The theme this week: Fear and violent behavior. Circa 1890, somewhere in the southeast of present-day Nigeria, a powerful man has built his life on the foundations of pride and fearlessness. Determined to be the exact opposite of his lazy father, he rules his world with an iron fist. Still, he cannot escape the plagues of time and change. His name is Okonkwo. The book is Things Fall Apart. And you’re listening to lit society. Let’s get LIT! ... Find Alexis and Kari online: Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod/; Twitter — twitter.com/litsocietypod; Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod/; and our website www.LitSocietyPod.com. Get in on the conversation by using #booksanddrama.
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir and Michèle Fitoussi
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (Part 2)
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (Part 1)
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers
Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White
Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid
Sula, by Toni Morrison
Bonus: The Chat We Couldn't Fit Into Our Last Episode, Catch And Kill by Ronan Farrow
Catch and Kill, by Ronan Farrow
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
My Sister the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Educated, by Tara Westover
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