Start gifting
Libro.fm for Business
Start a membership, get two free audiobooks
Almost ready!
In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account.
Log in Create account
Limited-time offer
Get two free audiobooks when you make the switch!
Now’s a great time to shop indie. When you start a new membership supporting local bookstores with promo code SWITCH, we’ll give you two bonus audiobook credits at sign-up.
Make the switch
Gift audiobook credit bundles
You pick the number of credits, your recipient picks the audiobooks, and your local bookstore is supported by your purchase.
Start giftingThug Notes
This audiobook uses AI narration.
We’re taking steps to make sure AI narration is transparent.
Learn moreSparky Sweets, PhD, and Wisecrack proudly present this outrageously funny, ultra-sharp guide to literature based on the hit online series, Thug Notes. Inside, you'll find hilarious plot breakdowns and masterful analyses of sixteen of literature's most beloved classics, including: Things Fall Apart, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamlet, The Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, Pride and Prejudice, and more!
The series Thug Notes has been featured on BET, PBS, and NPR and has been used in hundreds of classrooms around the world. Whether you’re a student, teacher, or straight-up literary gangster like Dr. Sweets, Thug Notes has got you covered. You'll certainly never look at literature the same way again.
Sparky Sweets, PhD, is a character played by Greg Edwards, known for his distinctive voice, one-liners, and awkward views on social commentary. Sparky Sweets, PhD, is a professor at the school of hard knocks.
Originally from Virginia, Greg Edwards moved to San Francisco in 2001, where he has honed his comedic craft and developed a reputation for socially aware comedy punctuated with sharp one-liners, critical commentary, and his own distinctive voice. In 2009 he was honored with the Dan Crawford Award from the San Francisco Punchline, and has performed at Jamie Foxx’s Laffapolooza, SF SketchFest, and Riot LA. Edwards also stars as Sparky Sweets, PhD, in the popular web series Thug Notes, and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Sparky Sweets, PhD, is a character played by Greg Edwards, known for his distinctive voice, one-liners, and awkward views on social commentary. Sparky Sweets, PhD, is a professor at the school of hard knocks.
Originally from Virginia, Greg Edwards moved to San Francisco in 2001, where he has honed his comedic craft and developed a reputation for socially aware comedy punctuated with sharp one-liners, critical commentary, and his own distinctive voice. In 2009 he was honored with the Dan Crawford Award from the San Francisco Punchline, and has performed at Jamie Foxx’s Laffapolooza, SF SketchFest, and Riot LA. Edwards also stars as Sparky Sweets, PhD, in the popular web series Thug Notes, and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Reviews
Praise for the hit YouTube series:"A deliciously executed example of the application of street sensibility to high-culture, high-concept areas." —The New York Times
"Move over, Cliff, there's a new Notes-master in town." —The Huffington Post
"If your eyes glaze over in class and your book reports are cribbed from Wikipedia, you might not need summer school . . . you might just need Thug Notes." —MTV
"Thug Notes is taking wonderful literature and making it understandable, embraceable and making it usable." —PBS-TV, Tavis Smiley
"Thug Notes delivers the innovation needed in education." —The Tampa Bay Times
"Thug Notes takes literary classics out of the academic ghetto." —The Daily Dot Expand reviews