Life On Books Podcast

Life On Books
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On the LOB Podcast we discuss books, primarily fiction, literature, but also feature interviews with authors, writers, publishers, editors, and educators. If you love fiction, literature or just books in general, you're in the right place. We upload our podcast weekly on Fridays

  1. Sep 4

    These are our favorite books...written by women in translation

    Join our book club! lifeonbooks.com/bookclub Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online: https://linktw.in/Zeolty Get my favorite rotating bookshelf here: Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/ Follow Andy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/ Books mentioned in this episode The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva https://amzn.to/3DlF1Em https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9789533514376 Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor https://amzn.to/47GrR0J https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811230735 Sexographies by Gabriela Wiener https://amzn.to/4bgXfnz https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781632061591 Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez https://amzn.to/4lpQrsD https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451495150 Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin https://amzn.to/4105FuK https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780399184604 Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes https://amzn.to/3JzA2Dk Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe https://amzn.to/3SGr8bL https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250781253 The Left hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin https://amzn.to/4ik2WCL https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780441478125 The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin https://amzn.to/4jAViFq https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781668017401 Out by Natsuo Kirino  https://amzn.to/44zddqh https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593311950 Recommended if You Like: A Novel by Adam Voith https://www.littleengines.shop/shop/p/recommended-if-you-like Choosing Death by Albert Mudrian https://amzn.to/3TdjVA6 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781935950165 Woodworm by Layla Martinez https://amzn.to/45YEvHb https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781949641592 Whore by Nelly Arcan https://amzn.to/4yiCeCW https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802170026 Idiocy by Pierre Guyotat https://amzn.to/4ikQdDq https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379197 Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Monica Ojeda https://amzn.to/4gH25hU https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897556 Discontent by Beatriz Serrano https://amzn.to/3SqT5nE https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9798217006762 On Earth as it is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia https://amzn.to/4xFoLoS https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260107 Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia https://amzn.to/4pC4zB6 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781913867492 Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin https://amzn.to/4x693lG https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780525541370 I Gave you Eyes and you Looked Towards Darkness by Irene Sola https://amzn.to/4zVhgeZ https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781644453438 History: A Mess by Sigrun Palsdottir https://amzn.to/4ov928c https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953984 Space Invaders by Nona Fernandez https://amzn.to/4fS8o1y https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781644450079 To Hell With Cronje by Ingrid Winterbach https://amzn.to/4xxIw1t https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781934824306

  2. Aug 21

    These "book" questions are nuts

    Join our book club!lifeonbooks.com/bookclubBooks mentioned in this episode:Animal Spiral Juan Rosahttps://amzn.to/3RRZ1G7https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260329Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquezhttps://amzn.to/4lpQrsDhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451495150Out by Natsuo Kirino https://amzn.to/44zddqhhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593311950Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun by Monica Ojedahttps://amzn.to/4gH25hUhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897556Orders of Semblance by Robert S. StickleyDiscontent by Beatriz Serranohttps://amzn.to/3SqT5nEhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9798217006762Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompsonhttps://amzn.to/4xSYymthttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679785897Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidalhttps://amzn.to/4bWs5TNhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780525566502Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfieldhttps://amzn.to/4xN0Q6phttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780553383683American Gods by Neil Gaimanhttps://amzn.to/4bX1xllhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780062472106100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquezhttps://amzn.to/42sHkQ1https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060883287Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchonhttps://amzn.to/42x7mjXhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039945The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larssonhttps://amzn.to/4p4z2GjCatch-22 by Joseph Hellerhttps://amzn.to/3LfAMy3https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichiehttps://amzn.to/4xS0rj5https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780307455925Atomic Habits by James Clearhttps://amzn.to/4g9trwXhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780735211292The Tunnel by William H. Gasshttps://amzn.to/3TYQ2DUhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781628976366Idiocy by Pierre Guyotathttps://amzn.to/4ikQdDqhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379197By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolanohttps://amzn.to/48OXGpIhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250321749Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautiganhttps://amzn.to/4vcGzGQhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547255279Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeckhttps://amzn.to/42WE3r4https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039433Moby Dick by Herman Melvillehttps://amzn.to/3SZDjNqhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780142437247Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfehttps://amzn.to/3SGr8bLhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250781253A Posthumous Confession by Marcellus Emantshttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173473https://amzn.to/4qjp1XfHard Rain Falling by Don Carpenterhttps://amzn.to/40WFDJjhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244Look Out Cartridge by Joseph McElroyhttps://amzn.to/4gaPMdthttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781941088333Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuenteshttps://amzn.to/3JzA2DkJR by William Gaddishttps://amzn.to/44pKEfnhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681374680Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeckhttps://amzn.to/3SKlbukhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140177398Ulysses by James Joycehttps://amzn.to/4cTgKUOhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679722762Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervanteshttps://amzn.to/3SKltkUhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060934347Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallacehttps://amzn.to/4lVzrJzhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/97803169200492666 by Roberto Bolanohttps://amzn.to/48EyX5yhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312429218Mending Bodies by Han Lai Chuhttps://amzn.to/4i7zZgShttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781949641769Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online:https://linktw.in/ZeoltyGet my favorite rotating bookshelf here:https://www.flycitymall.com/?ref=edbiqqxe&utm_source=goaffproFollow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/Follow Andy on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

  3. Aug 14

    Are books getting too hard to read?

