Dr. Dre health updates, 12-word books, and detailed instructions on how to make a sharp knife. Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (1913) vs Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig (1974)

Hip youth words, terrible pirate metaphors and the sailing the high seas of the Jersey Shore on this episode. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883) vs Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie (1911).

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (2008) vs Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953).

In this abbreviated episode we discuss Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë published in 1847.

Happy 50th episode, Lit Heads! Goldfinger by Ian Fleming (1959) vs The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming (1974)

Alone by Richard E. Byrd (1938) vs A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2016).

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder (2017) vs Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World by Srdja Popovic (2015).

In this abbreviated episode we discuss To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee published in 1960. 

A special thank you to the host of That Shakespeare Life Cassidy Cash for joining us on this episode. Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1606) vs The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare (1611).

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (2009) vs Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James (2011).