Podcast

Life On Books Podcast

Arts, Books

On the LOB Podcast we discuss books, primarily fiction, literature, but also feature interviews with authors, writers, publishers, editors, and educators. If you love fiction, literature or just books in general, you're in the right place. We upload our podcast weekly on Fridays

Books chart
#141
Episodes
110
Releases
Every two weeks
Typical length
1 hr 14 min
On air since
2021
Latest episode
4 days ago

Episodes

110 episodes, newest first

  1. The 100 Best Books of all Time...According to our Book Club

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Want to read around the world? Check out my recommendations from every country:

    https://lobcanon.com/read-the-world

    Get my top 50 favorite books of all time

    https://lobcanon.com/hosts

    Get my favorite rotating bookshelf here:

    https://www.flycitymall.com/?ref=edbiqqxe&utm_source=goaffpro

    Follow me on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/

    Follow Andy on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    Max Lawton's review of Tom's Crossing

    https://www.publicbooks.org/the-golden-age-of-tv/

    Books mentioned in this episode not on the list:

    A Table For Fortune by WIlliam T. Vollmann

    https://amzn.to/4yY77xo

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781648211881

    The Invented Part by Rodrigo Fresan

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953564

    https://amzn.to/4fWCuyE

    Temple of Iconoclasts by J. Rodolfo Wilcock

    https://link.amazon/B01oJPcmD

    A Universal History of Iniquity by Jorge Louis Borges

    https://link.amazon/B07EzTl3B

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780142437896

    Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolano

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811217941

    https://amzn.to/3Pxsu3r

    The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa

    https://amzn.to/4zD8O37

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312420277

    The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

    https://amzn.to/3GQYLBC

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781982147174

    Fathers and Crows by William T. Vollmann

    https://amzn.to/46JJlbj

    The Left hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin

    https://amzn.to/4ik2WCL

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780441478125

    1 hr 9 min
  2. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is More Relevant Than Ever

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Follow me on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/

    Follow Andy on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    Books mentioned in this episode:

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

    https://amzn.to/4z7qymV

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780345404473

    East of Eden by John Steinbeck

    https://amzn.to/4o9sCpm

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140186390

    The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa

    https://amzn.to/4zD8O37

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312420277

    Why Translation Matters by Edith Grossman

    https://amzn.to/4zHm9aJ

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780300171303

    A Table For Fortune by WIlliam T. Vollmann

    https://amzn.to/4yY77xo

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781648211881

    The Devil’s Chessboard by David Talbot

    https://amzn.to/4xQ0D1V

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780062276179

    Nachzehrer by Nelson Keane

    https://amzn.to/3VlchV3

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781998122097

    Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter

    https://amzn.to/40WFDJj

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244

    Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

    https://amzn.to/4yeNXDm

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679728894

    Ubik by Philip K Dick

    https://amzn.to/4pCqh85

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547572291

    1 hr 14 min
  3. What kind of reader are you? Take this quiz with us!

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Get my favorite rotating bookshelf here:

    https://www.flycitymall.com/?ref=edbiqqxe

    Follow me on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/

    Follow Andy on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    Books mentioned in this episode:

