You Don't Know Lit

EP 229. Faust

Faust, a Tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1808) VS Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann (1947)

228. Foreign Dystopia

The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei (2021) VS The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza (2018)

227. National Book Awards (Non-fiction)

Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle (2024) VS The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives by Ernest Scheyder (2024)

 

 

226. Spooktacular Grishmas

Camino Ghosts by John Grisham (2024) vs Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (2001)

225. Nonsense Lit

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (1974) vs Tiger on a Tree by Anushka Ravishankar (1997)

224. National Book Awards (Fiction)

James by Percival Everett (2024) VS The Most by Jessica Anthony (2024) 

223. Merry Grishmas!

The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (1992) VS The Rainmaker by John Grisham (1995)

222. Epistolary

Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher (2014) VS Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (2001)

221. Banished Books

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (2001) VS Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (2019)

220. GOATS

The Fight by Norman Mailer (1975) vs Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky (2024)