A special thank you to Samuel Jackson's agent for joining us on this episode. A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold (1949) vs The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (1844).

It's back-to-school month at YDKL so this month we're featuring some of the books Joe and Ian are teaching in their class rooms. A special thank you to Wonder Woman for joining us on this episode. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932) vs Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949.)

It's back-to-school month at YDKL so this month we're featuring some of the books Joe and Ian are teaching in their class rooms. A special thank you to The Indian in the Cupboard for joining us on this very special episode. Beowulf by Unknown (disputed c. 700–1000 AD) vs Odyssey by Homer (8th century BC).

A special thank you to Mr. Sorry Fuck for joining us on this episode. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (1952) vs The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908)

A special thank you to Guy Ferrari for joining us on this very special Hemingsode. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1952) vs The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (1926).

A special thank you to Bildungsroman for joining on this episode! In this abbreviated episode we discuss A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin published in 1968.

A special thank you to Foghorn Langhorne for joining us on this episode. Pimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim (1967) vs The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884)

Book club meets fight club - each week high school English teachers Dr. Ian DeJong and Joe Holschuh each bring a book to share with their friend Nick Argires. Weekly winners, themes and recommendations.

A special thank you to our dead ancestors for joining us on this episode. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1791) vs Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987)

A special thank you to Southern General Ulysses for joining us on this episode. Ulysses by James Joyce (1922) vs The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser (1590)