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For the contemporary snob: 248. “A Wild Sheep Chase” by Haruki Murakami
For the classics lover: 243. “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” by Carson McCullers
For the how-to seeker: 224. On Reading Dickens (New Intro) | December Dickens
For the mystery lover: 158. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe
(166.) “Garden by the Sea” by Mercè Rodoreda
264. How Linguists Learn Language
263. “The Hole” by Hiroko Oyamada
(243.) “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” by Carson McCullers
261. “I don’t have time to read.”
254. “The Force of Such Beauty” by Barbara Bourland
253. “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury | Horrifying Classics
252. “Holly” by Stephen King | Horrifying Classics
(197.) “Fake Like Me” by Barbara Bourland | Horrifying Classics
251. Horrifying Classics in Review | Horrifying Classics
250. “Knight’s Gambit” by William Faulkner
249. “An Error in Chemistry” by William Faulkner
248. “A Wild Sheep Chase” by Haruki Murakami
247. “Wind/Pinball: Two Novels” by Haruki Murakami
246. “Tomorrow” by William Faulkner
244. “Hand Upon the Waters” by William Faulkner
243. “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” by Carson McCullers
242. “The House of Mirth” by Edith Wharton
239. The Kindle: Travel and Everyday Use
238. “Monk” by William Faulkner
237. “Martin Chuzzlewit” by Charles Dickens | December Dickens
236. “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë
235. “Smoke” by William Faulkner
234. “Tschick” by Wolfgang Herrndorf
233. “Novelist as a Vocation” by Haruki Murakami
230. “I’ll Eat When I’m Dead” by Barbara Bourland
228. “On Writing” by Stephen King
226. “Nicholas Nickleby” by Charles Dickens | December Dickens
224. On Reading Dickens (New Intro) | December Dickens
223. “11.22.63” by Stephen King with John McDermott (2/2)| Horrifying Classics
222. “11.22.63” by Stephen King (1/2) | Horrifying Classics
221. “The Faces” by Tove Ditlevsen | Horrifying Classics
220. “The Guest List” by Lucy Foley | Horrifying Classics
219. “Verity” by Colleen Hoover | Horrifying Classics
218. “We Were the Mulvaneys” by Joyce Carol Oates | Horrifying Classics
217. “How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays” by Umberto Eco
216. “Persuasion” by Jane Austen
213. Returned from my Sabbatical
210. “Atomic Habits” by James Clear
208. “The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain” by Charles Dickens | December Dickens
207. “The Battle of Life” by Charles Dickens | December Dickens
206. “The Cricket on the Hearth” by Charles Dickens | December Dickens
205. “The Chimes” by Charles Dickens | December Dickens
204. “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens | December Dickens
202. “Whereabouts” by Jhumpa Lahiri
201. Week 45 of Reading + Make Tea with Me
200. "The Doll Master and Other Tales of Terror" by Joyce Carol Oates | Horrifying Classics
199. “Come With Me” by Ronald Malfi | Horrifying Classics
198. “Tidepool” by Nicole Willson | Horrifying Classics
197. “Fake Like Me” by Barbara Bourland | Horrifying Classics
196. “The Toll” by Cherie Priest | Horrifying Classics
195. “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates
194. Does Reading Encourage Writing?
193. The Hollow Trilogy by Jessica Verday | Summer Young Adult
192. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, series conclusion
191. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 19-20
190. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 17-18
189. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 13-16 (2/2)
188. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 13-16 (1/2)
186. The Book Album ft. “The White Album” by Joan Didion
185. “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
184. “The Old Man at the Bridge” by Ernest Hemingway
182. “Graceling” by Kristen Cashore | Summer Young Adult
181. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 9-12 (2/2)
180. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 9-12 (1/2)
179. “Emma” by Jane Austen: One Year Later
178. “Let Me Tell You What I Mean” by Joan Didion
(50.) “Run River” by Joan Didion
177. JadetheLibra's (Spooky) Book Club
(81.) “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor
175. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 5-8 (3/3)
174. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 7-8 (2/3)
173. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 5-6 (1/3)
172. Three Books to Fix Your Finances
170. “The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism” by Gøsta Esping-Andersen ft. Sachin Shukla
169. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 1-4 (2/2)
168. “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 1-4 (1/2)
167. “Anxious People” by Fredrik Backman
166. “Garden by the Sea” by Mercè Rodoreda
165. Coffee and a Classic #BookUnboxing
164. “Agnes Grey” by Anne Brontë
163. “The Purloined Letter” by Edgar Allan Poe
161. Once Upon a Book Club #BookUnboxing
160. “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt” by Edgar Allan Poe
159. “Trust Exercise” by Susan Choi
158. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe
157. Learning French in One Month
156. The Book Drop #BookUnboxing
154. “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens, part 2 | December Dickens
153. “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens, part 1 | December Dickens
