Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Other Books and Things

Shoutout to Christy Isinger for the original recommendation from the old Fountains of Home blog!

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Doesteyvsky

Murder of the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

The Inferno by Dante

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

The Purgatorio by Dante

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Paradise Lost by Milton

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Harry Potter Series

The Literary Life Podcast Harry Potter Series w/ Angelina Stanford

That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

J.K. Rowling’s Mystery Novels

Caitie’s Masterpiece Honorable Mentions

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Caitie’s Top 5

* Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtrey

* A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

* Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

* The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

* A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul.

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

August

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

September

Why Literature Still Matters by Jason Baxter

October

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

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