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YouTube film essayist Thomas Flight shares 3 books that changed the way he sees the world.
 
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books discussed:
"The Burnout Society" by Byung-Chul Han https://www.strandbooks.com/the-burnout-society-9780804795098.html
"Ways of Seeing" by John Berger https://www.strandbooks.com/ways-of-seeing-9780140135152.html
"The Medium is the Massage" by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore https://www.strandbooks.com/the-medium-is-the-massage-9781584230700.html
"Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman https://www.strandbooks.com/amusing-ourselves-to-death-public-discourse-in-the-age-of-show-business-9780143036531.html
"The Overstory" by Richard Powers https://www.strandbooks.com/the-overstory-9780393635522.html
"Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace https://www.strandbooks.com/infinite-jest-9780316066525.html
"No One Is Talking about This" by Patricia Lockwood https://www.strandbooks.com/no-one-is-talking-about-this-9780593189597.html
"East of Eden" by John Steinbeck https://www.strandbooks.com/east-of-eden-9780142004234.html
 
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Cailyn Hoertz (The Try Guys) shares 3 books that cover Greek mythology, hangover mac & cheese, a love triangle where it's impossible to choose sides, and more.
 
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books discussed:
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare https://bookshop.org/p/books/clockwork-angel-cassandra-clare/9051e39b3f858cc5?ean=9781481456029&next=t
 
Everything I Know about Love by Dolly Alderton https://bookshop.org/p/books/everything-i-know-about-love-a-memoir-dolly-alderton/6d7db83f537bdea3?ean=9780062968791&next=t

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-song-of-achilles-a-novel-madeline-miller/9640446024d824a5?ean=9780062060624&next=t
 
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Miles Bonsignore joins me for the first weekly episode of Shoulda Books to share the three books he thinks everyone should read.
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the year is almost over, so you know what that means...that's right, I'm making a dang tier list of all the things I read in the dumpster fire that was 2025. did I read an impressive number of books? NO. am I letting that stop me? no, but I do feel self-conscious. AND THAT'S OKAY.
some of the books I talk about in this episode are: The Hunger Games, Parable of the Sower, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, True West (not a book, but that's okay, you'll see what I'm doing), and MORE.
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this is the final podcast of the year. we will be back on JANUARY 8th with the new weekly format, so stay freaking TUNED.

the people have spoken. find out which 3 books we're reading January - March of next year!
 
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music composed by Skyler Klingenberg (thanks Skyler!)