Just In Case We Die

About Just In Case We Die

In 2006, Quintessence Editions Ltd. published a book entitled "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die". Edited by academic Peter Boxall, this list was a curated selection of novels deemed "essential" for literature lovers. Over time, as books were added and removed to accommodate new tastes, the list has continued to grow into subsequent volumes. As of today, there have been 1,316 novels included in the list. Aaron, Rodney, and Rebecca will attempt to read and discuss every single one of them. Sort of.

Publisher

Aaron/Rodney/Rebecca

Category

arts · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

7 Feb 2023

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

82 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   "Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon (Part 1)

   Send us Fan Mail This month, the fine folks at Just In Case We Die post the first episode in a series of discussions in which they will dissect a difficult novel that has baffled readers, delighted conspiracy theorists, exhausted English majors, and earned its place among the most intimidating masterpieces in American literature: Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow. Published in 1973, this mammoth of a novel throws readers right smack dab into the chaos of World War II, where rockets fall from...

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   14 Oct 2026

   October 2026 -- Bonus (Edgar Allan Poe)

   Send us Fan Mail It’s October! Everyone at Just In Case We Die firmly believes that October is the best month of the year. It’s not too hot. It’s not too cold. The leaves are changing colors. Halloween is almost here! Halloween is the best time of year to read scary stories. No one writes better scary stories than master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. Mr. Poe has three entries on our curated list of 1,318 novels, a fact that is only irritating because Edgar Allan Poe didn’t write novels. He...

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   2 Oct 2026

   "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson -- Veto #5

   Send us Fan Mail In July, the random generator drew #768, which corresponded to a book entitled Max Havelaar. This book was written by an author named Multituli. No one even remotely connected to this podcast had ever heard of either this book or this writer, so some research ensued. As it turns out, Max Havelaar is an 1860 anticolonial work of satire that exposed the brutal exploitation of Javanese coffee farmers in the Dutch East Indies. Sounds boring, right? Well, Aaron sure thought so, so...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

3.7 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

3.9 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100

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43

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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