This week Marlon & Jake discuss the books by dead authors they give as gifts and the very important decision-making that goes into that selection. Whether it’s for a younger, skeptical or pretentious reader, they share the unintentionally comedic and surprisingly engaging books they choose to bestow upon their loved ones. Middlemarch by George Eliot The Long Ships by Frans G. BengtssonTai-Pan by James ClavellThe Godfather by Mario PuzoHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughKidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonThe Water-Babies by Charles KingsleyTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Black Arrow by Robert Louis StevensonThe Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan PoeThe Radiance of the King by Camara LayeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradDon Quixote by Miguel de CervantesThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue TownsendLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George OrwellNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. LewisThe History of Jamaica by Edward LongNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieOne Thousand and One Nights The Death of King Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory Oreo by Fran RossThe Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D’J PancakeThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuLes Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos