Reading Revisited

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.

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Joseph’s Books Mentioned:

The Quest for Shakespeare

Tolkien: Man and Myth

C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church

Further Up and Further In

Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc

Joseph’s Top 5 Books:

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Divine Comedy by Dante

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

The Oxford Book of English Verse

The Complete Verse of Hillaire Belloc

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Shane by Jack Schaefer

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

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

What We’re Reading Next:

August

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

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Hannah’s Reads:

Philosophy: What Every Catholic Should Know by Peter Kreeft

No More Than Human by Maura Laverty

A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway

Jessica’s Reads:

Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Skipping School by Dixie Dillon Lane

Kelsie’s Reads

The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Sense and Sensibility (& Emma) by Jane Austen

Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

Harry Potter (Full-Cast Audio)

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Manalive by G.K. Chesterton

This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon

Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

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

What We’re Reading Next:

July

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY

August

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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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.

Books/Things Mentioned:

ep. 53: Beauty & Imitation w/ DANIEL McINERNY

Beauty and Imitation by DANIEL McINERNY

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Richard Scarry

Book Drop Day!

Father Dowling Mysteries by Ralph McInerny

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

The Divine Comedy by Dante

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

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

What We’re Reading Next:

July

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY

August

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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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 Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

Reading Revisited ep. 106: Autumn Kern & Reverse Engineering w/ Story

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis

Introduction to Christianity by Josef Ratzinger

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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

What We’re Reading Next:

July

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY

August

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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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.

Jessica’s Reads:

Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1-13)

Henry VI Part I by William Shakespeare

King Lear by William Shakespeare

Kelsie’s Reads:

Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know by Joseph Pearce

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Hannah’s Reads:

No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym

The Iliad by Homer

The Collected Poems of GK Chesterton

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

“Quick and Dirty Dating Advice for Very Religious Young People” by Lane Scott

Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Oedipus by Sophocles

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

What We’re Reading Next:

June

Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophacles

July

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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Taylor’s Top 5:

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Shakespeare Works Mentioned:

As You Like It

Romeo and Juliet

Macbeth

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Henry V

King John

Richard II

Richard III

Henry IV

Much Ado About Nothing

Julius Ceasar

Coriolanus

Hamlet

“Venus and Adonis”

“Sonnet 130”

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

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

What We’re Reading Next:

June

Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophacles

July

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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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.

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2026-2027 Book List:

Year-Long Book About Books:

Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts by DANIEL McINERNY

September:

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

October:

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

November:

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

December:

Works of Mercy by Sally Thomas

January:

Richard III by William Shakespeare

February:

Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite

March-April:

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

May:

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

June:

Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos

July:

China Court by Rumer Godden

August:

The Feast by Margaret Kennedy

Society Member Read-Along (Jan 2027-August 2028):

The Iliad by Homer

The Odyssey by Homer

Kelsie’s Top 5:

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Hannah’s Top 5:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

The Feast by Margaret Kennedy

Jess’ Top 5:

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Emma by Jane Austen

Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY

Walking On Water by Madeleine L’Engle

The Pleasures of Reading In An Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs

An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis

Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know by Joseph Pearce

RR ep. 32: The House of Mirth

Close Reads Podcast HQ episodes on Age of Innocence

Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

RR ep. 16: Intro to Jane Eyre and Gothic Novels w/ Eleanor Bourg Nicholson

“Christmas and the Common Birth” by Ann Ridler

Close Reads Podcast HQ episodes on the Henriad

Othello by William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Henry V by William Shakespeare

The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

Paradise Lost by John Milton

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

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

What We’re Reading Next:

June

Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophacles

July

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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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.

Oedipus and Antigone Read-Along-Guide

Books/Things Mentioned:

The Gender Accompaniment Project

The Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale

Visitation Sessions episode - “What the Heck is Friction-Maxxing (and Do We Really Need to Do It?)

Lila Rose Show - e240: “The Science of Love, Sex, and Thriving Relationships w/ Adam Lane Smith

Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus

The Iliad by Homer

The Literary Life Podcast Episode 96: Introduction to Antigone

Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

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

What We’re Reading Next:

June

Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophacles

July

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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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.

Oedipus and Antigone Read-Along-Guide

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

“Taking Kids to Art Museums” by The Bad Moms Homeschool

Come Look With Me series

Lumen by Bethany Kern

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

“On Pipes, Poetry, and the Christian Life” - Pints With Aquinas Interview with Matt Fradd and Malcolm Guite

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Iliad by Homer

Oedipus and Antigone Reading Guide

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

What We’re Reading Next:

May

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

June

Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophacles

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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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.

Caitie’s Reads:

Second Nature: A Gerdener’s Education by Michael Pollan

Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab by Christine Montross

Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Jessica’s Reads:

Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

The Feast by Margaret Kennedy

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Kelsie’s Reads:

The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hannah’s Reads:

Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty

The Rose and the Yew Tree by Agatha Christie (Mary Westmacott)

Loitering With Intent by Muriel Spark

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

The Catholic Revival in English Literature by Ian Ker

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

The Feast by Margaret Kennedy

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

The Divine Comedy by Dante

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

Emma by Jane Austen

Othello by William Shakespeare

Persuasion by Jane Austen

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

Silence by Shusako Endo

Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan

The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

Matt Fradd's Terrifying Ruminations - Pints With Aquinas Interview w/ Malcolm Guite

Close Reads Podcast HQ episodes on The Optimist’s Daughter

Works of Mercy by Sally Thomas

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

What We’re Reading Next:

June

Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophacles

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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