Ep. 21: Unreliable Narrators
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Kendra and August list their favorite books with unreliable narrators in this spoiler-free episode. Both hosts enjoy reading from the perspective of an unreliable narrator because it requires a critical approach and a degree of skepticism towards what is presented to the reader. Books mentioned in the episode: The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel (2017) The Mothers by Brit Bennett (2016) History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (2017) Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (2006) Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (1962) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) Despair by Vladimir Nabokov (1936) Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuick (1996) The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2012) American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (1991) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (2016) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (2015) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1963) Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (1996) The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (2019)
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