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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How many episodes does Out of the Best Books have?

The podcast currently has 190 episodes available.

Out of the Best Books episodes:

April 03, 2026 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell - Parts 3 and 4
Titles mentioned in this episode:
Deamon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel
Black Stallion by Walter Farley
War Horse by Michael MorpurgoUp Next:
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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47min
March 27, 2026 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell - Part 2
Titles mentioned in this episode:
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
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50min
March 20, 2026 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell - Part 1
Titles mentioned in this episode:
Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
A Teacher of Nomad Land: A WWII Story by Daniel Nayeri
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyUp Next:
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell - Part 2
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43min
March 13, 2026 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - Part 4
Titles mentioned in this episode:
The Killing Series by Bill O'Reilly
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower
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42min
March 06, 2026 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - Part 3
Titles mentioned in this episode:

An Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neil
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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44min
February 27, 2026 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - Part 2
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Educated by Tara Westover
The Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
The Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig
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33min
February 20, 2026 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - Part 1
Titles mentioned in this episode:
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Educated by Tara Westover
A Family Matter by Claire Lynch
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51min
February 13, 2026 Book Talk with Linda Slaughter
Titles mentioned in this episode:
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Deamon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Counte of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Smoke by William Corbin
The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

Up Next: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Part 1)
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40min
February 06, 2026 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte - Part 4 (Ch 26-34)
Books mentioned in this episode:
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Sea Wife by Amity Gaige
Heartwood by Amity Gaige
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1h 5min
January 30, 2026 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte - Part 3 (Ch 17-25)
Book mentioned in this episode:
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

Up Next:
Wuthering Heights Ch 26-34

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52min

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