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