Today Sara and Chelsey consider Middlemarch by George Eliot through a contemporary lens with paired books about marriage, community, and time-tested advice. You don't need to read Middlemarch to put a book recommendation in your pocket today, so enjoy this unique collection of titles and a spoiler-free conversation.

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Books mentioned:Middlemarch by George Eliot (Penguin Classics Deluxe)

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix

The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

Under the Rainbow by Celia Laskey

A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Wahala by Nikki May