Ep 141: 6 Classic Novels You Should Read (with guest Colleen Powell)
/This episode is for anyone who misses being a student.
I have a running list of classic novels that I want to re-read as an adult or read for the first time because I missed them in high school English class.
And so once a year or so, I force myself to pick up those novels that end up on All Time Best lists like this one. Or this one. Or even this one.
If you have the same literary burden, this episode is meant to help you choose a classic that won't be a total bore.
I'm joined by my friend and Patreon producer Colleen Powell, a former teacher and current audio editor outside of Chicago.
Colleen helps me with the Secret Stuff Book Club, and this winter we're reading a few classic novels starting this November with Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
In our conversations, Colleen and I are sharing both the best contemporary books we've read lately AND the best classic novels we'd recommend to anyone.
Best Books We've Read Lately:
The Guncle by Stephen Rowley
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
6 Classics You Should Read:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Native Son by Richard Wright
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Other Books Mentioned:
Mrs. Dalloway by Virgina Woolf
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
This spoiler-free (well, except for Jane Eyre) reading conversation has a ton of information and opinions. Enjoy!
