Faulkner’s (Somewhat) Accessible Novel Light in August Makes the List
William Faulkner’s southern gothic novel Light in August is Jay’s pick for his 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language list this week, and he and Stacey discuss the 1932 modernist work with it...
4 Nov 202545min
It’s a Good Time to Pick Up Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath
This week, Jay makes the case for John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath as not only a relevant and cogent book for anyone who follows current events, but also as a book that is lovable—a joy to read. C...
28 Okt 202551min
Henry James (Barely) Makes the List with The Turn of the Screw
This week is the first time Jay surprises Stacey with a selection for his list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language, when he chooses Henry James’s novella The Turn of the Screw. Jay ...
21 Okt 202548min
If You Don't Love Ulysses, Try Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Jame Joyce’s Ulysses seems to be on every single reading and novels list, but it’s not on Jay Ruud’s. He chose Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man instead, because it actually is lovable. ...
14 Okt 202550min
Beyond the Book Banning: Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
This week, Jay names Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter: A Romance to his list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in English. Even though it’s one of the most banned books in the United States, ther...
7 Okt 202550min
Celebrate Banned Books Week with Huckleberry Finn
Jay joins Ernest Hemingway and many others in his love of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and this week it gets added to his list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language. H...
30 Sep 202545min
Enter the Mysterious World of Dickens’ Bleak House
Jay puts his second Dickens novel on the list this week, Bleak House, published in 1853. The looooong book uses many characters, two narrative points of view and several suspenseful plots to keep the ...
23 Sep 202545min
The Way They Lived Then is The Way We Live Now
Jay adds Anthony Trollope’s The Way We Live Now to his list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in English this week. This long Victorian novel, which was initially serialized and then published in 1875, f...
16 Sep 202540min
