Welcome to Top Shelf Reads. On today’s episode, we chat about Booker Prize news, I review The Rifles by William T Vollmann, and we discuss classic literature. 00:00 -- holiday schedule news update 2:28 -- Booker Prize 2021 news update (and winner announcement) Eric Karl Anderson's Booker 2021 rantGuardian Article14:20 -- The Rifles by William T Vollmann (a review--or a book report?) 32:33 -- Discussion: TSR talks about the classics  Literature erasSome books discussed: The Count of Monte CristoMoby DickIf on a Winters Night a TravelerHouse of LeavesHarry PotterStonerSpeedboatPachinkoA Fine BalancePride and Prejudice1984Slaughterhouse VPicture of Dorian GrayMrs DallowaySong of SolomonRebeccaDraculaFrankensteinHouse of the SpiritsStory of a Death FortoldTheir Eyes Were Watching GodThe MetamorphosisThe TrialIn Search of Lost TimeMiddlemarchThe Brothers KaramazovCrime and PunishmentMadame BovaryDon QuixoteThe Anatomy of MelancholyKurt VonnegutPhilip K DickThe CrucibleThe Scarlet LetterThe Grapes of WrathThe Handmaid's [email protected] | Twitter | Instagram Topshelfreads TikTok