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 Top 5 for 2025
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (audible audiobook read by David Horovitch)
The Space Trilogyby C.S. Lewis
The Man Born to Be Kingby Dorothy L. Sayers
Island of the World by Michael O’Brien
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Hannah’s Top 5 for 2025
Memento Mori by Muriel Spark
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
An Unsuitable Attachment, Excellent Women, No Fond Return of Loveby Barbara Pym
The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
Kelsie’s Top 5 for 2025
The Murder at the Vicarageby Agatha Christie
Helena by Evelyn Waugh
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
This is Happiness by Niall Williams
The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
Other Books/Things Mentioned
The Top Ten Novels I Read in 2024 by Dominika
The Odyssey by Homer
Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark
4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
Emma M. Lionby Beth Brower
Lord Peter Wimsey Books by Dorothy L. Sayers
Close Reads Podcast HQ Episodes on Bridge of San Luis Rey
Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
Blaming by Elizabeth Taylor
“The writers who ruin all other writers for you” by Dominika
ep. 69: Book Swap #2 - The Secret History
Literary Life Podcast Episode 301: Alduous Huxley’s Brave New World
Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
The Moonstoneby Wilkie Collins
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
“Is The Erstwhile Boss Babe Interested in Tradwifing It On A Budget” by Lane Scott
Shakespeare In A Year by Taylor D'Amico
The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY
Small Things Like Theseby Claire Keegan
Norms and Nobility by David Hicks
How To Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key
Attic Thoughts by Katie Marquette
The Moderate Midwife Ann Ledbetter
What We’re Reading Next:
January
Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare
February-April
Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
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