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Jenn and Amanda recommend diverse classics, quiet middle America stories, and more! This episode is sponsored by Murder on Wheels by Lynn Cahoon and Penguin Random House Audio. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books Discussed Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard anything by Willa Cather Half an Inch of Water by Percival Everett Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver Alexandre Dumas (black), Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde (LGBTQ), Tale of Genji 1001 Nights by Anonymous The Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin Clotel: Or the President’s Daughter by William Wells Brown Round House by Louise Erdrich The Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden Taylor anything by Sherman Alexie The Outside Circle by Patti LaBoucane-Benson Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia Pym by Mat Johnson Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley (Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie) Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot My Man Jeeves by PG Wodehouse Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed Ongoingness by Sarah Manguso Dept of Speculation by Jenny Offill Maybe Baby, edited by Lori Leibovich Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin I Can Barely Take Care of Myself by Jen Kirkman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices