S12:Ep248 - Best of 2024 Year in Review - 1/1/25


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Dec 30 2024 59 mins   8

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This week we are doing our 2024 recap, covering the books that earned 5 stars. We’ve also got some audio interspersed in the episode from 2024 guests to The Perks who also share their favorite books of the year. This is always one of our most popular episodes of the year.



And don’t forget, this new season is a whole new bag. We are going to every other week episodes and each one will include an interview with a bookish guest plus some book recommendations by us on a particular topic.



Books mentioned--



1- The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester


2- Woodworm by Layla Martinez


3- North Woods by Daniel Mason


4- Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy


5- Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders


6- Greenwood by Michael Christie


7- Prophet Song by Paul Lynch


8- A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney


9- Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle


10- The Library Book by Susan Orlean


11- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride


12- The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner


13- One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus


14- Intimacies by Katie Kitamura


15- I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai


16- The Wedding People by Alison Espach


17- The Huntress by Kate Quinn


18- Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransom


19- The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley


20- All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby


21- Being Henry by Henry Winkler


22- The Weather Woman by Sally Gardner


23- Un Lun Dun by China Mieville


24- Border Crossings: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway by Emma Fick


25- The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin


26- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Brynn Greenwood


27- That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming


28- The Husbands by Holly Gramazio


29- Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy


30- Arroyo Circle by JoeAnn Hart


31- Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our World , Change Our Minds, & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake



Media mentioned--



1- Dune: Prophecy (HBO Max, 2024)


2- Shrinking (Apple+, 2024)


3- What We Do in the Shadows (Hulu)


4- The Professor and the Madman (Tubi, 2019)


5- Your Friend by Nate Bargatze (Netflix, 2024)


6- The Skinny by Jim Gaffigan (Hulu, 2024)


7- Catastrophe (Prime, 2015)


8- Three Body Problem (Netflix, 2024)