Lit These Days

Wow, we have a huge book haul for you this week. Email us at [email protected] to let us know if you like our book hauls or not!

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Books Discussed:

The Pitchfork Review Volume 1

A Just Measure of Pain: the Penitentiary in the Industrial Revolution Michael Ignatieff

Very Short Introductions from Oxford Press

Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus

Songs in the key of Z: the Curious Universe of Outsider Music by Irwin Chusid

Critical Theory Today: a User Friendly Guide by Lois Tyson

Pittsburgh Noir by Aubrey Hirsh

The Shenley Experiment by Jake Oresick

The Midnight Library by Matthew Haig

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Ask Again Yes by Mary Beth Keane

It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

Nihilism by Nolen Gertz

MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

The Easy Rawlins series by Walter Mosely

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Girl by Jamaica Kincaid

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

First Comes Like by Alisha Rai

Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib

Adam and Jessica discuss their wild weekends, the books they've finished, and what they're currently reading. They also give recommendations for good coffee table books to pick up.

Books discussed:

Batman the Jiro Kuwata Batmanga

Restart Gordon Korman

War and Peace Leo Tolstoy

2084 Report James L. Powell

The Invisible Husband of Frick Island Colleen Oakley

The Ex Talk Rachel Lynn Solomon

Radio Silence Alice Oseman

Introducing Critical Theory a Graphic Guide Stuart Sim

Miseducated by Brandon P. Fleming

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Charles Duhigg

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen Covey

Mythos Stephen Fry

Ashley Kahn’s books on jazz (series)

The Annotated Alice Lewis Carroll

Jessica and Adam discuss the books they're reading and give recommendations to Laura who asks:

"I just read Shirley Jackson for the first time and while I can't say I enjoyed it (in fact often I felt queasy/icky/upset) I can't stop thinking about it and want to read more. Any thoughts on what to read next AND do you know of any good literary criticism of The Lottery and Other Stories?"

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Books discussed:

No, not like that. This week, Jessica and Adam give romance recommendations and talk about their favorite essay collections. If you want a personalized reading recommendation, visit litthesedayspodcast.com and fill out the form.

Books mentioned:

The Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler

The Dating Plan - Sara Desai

Psychopolitics, Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power - Byung-Chul Han

Tiny Beautiful Things - Cheryl Strayed

X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century - Chuck Klosterman

His Name is Cwiz - Jeremy Rhyne

Head Over Heels - Hannah Orenstein

Beach Read - Emily Henry

People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry

Jessica and Adam discuss their love of Animal Crossing along with the books they've been reading. Adam gives comic book recommendations.

Adam and Jessica discuss the books they've finished reading, what they're currently reading, and they give fantasy book recommendations.

Jessica and Adam discuss their thoughts on People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. They also talk about upcoming books they're excited about. 

The podcast has a Discord now! Click the link to join: https://discord.com/invite/6tCRvrRR

Jessica and Adam discuss the books they finished, what they're currently reading, and give small-press book recommendations.

In this episode, Adam and Jessica discuss the books they've read recently, book to movie adaptations, and give Afrofuturism recommendations.

In this episode, Adam talks about a book deemed "Power Rangers Meets Ghostbusters Meets The Shining," Jessica mentions her new favorite romance novel, and the two give small press book recommendations. If you want Jessica and Adam to give you a book recommendation, just send an email to [email protected].