Episodes 819
Avg. Duration 1h 4m
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Apple Rating 4.6 (2,265)
Since Feb 2013
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy childen’s books: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time.


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Ep 754 - Legend of the White Snake, by Sher Lee (w/ Heaving Bosoms)

Jun 08, 2026 2h 59m

Here we go again: another collaboration with Heaving Bosoms! Buckle up for a supersized episode on this folklore inspired YA fantasy by Sher Lee. Special thanks to our guests Melody and Sabrina from…

Ep 753 - You Are a Millionaire, by Jay Leibold (Choose Your Own Adventure #98)

Jun 01, 2026 1h 26m

Living in our age of elite impunity made us want to imagine what it must be like to have one million US dollars (approximately $2.6 million, when adjusted for inflation). Luckily, there's a book…

The Sillymarillion Ep 02 - The Choices of Master Fëanor (J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion)

May 29, 2026 1h 7m

For this show-within-a-show, Craig and Andrew learned about the world of Middle-Earth by reading J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published legendarium THE SILMARILLION. This episode posted first for…

Ep 752 - Daisy Jones and The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

May 25, 2026 1h 19m

In 2019, author Taylor Jenkins Reid released her sixth novel Daisy Jones & The Six, a fictional oral history of a Fleetwood Mac-esque 70s rock band. In May 2026, Andrew and Craig from Overdue…

Ep 751 - Annie Bot, by Sierra Greer

May 18, 2026 1h 12m

Less a story about AI, and more "what if that Star Trek episode about whether Data was a person was also exploring the concept of domestic abuse?" Greer writes a short punchy novel that is…

Ep 750 - Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

May 11, 2026 1h 15m

In the not-so-distant future, Andy Weir will write a novel about a Competent Man getting into trouble and then getting himself out. Then it will be made into a major motion picture starring a…

Ep 749 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar (and Other Stories), by Eric Carle

May 04, 2026 1h 13m

To celebrate this year's Children's Book Week, we're discussing the work of children's author and illustrator Eric Carle, whose colorful art and innovative prints have delighted our children (and…

Ep A03 - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson (Annotated)

Apr 27, 2026 1h 20m

Around 25 minutes into this episode, Andrew and Craig take a mysterious elixir that turns them into younger versions of themselves with worse microphones and less research under their belts. Oh no! I…

The Sillymarillion Ep 01 - A Shortcut to Ilúvatar (J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion)

Apr 24, 2026 1h 4m

For this show-within-a-show, Craig and Andrew learned about the world of Middle-Earth by reading J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published legendarium THE SILMARILLION. This episode posted first for…

Ep A02 - Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (Annotated)

Apr 20, 2026 1h 14m

Our stroll down memory lane continues this week, but we come provisioned with Present-Day Overdue research and context. This week, 2026 Andrew and Craig talk about Mary Shelley and the legacy of her…

Ep A01 - Dune, by Frank Herbert (Annotated)

Apr 13, 2026 1h 17m

We're revisiting our past this month, adding Present-Day Overdue research and context to a few old episodes that didn't have them. This week, 2026 Andrew and Craig talk about Frank Herbert and the…

Special Collections: Twilight (2008)

Apr 06, 2026 1h 22m

This isn't a belated April Fool's joke. We really did watch the movie Twilight, and we're really here to talk about it. Why are Edward and Bella SO strange? How is it that all of the side characters…

Ep 748 - MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker and W.C. Heinz

Mar 30, 2026 1h 9m

MASH is the book that inspired the movie that inspired the show M*A*S*H, which is set in an active war zone but doesn't have a ton to say about war. If you wanted to read about the exploits of a…

Sit Me Baby One More Time Bonus - The Baby-Sitters Club: The Movie (1995)

Mar 27, 2026 1h 18m

Ho-na-na-na Hey-ey! It's time to talk about the 1995 film adaptation of the series, directed by Melanie Mayron and written by Dalene Young. We mostly enjoyed it, though we have to acknowledge how…

Ep 747 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1, by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird

Mar 23, 2026 1h 14m

Before everyone's favorite heroes in a half-shell wore brightly colored bandanas and ate pizza for every meal, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were black-and-white underground vigilantes. Eastman…

Ep 746 - Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock, by Maud Woolf

Mar 16, 2026 1h 12m

This week we've commissioned all thirteen of our clones to record thirteen other versions of this podcast, because we're just such busy guys that we can't do them all ourselves. So are you listening…

Ep 745 - Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom

Mar 09, 2026 1h 7m

I don't care if Monday's blue, Tuesday's grey and - wait, Morrie's here. Tuesday's not so bad after all! Mitch Albom's breakthrough account of his meetings with the late Morrie Schwartz includes some…

Ep 744 - Interior Chinatown, by Charles Yu

Mar 02, 2026 1h 11m

This week's book examines the Asian-American experience through the age-old phenomenon of Hollywood typecasting. And there's an intentionally porous line that separates this book's "reality" from the…

Sit Me Baby One More Time Ep 08 - Welcome to the BSC, Abby! (The Baby-Sitters Club #90)

Feb 28, 2026 1h 1m

We jump way ahead in the sequence of the series (but not in the lives of our sitters, who remain stubbornly trapped in the Eighth Grade Time Loop), well into the books' ghostwritten era. This week we…

Ep 743 - The Sellout, by Paul Beatty

Feb 23, 2026 1h 9m

Paul Beatty took the Booker Prize in 2015 with this satirical novel about a grieving man’s attempts to put his small town back on the map. The book lampoons the notion of a post-racial America,…

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