This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episode. This time, we talk about the (non-comic) books we grew up on!

Books we mentioned, alphabetical by author:

The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams

Start with: The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander

Start with: The Book of Three

The Magic of Xanth by Piers Anthony

Start with: A Spell for Chameleon

Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony

Start with: On a Pale Horse

Letters to Jenny by Piers Anthony

Lots of stuff by Dave Barry

Start with: The World According to Dave Barry or any other book

Midnight Hour Encores by Bruce Brooks

The Shannara series by Terry Brooks

Start with: The Sword of Shannara

The Magic Kingdom of Landover series by Terry Brooks

Start with: Magic Kingdom for Sale - SOLD!

Ender’s Game series by Orson Scott Card

Start with: Ender’s Game

The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper

Start with: Over Sea, Under Stone

(But you might want to start with the second book The Dark Is Rising instead and then go back)

Bored of the Rings by Harvard Lampoon

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey

Start with: Dragonflight, or Dragonsinger works too

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

Lots of stuff by Cristopher Moore

Start with: Island of the Sequined Love Nun or any other book

He, She, and It by Marge Piercey

Lots of stuff by Tom Robbins

Start with: Another Roadside Attraction or any other book

Sophie's Choice by William Styron

Dragonlance series by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, etc.

Start with: Chronicles, Book 1: Dragons of Autumn Twilight