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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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#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)
#319
August 10 · 22 min
319. Sourdough: A Novel
Sourdough: A Novel by Robin Sloan (2017)
#318
August 3 · 26 min
318. Anger, Mercy, Revenge
Anger, Mercy, Revenge by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE – 65 CE)
#317
July 27 · 31 min
317. The Postmaster and Other Stories
The Postmaster and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (1987)
#316
July 20 · 29 min
316. The Iron Giant
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes (1968)
#315
July 13 · 31 min
315. No Longer Human
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai (1948)
#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)
#312
June 22 · 36 min
312. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
312. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden (2026)
#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)
#310
June 8 · 32 min
310. Deep Work
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport (2016)
#309
June 1 · 33 min
309. Getting Things Done
Getting Things Done by David Allen (2001)
#308
May 26 · 1 hr 5 min
308. Korean History
Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi (1991) vs Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung by Fyodor Tertitskiy (2025)
#307
May 18 · 1 hr 5 min
307. High School Books
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. (Jerome David) Salinger (1951) vs The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (1999)
#306
May 11 · 47 min
306. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, and Steven L. Hopp (2007)
#305
May 4 · 1 hr 9 min
305. AI
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2024) vs Golem XIV by Stanisław Lem (1978)
#304
April 27 · 1 hr 4 min
304. Jane Austen's Bookshelf
Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend by Rebecca Romney (2025) vs Journals and Letters by Frances Burney (1752-1840)
#303
April 20 · 1 hr 9 min
303. Modern Classics
The Secret History by Donna Tartt (1992) vs My Brilliant Friend (2011/2012) by Elena Ferrante

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