    Tarantula by Roberto Halfon

    https://amzn.to/3SMWiyo

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781954276567

    A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

    https://amzn.to/4ABoo0D

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547572178

    Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

    https://amzn.to/3SKltkU

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060934347

    Rainbow Stories by William Vollmann

    https://amzn.to/4a4zZu8

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140171549

    The Third Reich by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4dJwJ9x

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250013934

    Cowboy Graves by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4mmFPes

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780735222908

    2666 by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/48EyX5y

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312429218

    The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/428TxcP

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312427481

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

    https://amzn.to/4z7qymV

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780345404473

    The Devil’s Chessboard by David Talbot

    https://amzn.to/4xQ0D1V

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780062276179

    The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

    https://amzn.to/47tyOSk

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547572482

    The Left hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin

    https://amzn.to/4ik2WCL

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780441478125

    No Immediate Danger by William T. Vollmann

    https://amzn.to/3T9gnig

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780399563515

    East of Eden by John Steinbeck

    https://amzn.to/4o9sCpm

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140186390

    Stranger Than Fiction

    https://amzn.to/3VSDdvx

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250397836

    The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross

    https://amzn.to/4jw6d6a

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312427719

    Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

    https://amzn.to/4xXD87s

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379982

    Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

    https://amzn.to/4ltgjmR

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593135228

    Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

    https://amzn.to/4hkc3Gp

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780805086843

    Gates of Fire by Stephen Pressfield

    https://amzn.to/4r3uUbC

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780553383683

    The Purposeful Primitive by Marty Gallagher

    https://amzn.to/46SaiKC

    A Sportsmen’s Notebook by Ivan Turgenev

    https://amzn.to/4j2eAq5

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679410454

    Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden

    https://amzn.to/4hEODKP

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780756972363

    Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

    https://amzn.to/4hmEUd7

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781501135927

    Outliers by Malcom Gladwell

    https://amzn.to/4iXla14

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316017930

    Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

    https://amzn.to/4dWs6ZR

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316602921

    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

    https://amzn.to/3LfAMy3

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650

    A Bended Circuity by Robert S. Stickley

    Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter

    https://amzn.to/40WFDJj

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244

    Human Acts by Han Kang

    https://amzn.to/3RvHVdx

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781101906743

    Flowers of Mold by Ha Seong-nan

    https://amzn.to/3IOi9QH

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953960

    A Posthumous Confession by Marcellus Emants

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173473

    https://amzn.to/4qjp1Xf

    By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/48OXGpI

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250321749

    JR by William Gaddis

    https://amzn.to/44pKEfn

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681374680

    America and the Cult of the Cactus Boots by Philip Friedenberg

    The Disappearers by Marlon James

    https://amzn.to/4xP7k4p

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593717202

    1 hr 36 min
  4. Which of these books should we read before the end of the year?

    Show notes

    The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas by Rick Harsch

    https://amzn.to/4cLSWkB

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781953409072

    Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

    https://amzn.to/3SGr8bL

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250781253

    The Left hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin

    https://amzn.to/4ik2WCL

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780441478125

    Neuromancer by William Gibson

    https://amzn.to/46z0xRg

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780441007462

    Cowboy Graves by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4bXovIc

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780735222908

    Distant Star by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4737WZ9

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250352194

    How I Became a Nun by Cesar Aira

    https://amzn.to/4yMpJzW

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811216319

    Roadside Picnic by The Strugatsky Brothers

    https://amzn.to/3UYS3Am

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781613743416

    No Immediate Danger by William T. Vollmann

    https://amzn.to/3T9gnig

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780399563515

    East of Eden by John Steinbeck

    https://amzn.to/4o9sCpm

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140186390

    Out of the Rain by J Malcom Garcia

    https://amzn.to/4AfA8pj

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781644213865

    The Case Worker by George Konrad (I couldn’t find an English translation of this)

    Houses by Borislav Pekic

    https://amzn.to/4hh2syT

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590179475

    Tarantula by Roberto Halfon

    https://amzn.to/3SMWiyo

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781954276567

    Empire of the Senseless by Kathy Acker

    https://amzn.to/4hxKg5i

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802128355

    A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

    https://amzn.to/4ABoo0D

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547572178

    Ubik by Philip K Dick

    https://amzn.to/4pCqh85

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547572291

    Beloved by Toni Morrison

    https://amzn.to/4f081jE

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781400033416

    Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781400033423

    https://amzn.to/49mWkAy

    Five by Cesar Aira

    https://amzn.to/4y4mzrg

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811232364

    The White Album by Joan Didion

    https://amzn.to/4yHttT5

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780374532079

    Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

    https://amzn.to/4izXY8W

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780374531386

    Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion

    https://amzn.to/4rk9SWG

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780374529949

    Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

    https://amzn.to/3IAFncI

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039945

    Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo

    https://amzn.to/4it2CCk

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802160935

    Burr by Gore Vidal

    https://amzn.to/4xv4od6

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780375708732

    Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidal

    https://amzn.to/4bWs5TN

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780525566502

    The Calf by Leif Hoghaug

    https://amzn.to/4mO9n3o

    Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

    https://amzn.to/4yeNXDm

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679728894

    Fridays at Enrico’s by Don Carpenter

    https://amzn.to/4lQFsIF

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781619025400

    O Pioneers! By Willa Cather

    https://amzn.to/4AfMkq5

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679743620

    My Antonia by Willa Cather

    https://amzn.to/4haoyCT

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140187649

    Reinhardt’s Garden by Mark Haber

    https://amzn.to/4j8ZMWn

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566895620

    Nachzehrer by Nelson Keane

    https://amzn.to/3VlchV3

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781998122097

    Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

    https://amzn.to/41109ci

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780385334204

    With Borges on an Ordinary Evening in Buenos Aires by Willis Barnstone

    https://amzn.to/4hbAww2

    Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

    https://amzn.to/4yGNCsm

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780553274325

    Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

    https://amzn.to/3SKltkU

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060934347

    The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

    https://amzn.to/3V27UOA

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316074292

    1 hr 2 min
  5. These are our favorite books...written by women in translation

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online:

    https://linktw.in/Zeolty

    Get my favorite rotating bookshelf here:

