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20. "Never Let Me Go" is frustrating...but is that the point?

19. too much trauma dumping? ("I'm Glad My Mom Died" + MORE)

18. these books can help you find meaning ("When Breath Becomes Air" + MORE)

17. did "Left Behind" traumatize you, too?

16. your friends are right about The Artist's Way

15 - "The Outsiders" launched the YA genre

14. do you really want to live forever? (Ash Perez on "Tuck Everlasting" + MORE)

13. showing generosity to your characters (w/ Andrew Martin)

12. the interior made exterior w/ Scott Broker (author of "The Disappointment")

11. getting too h*rny at Thoreau camp (w/ Jonny Cakes)

10. is Jane Eyre the original rom-com?

9. why do some (GOOD) ideas not stick? ("There Is No Antimemetics Division" + more)

8. what makes a book "fun"? (Cloud Atlas + more)

BONUS - "Wuthering Heights" (2026) is NOT an adaptation (PATREON PREVIEW)

7. channel your anger with these books (The Art of War + more)

6. these nonfiction books will make you cry ("Tuesdays with Morrie" + MORE)

5. we're kind of IN "The House of the Spirits"

4. choosing better stories (w/ Tori Dunlap | Her First $100K)

3. nerding out on trees, media theory, and John Steinbeck (w/ Thomas Flight)

2. it's all about the yearning (w/ Cailyn Hoertz)

1. read these books to stay more present (w/ Miles Bonsignore)

iii. ranking what I read in 2025

ii. what we're reading in the new year

i. Preface