It is Classics Week on All Of It, spotlighting the big literary anniversaries this year. To kick things off, All Of It and Get Lit producer Jordan Lauf recommends some of the best classics to add to your summer reading list, especially if you are participating in the <a href="https://www.wnyc.org/story/all-it-summer-reading-challenge">All Of It Summer Reading Challenge</a>. Plus, listeners share their favorite classics.

It is Classics Week on All Of It, spotlighting the big literary anniversaries this year. To kick things off, All Of It and Get Lit producer Jordan Lauf recommends some of the best classics to add to your summer reading list, especially if you are participating in the All Of It Summer Reading Challenge. Plus, listeners share their favorite classics.

It is Classics Week on All Of It, spotlighting the big literary anniversaries this year. To kick things off, All Of It and Get Lit producer Jordan Lauf recommends some of the best classics to add to your summer reading list, especially if you are participating in the <a href="https://www.wnyc.org/story/all-it-summer-reading-challenge" rel="noopener noreferrer">All Of It Summer Reading Challenge</a>. Plus, listeners share their favorite classics.

The Best Classics to Read for the Summer Reading Challenge (Classics Week)

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Could there be an aural pleasure greater than hearing Alex Trebek say your name? Eric Gioia, councilman from Queens, is likely asking himself just that, having attained Jeopardy! immortality (Giopardy?) during yesterday's show. The question--actually, the answer--was 'NYC Councilman Eric Gioia says 10 U.N. Missions owe $8 million in these.'
The answer--more like the question, really--would be something like 'What are unpaid parking tickets, Alex?' This was during the all-important Double Jeopardy round - $1200. Sources tell us the contestant got it right, and didn't confuse it with a similar issue: countries that owe NYC millions in back taxes. Those included the Philippines, which just coughed up $9 million in back taxes.
Gioia, by the way, is running for public advocate.

Could there be an aural pleasure greater than hearing Alex Trebek say your name? Eric Gioia, councilman from Queens, is likely asking himself just that, having attained Jeopardy! immortality (Giopardy?) during yesterday's show. The question--actually, the answer--was 'NYC Councilman Eric Gioia says 10 U.N. Missions owe $8 million in these.' The answer--more like the question, really--would be something like 'What are unpaid parking tickets, Alex?' This was during the all-important Double Jeopardy round - $1200. Sources tell us the contestant got it right, and didn't confuse it with a similar issue: countries that owe NYC millions in back taxes. Those included the Philippines, which just coughed up $9 million in back taxes. Gioia, by the way, is running for public advocate.

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Could there be an aural pleasure greater than hearing Alex Trebek say your name? Eric Gioia, councilman from Queens, is likely asking himself just that, having attained Jeopardy! immortality (Giopardy?) during yesterday's show. The question--actually, the answer--was 'NYC Councilman Eric Gioia says 10 U.N. Missions owe $8 million in these.'
The answer--more like the question, really--would be something like 'What are unpaid parking tickets, Alex?' This was during the all-important Double Jeopardy round - $1200. Sources tell us the contestant got it right, and didn't confuse it with a similar issue: countries that owe NYC millions in back taxes. Those included the Philippines, which just coughed up $9 million in back taxes.
Gioia, by the way, is running for public advocate.

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The Best Classics to Read for the Summer Reading Challenge (Classics Week)