    Follow me on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/

    Follow Andy on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    Books mentioned in this episode

    The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva

    https://amzn.to/3DlF1Em

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9789533514376

    Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

    https://amzn.to/47GrR0J

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811230735

    Sexographies by Gabriela Wiener

    https://amzn.to/4bgXfnz

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781632061591

    Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez

    https://amzn.to/4lpQrsD

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451495150

    Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

    https://amzn.to/4105FuK

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780399184604

    Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes

    https://amzn.to/3JzA2Dk

    Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

    https://amzn.to/3SGr8bL

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250781253

    The Left hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin

    https://amzn.to/4ik2WCL

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780441478125

    The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

    https://amzn.to/4jAViFq

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781668017401

    Out by Natsuo Kirino

    https://amzn.to/44zddqh

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593311950

    Recommended if You Like: A Novel by Adam Voith

    https://www.littleengines.shop/shop/p/recommended-if-you-like

    Choosing Death by Albert Mudrian

    https://amzn.to/3TdjVA6

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781935950165

    Woodworm by Layla Martinez

    https://amzn.to/45YEvHb

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781949641592

    Whore by Nelly Arcan

    https://amzn.to/4yiCeCW

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802170026

    Idiocy by Pierre Guyotat

    https://amzn.to/4ikQdDq

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379197

    Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Monica Ojeda

    https://amzn.to/4gH25hU

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897556

    Discontent by Beatriz Serrano

    https://amzn.to/3SqT5nE

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9798217006762

    On Earth as it is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia

    https://amzn.to/4xFoLoS

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260107

    Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia

    https://amzn.to/4pC4zB6

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781913867492

    Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin

    https://amzn.to/4x693lG

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780525541370

    I Gave you Eyes and you Looked Towards Darkness by Irene Sola

    https://amzn.to/4zVhgeZ

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781644453438

    History: A Mess by Sigrun Palsdottir

    https://amzn.to/4ov928c

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953984

    Space Invaders by Nona Fernandez

    https://amzn.to/4fS8o1y

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781644450079

    To Hell With Cronje by Ingrid Winterbach

    https://amzn.to/4xxIw1t

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781934824306

    55 min
  6. These "book" questions are nuts

    Show notes

    Join our book club!lifeonbooks.com/bookclubBooks mentioned in this episode:Animal Spiral Juan Rosahttps://amzn.to/3RRZ1G7https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260329Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquezhttps://amzn.to/4lpQrsDhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451495150Out by Natsuo Kirino https://amzn.to/44zddqhhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593311950Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Monica Ojedahttps://amzn.to/4gH25hUhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897556Orders of Semblance by Robert S. StickleyDiscontent by Beatriz Serranohttps://amzn.to/3SqT5nEhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9798217006762Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompsonhttps://amzn.to/4xSYymthttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679785897Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidalhttps://amzn.to/4bWs5TNhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780525566502Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfieldhttps://amzn.to/4xN0Q6phttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780553383683American Gods by Neil Gaimanhttps://amzn.to/4bX1xllhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780062472106100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquezhttps://amzn.to/42sHkQ1https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060883287Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchonhttps://amzn.to/42x7mjXhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039945The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larssonhttps://amzn.to/4p4z2GjCatch-22 by Joseph Hellerhttps://amzn.to/3LfAMy3https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichiehttps://amzn.to/4xS0rj5https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780307455925Atomic Habits by James Clearhttps://amzn.to/4g9trwXhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780735211292The Tunnel by William H. Gasshttps://amzn.to/3TYQ2DUhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781628976366Idiocy by Pierre Guyotathttps://amzn.to/4ikQdDqhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379197By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolanohttps://amzn.to/48OXGpIhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250321749Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautiganhttps://amzn.to/4vcGzGQhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547255279Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeckhttps://amzn.to/42WE3r4https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039433Moby Dick by Herman Melvillehttps://amzn.to/3SZDjNqhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780142437247Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfehttps://amzn.to/3SGr8bLhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250781253A Posthumous Confession by Marcellus Emantshttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173473https://amzn.to/4qjp1XfHard Rain Falling by Don Carpenterhttps://amzn.to/40WFDJjhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244Look Out Cartridge by Joseph McElroyhttps://amzn.to/4gaPMdthttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781941088333Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuenteshttps://amzn.to/3JzA2DkJR by William Gaddishttps://amzn.to/44pKEfnhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681374680Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeckhttps://amzn.to/3SKlbukhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140177398Ulysses by James Joycehttps://amzn.to/4cTgKUOhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679722762Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervanteshttps://amzn.to/3SKltkUhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060934347Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallacehttps://amzn.to/4lVzrJzhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/97803169200492666 by Roberto Bolanohttps://amzn.to/48EyX5yhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312429218Mending Bodies by Han Lai Chuhttps://amzn.to/4i7zZgShttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781949641769Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online:https://linktw.in/ZeoltyGet my favorite rotating bookshelf here:https://www.flycitymall.com/?ref=edbiqqxe&utm_source=goaffproFollow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/Follow Andy on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    1 hr 40 min
  7. Are books getting too hard to read?

