Red All Over Season 2 Reading List

Welcome back to the Red All Over podcast reading list! Hope you enjoyed last season’s list which was related to The Handmaid’s Tale (and basically every book Kelly and I read as young adults.)

Anywho, this list is filled with all the books and bullwish we covered during our Alias Grace recaps. Let these dope books innnnnnnnnn.

All Other Nights — Dara Horn

This book has everything you want; jewish people, the civil war, and lady spiritualists. This book is Mrs. Quenell turned up to 11 and is really compelling and at times romantic.

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife- Meg Elison

One of the best modern sci-fi books I’ve ever read. Elison’s dystopian masterpiece feels chillingly urgent and familiar and is the perfect modern pairing to Atwood. She also goes out of her way to encourage discussions about queerness, gender, body types, and other things that usually get glossed over when men write sci-fi. Also it will make you want to stock up on cans!

The Alienist - Caleb Carr

A period piece about when the idea of a “serial killer” came about. You want spooky historical thrills? Ya got em here! Plus they’re making this into a TV show with Dakota Fanning… or one of those other white ingenue actresses that looks just like her.

Sybil Exposed — Debora Nathan

A non-fiction book about a famous, sensationalized instance of potential multiple personality disorders. You may have seen the movie based on this case but this is the real life no bullshit account of the scary real world of early mental health research. A really interesting read and rife with IRL unreliable narrators.

Infinite Jest- David Foster Wallace

Your aunt Kelly read this book once and it made a dude want to MARRY her so do with that information what you will. According to her, this much maligned story about corporations owning things like years… ooh very Atwood. And there’s tennis in it! All kidding aside it’s supposed to be a really important book and you will look smart reading it or placing it on your bedside table.

A Northern Light — Jennifer Donnelly

Didn’t get a chance to mention it on air but this story of a young girl 1906 working at a hotel is basically the YA equivalent of AG. It’s got great female friendship, frontier crafts, and murder! Come for the historical fiction, stay for the romance and frontier crafts!