You Don't Know Lit
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You Don't Know Lit
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 themes, winners and recommendations.
178. Perfect Adaptations
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (2001) VS Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (1990)
45:4120/11/2023
177. Shame Books
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (1989) VS The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1947)
59:1413/11/2023
176. Nevada
Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins (2012) VS Basin and Range by John McPhee (1981)
47:2707/11/2023
175. Spooktacular
New moon by Stephenie Meyer (2006) VS Fifty Shades Darker by E. L. James (2011)
50:5530/10/2023
174. Slump Books
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey (1943) VS His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (1995)
44:2723/10/2023
173. Overrated II
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (1970)
27:0309/10/2023
172. Overrated Books I
Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1599-1601)
29:2602/10/2023
171. Gender
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2002) VS The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)
49:1225/09/2023
170. Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (1962)
28:5218/09/2023
169. Conspiracy Theory Books
Killing King: Racial Terrorists, James Earl Ray, and the Plot to Assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. by Larry Hancock and Stuart Wexler (2014) VS The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe by Jay Novella, Steven Novella, Cara Santa Maria and Evan R. Bernstein (2018)
01:02:5011/09/2023
168. AI Books
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (2010) VS Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (2021)
46:1904/09/2023
167. Climate Change
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going by Vaclav Smil (2022) VS The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell (2023)
51:2428/08/2023
165. Athlete Autobiographies
Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold (2015) VS Open by Andre Agassi (2009)
59:1721/08/2023
164. Coming of Age
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton (2018) VS On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (2019)
38:0914/08/2023
163. Alien Invasion
Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force) by Craig Alanson (2016) VS The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin (1972)
42:3507/08/2023
162. Written in Prison
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1962) VS Conversations With Myself by Nelson Mandela (2010)
48:4031/07/2023
161. New York
Here Is New York by E. B. White and Roger Angell (1949) VS Jazz by Toni Morrison (1992)
49:2724/07/2023
160. Evil Cars
Christine by Stephen King (1983) vs The Haunted Car by R. L. Stine (1999)
40:0917/07/2023
159. War
The Hooligans of Kandahar: Not All War Stories are Heroic by Joseph Kassabian (2016) vs Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
44:0510/07/2023
158. America IV
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard (2011)
33:2203/07/2023
157. Robert Gottlieb
Avid Reader: A Life by Robert Gottlieb (2016)
28:0226/06/2023
156. Why Fish Don’t Exist
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller (2020)
37:5719/06/2023
155. Newish-berry Winners
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller (2021) vs The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (2016)
46:5112/06/2023
154. Pulitzer
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (2022)
30:1805/06/2023
153. Pulitzer
Pulitzer Prize Winner Trust by Hernan Diaz (2022)
26:4530/05/2023
152. Boats II (PART II)
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (1889)
26:2122/05/2023
151. Boats II (PART I)
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (2023)
26:3715/05/2023
150. Architecture
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (2020) VS The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton (2006)
48:1308/05/2023
149. Banned Books
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson (2020) vs Looking for Alaska by John Green (2005)
47:4001/05/2023
148. When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (2016)
26:3617/04/2023
147. Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (2021)
32:2810/04/2023
147. Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (2021)
22:1903/04/2023
146. Stiff
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (2003)
29:5427/03/2023
145. The Peregrine
The Peregrine by J. A. Baker (1967)
29:0920/03/2023
144. The Baron in the Trees
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino (1957)
34:2813/03/2023
143. Vermont
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (1962) vs The Animal One Thousand Miles Long: Seven Lengths of Vermont and Other Adventures by Leath Tonino (2018)
52:5706/03/2023
142. Farming
The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young (2003) vs Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm by Forrest Pritchard (2013)
53:2327/02/2023
141. Queens of Crime
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1939) vs Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh (1968)
49:1020/02/2023
140. Dragons
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke (2020) vs Wings of Fire: Dragonslayer by Tui T. Sutherland (2020)
48:0013/02/2023
139. California
The Mountains of California by John Muir (1882) vs Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (1968).
55:1506/02/2023
138. Spare
Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (2023)
48:0330/01/2023
137. Stella Maris
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy (2022)
32:3623/01/2023
136. The Passenger
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy (2022)
35:0516/01/2023
135. The Two Towers
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (1954).
32:1909/01/2023
134. Public Domain Day
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger by Arthur Conan Doyle (1927) vs The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place by Arthur Conan Doyle (1927)
01:05:4802/01/2023
133. Christmas
The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn (1994) vs How Mrs. Claus saved Christmas by Jeff Guinn (2005)
50:4026/12/2022
132. Japanese-American Incarceration
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei (2019) vs No-No Boy by John Okada (1957)
59:3719/12/2022
131. Comfort Books
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney (1990) vs Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar (2005)
48:1712/12/2022
130. Revenge
The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd (1587) vs The Beast Must Die by Cecil Day-Lewis (1969).
53:3405/12/2022
129. Fast Food
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain (2020) vs Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser (2001)
59:0021/11/2022