    Show notes

    Join our book club!lifeonbooks.com/bookclubBooks mentioned in this episodeAnimal Spiral by Luis Rosahttps://amzn.to/4i67O1Mhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260329Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquezhttps://amzn.to/4bNIkCwhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451495150The Week of Colors by Elena Garrohttps://amzn.to/4xCvdfIhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781949641899Out by Natsuo Kirinohttps://amzn.to/4idi9ZMhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593311950Mending Bodies by Han Lai Chuhttps://amzn.to/4i7zZgShttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781949641769Woodworm by Layla Martinezhttps://amzn.to/45YEvHbhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781949641592The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchonhttps://amzn.to/4bQTIxrhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060913076Omensetter’s Luck by William H. Gasshttps://amzn.to/4ws50Qkhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141180106Trieste by Dasa Drndichttps://amzn.to/4xIp2XRhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780544538504The Flanders Road by Claude Simonhttps://amzn.to/3SsXSFghttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681375953Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchonhttps://amzn.to/4zit6zphttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039945Marshland by Otohiko Kagahttps://amzn.to/4xhQvjnhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781628974041Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautiganhttps://amzn.to/3TVpIKMhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547255279Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallacehttps://amzn.to/4fXL2YLhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316602921The Pale King by David Foster Wallacehttps://amzn.to/4qiFawChttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316074223Ulysses by James Joycehttps://amzn.to/3Sej1mmhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679722762As I Lay Dying by Faulknerhttps://amzn.to/3TRPijShttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780940450264100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquezhttps://amzn.to/4wLyetHhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060883287Dune by Frank Herberthttps://amzn.to/4xa6Ea8https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780441013593Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevskyhttps://amzn.to/4wCweE0https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679734505Moby Dick by Herman Melvillehttps://amzn.to/4xILJLuhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143105954Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenterhttps://amzn.to/4zhSo0Ahttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online:https://linktw.in/ZeoltyGet my favorite rotating bookshelf here:https://www.flycitymall.com/?ref=edbiqqxe&utm_source=goaffproFollow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/Follow Andy on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    1 hr 12 min
  8. You should read these books with us in August!

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Now I Surrender by Alvaro Enrigue

    https://amzn.to/4vhZor1

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593084076

    Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto

    https://amzn.to/4pJqOoQ

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590177174

    Miaow by Benito Perez Galdos

    https://amzn.to/4fv40o6

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379470

    Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

    https://amzn.to/3SJFiIW

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780486264646

    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

    https://amzn.to/3LfAMy3

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650

    Idiocy by Pierre Guyotat

    https://amzn.to/4pp41y8

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379197

    Death on the Installment Plan by Louis-Ferdinand Celine

    https://amzn.to/4htDlKN

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811200172

    Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger

    https://amzn.to/4wQEzEu

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143108252

    Animal Spiral Juan Rosa

    https://amzn.to/3RRZ1G7

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260329

    Cathedrals by Claudia PIneiro

    https://amzn.to/3T4AbmF

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260282

    Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia

    https://amzn.to/4pC4zB6

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781913867492

    Rock, Paper, Scissors by Naja Marie Aidt

    https://amzn.to/3P77jZ1

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953168

    American Fictionary by Dubr\avka Ugresic

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953847

    Fox by Dubravka Ugresic

    https://amzn.to/4pDu1Gk

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953762

    Space Invaders by Nona Fernandez

    https://amzn.to/4fS8o1y

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781644450079

    The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili

    https://amzn.to/4fhNYyX

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780063485853

    We Trade Our Night for Someone Else’s Day by Ivana Bodrozic

    https://amzn.to/4pBuOaB

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781644210482

    Ubik by Philip K Dick

    https://amzn.to/4pCqh85

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547572291

    The Adventures China Iron by Gabriela Camara

    https://amzn.to/3T7Ymki

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781916465664

    We are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Camara

    https://amzn.to/4hsnmwr

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811238618

    Ruins, Child by Giada Scodellero

    https://amzn.to/4gNKS70

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811240215

    The City by Lara Moreno

    https://amzn.to/4yDLfY7

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781960385499

    The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

    https://amzn.to/4bYVgp3

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811231947

    Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez

    https://amzn.to/4lpQrsD

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451495150

    The Vladivostok by Elisa Shua Dusapin

    https://amzn.to/4ftq9D8

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781960385123

    Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin

    https://amzn.to/4a9IinV

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781948830416

    Follow me on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/

    Follow Andy on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    1 hr 1 min
  9. Is Apocalypse Now the best book adaptation of all time?

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

    https://amzn.to/3SJFiIW

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780486264646

    Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes

    https://amzn.to/3JzA2Dk

    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

    https://amzn.to/3LfAMy3

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650

    Now I Surrender by Alvaro Enrigue

    https://amzn.to/4vhZor1

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593084076

    Ubik by Philip K Dick

    https://amzn.to/4faCD2c

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547572291

    Idiocy by Pierre Guyotat

    https://amzn.to/4pp41y8

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379197

    War by Louis Ferdinand Celine

    https://amzn.to/4aLnS4H

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811237321

    King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild

    https://amzn.to/4yclMon

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780358212508

    Out by Natsuo Kirino

    https://amzn.to/44zddqh

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593311950

    The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezon Camara

    https://amzn.to/4x70Q15

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781916465664

    Cathedrals by Claudia PIneiro

    https://amzn.to/3T4AbmF

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260282

    Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez

    https://amzn.to/4fDAspj

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451495150

    The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

    https://amzn.to/4f5ygXB

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781501117015

    The Shadow-Line by Joseph Conrad

    https://amzn.to/4ecLCzy

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780307386533

    Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

    https://amzn.to/4yuOAJe

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141441610

    Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter

    https://amzn.to/40WFDJj

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244

    The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

    https://amzn.to/45c0Mkk

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141441580

    Nostromo by Joseph Conrad

    https://amzn.to/4f5Raxx

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141441634

    1 hr 23 min
  10. The BEST BOOKS of 2026

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Books mentioned in this episodeTerra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes

    https://amzn.to/3JzA2Dk

    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

    https://amzn.to/3LfAMy3

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650

    Now I Surrender by Alvaro Enrigue

    https://amzn.to/4vhZor1

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593084076

    You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue

    https://amzn.to/44hvFUn

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593544808

    King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild

    https://amzn.to/4yclMon

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780358212508

    War by Louis Ferdinand Celine

    https://amzn.to/4aLnS4H

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811237321

    Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine

    https://amzn.to/49an6fu

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811216548

    Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Daniielewski

    https://amzn.to/4cLYdds

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781524747718

    The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolano

    2666 by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/48EyX5y

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312429218

    The Woes of the True Policeman by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4y8ua8J

