Tea or Books? #126: Should Books Be Banned? and Lessons in Chemistry vs Dear Mrs Bird

Banned books, Bonnie Garmus and A.J. Pearce – welcome to episode 126! In the first half of the episode, we discuss banned books – should books ever be banned? Does a book being banned make us want to read it

Banned books, Bonnie Garmus and A.J. Pearce – welcome to episode 126!

In the first half of the episode, we discuss banned books – should books ever be banned? Does a book being banned make us want to read it more? In the second half, we pit two recent novels set in the mid-century: Dear Mrs Bird by A.J. Pearce and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

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The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

Strangers May Kiss by Ursula Parrott

Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott

Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh

Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith

How To Be Multiple by Helena de Bres

The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence

Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer

Barbara Pym

Day by Michael Cunningham

A Clergyman’s Daughter by George Orwell

The Vicar’s Daughter by E.H. Young

The Rector’s Daughter by F.M. Mayor