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Just In Case We Die
In 2006, Quintessence Editions Ltd. published a book entitled "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die". Edited by academic Peter Boxall, this list was a curated selection of novels deemed "essential" for literature lovers. Over time, as books were added and removed to accommodate new tastes, the list has continued to grow into subsequent volumes. As of today, there have been 1,316 novels included in the list. Aaron, Rodney, and Rebecca will attempt to read and discuss every single one of them…
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April 2024 -- Bonus Episode #2 (Independent Bookstore Day)
Send us Fan Mail It would appear that there are two bonus episodes this month! April 27th is Independent Bookstore Day. In collaboration with a favorite…
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#326 ("Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak)
Send us Fan Mail Did you know that the C.I.A. seized an opportunity to embarrass the Soviet Union by publishing a special edition of Doctor Zhivago in 1958?…
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April 2024 -- Bonus Episode (International Children's Book Day)
Send us Fan Mail Aaron was introduced to Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, and J. M. Barrie in third grade. Rebecca spent her childhood devouring Nancy…
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#875 "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac
Send us Fan Mail Remember last month when Aaron, Rodney, and Rebecca discussed Disappearance by David Dabydeen? Do you recall that Aaron and Rebecca didn't…
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March 2024 -- Bonus Episode (Problematic Authors)
Send us Fan Mail How do Aaron, Rodney, and Rebecca reconcile problematic content in the books they recommend? What are their responsibilities as podcasters in…
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#317 "Disappearance" by David Dabydeen
Send us Fan Mail We’re not gonna force you to listen to the entire episode to get to our general unanimous opinion that this book doesn’t belong on a list of…
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February 2024 -- Bonus Episode (Let's Meet Rebecca!)
Send us Fan Mail Rodney and I made a pretty big decision about the format of our show by deciding to add a third person to our discussions. After some debate…
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#486 "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Send us Fan Mail F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was published in 1925 to little fanfare. Sales of the novel were poor, and critics of the day could not…
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January 2024 -- Bonus Episode ('The Fisherman" by John Langan)
Send us Fan Mail Full disclosure before you listen to this episode: our discussion of this novel does not shy away from spoilers. If you are planning to read…
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#1,138 ("The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Ann Bronte)
Send us Fan Mail This month Aaron and Rodney learned a valuable lesson about not judging a book by its cover. They also learned to not judge a book by a…
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December 2023 -- Bonus Episode (Philip K. Dick)
Send us Fan Mail We have made no secret in our discussions for this podcast that we are both tremendous fans of science-fiction. Our collective love for the…
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#991 ("The Recognitions" by William Gaddis)
Send us Fan Mail If Aaron were asked to make a top 10 list of his all-time favorite novels, William Gaddis’ The Recognitions would find a spot somewhere in the…
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November 2023 - Bonus Episode (Kurt Vonnegut)
Send us Fan Mail For this month’s bonus episode, Aaron and Rodney are going to take a deep dive into the life and works of American novelist Kurt Vonnegut…
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#1,082 ("Solitude" by Victor Catala)
Send us Fan Mail In 1898, Caterina Albert won the prize for literature in the Jocs Florals literary competition. This win sparked a considerable scandal when…
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October 2023 - Bonus Episode (Banned Books)
Send us Fan Mail The American Library Association has designated the week of October 1 through October 7, 2023 as Banned Books Week. Both Rodney and I are in…
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#146 ("The Book of Daniel" by E. L. Doctorow)
Send us Fan Mail Of the six books we’ve read for this podcast, only one of them so far has not featured a fictionalized version of a real historical figure…
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#139 ("Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West" by Cormac McCarthy)
Send us Fan Mail This month, we decided to take a break from our normal routine of using a random number generator on Google to pick our book. Instead, Aaron…
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#832 ("Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro)
Send us Fan Mail Never Let Me Go– one of the more unique coming-of-age novels that either Rodney or Aaron have read in years– follows the residents of a…
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#910 ("Patterns of Childhood" by Christa Wolf)
Send us Fan Mail Our selection for discussion this month has a few things in common with the book we read for our last episode: –We had never heard of it…
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#974 ("The Radetzky March" by Joseph Roth)
Send us Fan Mail At long last, Rodney and I are finally presenting our discussion of The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth. Due to circumstances beyond our…
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#272 ("Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson)
Send us Fan Mail Neal Stephenson's justly-lauded Cryptonomicon is more than 900 pages of math, cryptography, techno-thriller intrigue, military shenanigans…
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Introductions
Send us Fan Mail Before Aaron and Rodney can expect you to listen to their new podcast, they need to give you some background information on what it is, who…