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234: Favorite Books of 2024

In This Episode:

Christopher chooses some favorites from the reading year that just passed, and answers some questions from the Patreon patrons.

THE EP. 234 BOOKSHELF

THE FAVE READS OF 2024:

Plastic by Scott Guild
Skunks by Fiona Warnick
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
James by Percival Everett
Worry by Alexandra Tanner
Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia
50 Beasts to Break Your Heart by GennaRose Nethercott
Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
Practice by Rosalind Brown
Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas (actually published in 2023)

THE FAVES FROM BEFORE 2024:

Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell
The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Mozart’s Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

OTHERS MENTIONED:

Self Portrait with Boy by Rachel Lyon
2 AM at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
Redwall
by Brian Jacques
House in Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
101 Dalmations by Dodie Smith
The Starlight Barking by Dodie Smith
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Amazing Adventure of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

THE DAMN BAR:

 
 
So Many Damn BooksComment