Bill and Joel talk about a bunch of the books they read this year -- stay for some wide-ranging conversations about specific books and about literature as a medium! In no particular order: Francis Spufford! Jeff VanderMeer! Annie Dillard! Muriel Spark! John le Carre! Ted Chiang! PG Wodehouse! Fritz Leiber! Michael Moorcock! Ron Chernow! Douglas Adams! Denis Johnson! Adam Hochschild! Philip Roth! Shirley Jackson! Mr. Rogers! And, of course, more Rebecca West, because Black Lamb and Grey Falcon has taken over our lives!