Out of the Best Books

By Amity Hulse and Laura Leon

“A Classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”--Italo Calvino. We are two moms that love the classics and we believe they are relevant and still have so much to still say to ... more

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The podcast currently has 190 episodes available.

Out of the Best Books episodes:

August 23, 2024 Persuasion by Jane Austen - Part 4 (Ch 15-19)
Books mentioned in this episode:
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Mr. Malcomn's List by Suzanne Allain
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
...more
1h 43min
August 16, 2024 Persuasion by Jane Austen - Part 3 (Ch 10-14)
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Seeking Persephone by Sarah Eden
The Reading List by Sarah Nisha Adams
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
...more
1h 25min
August 09, 2024 Persuasion by Jane Austen - Part 2 (Ch 6-9)
Books mentioned in this episode:
Leading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nasifi
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
The Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery Novels by Lynn Messina
The Quit List by Katie Bailey
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
The Eddie Flynn Series by Steve Cavanagh
...more
1h 16min
August 02, 2024 Persuasion by Jane Austen - Part 1 (Ch 1-5)
Books Mentioned in this Episode:
Pixels and Paint by Kristi Ann Hunter
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery Novels by Lynn Messina
Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn
The Duke and I b \y Julia Quinn
...more
1h 23min
July 26, 2024 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 4 (Ch 32-43)
Books mentioned in this episode:
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
James by Percival Everett
There Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
...more
1h 4min
July 19, 2024 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 3 (Ch 22-31)
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Magic Treehouse Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Killing the Witches by Bill O'Reilly

Up Next (in 2 Weeks):
Persuasion by Jane Austen
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1h 3min
July 12, 2024 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 2 (Ch 13-21)
Books mentioned in this episode:

I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time by Laura Vanderkam
The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmin
...more
1h 10min
July 05, 2024 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 1 (Ch 1-12)
Books mentioned in this episode:

The Lost Letter by Mimi Matthews
Killing the Witches by Bill O'Reilly
...more
1h 7min
May 31, 2024 Jane Eyre - Part 6 (Ch 34-38)
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
John Eyre by Mimi Matthews
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
The Heartwood Hotel Series by Kallie George
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
...more
56min
May 24, 2024 Jane Eyre - Part 5 (Ch 28-33)
Books mentioned in this episode:
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Forever and Ever, Amen by Randy Travis
...more
1h

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