127: The SMDB Holiday Album

In This Episode:

This episode is taken from the recording sessions for the So Many Damn Books holiday album -- entitled "So Many Damn Christmases" -- and it includes four songs from the record! Three holiday classics with a bookish twist, plus one original Christmas tune that is sure to be an instant favorite for the whole family. Also, naturally, the guys talk about books, specifically best-of lists and the past decade in reading. Because of course they do.

Special thanks to Dani Lencioni, the Moose Masquerade Choir, Ethan Helm, and Andrew Sheron at Conveyor Studios for musical additions and assistance.

The Ep. 127 Bookshelf

Some of the Best Books of the 2010s, in alphabetical order:

2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
The Selfishness of Others by Kristin Dombek
A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Wicked and the Divine by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
The Magician King by Lev Grossman
The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
You Too Could Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine
Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Made for Love by Alissa Nutting
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
Democracy May Not Exist But We'll Miss It When It's Gone by Astra Taylor
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chang
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
Building Stories by Chris Ware
Sex Criminals by Chip Zdarsky & Matt Fraction

ALSO MENTIONED:

Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Elliman
All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Hark the Herald Angels Scream, ed. by Christopher Golden
”Well, I Should Have…” by H. Jon Benjamin
”A Very Kasey Christmas” by Kasey Musgraves
”Everyday is Christmas” by Sia
The Redwall Cookbook by Brian Jacques
”A Charlie Brown Christmas” by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

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