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250037824

    The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

    https://amzn.to/4vW2DWw

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143107552

    The Quiet American by Graham Greene

    https://amzn.to/4mhl2b3

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039020

    The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene

    https://amzn.to/4wAzFva

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143105558

    Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

    https://amzn.to/4aDv4R6

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780345407276

    77 by Guillermo Saccomano

    https://amzn.to/4f1Cle8

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953892

    Gesell Dome by Guillermo Saccomanno

    https://amzn.to/40xgAMT

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953380

    Trieste by Dasa Drndic

    https://amzn.to/4b5IQMe

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780544538504

    Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan

    https://amzn.to/4vcGzGQ

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547255279

    The Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan

    https://amzn.to/4v5fLII

    Stoner by John Williams

    https://amzn.to/4nZ8bej

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171998

    Butchers Crossing by John Williams

    https://amzn.to/46XAnrk

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171981

    Friday’s at Enrico’s by Don Carpenter

    https://amzn.to/4lQFsIF

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781619025400

    Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

    https://amzn.to/4yeNXDm

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679728894

    The Literary Conference by Cesar Aira

    https://amzn.to/44S9OTx

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811218788

    The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren

    https://amzn.to/3PEng9t

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781583220085

    Elevator in Saigon by Thuan

    https://amzn.to/4pfekVx

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811238540

    Ada by Mark Haber

    https://amzn.to/4wB0zD7

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897594

    Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber

    https://amzn.to/4gvJE04

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897198

    Reinhart’s Garden by Mark Haber

    https://amzn.to/4gpOlbH

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566895620

    Saint Sebastian’s Abyss by Mark Haber

    https://amzn.to/4wzVuuO

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566896368

    Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

    https://amzn.to/3SJFiIW

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780486264646

    Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector

    https://amzn.to/3LdtjQ2

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811220026

    Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

    https://amzn.to/4lVzrJz

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316920049

    Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

    https://amzn.to/4jOmfFA

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143112563

    Follow me on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/

    Follow Andy on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    1 hr 20 min
  11. Answering YOUR QUESTIONS about BOOKS!

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Join the Life on Books mailing list to stay up to date on all of our latest book giveaways, projects, and more!

    https://linktw.in/BRYAnVh

    Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online:

    https://linktw.in/Zeolty

    Want to know my all time favorite books? Click the link below!

    https://bookshop.org/shop/lifeonbooks

    Follow me on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/

    Follow Andy on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    1 hr 36 min
  12. The best 100 books of all time...according to us

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Join the Life on Books mailing list to stay up to date on all of our latest book giveaways, projects, and more!

    https://linktw.in/BRYAnVh

    Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online:

    https://linktw.in/Zeolty

    Want to know my all time favorite books? Click the link below!

    https://bookshop.org/shop/lifeonbooks

    Follow me on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/

    Follow Andy on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    2 hr 37 min
  13. The 100 BEST novels of all time according to The Guardian

    Show notes

    Join our book club and online community of readers!https://lifeonbooks.com/bookclubCheck out the Guardian's list herehttps://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-timeWhat do you think are the best novels all time?

    1 hr 25 min
  14. Are Pulitzer Prize winners worth reading?

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Books mentioned in this episode:

    Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

    https://amzn.to/4rXp1x6

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039945

    The Employees by Olga Ravn

    https://amzn.to/4lvJV3G

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811234825

    Wild Horses by Jordi Cussa

    https://amzn.to/3zVrW30

    Trout, Belly Up by Rodrigo Fuentes

    https://amzn.to/4uOf0CY

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781916465619

    The Things we Don’t Do by Andres Neuman

    https://amzn.to/3PqngtH

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953182

    Bariloche by Andres Neuman

    https://amzn.to/4wvitIg

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781948830621

    By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/48OXGpI

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250321749

    2666 by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/48EyX5y

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312429218

    Roberto Bolano’s Fiction: An Expanding Universe by Chris Andrews

    https://amzn.to/3R7VToW

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780231168076

    The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes

    https://amzn.to/4fkSYmD

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780374531805

    House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

    https://amzn.to/4uKUrap

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780375703768

    Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

    https://amzn.to/3YtLiEZ

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781455563920

    East of Eden by John Steinbeck

    https://amzn.to/4o9sCpm

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140186390

    The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole

    https://amzn.to/4eMuXF8

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802197320

    The Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan

    https://amzn.to/4v5fLII

    The Brother by Rein Raud

    https://amzn.to/3XcmQI2

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953441

    Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

    https://amzn.to/477sxMI

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679728757

    The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

    https://amzn.to/3Ddqt9Q

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780062041289

    Warlock by Oakley Hall

    https://amzn.to/4bhAWOf

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171615

    Butchers Crossing by John Williams

    https://amzn.to/46XAnrk

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171981

    Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes

    https://amzn.to/3HPoWZF

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802145314

    The Stone Face by William Gardner Smith

    https://amzn.to/3N63yCu

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681375168

    1 hr 41 min
  15. Your Favorite Writer's Favorite Writer: Jorge Luis Borges

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Books mentioned in this episode:

    The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren

    https://amzn.to/3PEng9t

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781583220085

    The Return by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4c1EHcP

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250898180

    A Little Lumpen Novelita by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/41kyyST

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250338570

    Moby Dick by Herman Melville

    https://amzn.to/3SZDjNq

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780142437247

    The Insufferable Gaucho by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4cD0s1I

