This week on From the Front Porch, it’s a Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 595) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app.Lizzy:The House of Mirth or The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel HawthorneInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Best of Everything by Rona JaffeThe Group by Mary McCarthyKate:Literary westernsThe Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzales JamesOutlawed by Anna NorthGod’s Country by Percival EverettNews of the World by Paulette JilesThe Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the PlainThe Plague of Doves and The Round House by Louise ErdrichClose Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie PriouxPlainsong by Kent HarufThe Son by Philipp MeyerTrain Dreams by Denis JohnsonButcher’s Crossing by John WilliamsThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick DewittThe Dying Grass by William T. VollmanDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherThe Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David TreuerRachel:Books about SpainThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis ZafònA Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel AllendeThe Muse by Jessie BurtonAlberto’s Lost Birthday by Diana RosieHomage to Barcelona by Colm ToibinEllen:FantasyThe Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinleyThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternSix of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoThe Bright Sword (Arthurian retelling) by Lev GrossmanCirce by Madeline MillerStarter Villain by John ScalziStrange the Dreamer by Laini TaylorRomantasy:A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft The Poison Daughter by Sheila MastersonLegendborn by Tracy DeonnA Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer l armentroutFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosQuicksilver by Callie HartShield of Sparrows by Devney PerryLindsay: Literary palate cleansersHumor/memoirHeating and Cooling by Beth Ann FennellyNobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess KalbKid litBloomability by Sharon CreechFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgThe Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean SovernWolf Hollow by Lauren WolkFrom the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.This week, Annie is listening to Tenderness by Rowan Beaird.If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch.We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.Our Executive Producers are...Joseph Shorter IV, Beth, Jammie Treadwell, Kimberly, Gene Queens, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins and Cammy Tidwell.