We're back! ...and with some brand spanking new recommendations of the best, most memorable books we devoured all last year. What reads lived up to the hype? What let us down? Plus, what surprised us the most! Listen to us agree (and disagree!) in one of our fave eps each year.
BOOK RECS
Jacinta’s -
Book I expected to like and didn’t: The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novel by Nita Prose
Book I expected to like and loved: Funny Story by Emily Henry
Book I didn’t expect to like and loved: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Jacinta’s top 10:
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
Parade by Rachel Cusk
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger
Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha
All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
Emma’s -
Book I expected to like and didn’t: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Book I expected to like and loved: Prima Facie by Suzie Miller
Book I didn’t expect to like and loved: Things Will Calm Down Soon by Zoe Foster-Blake
Emma’s top 10:
Prima Facie by Suzie Miller
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan
The Work by Bri Lee
The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
Let us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Runt by Craig Silvey
