Anna Karenina

It was mentioned in relation to Tolstoy's famous quote about families, where it was said that happy families are alike, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

It was mentioned as a long book that is worth reading, implying that it offers profound insights and understanding.

A massive classic that one listener and her podcast co-host decided to dedicate their summer book club to, finding it indulgent and juicy despite its length.

The first line of the book, 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way', was mentioned as a famous example of how there seems to be more variations for unhappiness.

This book was cited as an example of how characters fail to recognize that their perception of the world is shaped by their individual mood.

Dan Jones also mentioned Anna Karenina as another major work by Tolstoy.

It was mentioned briefly, with a humorous reflection that perhaps the main character, if a child pilot, may not have been hit by a train.

Matt Walsh referenced the novel when discussing the classic opening line about happy and unhappy families.

Ed Latimore referenced the famous line about happy and unhappy families from Tolstoy's novel while discussing the difficulty of sobriety.

The novel was mentioned alongside Madame Bovary as a classic work of literature used to illustrate the absurdity of restricting fiction writers only to writing about people whose identity matches their own.

The opening line of this book was quoted, "Happy families are all alike. Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

This classic novel was cited among the books the podcast host read during her junior and senior years of high school in an immersive program.