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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Episode-28-Featured-Image.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"DraftEditor-paragraphElement\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"58aef\" data-offset-key=\"7908q-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"7908q-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7908q-0-0\">If you&#8217;re like us, sometimes you go buy a book you are so excited to read, only to then leave it unread on the shelf for . . . well, years maybe! In this episode Trevor and Paul look at some of their dustiest unread books.\u00a0<\/span>Also, listen up for the winner of our short books episode giveaway!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We hope you enjoy this episode!<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23130386\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/003366\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\" width=\"100%\" height=\"192\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Episode Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lOtmlrHJfRU\">Movie trailer for Letter From An Unknown Woman<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Library of America American Science Fiction Box Sets\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loa.org\/books\/373-american-science-fiction-nine-classic-novels-of-the-1950s-boxed-set\">Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loa.org\/books\/617-american-science-fiction-eight-classic-novels-of-the-1960s-boxed-set\">Eight Classic Novels of the 1960s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanstrahan.podbean.com\">The Coode Street Podcast, with Gary K. Wolfe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wondrium.com\/how-great-science-fiction-works\">Wondrium: How Great Science Fiction Works, by Gary K. Wolfe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastonpress.com\/all-categories\/book-series\/greatest-books-ever-written-4000.html?source=W1000&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw1ZeUBhDyARIsAOzAqQL82OfH9i9e63f_53X_DKytdz1NchpZCeatvI_DE54lbAwRJl4iLkUaAkGvEALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\">Greatest Books Ever Written Easton Press<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>All of the books brought up in this episode!<\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The Famous Magician, by C\u00e9sar Aira<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Bullfighting, by Roddy Doyle<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The Last Days of Roger Federer, by Geoff Dyer<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Death on the Nile, by Agatha Christie<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The Crying Of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Against the Day, by Thomas Pynchon<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Gravity\u2019s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Mason &amp; Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The Warden, by Anthony Trollope<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Letter From An Unknown Woman, by Stefan Zweig<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The Books of Jacob, by Olga Tokarczuk<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The Black Prince, by Iris Murdoch<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The Green Knight, by Iris Murdoch<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Pilcrow, by Adam Mars-Jones<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Cedilla, by Adam Mars-Jones<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Dead Souls, by Nikolai Gogol<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Midaq Alley, byNaguib Mahfouz<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The Cairo Trilogy, by Naguib Mahfouz<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Voss, by Patrick White<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">The Vivisector, by Patrick White<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Troubles, by J.G. 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