Episode Twenty-Six: "City on Fire" & "Purity"

In This Episode: 

Drew & Christopher disagree (GASP!) about two of the biggest books of the year: City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg and Purity by Jonathan Franzen.

Other highlights:
* Who reads scary books? And why?
* The green one.
* Who buys a book for $2M? And why?

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The Ep. 26 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg
Purity by Jonathan Franzen

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Christopher: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein and The Pickle Index by Eli Horowitz
Drew: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara and Slade House by David Mitchell

ALSO MENTIONED:

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
The Shining by Stephen King
The Other by Thomas Tryon
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Christopher: "A Very Revealing Conversation with Rihanna" by Miranda July, Chuck Klosterman on Taylor Swift for GQ, and Roderick on the Line
Drew: The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra and Coherence