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The To Read List Podcast

The To Read List

Most people have books on their shelves they"ve been meaning to read. Bailey has 125. With this podcast, she and her friends set out to finish their ever-growing To Read Lists.

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0:52

Hiatus Deflatus!

The To Read List Podcast ·

2024/01/24

Call your headphone mechanic and your earbuds back from the shop, Page-O's, because HIATUS IS CANCELLED. We'll be back next week with a brand new episode - have a listen for the full details!

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0:43

Hiatus Announcement - Stay Tuned!

The To Read List Podcast ·

2024/01/10

Hi loyal Page-os! This is a quick announcement to explain the lack of new episode this week: we're taking a brief hiatus to regroup. We'll be back before you can say "shame." Stay tuned!

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45:21

The Fourth Annual Bookend Awards!

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/12/27

Check it, Page-O's: it’s our favorite episode of the year, and also the most bowl-shakingly terrifying episode of the year — the Bookend Awards! Join us as we take a look at our stats, hand out superlatives (both positive and negative), and play a pair of games that alternately fill us with shame and dread. Plus, well, actually that’s it for this episode. Trust us, it’s plenty!

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46:41

Sour and Punishment

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/12/13

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Fyodor Dostoevsky / SOUR HEART by Jenny Zhang Sacre bleu! This week, Andrew digs into his first Dostoevsky—CRIME AND PUNISHMENT— while in Parisian quarantine. Plus, Bailey reviews SOUR HEART, a surprisingly lewd collection of short stories à clef. And of course, we learn how to feel shame in multiple languages. Raskolnikov!

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56:50

The Left-Handed Booksellers of Westing with Ella Gale

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/11/29

THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON by Garth Nix / THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin Would you like to play a game? In this very special episode of The To Read List, comedian and podcast creator Ella Gale joins us to discuss the classic middle grade mystery THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin. We riff on overly complicated inheritance schemes, methods of passive research, and the dark habits of ravens. Plus, Toby reviews a book suggested by a listener-- THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON by Garth

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52:22

Cry, The Beloved Hypothesis

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/11/15

CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY by Alan Paton / THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS by Ali Hazelwood In this very NOT spooky episode, we have a classic pairing of novels. They go together as well as peanut butter and jelly! First, Andrew reviews Alan Paton's 1948 classic, CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY and finds it a bit... surprising. Then Bailey delves into the world of STEM with Ali Hazelwood's buzzy romance, THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS. There are plenty of laughs, cries, and more shipping than a port town in the 1800s!

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48:27

Trust Chincoteague

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/11/01

MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE by Marguerite Henry / TRUST by Hernan Diaz Don’t make a sound, Page-O’s! Bailey’s on the warpath after she reads MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE by Marguerite Henry, and she totally takes it out on the boys. Meanwhile, Toby tries his best to encapsulate the many levels of the .5 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel TRUST by Hernan Diaz. All this plus striking out on spooky books, Toby’s opinion on the best Stephen King ending of all time, and Andrew’s reasons behind why he’s reading all the

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52:04

Tufflektra

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/10/18

TUFF by Paul Beatty / ELEKTRA by Jennifer Saint This week, Andrew attempts to summarize Paul Beatty's poetic style and finds it... TUFF. (You're welcome.) Then, with ELEKTRA, Bailey comes to the tragic conclusion that she doesn't know as much as she thinks she does about Greek Mythology. Finally, we celebrate the masterful career of the one and only Rufus Sewell. (You're welcome.)

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51:31

Bonfire of the Force

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/10/04

DRIVING FORCE by Dick Francis / THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES by Tom Wolfe And we're off! This week, Toby reviews DRIVING FORCE by Dick Francis, a certified dad book set in the glamorous world of horse transport. Then Bailey finally discovers what THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES is about (fire is surpisingly not involved) and finally gets what everyone likes about Tom Wolfe. Plus, we break Andrew down with the power of film trivia. Neigh!

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52:12

I Have Some Questions for Siddhartha

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/09/20

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU by Rebecca Makkai SIDDHARTHA by Herman Hesse Take a journey with us on this week's episode as our hosts dive into Herman Hesse's class, SIDDHARTHA, and I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, your friend and my - Rebecca Makkai's - new novel. We'll laugh, we'll cry, we'll grow, and one of us will get absolutely schooled in this week's game. There's also more shame than ever before - it's a rip-roaring good time!

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50:58

The Falconer Man

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/09/06

FALCONER by JOHN CHEEVER THE WHISPER MAN by ALEX NORTH Caw-CAW, Page-O’s! Join us this week as Toby gets incarcerated by John Cheever’s prison novel FALCONER (sadly not about a man who trains falcons) and Bailey gets A24’d by Alex North’s THE WHISPER MAN. We also discuss just how fast of a reader Bailey is, unmask Alex North (probably) against his wishes, and uncover a disturbing revelation as to the true age of Gillian’s cousin. Doesn’t that sound exciting as all get-out?

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52:18

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Rodham

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/08/23

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce / RODHAM by Curtis Sittenfeld The books we read for this episode spark provocative questions, like: "What would happen if Hillary never married Bill?" (RODHAM) and "Does James Joyce really think we can't tell he's writing about himself?" (A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN). Plus, Andrew taunts us with his vacation plans, we discuss if "boogers" is a curse word, and we discover that we know way more than we thought about First Ladies

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43:54

Boy, Snow, Apes

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/08/09

PLANET OF THE APES by Pierre Boulle / BOY, SNOW, BIRD by Helen Oyeyemi If you've ever wanted to live inside a Grimm fairy tale and/or a Charlton Heston movie, this episode is for you! Toby takes us into outer space with his review of MONKEY PLANET--oops! strike that--PLANET OF THE APES by Pierre Boulle. Then Bailey gets far too hung up on how BOY, SNOW, BIRD by Helen Oyeyemi connects to the Snow White fairy tale. Plus, we learn about the majesty of Eastern Europe, rescue Dillon from space, and stick

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48:22

This Is How You Lose the Time Prophet

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/07/26

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone / THE PROPHET by Khalil Gibran This week our intrepid hosts navigate time and space and contemplate their life choices by reading THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone and Khalil Gibran's classic, THE PROPHET. There's also discussion of our dream book club, predictions for future bestsellers, and Dillon finally reviews a fantasy book for the show (and he maybe even liked it)!

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50:23

Wise Sons

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/07/12

WISE BLOOD by FLANNERY O’CONNOR / SUMMER SONS by LEE MANDELO Page-O’s, grab your sweet teas and hop in a car with a hot boy because it’s a Southern Episode. Listen in as Toby tries as hard as he can to outsmart Flannery O’Connor’s ‘comedic’ novel WISE BLOOD and Bailey drag-races her way through Lee Mandelo’s queer horror SUMMER SONS. Plus, we declare a certain airline to be our mortal enemy, learn what REALLY scares Bailey (poor study habits), and test our knowledge of fictional foods!

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50:19

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn New Hampshire

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/06/28

THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid / THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE by John Irving This week, Andrew revisits friend of the podcast (we wish) Taylor Jenkins Reid when he reviews THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, a twisty journey through imagined old Hollywood scandal. Then, Bailey journeys to the bizarre world of John Irving's HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE, thereby crossing paths with not one but two performing bears. We also share our latest shame, plan the books we'll take on vacation, and

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51:17

Fat Witch of Laredo

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/06/14

STREETS OF LAREDO by Larry McMurtry / FAT WITCH SUMMER by Lizzy Ives This is a very special episode because we have fabulous author Lizzy Ives on to talk about her fantastic fat-positive fantasy novel, FAT WITCH SUMMER! In addition to answering all our questions about the book, Lizzy shares her star sign, her cat's unique nickname, and the size of her to read list. Plus, she agrees to play a silly game with us! And we can't forget that Toby also read a book this week: STREETS OF LAREDO, the second

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52:13

A People's History of Bones

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/05/31

A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES by Howard Zinn / DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD by Olga Tokarczuk Hope you’re ready for some Zinn-sanity, Page-Os, because on this week’s episode, Andrew wades into Howard Zinn’s oft-selected tome for AP History class, A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Then Bailey turns up the earth and turns up the stars, while she talks about Olga Tokarczuk’s Nobel Prize winning DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD. Plus, we get to find out who’s

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55:57

Pride and Kindred

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/05/17

KINDRED by Octavia E. Butler / PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen On this week's episode, two old friends return to the podcast! We cover our third book each from two giants of literature in Octavia E. Butler's KINDRED and Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Will Toby like this as much as his previous Butler experiences? How will Bailey and Andrew like the tentpole of the book world? There's also our typical shame, discussion of adaptations, and - of course - the terrors...

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55:34

The Anthropocene of December

The To Read List Podcast ·

2023/05/03

TENTH OF DECEMBER by George Saunders / THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED by John Green This week, we present you some reviews on short stories and some short stories on reviews! Andrew (finally!) dives into the odd world of George Saunders with TENTH OF DECEMBER, and Bailey digs into THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED, John Green's essay collection evaluating the human world. Plus, we test the strength of our friendships in a ranking game. Five stars!

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