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 640 - Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk

Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy childen’s books: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time. 


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Did you know that before Gillian Flynn brought us the book Gone Girl, the movie Gone Girl, and the concept of "Gone Girl-ing" someone, she wrote a murder mystery about a different kind of unhealthy family dynamic!

Ep 645 - Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn

This episode is about Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, the complete edition containing both The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return.

Ep 644 - Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

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 643 - Holes, by Louis Sachar

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 historical record without feeling overly bound by it.

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Ep 642 - Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo

This week's book is about the topic of war and also the topic of peace.

Ep 640 - Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk

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