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So Many Damn Books

A blessing, a curse, a podcast, since 2014.Christopher (@cdhermelin) invites folks to the Damn Library to talk about reading, literature, publishing, and trying to make it through the never-dwindling ... Read more

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105: Top 6* of 2018

105: Top 6* of 2018

Christopher and Drew decide on their shared 4 favorite reads of the year, and add in one personal pick. But they don't s... Read more

22 Jan 2019

22mins

Ranked #2

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91: Stephanie Danler (SWEETBITTER on Starz) & Lorrie Moore's ANAGRAMS

91: Stephanie Danler (SWEETBITTER on Starz) & Lorrie Moore's ANAGRAMS

Stephanie Danler drops by the Damn Library for a second go around, this time to talk the Sweetbitter television adaptati... Read more

29 May 2018

54mins

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The 2019 Tournament of Books -- Minisode #1

The 2019 Tournament of Books -- Minisode #1

It's tournament of books time again, so here's a recap of what went down this week, along with the expected wild specula... Read more

10 Mar 2019

11mins

Ranked #4

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43: Stephanie Danler & "Bluets"

43: Stephanie Danler & "Bluets"

Stephanie Danler, author of the highly recommended Sweetbitter, joins the guys in the Damn Library for a chat about anyt... Read more

31 May 2016

43mins

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20: Ferrante Fever / "My Brilliant Friend"

20: Ferrante Fever / "My Brilliant Friend"

In which Drew and Christopher wonder what spumoni is (it's ice cream), talk about the books they bought, discuss Elena F... Read more

28 Jul 2015

27mins

Ranked #6

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128: Top 8* of 2019

128: Top 8* of 2019

What better way to start the year than looking back at the stuff that we liked from last year? This episode, we talk abo... Read more

14 Jan 2020

32mins

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124: Reading Snapshot

124: Reading Snapshot

Christopher and Drew hang out and talk books. You know, like they usually do. They invite you to their 5th Birthday Part... Read more

5 Nov 2019

32mins

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93: Top 5 of 2018 (so far) + Summer Reading

93: Top 5 of 2018 (so far) + Summer Reading

Christopher and Drew hang in the Damn Library and talk about the books they've liked so far this year, the books they ar... Read more

10 Jul 2018

19mins

Ranked #9

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67: Elif Batuman & "Swann's Way"

67: Elif Batuman & "Swann's Way"

Elif Batuman joins Christopher and Drew in the Damn Library, and they all imbibe a drink called "The Dissertation" which... Read more

6 Jun 2017

53mins

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82: Top 6 of 2017

82: Top 6 of 2017

Christopher and Drew chat about their Top 6 books of 2017 - the 4 books they both agree on, and then 2 that only one of ... Read more

30 Jan 2018

30mins

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9: Audiobooks / "Everything I Never Told You" / Interview: Emily St. John Mandel

9: Audiobooks / "Everything I Never Told You" / Interview: Emily St. John Mandel

Teaser Audiobooks "Everything I Never Told You" by Celeste Ng Interview: Emily St. John Mandel (author of "Station Elev... Read more

9 Feb 2015

52mins

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3: Games / "Wolf in White Van"

3: Games / "Wolf in White Van"

The Future Library Project, Margaret Atwood, and authors we think should be included next Games in Books Wolf in White ... Read more

17 Nov 2014

29mins

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17: Lev Grossman & "Mrs. Dalloway"

17: Lev Grossman & "Mrs. Dalloway"

In which Lev Grossman visits the Damn Library to talk about his Magicians trilogy and (one of his) favorite book(s) of a... Read more

18 May 2015

43mins

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115: Mona Awad (BUNNY) & Rebecca Godfrey's THE TORN SKIRT

115: Mona Awad (BUNNY) & Rebecca Godfrey's THE TORN SKIRT

Mona Awad drops by the Damn Library to discuss her new novel Bunny with Christopher and Drew. They get into fairy tales,... Read more

11 Jun 2019

42mins

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116: #OneBookNY (Patti Smith's JUST KIDS) & Top 6 of 2019 (So Far)

116: #OneBookNY (Patti Smith's JUST KIDS) & Top 6 of 2019 (So Far)

Christopher and Drew are in the Damn Library just on their lonesome to talk the city's One Book, One New York choice, Pa... Read more

25 Jun 2019

35mins

Ranked #16

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95: Megan Abbott (GIVE ME YOUR HAND) & Lisa Halliday's ASYMMETRY

95: Megan Abbott (GIVE ME YOUR HAND) & Lisa Halliday's ASYMMETRY

Megan Abbott returns to the Damn Library for her new book Give Me Your Hand, and Christopher cooks up a color changing c... Read more

31 Jul 2018

45mins

Ranked #17

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57: Tournament of Books 2017 Primer

57: Tournament of Books 2017 Primer

After a long hiatus, Drew and Christopher are back in the Damn Library, explaining what the Tournament of Books is, why ... Read more

31 Jan 2017

26mins

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55: "Six of Crows" & Top 6 of 2016!

55: "Six of Crows" & Top 6 of 2016!

In this one, the guys look to escape their lives for a bit with some epic fantasy, and they do so via a duologetic ticke... Read more

12 Dec 2016

32mins

Ranked #19

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85: John Darnielle (UNIVERSAL HARVESTER, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS) & Mathias Énard's Zone

85: John Darnielle (UNIVERSAL HARVESTER, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS) & Mathias Énard's Zone

John Darnielle, lead singer of the Mountain Goats and writer of Universal Harvester and Wolf in White Van, sits down in ... Read more

7 Mar 2018

54mins

Ranked #20

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106: Karen Thompson Walker (THE DREAMERS) & Kazuo Ishiguro's NEVER LET ME GO

106: Karen Thompson Walker (THE DREAMERS) & Kazuo Ishiguro's NEVER LET ME GO

Karen Thompson Walker drops in to dream a little dream with Christopher and Drew in the dreamy Damn Library to discuss h... Read more

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