Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Books mentioned:
Piranesi by Suzanna Clarke
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Actress by Anne Enright
James by Percival Everet
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
The Odyssey by Homer
Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Circe by Madeline Miller
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Holding Her Breath by Eimear Ryan
Oh William by Elizabeth Strout
Our Town by Thornton Wilder


0:00 intro
0:33 Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen
10:26 Circe by Madeline Miller
14:34 Holding Her Breath by Eimear Ryan
23:18 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett


Decades project videos:
1930s youtu.be/bBQlrHkDVuM
1940s youtu.be/RhxgnlopU1s
1950s youtu.be/KFYAnupP9NM
1960s youtu.be/0hCVro519Og
1970s youtu.be/2YGf2R1MUYM
1980s youtu.be/vwI-JtBPn18
1990s youtu.be/bNGU96VfNcw
2000s youtu.be/0yuG3Eu9D3I
2010s youtu.be/z1J-LWZgiQU
2020s youtu.be/kQ7IXx10G8U

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