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Ep 640 - Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk
March 25, 2024

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
March 18, 2024

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 (Bonus Episode)
March 16, 2024

The Overdue boys discuss Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Lilac Inn.

Ep 637 - The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White
March 11, 2024

The boys from Overdue cover E.B. White's children's novel The Trumpet of the Swan.

Ep 636 - The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis
March 04, 2024

The Screwtape Letters, written from the point of view of a demon whose object is to send souls to Hell, is a deeply Christian work but its appeal comes just as much from C.S. Lewis' insight into what makes humanity tick.

Ep 635 - Jazz, by Toni Morrison
February 26, 2024

Toni Morrisons second novel in her beloved Beloved trilogy, Jazz introduces the reader to a trio of characters united by an incident of tragic romance. Will the freewheeling optimism of the Jazz Age set them on the path of redemption or will they be boun

Ep 634 - The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3), by Rick Riordan
February 19, 2024

Percy Jackson returns for another road trip across a mythological United States. Plenty of new characters are introduced -- and some of them survive!This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Go tosquarespace.com/overduefor 10% of your first purchase o

Ep 633 - Network Effect (Murderbot Diaries #5), by Martha Wells
February 12, 2024

Our month of sequels continues with the first full-length novel in Martha Wells' Murderbot series.

Ep 632 - Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #2), by Tamsyn Muir
February 05, 2024

To kick off a month of sequel coverage, we get bone deep in the Locked Tomb follow up Harrow the Ninth. This obtuse but compelling sci-fi/fantasy tome plays with perspective, doubles down on the space wizards, and challenges the reader NOT to notice oddly

Ep 631 - The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
January 29, 2024

An early-90s Bengali novel that was translated into English relatively recently, The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die has a lot going for it, but as with many books the thing we'll remember the most is the murderous horny ghost aunt. Our theme music was composed b