We didn’t mean for these episodes to be “timely,” but these days in America, that seems unavoidable.
Between posting our two-parter about Dave Cullen’s Columbine, there has been another school shooting at Sante Fe High School[…]

Dave Cullen’s book Columbine is an exhaustive and brilliant examination of the infamous school shooting that stunned the country in 1999.
It is also one of the first books that Tod, Julia, and Rider discussed as friends. Bonding over our love […]

I know, it’s a bit confusing, but some tech issues with Episode 123 means we’re skipping it for now.
Instead, we zoom to the future! It’s a Bookshelf Revisit episode with a game — a new game Tod is insisting we call “Ro[…]

Elif Batuman’s novel was a critical darling of 2017.
We try to figure out why.

Our fantasy and sci-fi correspondent Will Friedle returns! And he’s picked a doozy for us to read.
Piers Anthony has written dozens of hugely popular fantasy novels, and many of them are set in the magical, pun-filled land of Xanth. Will asked[…]

Jennifer Egan’s a favorite author here on the Disco.
But does her latest novel, the New York period piece Manhattan Beach, keep up the winning streak?
It made a lot of Best Of 2017 lists, but the Disco trio is a bit divided. Are these characte[…]

 
We did it.
We read the George Saunders book that blew everyone’s mind in 2017.
And then we talked about it.
 

Too often, all we say about children’s books is “awwww.” Not today. Tod, Julia, and Rider dig deep into classics and new books for kids.

 
Happy Holidays!
In honor of the season, the Disco team does a holiday-themed Bookshelf Revisit.
See you in the New Year!