On this episode, Christopher Hermelin, host of the podcast So Many Damn Books and I discuss his life that revolves around books, our shared love for stories on the continuum of weird, and we both go on a bit of a tear about over-comped books. You can also hear me get totally sucked in by something Christopher recommends.
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Are You Happy? By Lori Ostlund
Books Highlighted by Christopher:
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Bear by Marian Engle
2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Heart of Junk by Luke Geddes
The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
17776 What Football will Look Like in the Future by Jon Bois
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
On the Calculation of Volume Book 1 by Solvej Balle, trans. Barbara J. Haveland
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Nutshell by Ian McEwan
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Redwall by Brian Jacques
The Twits by Roald Dahl
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender
Willful Creatures by Aimee Bender
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Bunny by Mona Awad
We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, trans. Anton Hur
Mumbai New York Scranton by Tamara Shopsin
Arbitrary Stupid Goal by Tamara Shopsin
LaserWriter II by Tamara Shopsin
Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
Good Girl by Aria Aber
Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata
Bear by Julia Phillips
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
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