    Join our book club!lifeonbooks.com/bookclubBooks mentioned in this episodeAnimal Spiral by Luis Rosahttps://amzn.to/4i67O1Mhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260329Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquezhttps://amzn.to/4bNIkCwhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451495150The Week of Colors by Elena Garrohttps://amzn.to/4xCvdfIhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781949641899Out by Natsuo Kirinohttps://amzn.to/4idi9ZMhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593311950Mending Bodies by Han Lai Chuhttps://amzn.to/4i7zZgShttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781949641769Woodworm by Layla Martinezhttps://amzn.to/45YEvHbhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781949641592The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchonhttps://amzn.to/4bQTIxrhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060913076Omensetter’s Luck by William H. Gasshttps://amzn.to/4ws50Qkhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141180106Trieste by Dasa Drndichttps://amzn.to/4xIp2XRhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780544538504The Flanders Road by Claude Simonhttps://amzn.to/3SsXSFghttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681375953Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchonhttps://amzn.to/4zit6zphttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039945Marshland by Otohiko Kagahttps://amzn.to/4xhQvjnhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781628974041Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautiganhttps://amzn.to/3TVpIKMhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547255279Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallacehttps://amzn.to/4fXL2YLhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316602921The Pale King by David Foster Wallacehttps://amzn.to/4qiFawChttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316074223Ulysses by James Joycehttps://amzn.to/3Sej1mmhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679722762As I Lay Dying by Faulknerhttps://amzn.to/3TRPijShttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780940450264100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquezhttps://amzn.to/4wLyetHhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060883287Dune by Frank Herberthttps://amzn.to/4xa6Ea8https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780441013593Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevskyhttps://amzn.to/4wCweE0https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679734505Moby Dick by Herman Melvillehttps://amzn.to/4xILJLuhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143105954Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenterhttps://amzn.to/4zhSo0Ahttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online:https://linktw.in/ZeoltyGet my favorite rotating bookshelf here:https://www.flycitymall.com/?ref=edbiqqxe&utm_source=goaffproFollow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/Follow Andy on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

  4. Jul 24

    You should read these books with us in August!

    Join our book club! lifeonbooks.com/bookclub Now I Surrender by Alvaro Enrigue https://amzn.to/4vhZor1 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593084076 Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto https://amzn.to/4pJqOoQ https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590177174 Miaow by Benito Perez Galdos https://amzn.to/4fv40o6 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379470 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad https://amzn.to/3SJFiIW https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780486264646 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller https://amzn.to/3LfAMy3 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650 Idiocy by Pierre Guyotat https://amzn.to/4pp41y8 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379197 Death on the Installment Plan by Louis-Ferdinand Celine https://amzn.to/4htDlKN https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811200172 Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger https://amzn.to/4wQEzEu https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143108252 Animal Spiral Juan Rosa https://amzn.to/3RRZ1G7 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260329 Cathedrals by Claudia PIneiro https://amzn.to/3T4AbmF https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260282   Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia https://amzn.to/4pC4zB6 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781913867492 Rock, Paper, Scissors by Naja Marie Aidt https://amzn.to/3P77jZ1 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953168 American Fictionary by Dubr\avka Ugresic https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953847 Fox by Dubravka Ugresic https://amzn.to/4pDu1Gk https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953762 Space Invaders by Nona Fernandez https://amzn.to/4fS8o1y https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781644450079 The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili https://amzn.to/4fhNYyX https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780063485853 We Trade Our Night for Someone Else’s Day by Ivana Bodrozic https://amzn.to/4pBuOaB https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781644210482 Ubik by Philip K Dick https://amzn.to/4pCqh85 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547572291 The Adventures China Iron by Gabriela Camara https://amzn.to/3T7Ymki https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781916465664 We are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Camara https://amzn.to/4hsnmwr https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811238618 Ruins, Child by Giada Scodellero https://amzn.to/4gNKS70 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811240215 The City by Lara Moreno https://amzn.to/4yDLfY7 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781960385499 The Wall by Marlen Haushofer https://amzn.to/4bYVgp3 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811231947 Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez https://amzn.to/4lpQrsD https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451495150 The Vladivostok by Elisa Shua Dusapin https://amzn.to/4ftq9D8 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781960385123 Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin https://amzn.to/4a9IinV https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781948830416 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/ Follow Andy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

  5. Jul 17

    Is Apocalypse Now the best book adaptation of all time?

