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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.

Reading Revisited 2025-2026

Welcome to Book Drop Day

Why Literature Still Matters by Jason M Baxter (Book Drop Day Post)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Book Drop Day Post)

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Book Drop Day Post)

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver (Book Drop Day Post)

Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton (Book Drop Day Post)

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (Book Drop Day Post)

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (Book Drop Day Post)

Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Book Drop Day Post)

Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophocles (Book Drop Day Post)

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY (Book Drop Day Post)

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (Book Drop Day Post)

Other Books and Things

A Concise Guide to the Documents of Vatican II

An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis (previous RR pick)

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs (previous RR pick)

A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders (previous RR pick)

Walking on Water by Madeleine L’Engle (previous RR pick)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Odyssey by Homer

The Illiad by Homer

On Reading Well by Karen Swallow Prior

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry (previous RR pick)

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (previous RR pick)

Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know by Joseph Pearce

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

Romeo and Juliet (previous RR pick)

The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench

Women of the Catholic Imagination edited by Haley Stewart

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

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

In Case You Missed It:

On the Podcast:

* ep. 55: Introduction to Trust and Contemporary Novels w/ Sean Johnson

* ep. 56: What We’re Reading (May 2025)

* ep. 57: Bookish Bio of Griffin Gooch (a Bookish PhD Student)

* ep. 58: One Year Anniversary of the Reading Revisited Podcast

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

June

Trust by Hernan Diaz

July

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

August

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

A Few Reminders:

If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us!

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month and voice recordings of the Read Along Guides.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

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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.

Hello Readers,

Welcome to the new year of books here at Reading Revisited! We hope you find some new favorites and enjoy reading and discussing as a community!

This list is a more condensed version of the Book Drop Day (2025) posts. Be sure not to miss the lovely writing that we have not only from my co-hosts, Hannah Suire and Jessica Risma, but also Karen Swallow Prior, Elise Boratenski, Nadya Williams, Rhea Forney, Olivia Marstall, Katie Marquette, Shari Dragovich, Meredith Hinds, Anthony Rosselli, Aaron Hartley, Christy Isinger, Jacob Allee, Ruth Gaskovski, Dominika, DANIEL McINERNY, Eleanor Bourg Nicholson, and Maddie Dobrowski. All of these posts are linked below!

Please let me know if you’d like more information about finding or starting a group. We also have a virtual community if you’d like to join that before committing to leading your own group.

Don’t forget that we still have two-three more books left for the 2024-2025 reading year so please go check that list out and join us this summer. There is never a bad time to start reading good books!

If you would like to listen to this in podcast form or see the full show notes, you can!

September

Why Literature Still Matters by Jason M Baxter (Book Drop Day Post)

Tentative Schedule

Wednesday, August 20th: Introduction and Reading ScheduleMonday, August 25th: ep. ##: Intro to Why Lit Still MattersWednesday, August 27th: Read Along Guide Part 1 (Notes and Quotes)Wednesday, September 3rd: Read Along Guide Part 2 (Notes and Quotes)Wednesday, September 10th: Read Along Guide Part 3 (Notes and Quotes)Thursday, September 25th: Virtual Book ClubMonday, October 6th: ep. ##: Revisiting Why Literature Still MattersOctober

October

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Book Drop Day Post)

Tentative Schedule

Friday, September 12th: Introduction and ScheduleMonday, September 15th: ep. ##: Intro to Huck FinnWednesday, September 17th: Read Along Guide 1 (chapters 1-16)Wednesday, September 24th: Read Along Guide 2 (chapters 17-21)Wednesday, October 1st: Read Along Guide 3 (chapters 22-31)Wednesday, October 8th: Read Along Guide 4 (chapters 32-43)Thursday, October 23rd: Huck Finn Virtual Book ClubMonday, November 3rd: ep. ##: Revisiting The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

November

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Book Drop Day Post)

Tentative Schedule

Wednesday, October 15th: Introduction and ScheduleMonday, October 20th: ep. ##: Intro to Wuthering HeightsWednesday, October 22nd: Read Along Guide 1Wednesday, October 29th: Read Along Guide 2Wednesday, November 5th: Read Along Guide 3Wednesday, November 12th: Read Along Guide 4Thursday, November 27th: Wuthering Heights Virtual Book ClubMonday, December 8th: ep. ##: Revisiting Wuthering Heights