151. On Reading Dickens (Remastered) | December Dickens
150. Announcement + “Dreamfall” by Amy Plum
149. Introvert’s Retreat #BookUnboxing
146. “Dracula” by Bram Stoker | Horrifying Classics
145. “The Werewolf of Paris” by Guy Endore | Horrifying Classics
144. “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller | Horrifying Classics
143. "The October Country" by Ray Bradbury | Horrifying Classics
141. I Watched the Infinite Jest Movie #TDFWAfterEpisodes
140. Keeping up with German - C1 Speaking Update
139. Infinite Jest’s Loose Ends #TDFWAfterEpisodes
138. “Flashlight” by Susan Choi
137. What does the word “fantods” mean? #TDFWAfterEpisodes
136. How to Navigate a Bookstore
135. Who Narrates Infinite Jest? #TDFWAfterEpisodes
134. I Finished Reading “Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace
(“Infinite Jest” {916-981} #ThursdayswithDFW)
133. Listening to My First-Ever Podcast
132. “Infinite Jest” (883-916) #ThursdayswithDFW
131. “Midnight Sun” by Stephenie Meyer
130. “Infinite Jest” (795-883) #ThursdayswithDFW
129. The Twilight Saga ft. Jennie Peterson
128. My One Year Kindle-versary
127. “Infinite Jest” (755-795) #ThursdayswithDFW
126. “Blue Ticket” by Sophie Mackintosh
125. Books and Coffee, Books and Tea
124. “Infinite Jest” (719-755) #ThursdayswithDFW
122. “Infinite Jest” (682-719) #ThursdayswithDFW
120. “Infinite Jest” (638-682) #ThursdayswithDFW
119. “The Bad Girl” by Mario Vargas Llosa
118. “The Plague” by Albert Camus
117. “Infinite Jest” (601-638) #ThursdayswithDFW
116. Learning Norwegian in 24-Hours
115. “Infinite Jest” (571-601) #ThursdayswithDFW
113. Critical Reception #ThursdayswithDFW
112. “The Farewell” directed by Lulu Wang
111. “Infinite Jest” (538-571) #ThursdayswithDFW
109. “Infinite Jest” (503-538) #ThursdayswithDFW
(36.) The History of Comics (Repost)
108. Why We Don’t Talk About Memoir
106. “Infinite Jest” (461-503) #ThursdayswithDFW
103. “Infinite Jest” (418-461) #ThursdayswithDFW
102. Our Intensive Language Course ft. Rafael from Poland
101. “Infinite Jest” (380-418) #ThursdayswithDFW
99. Learning Korean in 24-Hours
98. “Infinite Jest” (342-380) #ThursdayswithDFW
97. “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy
96. “Infinite Jest” (299-342) #ThursdayswithDFW
94. “Infinite Jest” (2/2) (230-299) #ThursdayswithDFW
90. “Infinite Jest” (1/2) (198-230) #ThursdayswithDFW
89. “I Know You Know Who I Am” by Peter Kispert #NewRelease
88. “Infinite Jest” (121-198) #ThursdayswithDFW
86. “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe
85. “Infinite Jest” (55-121) #ThursdayswithDFW
83. “Infinite Jest” (39-55) #ThursdayswithDFW
81. “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor
(76.) “Infinite Jest” (xii-17) Spotify Error Repost
80. “Infinite Jest” (27-39) #Thursdays with DFW
79. When will computers read audiobooks?
78. “Infinite Jest” (17-27) #ThursdayswithDFW
77. Crafting New Reading Goals
76. “Infinite Jest” (xii-17) #ThursdayswithDFW
75. "The Old Curiosity Shop" by Charles Dickens
74. “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens #DecemberDickens
70. “Vox” by Christina Dalcher
67. Language in the Modern World ft. Rafael from Poland (1/2)
66. “IT” by Stephen King (2/2)
65. “IT” by Stephen King (1/2)
64. “The Shining” by Stephen King
63. “Pet Semetary” by Stephen King
62. “The Mist” by Stephen King
57. “Talking to Strangers” by Malcolm Gladwell
56. “The Other End of the Line” by Andrea Camilleri
54. Our Obsession With the Fitzgeralds
52. Intensive Language Learning
51. A Story About Jews in Germany
50. “Run River” by Joan Didion
49. My First Novel auf Deutsch
48. “A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World” by David Spade
47. “Machines Like Me” by Ian McEwan
46. Capsule Libraries and My Fear of Kindles
45. I Joined a (Mortality) Book Club
43. “Play It As It Lays” by Joan Didion
42. Minimalism for Book Lovers
40. A Conversation About Conversation ft. Lizzie Discenza
39. “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare
38. Faulkner (3/3) ft. Breanna Poston
37. Faulkner (2/3) ft. Breanna Poston
35. Faulkner (1/3) ft. Breanna Poston
33. “Gingerbread” by Helen Oyeyemi
30. “Where Reasons End” by Yiyun Li
29. “Chasing Red” by Isabel Ronin (#LoveofFebruary)
28. “Norwegian Wood” by Haruki Murakami (#LoveofFebruary)
27. “South and West” by Joan Didion (#LoveofFebruary)
26. What Makes First Editions So Valuable (#LoveofFebruary)
25. Crazy Rich Asians ft. Gabby Cioca #LoveofFebruary
21. “The White Album” by Joan Didion
19. “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens (#DecemberDickens)
18. Dickens Short Stories + How Short Story Collections Are Made (#DecemberDickens)
17. “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens (#DecemberDickens)
15. “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens (#DecemberDickens)
14. On Reading Dickens (#DecemberDickens)
12. “The Great Gatsby” Again? ft. Morgan Wallace
11. Perspective Changing Books
10. “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley (#HorrifyingClassics)
9. “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury (#HorrifyingClassics)
8. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot
7. “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James (#HorrifyingClassics)
6. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe (#HorrifyingClassics)
4. “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald ft. Priya Fink
3. Literature’s Most Beautiful Passages