Get your buckets ready, because this book will make you want to throw up several times. Of course, we're talking about Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things. At once disturbing yet beautiful, childlike yet extremely mature, and crude yet poetic, this book is a jumbled, chaotic tapestry of contradictions. Listen as our hosts discuss their evolving feelings towards the book's lyrical writing style, the sliding scale of deeply flawed characters, and Ish's obssession with traditional Indian dancing. Once you're through with this episode, prepare to leave a Listener-Shaped Hole in the Universe.

In this follow-up to our Heart of Darkness episode, we discuss a book written by its most notable critic: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Join us as we discuss the protagonist Okonkwo's many flaws, as well as the story's "universal" themes. Specifically, we cover the individual vs. society, the effects of Christianity on traditional Igbo culture, and the fragility of a seemingly stable social order. Oh, and yams. So many yams.

For those as eager for the author spotlight to end as Tristan was, analysis of the book starts at 1:02:00.

Look out WatchMojo! There's a new countdown list in town. What was supposed to be a brief "mini episode" turned into this: a 3-hour extravaganza in which Trish and Ish recount in painstaking detail their top 3 favourite authors (though what they mean by favourite is up for debate). The final reveal will shock you just as much as it shocked (and disturbed) one of our hosts.