Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Books discussed:
Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides (1993)
Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’ Diary (1996)
Diana Gabaldon, Outlander (1991)
Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible (1998)
Lois Lowry, The Giver (1993)
Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried (1990)
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1997)
Art Spiegelman, Maus II (1991)
Donna Tartt, The Secret History (1992)
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest (1996)

0:00 intro
1:32 world events
3:20 defining books of the decade
4:12 what I’ve read
20:30 A Modern Classic and I Can See Why!

Dates:
June 22, 2026 - 1930s youtu.be/bBQlrHkDVuM
June 25, 2026 - 1940s youtu.be/RhxgnlopU1s
June 29, 2026 - 1950s youtu.be/KFYAnupP9NM
July 2, 2026 -1960s youtu.be/0hCVro519Og
July 6, 2026 - 1970s youtu.be/2YGf2R1MUYM
July 9, 2026 - 1980s youtu.be/vwI-JtBPn18
July 13, 2026 - 1990s youtu.be/bNGU96VfNcw
July 16, 2026 - 2000s youtu.be/0yuG3Eu9D3I
July 20, 2026 - 2010s youtu.be/z1J-LWZgiQU
July 23, 2026 - 2020s youtu.be/kQ7IXx10G8U


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The Virgin Suicides, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Outlander Diana Gabaldon, The Poisonwood Bible, The Giver Lois Lowry, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Maus Art Spiegelman, The Secret History Donna Tartt, Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace, The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien
Jeffrey Eugenides, Helen Fielding, Barbara Kingsolver, J.K. Rowling, Donna Tartt, David Foster Wallace, Tim O’Brien
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