Sophie Gee

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For the next four months, we are ascending the Mount Everest of Victorian fiction together, George Eliot's Middlemarch.

In our view, one of the greatest books ever written.

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we're all listening to this podcast because, well, we love classic books.

It's hugely exciting to be giving a big plug to our podcasting friends, the team from Book Riot, who are making the Fantastic Books podcast zero to well-read.

I listen to it all the time and I learn from it constantly.

The team is Jeff O'Neill and Rebecca Shinsky from Book Riot, and they've been talking about books on the internet together for almost 15 years.

They've heard from a lot of people who feel like they missed the window to read the so-called important books.

So they created Zero to Well Read.

It's a podcast that tells you everything you need to know about the books you wish you'd read.

From classics to contemporary hits and social media sensations, you hear from Jeff and Rebecca why they're so great, what you should know about them, what makes them weird and fun and strange and why they matter.

These guys are willing to go in and get their hands dirty talking about all sorts of books from the...

unquestionable classics to what we might call emerging classics or contemporary classics.

Have a listen.

Can't recommend them highly enough.