In this episode, Marlon and Jake weigh in on a question as old as books themselves—can you judge a book by its cover? Spoiler alert: the answer is yes! They discuss good books with bad covers and bad books with good covers, cover art trends (*cough* the woman facing away), books that were recommended to them, and books they read because of peer pressure. Tune in to hear Marlon and Jake opine the myriad ways we judge books.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
The Latecomers by Anita Brookner
The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex: But Were Afraid to Ask by Dr. David R. Reuben
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Ancient Evening by Norman Mailer
Miami and the Siege of Chicago by Norman Mailer
The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
Ballad of a Sad Café by Carson McCullers
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Hound of the Baskerville by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Night of January 16th by Ayn Rand
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Jamacia Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
Don’t Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier
The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
Dune by Frank Herbert
Stoner by John Williams
One is Not Enough by Jacqueline Susann
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins
Chances by Jackie Collins
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
Absalom, Absalom! By William Faulkner
Butterfield 8 by John O’Hara
A Rage to Live by John O’Hara
Grendel by John Gardner
Mickelsson’s Ghosts by John Gardner
October Light by John Gardner
Freddy’s Book by John Gardner
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Howards’ End by E.M. Forster
Maurice by E.M. Forster
Soldier’s Pay by William Faulkner
Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O’Connor
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor