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Best Book Ever


Oct 19, 2020

Today, adventure novelist, pilot, and airplane tinkerer joins me to give the definitive answer to the question, "What is the best book ever?" Nathan insists that his answer is the final answer to the question. I suppose after this episode, I'll have to change the name my show to "The Second or Third Best Book Ever"? 

I had so much fun chatting with Nathan. There is something magical about listening to someone who has thought so deeply about a book, particularly a book from childhood that still affects him so deeply. I know you're going to love this episode.

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Guest: Nathan Van Coops

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Discussed in this episode:

 

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

The Spenser Series by Robert B. Parker - This is a 48-book series. The first book is called The Godwulf Manuscript

The Mackenzie August Series by Alan Lee – This is a 7-book series. The first book is called August Origins

An Unfinished Story: A Novel by Boo Walker

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

(If you have young readers in your house, Born a Crime is also available in a young readers edition, recommended for readers aged 10-12)

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy

The Dark Knight Rises (Final movie in The Dark Knight Trilogy)

Faster Than Falling: The Skylighter Adventures by Nathan Van Coops

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Phillip Marlowe by Raymond Chandler (a 7-book series, the first is The Big Sleep)

Harlan Coben

The Friends of Eddie Coyle: A Novel by George V. Higgins

Justified (TV show) based on Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard

Louise Penny Inspector Gamache Mysteries

 

Discussed in our Patreon Exclusive Clip:

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

The Complete Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Lord of the Rings Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien

Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

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