Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy childen’s books: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 31 days 6 hours 5 minutes
Ep 645 - Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn
Did you know that before Gillian Flynn brought us the book Gone Girl, the movie Gone Girl, and the concept of "Gone Girl-ing" someone, she wrote a murder mystery about a different kind of unhealthy family dynamic!
Ep 644 - Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
This episode is about Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, the complete edition containing both The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return.
Ep 643 - Holes, by Louis Sachar
Holes! We all need 'em, we all love 'em. This is a book where a boy is sentenced to dig a bunch of holes out in the desert because he was accused and convicted of a crime he didn't commit.
Ep 642 - Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo
Lo's award-winning novel seeks to shine a light on marginalized experiences from mid-century San Francisco. What's most impressive is how she's synthesized all of her research into a couple of fresh, compelling characters - allowing the story to honor the historical record without feeling overly bound by it. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Follow @overduepod on Instagram and Bluesky Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19...
Ep 641 - War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy?
This week's book is about the topic of war and also the topic of peace.
Stop! Homer Time: The Iliad - Episodes 3 & 4 (Books 5-9)
For our latest show-within-a-show, we'll revisit Ancient Greece through Emily Wilson's new translation of Homer's The Iliad.
Ep 640 - Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk
The boys from Overdue cover Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel FIGHT CLUB. One of us even rewatched the famous film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton!
Ep 639 - There There, by Tommy Orange
There There sets itself apart by being a book by and about indigenous Americans in an explicitly contemporary, urban setting.
Ep 638 - The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew #4), by Carolyn Keene
The Overdue boys discuss Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Lilac Inn.
Ep 637 - The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White
The boys from Overdue cover E.B. White's children's novel The Trumpet of the Swan.