This week we're talking about the books that genuinely shifted how we see the world — not just 5 star reads, but the ones that rewired our thinking and books we still find ourselves talking about years later.

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Elsie's books:

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Station Eleven by Emily Sr. John Mandel

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Emma's books:

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Nonfiction Bonus:

Elsie: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg

Emma: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

Book Report:

Elsie: The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

Emma: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

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