128: Top 8* of 2019

In This Episode:

Fresh off the holiday break, the guys are back with their traditional January "Best of" list for 2019. In a real throwback style, they decide to do a Myspace Top 8 (sorry, Tom, you didn't make the cut) instead of the usual Top 6. Also, they contemplate the ways that last year was a good year for reading and also a weird year for reading. It's good to be back!

The Ep. 128 Bookshelf

WHAT’D YOU BUY?:

Drew: Under the Net by Iris Murdoch // The Heavens by Sandra Newman // Oligarchy by Scarlett Thomas
Christopher: The Manuscript of Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, with illustrations by Gwynedd Hudson // The Peanuts Papers, edited by Andrew Blauner.

THE SMDB TOP 8* OF 2019:

Clyde Fans by Seth
The Swallows by Lisa Lutz
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Good Talk by Mira Jacob
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Bunny by Mona Awad
Democracy May Not Exist, But We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone by Astra Taylor

ALSO MENTIONED:

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Building Stories by Chris Ware
The Complete Peanuts by Charles Schulz
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
What is Democracy? (2018, directed by Astra Taylor)

The Damn Bar