We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are discussing modern classics. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  Literally Reading: The Secret History by Donna Tartt Follow Kristine here: @kristio114 Open the Book: Kindred by Octavia Butler 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Atonement by Ian McEwan  Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry   Carrie by Stephen King Dune by Frank Herbert We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Sally Rooney Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Amor Towles Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann