Podcasting from the Nappanee Public Library, Wanda, owner of Nappanee's Independent Bookstore Bella's Books & Curiosities, is in conversation with Maggie about books with a list inside ("to-do lists", bucket lists, hit lists, or even a series of challenges) within the narrative. Included in this episode are:

-All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

-The Bucket List by Rachel Hanna

-The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas

-The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

-The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh

-The List by Kiersten Modglin

-The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

-The Quit List by Katie Bailey

-The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

Podcasting from the Nappanee Public Library, Joni & Maggie are in conversation about Books Within Books aka Nested Books. Included in this episode are:

-The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate

-Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

-Death On The Island by Eliza Reid

-If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler by Italio Calvino

-Magpie Murders (series) by Anthony Horowitz

-No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

-The Recipe For A Perfect Wife by Karma Brown

-The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

-The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne by Kate Winkler Dawson

-The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry

-The Thirteen Tale by Dianne Setterfield

-Thursday Next (series) by Jasper Fforde

Podcasting from the Nappanee Public Library, Victoria & Maggie are in conversation about books with kings & queens, one of the 2025 Expand Your Horizons reading tasks. Included in this episode are:

-Book of Queens: The True Story of the Middle Eastern Horsewomen Who Fought the War on Terror by Pardis Mahdavi

-Island Queen by Vanessa Riley

-The Selection (series) by Kiera Cass

-Spare by Prince Harry

-The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett

-Crown, Cloak, and Dagger : the British monarchy and secret intelligence from Victoria to Elizabeth II by Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac

-In Search of A Prince by Toni Shiloh

-Katherine of Aragon: the True Queen by Alison Weir

-Queen of Spies: Daphne Park, Britain's Cold War Spymaster by Paddy Hayes

-Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household by Kate Hubbard