Episode · How I Write · 2026-07-20
Books mentioned on What the Experts Really Think About Writing with AI
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Richard II
Richard II by William Shakespeare is a historical drama that chronicles the dramatic downfall, deposition, and tragic psychological unraveling of the titular English monarch.
Discussed“So I reread Shakespeare's Richard II which is a [clears throat] wonderful play.”
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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is a classic 1847 novel of passion, revenge, and haunting isolation set against the Yorkshire moors.
Discussed“I'm also rereading Weathering Heights.”
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Twilight
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is a bestselling paranormal romance novel that follows a teenage girl who falls in love with a century-old vampire.
Discussed“On the other hand, you have these like sort of massly massively mass market successful I don't even know what like I'll pick on like the Twilight books or something quite interesting story horrible writing.”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Political Liberalism
“I wanted the port in the back of my mind that the little needle would go into and then I had read John RS's political liberalism, right?”
Passing Finnegans Wake
“I had this like idea like I was going to do it chronologically like the books were going to be in there chronologically and so it begins with the Bible and ends with Finnegan's Wake, you know.”
Passing The Epic of Gilgamesh
“Or maybe even pre there maybe maybe even pre-Bible, you know, there's some like some stoic an epic of Gilgamesh.”