Episode 161 - The Books that Made Us the Readers We Are

We’re looking back at the formative books that made us the readers we are today, and we’ll end with what we’re reading this week! Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Andrew Lang books Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder Beauty by Robin McKinley The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare Ann Rinaldi books A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz Fear Street series by R.L. Stine Christopher Pike books Cam Jansen series by David A. Adler Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald J. Sobol Masterpiece Mystery! (TV) The Babysitters Club series by Ann M. Martin Sleepover Friends series by Susan Saunders The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal Sweet Valley Twins series by Francine Pascal Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series by V.C. Andrews Goosebumps series by R.L. Stein Richie Tankersley Cusick books Nora Roberts books Walden by Henry David Thoreau The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Jane Austen books Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Mary Higgins Clark books John Jakes books North and South series by John Jakes North and South (TV) A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Devereaux Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Frances Burney books Diane Mott Davidson books Anne Perry books The Eight by Katherine Neville Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher Sarah Dessen books Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean The Water Mirror by Kai Meyer Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells Bird Box by Josh Malerman The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix The Martian by Andy Weir The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Mary Kay Andrews books What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn Halle: The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill – Read with Jenna – Thousand Voices Books Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Twitter Well-Read on Instagram Well-Read on Bookshop