Mostly Fictional

Books mentioned, in order:
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Writers and Lovers by Lily King
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal el-Mohtar
The River Has Roots by Amal el-Mohtar
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Mystery Play by Elizabeth Kostova
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Yume by Sifton Tracey Anipare
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Anthem by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Links mentioned: 
HRCYED - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm--qS8neH8
Charity and Sylvia - https://www.charityandsylvia.com/

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Books mentioned, in order:
The Dream Thieves: The Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater, adapted and illustrated by Sas Milledge
The Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Julius Julius by Aurora Stewart de Peña
The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Mystery Play by Elizabeth Kostova
The Odyssey by Homer
Duplex by Mike Nagel
Culdesac by Mike Nagel
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal el-Mohtar
Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Euphoria by Lily King
Writers and Loves by Lily King
The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski

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Books mentioned, in order:
The Odyssey by Homer
The Iliad by Homer
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Story Girl by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Comedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson, translated by Damion Searls
Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden
Duplex by Mike Nagel
Culdesac by Mike Nagel
Yume by Sifton Tracey Anipare
The Group by Mary McCarthy 
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
The Feast by Margaret Kennedy 
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

https://www.charityandsylvia.com/

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Books mentioned in order:

Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon
Bride + Mate by Ali Hazelwood
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges
Ruth by Kate Riley
My Favourite Thing is Monsters: Volume 1 by Emil Ferris
Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed, tr. by Deena Mohamed
Comedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson, translated by Damion Searls
Indelicacy by Amina Cain
The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector
Carrion Crow by Heather Parry
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor
Chasing Homer by László Krasznahorkai, translated by John Batki
The Odyssey by Homer translated by EV and DCH Rieu
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
Slewfoot by Brom
Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim

LinksL
https://hrcyed.my.canva.site/hrcyed-3-0/
Emily Wilson’s review of The Odyssey https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man 

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com

Books mentioned, in order:

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth
Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth
Canon by Paige Lewis
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Guards Guards by Terry Pratchett
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar
The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski
The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski
My Favourite Thing is Monsters: Volume 1 by Emil Ferris
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Links:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/ 
https://duckstamp.com/art-contest/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DayCUUFkdTG/?img_index=1

Find Pam and Hallie online!
Follow Hallie’s Substack at wordsmithreads.substack.com
Pam can be found on Youtube and Bookstagram at @pams_inkheart
Or, send us both a message at mostlyfictionalpod@gmail.com