An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

Ulysses

Author: James Joyce

Referenced in 5 episodes

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Episodes Referencing This Book

December 07, 2023

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Referenced as a comparison point when discussing the Warren Commission's comprehensive documentation, likening it to Joyce's detailed portrait of Dublin

December 29, 2022

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Mentioned alongside The Wasteland as a landmark modernist work from 1922

September 26, 2022

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Mentioned alongside Dostoevsky as something Marilyn was reading as part of her intellectual self-improvement in New York.

August 29, 2022

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Compared to Lord of the Rings in terms of both authors' obsession with language and the evolution of English

January 13, 2022

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Discussed extensively as one of the two great literary works published in 1922, described as 'the greatest English novel in English... written in the 20th century,' published on Joyce's 40th birthday (February 2, 1922)