December

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver (Book Drop Day Post)

The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton (Book Drop Day Post)

Tentative Schedule

Friday, November 14th: Introduction and Schedule Monday, November 17th: ep. ##: Introduction to Ballad of the White Horse and A Poetry HandbookWednesday, November 19th: A Poetry Handbook Read Along GuideWednesday, November 26th: Ballad of the White Horse Read Along Guide #1Wednesday, December 3rd: Ballad Read Along Guide #2Wednesday, December 11th: Ballad Read Along Guide #3Thursday, December 18th: Virtual Book ClubMonday, January 5th: ep. ##:Revisiting Ballad of the White Horse and A Poetry Handbook

January

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (Book Drop Day Post)

Tentative Schedule

Friday, December 12th: Introduction and ScheduleMonday, December 15th: ep. ##: Intro to Merchant of Venice and ShakespeareWednesday, December 17th: Act ITuesday, December 23rd: Act IITuesday, December 30th: Act IIIWednesday, January 7th: Act IVWednesday, January 14th: Act VThursday, January 22nd: Virtual Book ClubMonday, February 2nd: ep. ##: Revisiting Merchant of Venice

February-April

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (Book Drop Day Post)

Tentative Schedule

Wednesday, January 21st: Intro and ScheduleWednesday, January 28th: The Wreath (Jorundgaard)Wednesday, February 4th: The Wreath (The Wreath)Wednesday February 11th: The Wreath (Lavrans Bjorgulfson)Wednesday, February 25th: The Wife (The Fruit of Sin)Thursday, February 26th: The Wreath Virtual Book ClubWednesday, March 4th: The Wife (Husaby)Wednesday, March 11th: The Wife (Erlend Nikulausson)Wednesday, March 25th: The Cross (Honor Among Kin)Thursday, March 26th: The Wife Virtual Book ClubWednesday, April 1: The Cross (Debtors)Wednesday April 8th: The Cross (The Cross)Thursday, April 23rd: The Cross Virtual Book Club

May

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Book Drop Day Post)

Tentative Schedule

Wednesday, April 22nd: Introduction and ScheduleMonday, April 27th: ep. ##: Intro to The Hound of the BaskervillesWednesday, April 29th: Read Along Guide 1Wednesday, May 6th: Read Along Guide 2Wednesday, May 13th: Read Along Guide 3Thursday, May 28th: The Hound of the Baskervilles Virtual Book ClubMonday, June 1st: ep. ##: Revisiting The Hound of the Baskervilles

June

Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophocles (Book Drop Day Post)

Tentative Schedule

Friday, May 15th: Introduction and ScheduleMonday, May 18th: ep. ##: Introduction to Oedipus and Antigone (and Greek Tragedy)Wednesday, May 20th: Oedipus 1Wednesday, May 27th: Oedipus 2Wednesday, June 3rd: Antigone 1Wednesday, June 10th: Antigone 2Thursday, June 25th: Virtual Book ClubMonday, July 6th: ep. ##: Revisiting Oedipus and Antigone

July

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY (Book Drop Day Post)

Tentative Schedule

Friday, June 12th: Introduction and ScheduleMonday, June 15th: ep. ##: Intro to The Good Death of Kate MontclairWednesday, June 17th: Read Along Guide 1Wednesday, June 24th: Read Along Guide 2Wednesday, July 1st: Read Along Guide 3Wednesday, July 8th: Read Along Guide 4Thursday, July 23rd: The Good Death of Kate Montclair Virtual Book ClubMonday, August 3rd: ep. ##: Revisiting The Good Death of Kate Montclair

August

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (Book Drop Day Post)

Tentative Schedule:

Wednesday, July 22nd: Introduction and ScheduleMonday, July 27th: ep. ##: Introducing Mansfield ParkWednesday, July 29th: Part 1Wednesday, August 5th: Part 2Wednesday, August 12th: Part 3Thursday, August 27th: Virtual Book ClubMonday, September 7th: ep. ##: Revisiting Mansfield Park

Before I let you go I just wanted to say thank you to all of the people that have helped make Book Drop Day a thing! I was astounded by how many writers on Substack (and elsewhere) said yes when I asked them to participate. They are going to add so much insight into the books and fun into the day! If you enjoy their writing, please click on their links and follow them in order to read their other writing (which is worth reading). One of my favorite aspects of Substack is the community of writers who are so insightful and generous with their time and writing. I also had many Book Club members share their experience with being in our Reading Revisited Book Clubs and I want to say thank you to them as well. Lastly, thank you to all of you, our Substack readers who take time to get excited about books with us. I hope this day is fun and encouraging for you as well!

