This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episode. This time, we talk about the (non-comic) books we grew up on!\n\n\n\nBooks we mentioned, alphabetical by author:\n\nThe Hitchiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams\n\n \tStart with: The Hitchiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy\n\nThe Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander\n\n \tStart with: The Book of Three\n\nThe Magic of Xanth by Piers Anthony\n\n \tStart with: A Spell for Chameleon\n\nIncarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony\n\n \tStart with:\xa0On a Pale Horse\n\nLetters to Jenny by Piers Anthony\n\nLots of stuff by Dave Barry\n\n \tStart with:\xa0The World According to Dave Barry or any other book\n\nMidnight Hour Encores by Bruce Brooks\n\nThe\xa0Shannara\xa0series by Terry Brooks\n\n \tStart with:\xa0The Sword of Shannara\n\nThe Magic Kingdom of Landover series by Terry Brooks\n\n \tStart with:\xa0Magic Kingdom for Sale - SOLD!\n\nEnder\u2019s Game series by Orson Scott Card\n\n \tStart with: Ender\u2019s Game\n\nThe Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper\n\n \tStart with: Over Sea, Under Stone\n \t(But you might want to start with the second book The Dark Is Rising instead and then go back)\n\nBored of the Rings by Harvard Lampoon\n\nThe Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver\n\nDragonriders of Pern\xa0series by Anne McCaffrey\n\n \tStart with: Dragonflight, or Dragonsinger works too\n\nThe Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley\n\nLots of stuff by Cristopher Moore\n\n \tStart with:\xa0Island of the Sequined Love Nun or any other book\n\nHe, She, and It by Marge Piercey\n\nLots of stuff by Tom Robbins\n\n \tStart with:\xa0Another Roadside Attraction or any other book\n\nSophie's Choice by William Styron\n\nDragonlance\xa0series by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, etc.\n\n \tStart with: Chronicles, Book 1: Dragons of Autumn Twilight