MashReads Podcast: 'Franny and Zooey' is a timeless look at family

Everybody know's Holden Caufield thinks you're a phony. But despite Holden's famous berating in The Catcher in the Rye, there is another J.D. Salinger story you should be reading.

This week on the MashReads Podcast, we read and discuss Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger's existential novel about the spiritual crisis of Franny, the youngest member in a family of geniuses, and how her closest sibling Zooey tries to get her out if it.

Join us as we discuss why Franny and Zooey is the Salinger book everybody must read.

Then, inspired by the sibling dynamics in the novel, we chat about our favorite books about siblings including To Kill a Mockingbird, The Turner House, My Sister’s Keeper and The Brothers Karamazov.

And as always, we close the show with recommendations!

• Aliza recommends Atlanta on FX, Donald Glover's new show about life and the rap scene in Atlanta.

• Peter recommends Underground Airlines by Ben Winters. The book imagines a world where the Civil War did not completely abolish slavery and four States are left with the institution intact.

• MJ recommends 'The weird, wonderful phones of Pretty Little Liars,' a series recap of PLL told by examining all of the smartphones featured over the course of the show's seven season run.

Also, if you are looking for something new to read, check out our official MashableReads September book club selection: The Girls, by Emma Cline.

Cline will be chatting with MashReads IRL on Sept. 29, at 6:30 p.m. ET, at MashableHQ in New York City. RSVP here if you'd like to attend our bookclub discussion. And if you're looking for more book news, don't forget to follow MashReads on Facebook and Twitter.