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Between The Covers — 102 episodes

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A Magical Meta John Fowles Novel

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Sons and Lovers and Semi-Autobiographical Fiction

3

A Family Saga for the Ages (and Best of Lists)

4

A Beautiful 20th Century Coming-of-Age Novel

5

Old Filth is a Newer Novel on the Lovable Novels List

6

A Big Book in a Small Island Package

7

Get Haunted by The Woman in White

8

Two Book Lovers Yap about The Odyssey by Homer

9

The Most Lovable of the Rabbit Novels

10

An ’80s Novel about Self and Money

11

The Roman Empire is Jay’s Roman Empire

12

Is Parade’s End One Book or Four?

13

The Choice to Include Sophie’s Choice

14

An Express Train to a Closed-Circle Mystery

15

Elementary, My Dear Listener

16

The Genius of Toole’s Ignatius J. Reilly

17

Ellison’s Novel Shouldn’t Be Invisible on Your TBR List

18

A Prime Novel of Ms. Muriel Spark's

19

In a World of Nurse Ratcheds, Be The Chief …?

20

A Good Book of Short Stories is Hard to Find

21

The Jewel of Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet

22

A Passage to Colonialism

23

The Continuing Relevance of LORD OF THE FLIES

24

Who is Really the Monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?

25

I want, I want, I want… to read Henderson the Rain King

26

That Epic Book By That One New Jersey Guy

27

Postmodern Suspense in The Crying of Lot 49

28

The Black Comedy of A Clockwork Orange

29

Tess of the D’Urbervilles: Hardy’s Take on 19th Century Values

30

A Novel without a Hero? Vanity Fair!

31

A Wacky-Sounding Book Can Be Great in the Hands of the Right Writer

32

Exploring Gulliver’s Travels

33

Ivanhoe Walked so Frodo Could Run

34

Kick off the Christmas Season with some Little Women

35

The Call of London’s The Call of the Wild

36

Go Read Go Tell It on the Mountain!

37

The Rich, Rewarding, Historical World of Louise Erdrich’s The Night Watchman

38

Faulkner’s (Somewhat) Accessible Novel Light in August Makes the List

39

It’s a Good Time to Pick Up Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath

40

Henry James (Barely) Makes the List with The Turn of the Screw

41

If You Don't Love Ulysses, Try Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

42

Beyond the Book Banning: Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter

43

Celebrate Banned Books Week with Huckleberry Finn

44

Enter the Mysterious World of Dickens’ Bleak House

45

The Way They Lived Then is The Way We Live Now

46

The Lord of the Rings isn’t an Allegory, but it is Applicable

47

A Hardboiled MacGuffin: The Maltese Falcon

48

Shut Your Response Hole: Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep

49

Go Through the Looking-Glass to Wonderland with Alice … and Us

50

Step with Us to the Original Pirate Tale: Treasure Island

51

A Post-Modernist Tale Inspired by an OG Novel: The Sot-Weed Factor

52

“The most perfect” novel, Tom Jones, a Foundling

53

Come Away to Wuthering Heights With Us

54

Charlotte Brontë Makes the List with Her Gothic Classic Jane Eyre

55

A Fable of Colonial Power in J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the. Barbarians

56

Atwood’s Dystopian Novel Makes the List

57

The Wonderful World of Wodehouse’s Woosters

58

A Timeless War Novel from More than a Century Ago

59

Kingsolver’s Conversation with Dickens: Demon Copperhead

60

Jane Austen’s Emma, with a Healthy Dose of Movie Talk Thrown In

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Philip Pullman's Subversive Fantasy

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A Twentieth Century Take on a Legendary King

63

"A Record of Hate More than Love"

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An Odd Best Friend with a God Complex

65

Things We Love: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

66

Journey into Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

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Spend the Day with Mrs. Dalloway!

68

The Best of Best-Selling British Author Terry Pratchett's Novels: Night Watch

69

Return to Old New York Guided by Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence

70

Our Lovable Novels Guide to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

71

Big Feelings in a Small British Town in George Eliot's Middlemarch

72

Grandeur, Nostalgia and Family Drama in Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited

73

Going Gothic in the Haunting Novel The Little Stranger

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Colson Whitehead's Beautifully Written Tragedy: The Nickel Boys

75

The Truth of Fiction in All the King's Men

76

Sisterhood trumps Patriarchy in The Color Purple

77

So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five

78

🎁 Last-Minute Holiday Gift Ideas: Our Favorite Books to Give and Get! 📚✨

79

From Rags to Riches: The Charm of David Copperfield

80

Decoding the Mystique of The Catcher in the Rye

81

The Midnight Miracle: How Rushdie Captured a Nation’s Soul

82

How A Single Lie Changed Everything: A Deep Dive into “Atonement”

83

Down the Rabbit Hole: Watership Down, The Most Epic Bunny Saga Ever Told!

84

Escaping into Adventure: The Magic of Kavalier & Clay Revealed!

85

Epic Quests & Family Secrets – Inside Song of Solomon 🚀📚

86

Tales of Terror: The Genius of Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Stories

87

Romance Under Fire: Why You’ll Fall for A Farewell to Arms

88

Fake News, Surveillance, and Control: What 1984 Teaches Us About Today

89

Love, Lies, and Champagne! The Great Gatsby is Still a Vibe!

90

Why Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried" Will Change How You See War Forever

91

BONUS EPISODE - “Special Banned Books Week Edition: Revisiting To Kill a Mockingbird”

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A Wild Literary Ride You Never Saw Coming! - “Pale Fire” by Vladimir Nabokov

93

Is the American Dream a lie? Or is Babbitt having a midlife crisis?  - “Babbitt” by Sinclair Lewis

94

Your Heart Will Break & You’ll Love Every Minute! - “Never Let Me Go” 💔📚

95

Obsession and Revenge on the High Seas in Moby Dick

96

Love Lies and Redemption in “Atonement”

97

History Meets Drama in “Wolf Hall"

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"To Kill a Mockingbird" Between The Covers Ep 4

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"Brave New World" Between The Covers Ep3

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"Catch 22" Between The Covers Ep 2

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Pride and Prejudice Between The Covers

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