Today on The Stacks we are joined by Zeke Smith. Zeke is a writer and trans activist who you may know best from his seasons on Survivor (Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X, Survivor: Game Changers). This week we talk reality TV fame, self-identification, and Zeke's favorite genre of books (hint: its not wha you think).

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BOOKS

The Quiet American by Graham Greene

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

The Last Lion by William Manchester and Paul Reid

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

Feminasty by Erin Gibson

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

The World According to Garp by John Irving

The Histories by Herodotus

Fear by Bob Woodward

Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault Newman

One Bullet Away by Nathaniel C. Fick

The Good Soldiers by David Finkel

Dick Couch

Transgender History by Susan Stryker

My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum

You are a Badass by Jen Sincero

The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père

The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer

Through my Eyes by Tim Tebow and Nathan Whitaker

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Graham Greene

Encountering God by Diana L. Eck

EVERYTHING ELSE

Survivor (CBS)

GLAAD

Transforming Family

Jeff Probst

Chris Harrison

Longchamp Purse

The Bachelor (ABC)

The Real Housewives (Bravo)

Teresa Guidice

"'Survivor' Contestant Opens Up About Being Outed as Transgender" (Zeke Smith, The Hollywood Reporter)

Goodreads

Rachel Maddow

Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Nico Santos

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