Episode Sixty-Six: #OneBookNY ("Americanah")

In This Episode:

The guys decide to participate in #OneBookNY and read Chimamanda Ngoze Adichie's Americanah along with the rest of New York City. The book is considered not just for its merits (of which there are many) but why it might be a good read for the city-at-large. Turns out, the book is just as good as the hype and the guys are a little embarrassed to just be getting to it now.

Other Highlights:

* Other moments when the city all read a book together, just unintentionally
* The OneStory Deb Ball!
* Remember when Obama was president? That was a nice time.
* We launched a Patreon! Support us and help us do more cool bookish stuff!

LISTEN:

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THE EP. 66 BOOKSHELF
(CONTAINING ALL THE BOOKS DISCUSSED WHILE RECORDING)

THIS EPISODE'S BOOK:

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngoze Adichie

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Christopher: Marlena by Julie Buntin & Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Drew: McSweeney's #49: Cover Stories

ALSO MENTIONED:

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngoze Adichie
Walk Hard (2007)

The Other #OneBookNY Finalists:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

RECOMMENDATIONS (for the next #OneBookNY):

Drew: Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem
Christopher: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg