So Many Damn Books

Hosted ByChristopher & Drew

Christopher (@cdhermelin) and Drew (@drewsof) talk about reading, literature, publishing, and trying to make it through their never-dwindling stack of things to read. All with a themed drink in their hands.

Recorded at the Damn Library in Brooklyn, NY. For show info, book lists, and drink recipes, visit somanydamnbooks.com


All Episodes

238: Kate Slotover (of The Book Club Review) Returns, Solvej Balle’s ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME VOL 1

Kate Slotover of The Book Club Review drops in again, virtually this time, to talk about a visit to a posh library, her reading life of late, and Solvej...

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237: 22 Long Books to Sink Into

A list of 22 long books because sometimes you need to get lost in a book, like really lost, like 400 pages in and not even halfway there and...

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236: 22 Short Books for Short Attention Spans

A list of 22 short books for short attention spans because we all hey look at that dog! he’s trying to catch a butterfly!! Join the Patreon and hang...

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235: Cynthia Weiner (A GORGEOUS EXCITEMENT) & Susanna Moore’s IN THE CUT

Cynthia Weiner zooms in and starts off the year right with her 80s New York novel, A Gorgeous Excitement. We talk all the trappings of true crime and female...

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234: Favorite Reads of 2024

Christopher chooses some favorites from the reading year that just passed, and answers some questions from the Patreon patrons. Join the Patreon and hang out in the monthly book...

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233: Emily Habeck (SHARK HEART: A LOVE STORY) & Jenny Offill’s DEPT. OF SPECULATION

Emily Habeck swims on in to chat the book Christopher can’t stop recommending to anyone and everyone, Shark Heart: A Love Story. Thrill to this episode where we get...

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232: Holiday Gift Guide 2024 (with Sarah!)

If you do something two years in a row, that makes it a yearly tradition right? With that in mind, here’s the very traditional Holiday Gift Guide episode. I’m...

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231: Rosalind Brown (PRACTICE) & Lisa Robertson’s THE BAUDELAIRE FRACTAL

Rosalind Brown makes her airwaves debut in this one, talking about her debut novel Practice, which means talking about Shakespeare, and using white space on the page, and the...

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230: Ten Years of So Many Damn Books (with Drew Broussard)

Our old pal Drew drops into the Damn Library, in Brooklyn, in person, for the first time since February 2020, to celebrate 10 years of So Many Damn Books....

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