In this episode, Liz & Jerry share their thoughts on modern classics. Should what we read in schools be refreshed and updated? We don't want to think about it, but we're 25 YEARS into the 2000s. Yikes!!

So have a listen as we discuss our suggestions for modern classics.

Non-Book Things:

KIND Frozen Treat Bars

American Primeval

Books Mentioned:

Funny Story by Emily Henry

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel

Station Eleven by Emily St. John

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

James by Percival Everett

There There by Tommy Orange

Circe by Madeline Miller

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

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