAMS OF MY FATHER by Barack Obama. This week on the pod, Andrew dives into the YA romance FRANKLY IN LOVE by David Y...

The Attic Next Time

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THE FIRE NEXT TIME by James Baldwin & FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC by V.C. Andrews. In THE FIRE NEXT TIME, Baldwin expertly composes two essays about race and...

The No. 1 Story of My Life

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

PIMP: THE STORY OF MY LIFE by Iceberg Slim & THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY by Alexander McCall Smith. The crew discusses two very different books...

Children of the Rose

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE by Tomi Adeyemi & THE NAME OF THE ROSE by Umberto Eco. This week, Toby tries out Y.A. fantasy with the African mythology-in...

Girl, Woman, Thin Air

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER by Bernadine Evaristo & INTO THIN AIR by Jon Krakauer. Join us this week on the pod as Andrew reviews the recent Man Booker Prize w...