“If you don’t like to read,
you haven’t found
the right book.”
-J.K. Rowling

Over the past few seasons, we have discussed books that cover a variety of genres. From Historical Fiction to Sci-Fi to Contemporary to the Classics, and everything in between, our goal is to discover the greatest stories ever told. While some of the books we end up reading for this podcast end up not being some of the greatest stories ever told, reading them helps us to better understand and define what great stories are.

With all of that said, below is a list of all the books we discussed from previous seasons, as well as some additional book recommendations from our podcast hosts. Something to note: We put an asterisk next to the books we determined are not some of the greatest stories ever told. We read them so you don’t have to.

We will be updating this page regularly with some of our book recommendations. So if you are
looking for some new reads, we hope this page can help you find the right books!

“Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers. How delightful if that were true.”
-The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

SEASON READING LISTS

SEASON ONE

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Ep.2)

Cinderella, The Story of Joseph (Genesis 37-50) (Ep.4)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Catch-22*
by Joseph Heller (Ep.6)

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis (Ep.7)

Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner (Ep.9)

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Ep.10)

SEASON TWO

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Ep.3)

Beauty and the Beast,
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
(Ep.5)

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald,
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque (Ep.6)

An Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie (Ep.7)

Transcendent Kingdom* by Yaa Gyasi (Ep.8)

Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dostoevsky (Ep.9)

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Ep.10)

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Ep.11)

Letters From Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien (Ep.12)

SEASON THREE

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Ep.3)

Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Ep.4)

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card,
The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton (Ep.5)

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (Ep.8)

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (Ep.9)

The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft (Ep.10)

Shane by Jack Schaefer (Ep.11)

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen (Ep.12)

SEASON FOUR

The Book of Job (Ep.3)

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (Ep.3)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Ep.4)

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Ep.5)

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (Ep.5)

The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis (Ep.7)

The Princess Bride by William Goldman (Ep.8)

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Ep.8)

The Odyssey by Homer (Ep.9)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep? by Philip K. Dick (Ep.10)

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Ep.11)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss (Ep.12)