And that is a wrap! I cannot wait to read this year’s books with you all. What a fun way to spend a year together!

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

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

June

Trust by Hernan Diaz

July

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

August

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

A Few Reminders:

If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us!

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month and voice recordings of the Read Along Guides.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

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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/People Mentioned

This is Happiness by Niall Williams

Haley Stewart and Christy Isinger - Fountains of Carrots Podcast

Close Reads Podcast HQ

The Literary Life Podcast

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

The Art of Lent by Sister Wendy Beckett

Hannah’s Children by Catherine Pakaluk

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Episodes Mentioned

ep. 10: What We're Reading (August 2024)

ep. 7: Next Year’s Book List

ep. 6: Our Favorite Summer Reads

ep. 36: Introducing The Space Trilogy w/ David Bates (from Pints with Jack)

ep. 28: Revisiting Jayber Crow w/ Michael Lilienthal

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

ep. 14: How to Fight Book Gluttony w/ Autumn Kern

ep. 53: Beauty & Imitation w/ DANIEL McINERNY

ep. 52: Bookish Bio of Joel J Miller

ep. 30: Why Read Shakespeare and Scripture w/ Fr. Tom Pressley

ep. 29: Bookish Bio of Colleen Adams (aka Jess’ Mom!)

ep. 13: Intro to Madeleine L’Engle w/ Katie Marquette

ep. 3: Revisiting Crossing to Safety w/ Sarah Van Hecke

ep. 8: Revisiting East of Eden w/ Genna Moellering

ep. 11: The Harry Potter Series w/ Rachel Woodham

ep. 39: Bookish Bio of Mary Tappe

ep. 17: Commonplacing w/ Elise Boratenski

ep. 23: Cayce Bernhardt’s Bookish Bio

ep. 26: Introducing Dickens and A Christmas Carol w/ Shannon Hood

ep. 35: Living Author Spotlight w/ Karen Ullo

ep. 42: Bookish Bio of a Bookstore Owner with Katheryn Rice of Monkeykat Books

ep. 47: Intro to The Moonstone w/ Anthony Rosselli

ep. 55: Introduction to Trust and Contemporary Novels w/ Sean Johnson

ep. 34: 2024 Year in Reading

ep. 37: Our Favorite Winter Reads

ep. 41: What We’re Reading (January 2025)

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

In Case You Missed It:

On the Podcast:

* ep. 54: Revisiting the Moonstone

* ep. 55: Introduction to Trust and Contemporary Novels w/ Sean Johnson

* ep. 56: What We’re Reading (May 2025)

* ep 57: Bookish Bio of Griffin Gooch (a bookish PhD student)

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

June

Trust by Hernan Diaz

July

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

August

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

A Few Reminders:

If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us!

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link:

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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.

We hope you enjoy this lovely conversation we had with one of our favorite Substackers, Griffin Gooch! Don’t forget that we have our Reading Revisited annual holiday, Book Drop Day, on June 14th! So be sure that you are subscribed and following along so you don’t miss any of the fun announcements for next year’s book list!

Where to Find Griffin on the Internet

Reality Theology with Griffin Gooch on Substack

Griffin’s Top 5

(in no particular order)

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

White Noise by John Dillilo

Welcome to the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Other Books and Things

On Reading Well by Karen Swallow Prior

Why Pastors Should Read Fiction (a Literary Life Podcast episode)

Harry Potter Series

Pendragon Series by D.J. MacHale

Charlie Bone Series by Jenny Nimmo

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

Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis

Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

1984 by George Orwell

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Trust by Hernan Diaz

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingslover

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

The Documents of Vatican II

Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Doesteyvsky

The Divine Comedy by Dante (translation by Dr. Jason M Baxter)

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

This is Happiness by Niall Williams

The Hours by Michael Cunningham

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

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

In Case You Missed It:

On the Podcast:

* ep. 52: Bookish Bio of Joel J. Miller

* ep. 53: Beauty and Imitation w/

DANIEL McINERNY

* ep. 54: Introduction to Trust and Contemporary Novels w/

Sean Johnson

* ep. 55: What We’re Reading (May 2025)

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

June

Trust by Hernan Diaz

July

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

August

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

A Few Reminders:

If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us!

