Show Notes
Join Amanda and Joseph on this week’s episode as they discuss the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist and talk in depth about what worked and what didn’t work for them with each of the six nominated books. They also chat book news and have a look at some of the upcoming titles they’re looking forward to reading next.
(0:32) Book News
(1:12) Lone Wolf by Adam Weymouth
(4:50) Gresham College Lecture Series 2025-2026
(5:24) Booker Prize shortlist
(5:56) The Booker Prize 2025
(9:33) The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
(20:00) The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
(27:26) The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
(28:09) All Fours by Miranda July
(35:05) Endling by Maria Reva
(35:22) Amanda’s Sarah Jessica Parker impression
(36:25) Audition by Katie Kitamura
(42:20) Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga
(43:03) Flashlight by Susan Choi
(43:07) Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
(49:35) Flesh by David Szalay
(57:05) What We’re Reading Next
(57:15) 11.22.63 by Stephen King
(57:30) Antidote by Karen Russell
(58:40) Taipei by Tao Lin
(59:23) Heart the Lover by Lily King Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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