170 Episodes

  1. 66. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Part Two

    Published: 6/22/2021

  2. 65. Classic novels to read with your book club and tips for getting more out of book club discussions

    Published: 6/15/2021

  3. 64. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Part One

    Published: 6/8/2021

  4. 63. Brand new summer books and backlist pairings to topple your TBR

    Published: 6/1/2021

  5. 62. Quarterly Favorites: page-turning reads and reflections on Spring 2021

    Published: 5/25/2021

  6. 61. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery, plus books about complicated families, romance, and boundaries

    Published: 5/18/2021

  7. 60. Backlist coming of age novels for book clubs and beach reads

    Published: 5/11/2021

  8. 59. In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, coming of age stories, and sweeping historical fiction

    Published: 5/4/2021

  9. 58. Grounded and inventive speculative fiction recommendations for your TBR

    Published: 4/27/2021

  10. 57. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut and science fiction stories for literary fiction lovers

    Published: 4/20/2021

  11. 56. Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler, a short story club discussion

    Published: 4/13/2021

  12. 55. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin and modern pairings with evocative writing

    Published: 4/6/2021

  13. 54. Pride and Prejudice retellings, sequels, and pastiche

    Published: 3/30/2021

  14. 53. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Part Two

    Published: 3/23/2021

  15. 52. Backlist pairings for our most anticipated Spring 2021 book releases

    Published: 3/16/2021

  16. 51. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Part One

    Published: 3/9/2021

  17. 50.5 Five tips for reading Pride and Prejudice (or any Austen novel)

    Published: 3/2/2021

  18. 50. Quarterly Favorites: the stand-out books we read in Winter 2020-2021

    Published: 2/23/2021

  19. 49. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter and twisted Gothic fairytales to read in one sitting

    Published: 2/16/2021

  20. 48. Fairytale retellings for readers of all ages

    Published: 2/9/2021

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Welcome to Novel Pairings, a podcast dedicated to making the classics readable, relevant, and fun. As two nerdy bookworms, we appreciate the role of classic lit, but we but we won’t get too academic about it. We’ll talk about the books we love and the books we loath, and help stock your TBR pile with old and new reads for every literary taste.