Overdue

Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy children’s books: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time.


All Episodes

Ep 058 – The Passage, by Justin Cronin

Justin Cronin got his start publishing quiet but moving “literary” fiction. In 2010, he blew up North America (in a manner of speaking) with his post-apocalyptic don’t-call-them-vampires “genre” novelThe...

Ep 057 – Tell the Wolves I’m Home, by Carol Rifka Brunt

Tell the Wolves I’m Home, author Carol Rifka Brunt’s first novel, is multi-faceted: it’s about different kinds of love. It’s about siblinghood, and growing up. It’s about the early...

Ep 056 – The Misanthrope, by Molière

Molière’sThe Misanthropeis a three-and-a-half centuries old play about something as old as time: dishing on your people behind their back. It’s also full of great zingers about man’s duplicitous...

Ep 055 – To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

A true classic, Harper Lee’sTo Kill a Mockingbirdis one of those books we should have read years ago. For the two of you who aren’t familiar, it’s a story...

Ep 054 – In the Woods, by Tana French

Why do we keep trying to solve murders in small towns? What is it like for an American author to set a story in a sleepy Irish suburb? Will...

Ep 053 – The Yellow Wallpaper / The Lottery

We double-dip a bit in this week’s show, reading two short stories and proving that you don’t have to have a ton of time to read something thought-provoking. The...

Ep 052 – Extra Innings, by Baseball Prospectus

It’s almost baseball season! And what better way to celebrate America’s (former) pastime than to document the annual occurrence of Craig forcing Andrew to tolerate his love of baseball?...

Ep 051 – Replay, by Ken Grimwood

What if you got to/had to live the same 25 years of your life over and over again? Would you try to recreate the life you had lost? Would...

Ep 050 – Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James

Strap yourselves in and pick a good safe word, because Andrew and Craig both readFifty Shades of Greyfor this, our landmark 50th episode! Boy are they sorry! A warning...

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