Season 3, Episode 13: Convoluted Plots + The Most Readable Classics

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: creating a monthly TBR and being a rebound reader

• Current Reads: convoluted plots, and wheelhouse wins

• Deep Dive: the most readable classics

• Book Presses: more classics that BELONG on the Press List

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

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Current Reads:

5:06 - Lovely War by Julie Berry (Kaytee)

7:31 - Circe by Madeline Miller

7:38 - Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave

8:48 - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith)

9:10 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

12:57 - We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (Kaytee)

14:09 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler

15:38 - The Crucible by Arthur Miller

16:31 - The Burning by Jane Casey (Meredith)

19:36 - When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole (Kaytee)

21:30 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi

21:36 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

24:03 - To Night Owl, From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer (Meredith)

27:04 - The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

Deep Dive - The Most Readable Classics:

31:42 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

32:44 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

33:59 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

34:43 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

34:48 - The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery

34:51 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

34:52 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

36:02 - Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

36:50 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

37:11 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

38:09 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

38:30 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck

39:11 - House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

39:36 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

39:51 - Passing by Nella Larsen

40:31 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

41:09 - Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss

41:50 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

42:24 - 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

43:37 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Kaytee)

46:16 - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Meredith)

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