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link:

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This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

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.

Hannah’s Reads:

Jessica’s Reads:

Kelsie’s Reads:

Other Books/Things Mentioned

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Bower

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Purgatorio by Dante

Beauty & Imitation by DANIEL McINERNY

Made For This by Mary Haseltine

Joel J. Miller episode

The Literary Life Podcast - The Enchanted April Series

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

“The Feeling of Things, The Contemplation of Beauty” Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

The Pursuit of the Pilfered Cheese by Haley Stewart

The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

Restore The Glory

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

The BFG by Roald Dahl

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

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

In Case You Missed It:

On the Podcast:

* ep. 51: Intro to Death Comes for the Archbishop and Willa Cather

* ep. 52: Bookish Bio of Joel J. Miller

* ep. 53: Beauty and Imitation w/

DANIEL McINERNY

* ep. 54: Introduction to Trust and Contemporary Novels w/ Sean Johnson

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

June

Trust by Hernan Diaz

July

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

August

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

A Few Reminders:

If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us!

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link:

• [Background Music] Into The Light - C... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

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.

Trust by Hernan Diaz

Where to Find Sean

Close Reads Podcast

The Daily Poem Podcast

Look for Sean Johnson at his future 1,000 Good Books Project

Sean’s Top 5

* The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

* The Divine Comedy by Dante OR The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (RR 2022)

* Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy OR The Sword of Honor Trilogy by Evelyn Waugh

* A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

* As You Like It by William Shakespeare

Honorable Mentions (Poetry Edition)

Complete Works of Gerard Manly Hopkins

Slow Pilgrim by Scott Cairns

Collected Poems by John Robert Lee

Other Books and Things

Everything Sad is Untrue by Khosrou Daniel Nayeri (RR 2025)

Close Reads Series on Trust (with David Kern, Heidi White, Tim McIntosh, and Sean Johnson)

David Kern and Bethany Kern’s Book Store- Goldberry Books

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

Trust by Domenico Starnone

On the Incarnation by Athanasius (Introduction essay by C.S. Lewis…On the Reading of Old Books)

New York Review of Books

The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (RR Book Swap Podcast 2024)

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Pevear translation)

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Katz translation)

The Divine Comedy (John Ciardi translation)

The Divine Comedy (Dorothy Sayers translation)

The Divine Comedy (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow translation)

Jason M Baxter’s translation of The Divine Comedy

The Power and the Glory by Graham Grene (RR 2021)

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Helena by Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (RR 2020)

ep. 53: Beauty and Imitation w/ DANIEL McINERNY

Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb

Close Reads 2024 Year in Reading

Lacunae by Scott Cairns

Waiting on the Word by Malcolm Guite

The Eagle and the Hart by Helen Castor

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (RR ????)

The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni

Hymns on Paradise by St. Ephrem the Syrian

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Coifer

The Death of Christian Culture by John Senior

The Children’s Tradition Curriculum by Amanda Faus

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

In Case You Missed It:

On the Podcast:

* ep. 51: Intro to Death Comes for the Archbishop and Willa Cather

* ep. 52: Bookish Bio of Joel J. Miller

* ep. 53: Beauty and Imitation w/

DANIEL McINERNY

* ep. 54: Revisiting the Moonstone

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

June

Trust by Hernan Diaz

July

Everything Sad is Untrue by

Khosrou Daniel Nayeri

August

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

A Few Reminders:

If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us!

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

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 and Things Mentioned:

Wildcraft Board Game

The Murder on The Links by Agatha Christie

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins

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

In Case You Missed It:

On the Podcast:

* ep. 50: What We’re Reading (March 2025)

* ep. 51: Intro to Death Comes for the Archbishop and Willa Cather

* ep. 52: Bookish Bio of Joel J. Miller

* ep. 53: Beauty and Imitation w/ DANIEL McINERNY

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

May

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

June

Trust by Hernan Diaz

July

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

A Few Reminders:

If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us!

