historical fiction – The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Posted on November 6, 2018April 19, 2022 by Jimmy

This week, the Drunk Guys get down in the trenches with Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front. While the French and Germans fire countless rounds at one another, Mike, Nate, and Jimmy have a few rounds of their own, including Brewdog’s Sink the Bismarck!, Ayinger Brewery’s Celebrator Dopplebock, Schofferhofer’s Grapefruit Hefewizen, Mikkeller NYC’s Big Baron, and Tannenzäpfle by Rothaus.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week when we discuss Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Also, check out the Top Five Fantasy Books and Series for Book Clubs. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Posted on August 14, 2018April 19, 2022 by Mike

This week, the Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast reads The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. To atone for Hester’s sin, we drink a sinful number of beers, mostly New England IPAs, including: The Devil Made Me Do It, Hell on Wood, and Devil’s Milk (all by DuClaw), Wrench by Industrial Arts, Hazy Jane by Brewdog, Hazy Little Thing by Sierra Nevada, Built For This by Bronx Brewery, Windy Hill by Mikkeller, Jopen Coastal Gose, Righteous by Sixpoint.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week when we read Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Also, check out the Top Five Fantasy Books and Series for Book Clubs. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

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Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Posted on July 17, 2018March 9, 2019 by Mike

This week, the Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast becomes unstuck in time while reading Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. To celebrate the beginning of our second year of episodes, the Drunk Guys drink our record number of beers for a single episode (not including that whale of an episode at Finback). We drink Rauchpils and Hallo Ich Bin Berliner Weisse by Mikkeller, Rauchbeir by Schlenkerla, Death Posture by Foreign Objects, Void of Light by Gun Hill, Sunshine City by Green Bench, Brown Note by Against the Grain, and Front Toward Pilsner by Incendiary and Barrier Brewing, Desolation Prickly Pear Cider, and Molotov Lite by EvilTwin. At the end, everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. So it goes.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week when we read Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

It’s not too late to join our reading challenge – for help read how to read 100 books a year. Also, check out the Top Five Fantasy Books and Series for Book Clubs. Maybe consider some sci-fi books and Drunk Guy approved discussion questions.

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The Alienist by Caleb Carr

Posted on January 31, 2018March 9, 2019 by Mike

In Episode 29 of the Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast, the Drunk Guys read The Alienist by Caleb Carr. While wondering why there are no aliens in the book, the Drunk Guys sample Founders Dirty Bastard, Founders Backwoods Bastard, Boulevard Dark Truth, Delirium Noel, DuClaw Mysterium, Barrier Morticia, Pipeworks Brown and Stirred, and Crime Passionnel.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week when we read Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James. That’s not a typo. We really read it.

Also, check out our articles about science fiction book club discussion questions and how to read 100 books a year.

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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Pulitzer Prize 2017)

Posted on September 20, 2017April 19, 2022 by Mike

In Episode 10 of the Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast we discuss The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. What real historical events was Colson Whitehead writing about in this fictional story? What was the real underground railroad like and how does it compare to this book? Why in the book is there an actual railroad actually underground?

For Underground Railroad beer we drink Otherside IPA from Greenport Harbor Brewing and Liberty Ale from Anchor Brewing.

The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, PlayerFM and where ever fine podcasts can be found. If you’re drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest. There’s no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Join us next week when we read The Snowman by Jo Nesbo.

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