S1 E1: Chris Weitz
Producer, Writer, Director: AMERICAN PIE, ABOUT A BOY, NEW MOON, THE GOLDEN COMPASS, ROGUE ONE
Chris's Books:
- Seed of Zeus: Gods, Heroes and Monsters of Greek Mythology by Mark Diller
- Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
- Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
- Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey
- Don Juan by Lord Byron
- The Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax
Other Books Discussed:
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak; Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak; They Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope; A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver; Salt by Nayyirah Waheed; Larousse Gastronomique ed: Prosper Montagne
S1 E2: Felicity Huffman
Actress: DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, TRANSAMERICA, AMERICAN CRIME
Felicity's Books:
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
- Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Last Lion by William Manchester
- Help Thanks Wow by Anne Lamott
- Stand Before Your God by Paul Watkins
Other Books Discussed:
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins; Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders; The Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown; Blessings of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel; Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling; King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry; Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott; Boy by Roald Dahl; Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr; The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr; 4321 by Paul Auster; 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James; Ironweed by William Kennedy
S1 E3: David Goyer
Producer, Writer, Director: BLADE TRILOGY, DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY, BATMAN VS SUPERMAN, FLASH FORWARD, DA VINCI
David's Books:
- The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolf
- The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
- A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
- Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
- The Keep by Jennifer Egan
Other Books Discussed:
Sandman by Neil Gaiman; The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien; The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper; Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor; For the Time Being by Annie Dillard; The Abundance by Annie Dillard; The Hike by Drew Magary; The Adventures of the Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach; The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
S1 E4: Julie Bowen
Actress: ED, BOSTON LEGAL, LOST, MODERN FAMILY
Julie's Books:
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Wifey by Judy Blume
- Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- Riven Rock by T.C.Boyle
- Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
Other Books Discussed:
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance; The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett; Mandy by Julie Edwards; Are You There God It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume; The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton; 9 Stories by J.D. Salinger; At Home in the World by Joyce Maynard; The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson; The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides; Portrait of a Lady by Henry James; Last Night by James Salter; The Boat by Nam Le; This Book will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes; A Little Lie by Hanya Yanagihara; Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy; A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter; The Essential Rumi translated by Howard Barker
S1 E5: Sean Carroll
Physics Professor, Cosmologist, Author: FROM ETERNITY TO HERE, THE PARTICLE AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE, THE BIG PICTURE: ON THE ORIGINS OF LIFE, MEANING, AND THE UNIVERSE ITSELF
Sean's Books:
- One Two Three ... Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science by George Gamow
- Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
- Time and Chance by David C. Albert
Other Books Discussed:
Mr. Thompkins by George Gamow; works by Ursula Le Guin; The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell; Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon; Night Film by Marisha Pessl; Doomsday Book by Connie Willis; The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien; The Book of Revelation by Rupert Thomson; The Columbia Encyclopedia by William Bridgwater
S1 E6: Mireille Enos
Actress: BIG LOVE, THE KILLING, WORLD WAR Z, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, THE CATCH
Mireille’s Books:
- The Diviners by Jim Leonard Jr.
- Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Other Books Discussed:
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth; M Train by Patti Smith; Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos; Stoner by John Williams; The Poems of Dylan Thomas; The Foreign Student by Susan Choi; The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky; On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman
S1 E7: Jon Hamm
Actor, Director: MAD MEN, 30 ROCK, BRIDESMAIDS, FRIENDS WITH KIDS, THE TOWN, BABY DRIVER
Jon’s Books:
- The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
- The World According to Garp by John Irving
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Other Books Discussed:
Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City’s Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan; Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky; The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson; The Godfather by Mario Puzo; Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley; The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving; Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald; Tess of the D’urbervilles by Thomas Hardy; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce; Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges; The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco; Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco; A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin; Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling; To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; The Norton Anthology of American Literature ed: Robert S. Levine
S1 E8: Jenni Konner
Writer, Producer, Show Runner: GIRLS, LENNY LETTER
Jenni’s Books:
- Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher
- American Pastoral by Philip Roth
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Silver Palate Cookbook by Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso
- Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill
Other Books Discussed:
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran; The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank; Independence Day by Richard Ford; Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; Between Them: Remembering My Parents by Richard Ford; The Sportswriter by Richard Ford; The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford; The Liars’ Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr; A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter; In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust; A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell; Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout; The Red Car by Marcy Dermansky; Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty; Blood Will Out by Walter Kirn; The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
S1 E9: Cass Sunstein
Professor at Harvard Law School, Author: NUDGE, #REPUBLIC, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO STAR WARS, SIMPLER
Cass’s Books:
- Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
- Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett
- A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
- The Morality of Law by Lon L. Fuller
- Possession by A. S. Byatt
Other Books Discussed:
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; My Life in Baseball: The True Record by Ty Cobb; The Encyclopedia of Sports by Frank G Menke; Catch-22 by Joseph Heller; James Bond novels by Ian Fleming; Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces by Samuel Beckett; Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett; Justice is Fairness by John Rawls; The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer; Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan by Edmund Morris; Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes; works by Anthony Trollope; Scarcity: The New Science of Having Less and How It Defines Our Lives by Sendhil Mullainathan; works by Harlan Coben; The Snowman (Harry Hole Series) by Jo Nesbo and Don Bartlett; Risk Savvy: How to Make Good Decisions by Gerd Gigerenzer; The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger; Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases by Daniel Kahneman and Paul Slovic
S1 E10: Jared Harris
Actor: MAD MEN, THE CROWN, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, LINCOLN, SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS, ALLIED
Jared’s Books:
- The Greek Myths by Robert Graves
- Love Honor and Dismay by Elizabeth Rees Harrison
- Audition by Michael Shurtleff
- Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion by Joseph Campbell and Diane K. Osbon
- Travels (Vintage Departures) by Michael Crichton
Other Books Discussed:
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce; works by Samuel Beckett; The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas by Dylan Thomas; Sophocles: The Complete Plays by Sophocles; A Murder Is Announced (Adapted for the Stage) by Leslie Darbon and Agatha Christie; On the Technique of Acting by Michael Chekhov; Hamlet by William Shakespeare; King Lear by William Shakespeare; The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare; Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare; Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare
S1 E11: Sonya Walger
Actress: MIND OF THE MARRIED MAN, TELL ME YOU LOVE ME, SLEEPER CELL, LOST, FLASH FORWARD, THE CATCH
Sonya’s Books:
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- A Feast for All Seasons?? (children’s cookbook – my mum is scouring her bookshelves to locate the exact title!)
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
- Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
- Last Night by James Salter
Other Books Discussed:
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson; Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson; works by W. Somerset Maugham; Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy; Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; The Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver; Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California by Travis Lett and Michael Graydon; Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables by Joshua McFadden and Martha Holmberg; The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe; The Lover by Harold Pinter; The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard; Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon; The Power by Naomi Alderman; A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara; The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy by Richard Ford; Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth
S1 E12: Robin Coste Lewis
Poet Laureate of Los Angeles: VOYAGE OF THE SABLE VENUS
Robin’s Books:
- The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson
- The Poetry of the Negro 1746-1949 by Langston Hughes
- The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
- Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Other Books Discussed:
Other Men's Flowers: An Anthology of Poetry ed: A. P. Wavell; For My People by Margaret Walker; Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems by Robin Coste Lewis; Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray by Rosalind Rosenberg; On Being Ill by Virginia Woolf; The Big Sea: An Autobiography by Langston Hughes; Greek Laughter: A Study of Cultural Psychology from Homer to Early Christianity by Stephen Halliwell; The Mahabharata; The Oxford English Dictionary (unabridged)
Season 2 coming soon.....
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