This week on From the Front Porch, it’s a Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.

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Kristi's voicemail:

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring

Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand
The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington (unavailable to order)
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (unavailable to order)
Like Family by Erin O. White (releases 11/4)
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
We Loved to Run by Stephanie Reents
The Headmaster by John McPhee (unavailable to order)
Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin (unavailable to order)

Courtney's voicemail:

The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant

These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
The Professor by Lauren Nossett (unavailable to order)

The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett (unavailable to order)
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

Molly's voicemail:

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
The Likeness by Tana French
Table for Two by Amor Towles
Play for Me by Libby Hubscher
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

Christine's voicemail:

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Heartwood by Amity Gaige
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates
Penitence by Kristen Koval
Knife River by Justine Champine
Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols

Matt's voicemail:

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Playworld by Adam Ross
Among Friends by Hal Ebbott
Dinosaurs by Lydia Milett
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Flashlight by Susan Choi

Alana's voicemail:

Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel
The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emilie Culliton (unavailable to order)
Far and Away by Amy Poeppel
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey (unavailable to order)
The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

Ana's voicemail:

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty Macdonald
The Midnight Post and the Postbox Clock by Sarah Dean (unavailable to order)
Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake
The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman
All the Best Dogs by Emily Jenkins
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

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A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

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This week, Annie is reading The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill.

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