On today’s episode, Jessica Risma tells us all about her reading life and her favorite books!

Below are links to the many books mentioned in this episode!

Top 5:

Honorable Mentions

* Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

* To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

* Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

* East of Eden by John Steinbeck

* G.K. Chesterton

* Wendell Berry

* Peter Kreeft

* Alexander Solzhenitsyn

* Joseph Pearce

Other Books and Things Mentioned

* D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Mythology

* Mother of Divine Grace Curriculum

* Little House on the Prairie

* A Girl of the Limberlost

* Fabiola

* The Chronicles of Narnia

* Tom Playfair

* Mara Daughter of the Nile

* Lord of the Rings

* The Hardy Boys

* Nancy Drew

* Harry Potter Series

* The Literary Life Podcast Harry Potter Series (thanks Angelina Stanford!)

* Othello (RR 2025)

* A Tale of Two Cities (RR)

* Man’s Search for Meaning

* Brave New World

* Fareinheit 451

* A Severe Mercy

* Manalive (RR)

* Pastures of Heaven

* Les Miserables

* The Faerie Queen

* Paradise Lost

* Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich

* Canterbury Tales

* Mansfield Park

* Sense and Sensibility (RR)

* Kristin Lavransdatter (RR)

* C.S. Lewis’ Experiment in Criticism (RR)

* The Play’s the Thing (by Close Reads/The Circe Institute)

* Everything Sad is Untrue (RR 2025)

* Horton Hatches the Egg

In Case You Missed It:

* Pride and Prejudice Part 3

* Reading Revisited ep. 8: East of Eden

* Persuasion Movie Review

* Pride and Prejudice Part 2

A Few Reminders:

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* Here is the whole list of this years book selections

* Book lists from previous years can be found here.

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