Books
Recently mentioned
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The Odyssey
Absorbed by osmosis through every journey story, from Finding Nemo down; you may not need to read it. Middlebrow
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The Iliad
The college on-ramp: read this first, then the wanderings. Middlebrow
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The Canterbury Tales
Her thesis: a bunch of starter packs, which makes Chaucer the original meme lord. Middlebrow
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Le Roman de la Rose
A medievalist's favorite, cited for how much Greek myth it quietly carries. Middlebrow
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Save the Cat!
The screenwriting cliché explained to a host who missed the joke entirely. Middlebrow
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Beowulf
Shorthand for what Columbia's core makes you read while the university has bigger controversies. Middlebrow
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
Offered as proof a biochemistry major should still have encountered something ancient. Middlebrow
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The Decameron
Once reworked as influencers in Tulum; also the Italian twin Chaucer may have quietly borrowed. Middlebrow
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Spoon River Anthology
Studied at acting school, and accused here of ripping off Chaucer's whole structure. Middlebrow
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Ulysses
One host finds Molly's soliloquy hopeful; the guest finds Joyce hopeless. Nobody moves. Middlebrow
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Finnegans Wake
The ten-month reading club nobody wants to join. "I don't believe anyone's read Finnegan's Wake." Middlebrow
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The Dead
Threatened as homework for the co-host who refuses to be read to. Middlebrow
Most mentioned
- The Odyssey
- 2666
- All My Friends Are Dead
- Beowulf
- East of Eden
- Family Lexicon
- Finnegans Wake
- Harry Potter (series)
- Is That a Fish in Your Ear?
- Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything
- Le Roman de la Rose
- Leaving the Atocha Station
- Lonesome Dove
- My Year of Rest and Relaxation
- Save the Cat!
- Spoon River Anthology
- Stoner
- The Adventures of Tintin
- The Canterbury Tales
- The Dead