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You Don’t Know Lit

You Don’t Know Lit

Book club meets fight club. Two book recommendations every Monday from high school English teachers Ian and Joe. And Nick.

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  • #330
    Monday · 59 min

    330. National Book Awards (Non-Fiction)

    National Book Awards (Non-Fiction) Shortlist: Let the Poets Govern: A Declaration of Freedom by Camonghne Felix (2026) vs Huna: A Memoir of Revolution, Prison, and Becoming by Abdelrahman ElGendy (2026)

  • #329
    November 4 · 55 min

    329. National Book Awards (Fiction)

    National Book Award (Fiction) Shortlist: Paradiso 17 by Hannah Lillith Assadi (2026) vs Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli (2026)

  • #328
    October 26 · 39 min

    328. Merry Grishmas

    The French Illusion: A Novel by John Grisham (2026)

  • #327
    October 19 · 52 min

    327. Annie Dillard.mp3

    Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard (1974) vs The Writing Life by Annie Dillard (1989)

  • #326
    October 7 · 55 min

    326. The Ottoman Empire

    The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva (1996, translated in 2024) vs Turkish Embassy Letters by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1763)

  • #325
    September 29 · 54 min

    325. Shorts

    Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler (1995) vs The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2009)

  • #324
    September 21 · 1 hr

    324. Major Catastrophe

    Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (1997) vs The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough (1968)

  • #323
    September 17 · 58 min

    323. North Carolina

    Wilmington's Lie by David Zucchino (2020) vs Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (2000)

  • #322
    August 31 · 56 min

    322. End of Summer

    Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury (1957) vs A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr (1980)

  • #321
    August 24 · 33 min

    321. Owls of the Eastern Ice

    Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan Slaght (2020)

  • #320
    August 17 · 34 min

    320. The Way of Nature

    The Way of Nature by Zhuang Zhou illustrated by C. C. Tsai (300 BCE/ 2019)

  • #314
    July 6 · 36 min

    314. The Money Player

    The Money Player: The Confessions of America's Greatest Table Tennis Champion and Hustler by Marty Reisman (1974)

  • #313
    June 29 · 31 min

    313. Snowpiercer

    Snowpiercer, Vol. 1: The Escape by Jacques Lob, Illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette (1982)

  • #311
    June 16 · 58 min

    311. Chinese Classics

    Water Margin by Shi Nai'an (14th century) vs The Adventures of Monkey (Journey to the West) by Wu Cheng'en translated Arthur Waley (16th century/1994)

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