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250898203

    Wild Horses by Jordi Cussa

    https://amzn.to/3zVrW30

    Between Parenthesis by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/3Qsj7pf

    The Collected Fictions of Jorge Luis Borges

    https://amzn.to/42dGWno

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140286809

    The Collected Non-Fiction of Jorge Luis Borges

    https://amzn.to/4cgpHI1

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140290110

    Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park

    https://amzn.to/4v1T0W1

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780812988321

    Pay as you Go by Eskor David Johnson

    https://amzn.to/3S3apvd

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781952119743

    People in the Room by Norah Lange

    https://amzn.to/4ced0NY

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781911508229

    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

    https://amzn.to/47RagU8

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650

    The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

    https://amzn.to/3LAWGf3

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781567928211

    Shogun by James Clavell

    Stoner by John Williams

    https://amzn.to/4iOCaEz

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171998

    Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

    https://amzn.to/4rXp1x6

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039945

    Beloved by Toni Morrison

    https://amzn.to/4rg8lPU

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781400033416

    1984 by George Orwell

    https://amzn.to/435ZTcN

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451524935

    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

    https://amzn.to/3WvPB1S

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060850524

    Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

    https://amzn.to/4hZDGmS

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316769488

    Woman Running in the Mountains by Yuko Tsushima

    https://amzn.to/4oOkZEg

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681375977

    Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Daniielewski

    https://amzn.to/4cLYdds

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781524747718

    1 hr 15 min
  16. Do our favorite books actually suck?

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Books mentioned in this episode:

    The Return by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4c1EHcP

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250898180

    Monsieur Pain by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4e7mUlK

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250898142

    A Little Lumpen Novelita by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/41kyyST

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250338570

    Cowboy Graves by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4mmFPes

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780735222908

    The Woes of the True Policeman by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4tANrwj

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250037824

    Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

    https://amzn.to/4tGaTsb

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451419439

    The Unknown University by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4c5Xhis

    The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren

    https://amzn.to/3PEng9t

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781583220085

    Vineland by Thomas Pynchon

    https://amzn.to/4tGjvPu

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141180632

    Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

    https://amzn.to/4vkkYwh

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039945

    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

    https://amzn.to/47RagU8

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650

    The Recognitions by William Gaddis

    https://amzn.to/3O4QVIp

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681374666

    JR by William Gaddis

    https://amzn.to/48mHYks

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681374680

    Malina by Ingebore Bachmann

    https://amzn.to/4mq1ylU

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811228725

    Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

    https://amzn.to/4t5kxVg

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811228725

    Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtrry

    https://amzn.to/41nIIlC

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781439195260

    Fridays at Enrico’s by Don Carpenter

    https://amzn.to/4lQFsIF

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781619025400

    Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter

    https://amzn.to/47SjKhR

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244

    Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

    https://amzn.to/4dWs6ZR

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316602921

    War Trash by Ha Jin

    https://amzn.to/4cgQ7Ii

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781400075799

    Trieste by Dasa Drndic

    https://amzn.to/4b5IQMe

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780544538504

    Passing by Nella Larsen

    https://amzn.to/4cel3sF

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780142437278

    Natural Causes by Nina Lykke

    https://amzn.to/4tBmuIM

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781948830669

    The Dying Grass by William Vollmann

    https://amzn.to/47UMMxs

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143109402

    1 hr 34 min
  17. The Forgotten Genius of Richard Brautigan

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    http://lifeonbooks.com/bookclub

    Get the Freedom App to remove distractions and read more books:https://freedom.sjv.io/N9074O

    Join the Life on Books mailing list to stay up to date on all of our latest book giveaways, projects, and more!

    https://linktw.in/BRYAnVh

    Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online:

    https://linktw.in/Zeolty

    Want to know my all time favorite books? Click the link below!

    https://bookshop.org/shop/lifeonbooks

    Follow me on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/

    Follow Andy on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    1 hr 7 min
  18. 1 hr 6 min
  19. Our favorite books from one of our favorite publishers!

