Well-Read Episode #49 - Epistolary Novels

We’re diving into epistolary novels, one of our favorite book formats (and, it turns out, are more than just a book of letters!). As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Goodreads Ann’s picks: Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn Sorcery & Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer– Patricia C. Wrede books– Caroline Stevermer books– Jane Austen books– Cecelia and Kate series by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer– Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence by Nick Bantock– Griffin & Sabine series by Nick Bantock– Morning Star series by Nick Bantock– The Pharos Gate: Griffin & Sabine’s Lost Correspondence by Nick Bantock– Nick Bantock books Halle’s picks: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell– Rainbow Rowell books We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver– We Need to Talk About Kevin (film) Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel– Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel– Arrival (film)– 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: The Quick by Lauren Owen– The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Halle: The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman