Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast
Thomas Pynchon books discussed here!
Each episode, we take a deep-dive into the book we are focusing on—we explore the references, characters, plot, and everything in between from a non-scholarly point of view. We are just four fans who love these books and can talk about them endlessly.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 8 episodes
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
#2 Mentioned in 6 episodes
The crying of lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
#3 Mentioned in 5 episodes
Mason & Dixon
Thomas Pynchon
#4 Mentioned in 5 episodes
Against the Day
Thomas Pynchon
#5 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Inherent Vice
Thomas Pynchon
#6 Mentioned in 3 episodes
V.
Thomas Pynchon
#7 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Infinite jest
wit and humor in Italian Renaissance art
Paul Barolsky
#8 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Finnegans Wake
David Hayman
James Joyce
#9 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Vineland
Thomas Pynchon
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Seven Dreams
William T. Vollmann
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Beyond Good and Evil
Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
Friedrich Nietzsche
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Libra
Francis Moore
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey Moore
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Our Band Could Be Your Life
Michael Azerrad
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
This is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar
Max Gladstone
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Jacobian Revenge Plays
Warfinger
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Meet me in the bathroom
Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001–2011
Elizabeth Goodman
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Time Machine
John Prince
H. G. Wells
Ken Marulis
Sabrina S. Beidler