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link:

• [Background Music] Into The Light - C... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

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.

Dr. DANIEL McINERNY serves as associate professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Christendom College in Front Royal, VA. His book Beauty & Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection On The Arts, was published last year through Word on Fire Academic, and was hailed by Dr. Peter Kreeft as “literally the best book on beauty that I have ever read.” In addition to his academic endeavors, Dr. McInerny has also published works of fiction including his 2023 novel, The Good Death of Kate Montclair, and an upcoming play called The Actor. Dr. McInerny can also be found on Substack at his publication The Comic Muse, which we will be sure to share in our show notes.

Where to Find DANIEL McINERNY and his Books

On Substack as The Comic Muse

Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts (there is a 20% off coupon on Amazon right now)

The Good Death of Kate Montclair (A Novel)

Dr. McInerny’s Top 5

The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare

Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh (and Scoop)

Blandings Castle (whole series) by P.G. Wodehouse

Jane Austen’s Juvenilia

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Other Books and Things

Fr. Dowling Mysteries (Books)

Fr. Dowling TV Series

The Philosophy of Art and Beauty (free online class by Daniel McInerny)

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok (RR 2023)

Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor (RR 2021?)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (RR 2024)

Reading Revisited ep. 12: Revisiting Pride and Prejudice

A Trust Universally Acknowledged

Daniel’s Poem about Austen

Trust by Hernan Diaz (RR 2025)

Walking on Water by Madeleine L’Engle

Reading Revisited ep.35: Living Author Spotlight-Karen Ullo

To Crown with Liberty by Karen Ullo

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis

Helena by Evelyn Waugh

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

In Case You Missed It:

On the Podcast:

* ep. 49: Revisiting That Hideous Strength

* ep. 50: What We’re Reading (March 2025)

* ep. 51: Intro to Death Comes for the Archbishop and Willa Cather

* ep. 52: Bookish Bio of Joel J. Miller

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

May

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

June

Trust by Hernan Diaz

July

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

A Few Reminders:

If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us!

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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.

Joel’s Top “5”

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

(The Children of Men by P.D. James)

The Samurai by Shusako Endo

(Silence by Shusako Endo)

The Aviator by Eugene Vodolazkin

(Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin)

The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

(The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke)

Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

(Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury)

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

First Blood by David Morrell

Where The Mountain Meets The Moon by Grace Linn

Portofino by Frank Schaeffer

Saving Grandma by Frank Schaeffer

Zermatt by Frank Schaeffer

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Passing by Nella Larson

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Library of America - Willa Cather Boxed Set

Virginia Posterell article about Cather

Willa Cather: Great American Novelist by Virginia Postrel

Full Focus Planner

Pilot Frixion Erasable Pens

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

In Case You Missed It:

On the Podcast:

* ep. 48: Our Favorite Spring Reads

* ep. 49: Revisiting That Hideous Strength

* ep. 50: What We’re Reading (March 2025)

* ep. 51: Intro to Death Comes for the Archbishop and Willa Cather

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

May

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

June

Trust by Hernan Diaz

July

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

A Few Reminders:

If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us!

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

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.

Other Books and Things

The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Close Reads Series on Death Comes for the Archbishop

Edith Wharton (House of Mirth and Age of Innocence have been talked about a lot on our corner of the internet)

The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather

My Antonia by Willa Cather

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis

Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know by Joseph Pearce

Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

Sarah Orne Jewett

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Death Comes for the Archbishop Reading Schedule

Wednesday, April 16th: Introduction/Reading ScheduleMonday, April 21st: Reading Revisited ep. 47: Intro to Death Comes for the Archbishop w/ Brittney Hawver and Elise BoratenskiWednesday, April 23rd: Prelude and Books 1-3Wednesday, April 30th: Books 4-6Wednesday, May 7th: Books 7-9Monday, June 9th: Reading Revisited ep. 58 - Revisiting Death Comes for the Archbishop

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

In Case You Missed It:

On the Podcast:

* ep. 47: Intro to The Moonstone w/Anthony Rosselli

* ep. 48: Our Favorite Spring Reads

* ep. 49: Revisiting That Hideous Strength

* ep. 50: What We’re Reading (March 2025)

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

May

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

June

Trust by Hernan Diaz

July

Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

A Few Reminders:

If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us!

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe