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Ep 643 - Holes, by Louis Sachar
Holes! We all need 'em, we all love 'em. This is a book where a boy is sentenced to dig a bunch of holes out in the desert because he was accused and convicted of a crime he didn't commit.
Ep 642 - Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo
Lo's award-winning novel seeks to shine a light on marginalized experiences from mid-century San Francisco. What's most impressive is how she's synthesized all of her research into a couple of fresh, compelling characters - allowing the story to honor the
Ep 641 - War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy?
This week's book is about the topic of war and also the topic of peace.
Stop! Homer Time: The Iliad - Episodes 3 & 4 (Books 5-9)
For our latest show-within-a-show, we'll revisit Ancient Greece through Emily Wilson's new translation of Homer's The Iliad.
Ep 640 - Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk
The boys from Overdue cover Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel FIGHT CLUB. One of us even rewatched the famous film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton!
Ep 639 - There There, by Tommy Orange
There There sets itself apart by being a book by and about indigenous Americans in an explicitly contemporary, urban setting.
Ep 638 - The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew #4), by Carolyn Keene (Bonus Episode)
The Overdue boys discuss Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Lilac Inn.
Ep 637 - The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White
The boys from Overdue cover E.B. White's children's novel The Trumpet of the Swan.
Ep 636 - The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters, written from the point of view of a demon whose object is to send souls to Hell, is a deeply Christian work but its appeal comes just as much from C.S. Lewis' insight into what makes humanity tick.
Ep 635 - Jazz, by Toni Morrison
Toni Morrisons second novel in her beloved Beloved trilogy, Jazz introduces the reader to a trio of characters united by an incident of tragic romance. Will the freewheeling optimism of the Jazz Age set them on the path of redemption or will they be boun