    Join our book club! lifeonbooks.com/bookclub Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad https://amzn.to/3SJFiIW https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780486264646 Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes https://amzn.to/3JzA2Dk Catch-22 by Joseph Heller https://amzn.to/3LfAMy3 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650 Now I Surrender by Alvaro Enrigue https://amzn.to/4vhZor1 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593084076 Ubik by Philip K Dick https://amzn.to/4faCD2c https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547572291 Idiocy by Pierre Guyotat https://amzn.to/4pp41y8 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681379197 War by Louis Ferdinand Celine https://amzn.to/4aLnS4H https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811237321 King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild https://amzn.to/4yclMon https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780358212508 Out by Natsuo Kirino  https://amzn.to/44zddqh https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593311950 The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezon Camara https://amzn.to/4x70Q15 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781916465664 Cathedrals by Claudia PIneiro https://amzn.to/3T4AbmF https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781917260282 Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez https://amzn.to/4fDAspj https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780451495150 The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende https://amzn.to/4f5ygXB https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781501117015 The Shadow-Line by Joseph Conrad https://amzn.to/4ecLCzy https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780307386533 Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad https://amzn.to/4yuOAJe https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141441610 Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter https://amzn.to/40WFDJj https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244 The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad https://amzn.to/45c0Mkk https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141441580 Nostromo by Joseph Conrad https://amzn.to/4f5Raxx https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141441634

  6. Jul 10

    The BEST BOOKS of 2026

    Join our book club! lifeonbooks.com/bookclub Books mentioned in this episodeTerra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes https://amzn.to/3JzA2Dk Catch-22 by Joseph Heller https://amzn.to/3LfAMy3 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650 Now I Surrender by Alvaro Enrigue https://amzn.to/4vhZor1 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593084076 You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue https://amzn.to/44hvFUn https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593544808 King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild https://amzn.to/4yclMon https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780358212508 War by Louis Ferdinand Celine https://amzn.to/4aLnS4H https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811237321 Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine https://amzn.to/49an6fu https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811216548 Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Daniielewski https://amzn.to/4cLYdds https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781524747718 The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolano 2666 by Roberto Bolano https://amzn.to/48EyX5y https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312429218 The Woes of the True Policeman by Roberto Bolano https://amzn.to/4y8ua8J https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250037824 The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene https://amzn.to/4vW2DWw https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143107552 The Quiet American by Graham Greene https://amzn.to/4mhl2b3 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039020 The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene https://amzn.to/4wAzFva https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143105558 Killer Angels by Michael Shaara https://amzn.to/4aDv4R6 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780345407276 77 by Guillermo Saccomano https://amzn.to/4f1Cle8 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953892 Gesell Dome by Guillermo Saccomanno https://amzn.to/40xgAMT https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953380 Trieste by Dasa Drndic https://amzn.to/4b5IQMe https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780544538504 Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan https://amzn.to/4vcGzGQ https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547255279 The Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan https://amzn.to/4v5fLII Stoner by John Williams https://amzn.to/4nZ8bej https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171998 Butchers Crossing by John Williams https://amzn.to/46XAnrk https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171981 Friday’s at Enrico’s by Don Carpenter https://amzn.to/4lQFsIF https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781619025400 Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather https://amzn.to/4yeNXDm https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679728894 The Literary Conference by Cesar Aira https://amzn.to/44S9OTx https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811218788 The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren https://amzn.to/3PEng9t https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781583220085 Elevator in Saigon by Thuan https://amzn.to/4pfekVx https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811238540 Ada by Mark Haber https://amzn.to/4wB0zD7 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897594 Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber https://amzn.to/4gvJE04 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897198 Reinhart’s Garden by Mark Haber https://amzn.to/4gpOlbH https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566895620 Saint Sebastian’s Abyss by Mark Haber https://amzn.to/4wzVuuO https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566896368 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad https://amzn.to/3SJFiIW https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780486264646 Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector https://amzn.to/3LdtjQ2 https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811220026 Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace https://amzn.to/4lVzrJz https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316920049 Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon https://amzn.to/4jOmfFA https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143112563   Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/ Follow Andy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

  7. Jun 12

    Answering YOUR QUESTIONS about BOOKS!

    Join our book club! lifeonbooks.com/bookclub Join the Life on Books mailing list to stay up to date on all of our latest book giveaways, projects, and more! https://linktw.in/BRYAnVh Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online: https://linktw.in/Zeolty Want to know my all time favorite books? Click the link below! https://bookshop.org/shop/lifeonbooks Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/ Follow Andy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

  8. Jun 5

    The best 100 books of all time...according to us

    Join our book club! lifeonbooks.com/bookclub Join the Life on Books mailing list to stay up to date on all of our latest book giveaways, projects, and more! https://linktw.in/BRYAnVh Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online: https://linktw.in/Zeolty Want to know my all time favorite books? Click the link below! https://bookshop.org/shop/lifeonbooks Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alifeonbooks/ Follow Andy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/metafictional.meathead/

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On the LOB Podcast we discuss books, primarily fiction, literature, but also feature interviews with authors, writers, publishers, editors, and educators. If you love fiction, literature or just books in general, you're in the right place. We upload our podcast weekly on Fridays

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  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
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