Show Notes
Join either side of the Atlantic as we dive into our favourite London/New York novels. It’s an episode full of stiff upper lips, demonic possessions, sociopaths, bedsits, alcoholic dollmakers, sassy parrots, and white asparagus. Plus we talk about our must visit NY-LON bookshops and reading spots, and we look ahead to new releases set in and around the Big Smoke and the Big Apple we can’t wait to read.
Recent reads
Universality by Natasha Brown
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa (translated by Polly Barton)
Stories of Place:///zinc.level.blindfold edited by Niamh McAnally
Our Favourite NY-LON Novels
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
The Vulnerables by Sigird Nunez
Look At Me by Anita Brookner
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
There Are More Things by Yara Rodrigues Fowler
NY-LON Books We're Excited to Read in 2025
Confessions by Catherine Airey
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay MacCleod Chapman
Lorne by Susan Morrison
Cursed Under London by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
An Opinionated Guide to Literary London by John Clegg
Also mentioned
The Strand Bookstore
Books Are Magic
Codex
The London Library
Housmans Bookshop
John Sandoe Books
Judd Books
Daunt Books
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