2026 is in full swing, but before we close the door on 2025 Caleb has one again sat down to discuss the books he read/listened to during the prior year. This will once again be a multi-part series as he was devouring many different books this year. But before he jumps into it all, he'll kick off the series by looking at the books on his 2025 reading playlist, Through the Looking Glass, Darkly.
This episode was recorded on Dec. 30th, 2025.
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Through the Looking Glass, Darkly reading list:
1. 1922 (2010) [Stephen King]
2. American War (2018) [Omar El-Akkad]
3. Wuthering Heights (1847) [Emily Bronte]
4. Secret Window, Secret Garden (1990) [Stephen King]
5. To the Center of the Earth (2020) [Greig Beck]
6. Alices Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (1865/1871) [Lewis Carrol]
7. The Library Policeman (1990) [Stephen King]
8. Cell (2006) [Stephen King]
9. Frankenstein (1818) Mary Shelley
10. The Sun Dog (1990) [Stephen King]
11. No Country for Old Men (2005) [Cormac McCarthy]
12. When the Sleeper Wakes (1899) [H. G. Welles]
13. Cujo (1981) [Stephen King]
14. The Terror (2007) [Dan Simmons]
15. Jane Eyre [Charlotte Bronte]
16. Pet Semetary (1983) [Stephen King]
17. I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2016) [Ian Reid]
18. Emma (1815) [Jane Austen]
