Books
Every monthly club pick, plus every book Anthony has talked about on the podcast: listen to the episodes →
Club picks
Current pick Club pick · November 2026
The Friend
Sigrid Nunez
In 1 episode
Club pick · October 2026
The Trees
Percival Everett
In 3 episodes
Club pick · September 2026
The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel
In 3 episodes
Club pick · August 2026
Little Eyes
Samanta Schweblin
Club pick · July 2026
Savages
Don Winslow
Club pick · June 2026
A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet
Club pick · May 2026
Stoner
John Williams
In 1 episode
Club pick · April 2026
Dept. of Speculation
Jenny Offill
Club pick · March 2026
Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut
Club pick · February 2026
Paradais
Fernanda Melchor
Club pick · January 2025
The Getaway
Jim Thompson
Mentioned on the podcast
Books Anthony has talked about that weren't club picks.
Mentioned on the podcast
Exit Party
Emily St. John Mandel
In 4 episodes
Mentioned on the podcast
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman
In 2 episodes
Mentioned on the podcast
Elf Unwrapped
Andy Richter
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Etna
Paul Yoon
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Three Body Problem
刘慈欣
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Cerulian Sea
T. J. Klune
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Under the Whispering Door
TJ Klune
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
We Burn So Bright
TJ Klune
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
A Song of Ice and Fire
George R.R. Martin
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Stench of Honolulu
Jack Handey
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Middlemarch
George Eliot
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Harry Potter
J. K. Rowling
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
City of Thieves
David Benioff
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Martian
Andy Weir
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Chain Gang Allstars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Orbital
Samantha Harvey
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Hunter
Richard Stark
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Hedge Knight
George R. R. Martin
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Everlasting
Alix E. Harrow
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Clara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
James
Percival Everett
In 2 episodes
Mentioned on the podcast
Brut
Sam Tallent
In 3 episodes
Mentioned on the podcast
Glamorama
Bret Easton Ellis
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
In 2 episodes
Mentioned on the podcast
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel
In 2 episodes
Mentioned on the podcast
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
In 2 episodes
Mentioned on the podcast
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
In 3 episodes
Mentioned on the podcast
American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
Isaac Fitzgerald
In 2 episodes
Mentioned on the podcast
Dirtbag, Massachusetts
Isaac Fitzgerald
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Antkind
Charlie Kaufman
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
American Rambler
James Inda McClendon
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Maggie Brown and Others
Peter Orner
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Also a Poet
Ada Calhoun
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Finnegan's Wake
James Joyce
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
A Million Little Pieces
James Frey
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William L. Shirer
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Mouse
Beverly Cleary
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Wolf in White Van
John Darnielle
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Beastang
Paul Murray
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Sellout
Paul Beatty
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Running the Light
Sam Tallent
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Gray Matter
Stephen King
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Network
Martha Wells
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Glengary Glenn Ross
David Mamet
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Nobody's Angel
Jack Clark
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Hawkline Monster
Richard Brautigan
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Stand
Stephen King
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Eye of the Dragon
Stephen King
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Shining
Stephen King
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Born Standing Up
Steve Martin
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Sure, I'll join your cult
Maria Bamford
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Bed Wet
Sarah Silverman
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Singer's Gun
Emily St. John Mandel
In 2 episodes
Mentioned on the podcast
Life of M
Rachel Cusk
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Sisters in Yellow
Mieko Kawakami
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Lazar
Nelio Biedermann
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Skippy Dies
Paul Murray
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Outline
Rachel Cusk
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Second Place
Rachel Cusk
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Nemesis
Philip Roth
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Prep
Curtis Sittenfeld
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Journals
Kurt Cobain
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Game
Neil Strauss
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Hustler
Walter S. Tevis
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
The Book of Goose
Li, Yiyun
In 1 episode
Mentioned on the podcast
Dark Tower series
Stephen King
In 1 episode