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    https://www.patreon.com/LifeonBooks

    Books mentioned in this episode:

    Bomarzo by Manuel Mujica Lainez

    https://amzn.to/4kx448N

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/978168137941

    Scars by Juan Jose Saer

    https://amzn.to/40cGeGc

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781934824221

    False Calm by Maria Sonia Cristoff

    https://amzn.to/412eTqq

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781945492143

    Paradais by Fernanda Melchor

    https://amzn.to/4t1iPUD

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811235051

    Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

    https://amzn.to/47GrR0J

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811230735

    Sexographies by Gabriela Wiener

    https://amzn.to/4bgXfnz

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781632061591

    I, Grape by Brock Clarke

    https://amzn.to/4sMeW5L

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781946724366

    A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace

    https://amzn.to/4b6ozGr

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316925280

    On the Edge of Reason by Miroslav Krleza

    https://amzn.to/4rwDz57

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811222044

    Trieste by Dasa Drndic

    https://amzn.to/4b5IQMe

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780544538504

    Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury

    https://amzn.to/4blcUT4

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780914671619

    Radiant Terminus by Antoine Volodine

    https://amzn.to/3Pe7QIz

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953526

    The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirahk

    https://amzn.to/4djFB5b

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802124128

    Amulet by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4sKwfEk

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250898128

    Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa

    https://amzn.to/4dduQkY

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312427252

    House of Fury by Evelio Rosero

    https://amzn.to/4qpBQOT

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811234580

    Tono the Infallible by Evelio Rosero

    https://amzn.to/4ph97uR

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811228817

    The Lime Twig by John Hawkes

    https://amzn.to/4t1nJ3Z

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140189827

    The Wax Child by Olga Ravn

    https://amzn.to/412dCzC

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811238830

    The Employees by Olga Ravn

    https://amzn.to/4lvJV3G

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811234825

    My Work by Olga Ravn

    https://amzn.to/47GyujD

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811234719

    Rock, Paper, Scissors by Naja Marie Aidt

    https://amzn.to/3P77jZ1

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953168

    What Kingdom by Fine Grabol

    https://amzn.to/3PxveRq

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781953861849

    The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh

    https://amzn.to/4uqgHqF

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780525562849

    Shadows and Wolves by William Herrick

    https://amzn.to/4bkRk0H

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811207584

    The Obscene Bird of Night by Jose Dinoso

    https://amzn.to/4b7QFRI

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811232227

    Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez

    https://amzn.to/4lpQrsD

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451495150

    Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

    https://amzn.to/4105FuK

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780399184604

    The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa

    https://amzn.to/3OXvvx1

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811226936

    My Search for Warren Harding by Robert Plunket

    https://amzn.to/4dieirW

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811234696

    The German Lesson by Seigfreid Lenz

    https://amzn.to/4s7MwDh

    1 hr 11 min
  20. What's the deal with celebrity book clubs?

    Show notes

    Join our book club!

    https://www.patreon.com/LifeonBooks

    Books mentioned in this episode:

    The Murderbot Diaries Volume 1 by Martha Wells

    https://amzn.to/4cuALSs

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250389824

    The Skating Rink by Roberto Bolano

    https://amzn.to/4rbnykU

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250898067

    Bomarzo by Manuel Mujica Lainez

    https://amzn.to/4kx448N

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379418

    The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes

    https://amzn.to/4rSqXGw

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780374530525

    Scars by Juan Jose Saer

    https://amzn.to/40cGeGc

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781934824221

    The Sellout by Paul Beatty

    https://amzn.to/4rMnKb4

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250808240

    Quicksand by Nella Larsen

    https://amzn.to/4bXv8fn

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781515432425

    The Stone Face by William Gardner Smith

    https://amzn.to/3N63yCu

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681375168

    The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

    https://amzn.to/4cv2mTs

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781501121968

    Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter

    https://amzn.to/47sWIxI

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244

    Empty Wigs by Jonathan Meades

    https://amzn.to/47sXvPc

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781806770045

    The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

    https://amzn.to/3Nk4Tph

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780307278449

    Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

    https://amzn.to/3PhXDuE

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780307278449

    Beloved by Toni Morrison

    https://amzn.to/4rg8lPU

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781400033416

    Senselessness by Horacio Moya

    https://amzn.to/40cNkKS

    https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811217071

    Get the Freedom App to remove distractions and read more books:https://freedom.sjv.io/N9074O

    Join the Life on Books mailing list to stay up to date on all of our latest book giveaways, projects, and more!

    https://linktw.in/BRYAnVh

    Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online:

    https://linktw.in/Zeolty

    Want to know my all time favorite books? Click the link below!

    https://bookshop.org/shop/lifeonbooks

    Follow me on Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/

    Follow Andy on Instagram

    https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

    1 hr 8 min

On these lists

Life On Books Podcast is one of the shows picked out on this list

All Arts lists

More in Books

Placed highest on Apple Podcasts' Books chart right now

All Books podcasts