We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are discussing modern classics. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. 

Literally Reading:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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Open the Book:

Kindred by Octavia Butler

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Atonement by Ian McEwan 

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry  

Carrie by Stephen King

Dune by Frank Herbert

We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

Sally Rooney

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Amor Towles

Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann