The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
02 Jun 2021
8m
Fiction Beast · Arts & Culture
Fiction Beast
What makes us human? We tell stories. I believe great works of literature tell the emotional tale of human existence as we try to make sense of our existence and the world we live in, thus I consider fiction a distilled form of truth, coming from the depth of our subconscious mind.
Episodes
20 Best American Novels of All Time (by 20 greatest authors)
26 May 2021
31m
Pan Tadeusz -The Last Foray in Lithuania by Adam Mickiewicz (National Epic of Poland)
19 May 2021
17m
Top 10 Russian Authors of all time (and top 10 Russian Novels)
12 May 2021
13m
The Tale of Kieu by Ngyuen Du Summary and Analysis (A Vietnamese Classic)
05 May 2021
15m
Top 10 Japanese Novels of all time (by 10 Authors)
28 Apr 2021
14m
Best Palestinian Novel - Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani
24 Apr 2021
6m
Blindness by Jose Saramago - summary and analysis
20 Apr 2021
7m
Ulysses by James Joyce - Summary and analysis
24 Mar 2021
11m
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Man in 10 Lessons (and Marcel Proust)
10 Mar 2021
13m
The man without qualities by Robert Musil - Summary and Analysis (best Austrian novel)
02 Mar 2021
7m
August Strindberg's the Red Room (first modern Swedish novel)
23 Feb 2021
6m
Murakami’s Genius Philosophy
16 Feb 2021
16m
Dostoevsky's Genius Life Philosophy
09 Feb 2021
17m
Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot—The epic poem of Finland (12 things you should know)
02 Feb 2021
17m
11 Reasons Why Scandinavian Crime Fiction is Popular Around the World
26 Jan 2021
11m
Henrik Pontoppidan Lykke-Per -Summary and Analysis (A Fortunate Man / Lucky Per)
18 Jan 2021
10m
Hunger by Knut Hamsun summary and analysis (10 things you should know in 5 mins)
12 Jan 2021
5m
Halldór Laxness's Independent People - summary and analysis (the best Icelandic novel)
05 Jan 2021
11m
Hazara vs Pashtun in The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini (its major flaw)
02 Jan 2021
11m
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