This week, we'll visit stories that touch on the experience of war, whether on the front lines or at home. As always, we'll end with what we're reading this week.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Book Thief by Markus Zusak  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness

Ann's picks:

• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
• Cold Mountain (film)
• The Odyssey by Homer
• National Book Award
• Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
• Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
• Jacqueline Winspear books
• The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro

Halle's picks:

• Fives and Twenty-Fives by Michael Pitre
• Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
• Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)
• Redeployment by Phil Klay
• Serial: Season 2 (podcast)
• The Hurt Locker (film)
• Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• North and South trilogy by John Jakes
• North and South by John Jakes
• Love and War by John Jakes
• Heaven and Hell by John Jakes
• North and South (TV)
• The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

What We're Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
• LaRose by Louise Erdrich
• The Round House by Louise Erdrich
• Halle: Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris