S01E24 | Should I? Will I? Must I?: All the Books I've Yet to Read
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In our last episode for the season, we're doing things a little differently. Instead of talking you through books she's read, Marina explores a list of titles and authors she's yet to peruse -- some that she may add to her reading list in the future and some she may not despite how popular they are.  Mentioned this episode: Harold Robbins - The Carpetbaggers, The Adventurers Mario Puzo - The Godfather William Peter Blatty - The Exorcist Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Anne Brontë William Shakespeare George Orwell - Animal Farm Augustine of Hippo Lytton Strachey Simone de Beauvoir - The Second Sex Germaine Greer - The Female Eunuch Betty Friedan - The Feminine Mystique Amina Wadud - Qur'an and Woman, Inside the Gender Jihad Kecia Ali - Sexual Ethics and Islam Fatema Mernissi Riffat Hassan Asma Lamrabet Mona Eltahawy Seema Yasmin - Muslim Women Are Everything Susanna Clarke - Piranesi Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet Bernardine Evaristo - Girl, Woman, Other Hilary Mantel Margaret Atwood Keggie Carew - Dadland For more information about us, visit zafigo.com/busy-reading-books
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