Show Notes
WARNING: this episode contains some adult language. We’re back after our festive hiatus – and how better to start the year than with a rundown of some of the most-anticipated reads of 2024. This week, Jo and James are joined by journalist and TLS podcast host Alex Clark, so listen in as they discuss the books, by Booker Prize authors and beyond, that we should all keep an eye out for this year.
2024 reading list:
Long Island by Colm Tóibín
The Women Behind the Door by Roddy Doyle
James by Percival Everett
Choice by Neel Mukherjee
What Will Survive of Us by Howard Jacobson
Parade by Rachel Cusk
The Spoiled Heart by Sunjeev Sahota
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
The Underground Sea by John Berger
The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain by Kazuo Ishiguro
Knife by Salman Rushdie
My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld, translated by Michele Hutchison
The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma
Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
Mr Geography by Tim Parks
Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel
Day by Michael Cunningham
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
Godwin by Joseph O'Neill
Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan
Other books mentioned:
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle
Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle
The Committments by Roddy Doyle
The Snapper by Roddy Doyle
The Van by Roddy Doyle
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
Two Pints by Roddy Doyle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Trees by Percival Everett
Erasure by Percival Everett
Suder by Percival Everett
The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
Who's Sorry Now? by Howard Jacobson
Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson
J by Howard Jacobson
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
Live a Little by Howard Jacobson
Mother's Boy by Howard Jacobson
The Dog's Last Walk: (and Other Pieces) by Howard Jacobson
The Outline trilogy by Rachel Cusk
Into the Fold by Rachel Cusk
Second Place by Rachel Cusk
Self-Portrait by Celia Paul
The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry
Beatlebone by Kevin Barry
Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld, translated by Michele Hutchison
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Virginia Woolf's Nose by Hermione Lee
Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan
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