Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.
We hope you enjoy this lovely conversation we had with one of our favorite Substackers,
! Don’t forget that we have our Reading Revisited annual holiday, Book Drop Day, on June 14th! So be sure that you are subscribed and following along so you don’t miss any of the fun announcements for next year’s book list!Where to Find Griffin on the Internet
Reality Theology with Griffin Gooch on Substack
Griffin’s Top 5
(in no particular order)
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
White Noise by John Dillilo
Welcome to the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Other Books and Things
Why Pastors Should Read Fiction (a Literary Life Podcast episode)
Pendragon Series by D.J. MacHale
Charlie Bone Series by Jenny Nimmo
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis
Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
1984 by George Orwell
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingslover
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Doesteyvsky
The Divine Comedy by Dante (translation by Dr.
)All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
This is Happiness by Niall Williams
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul.
In Case You Missed It:
On the Podcast:
What We’re Reading Now/Next:
June
Trust by Hernan Diaz
July
Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
August
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
A Few Reminders:
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