Ep 12: Sun, sea and page-turners - our best beach reads
This week’s episode is about the perennial conundrum that faces every reader at this time of year - what to read at the beach? We talk about which genres are best suited for reading al fresco and give you our favourite holiday read recommendations. Of course, we also share our latest book news, current reads and what we plan to read next.Book NewsThe Mars Room by Rachel KushnerQuestion 7 by Richard Flanagan Albion by Anna HopeFair Play by Louise HegartyPetals Of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong’o Current readsThe Husbands by Holly GramazioWild Boar by Hannah LutzBeach readsThe Bee Sting by Paul MurrayAriadne by Jennifer SaintElektra by Jennifer SaintStone Blind by Natalie HaynesCirce by Madeline MillerSong Of Achilles by Madeline MillerWhere The Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Trio by Johanna Hedman The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller The Overstory by Richard PowersThe Guest by Emma ClineThe Girls by Emma Cline The Swimmer by John CheeverWalking On The Ceiling by Ayşegül Savaş Summer by Edith WhartonLast Resort by Andrew LipsteinMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteBrutes by Dizz TateSpent by Alison Bechdel Fun Home by Alison BechdelDykes to Watch Out For by Alison BechdelYou Killed Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Sunset by Jessie Cave Girlfriends by Holly Bourne What we’re reading nextA Marriage At Sea by Sophie ElmhurstNecessary Fictions by Eloghosa OsundeLonely Crowds by Stephanie WambuguAlso mentioned@BeesBookShareThe Garden Gate Project MargateLouisiana Channel by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek in DenmarkThe Hay PlayerHay FestivalsOpen Water by Chris KentisFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodesCurious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James at Fish Island Studio (@fishislandstudio) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep 11: Audition by Katie Kitamura (Deep Dive) & more prize winners
This week’s episode is one of deep dives, this time into Audition by Katie Kitamura, an ambiguous and destablising read that packs a lot into very few pages. We also share some recent book and literary prize news and talk about what’s on our TBRs.Books:Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq (translated by Deepa Bhasthi) The Book Of Sand by Geetanjali ShreeKairos by Jenny ErpenbeckThe Vegetarian by Han KangSmall Boat by Vicent Delacroix (translated by Helen Stevenson)Clear by Carys Davies (Winner of the Ondaatje Prize 2025)The Adversary by Michael Crummey (Winner of the Dublin Literary Award 2025)Red Milk by SjónCareless People by Sarah Wynn-WilliamsAudition / Gone To The Forest / The Longshot / A Separation / Intimacies by Katie Kitamura My Tender Matador by Pedro LemebelThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe Also mentioned: Teatime Book Club, @Teatime.picturesRosemary’s Baby by Roman PolanskiSuspiria by Dario Agento (with a 2013 remake by Luca Guadagnino)Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep 10: Korean Reads We Recommend
This week’s episode is all about our favourite reads by Korean and Korean-American authors, including books about sulky giant octopuses, sinkhole tourism, empathy bypasses, diasporic depression, simulated marriages, and tearful encounters with gochujang. And as always, we discuss recent reads and what’s next on our TBRs.Recent readsIn Search Of Lost Time by Marcel Proust (tr. Terence Kilmartin)Sweat by Emma HealyThe Meteorites: Encounters With Outer Space And Deep Time by Helen GordonKorean books and authors Crying In H Mart by Michelle ZaunerSea Change by Gina ChungThe Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun (tr. Lizze Buehler)Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home by Eric KimThe Hive And The Honey by Paul Yoon The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-Ryeong (tr. The KoLab)Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn (tr. Sandy Joosun Lee)Black Girl From Pyongyang: In Search Of My Identity by Monica MaciasUp nextThe Women by Kristin HannahThe Husbands by Holly GramazioAtmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins ReidMy Friends by Frederik BackmanKakigori Summer by Emily ItamiEndling by Maria RevaAlso mentioned @angelazbaoSnow Piercer, Parasite by Bong Joon HoLibro FMFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week’s episode is a brief encounter with short contemporary classics and the lilliputian tomes under 200 pages we recommend if you’re looking for something to get you out of a reading slump. We also talk book news, what we’ve been reading recently, and the titles we’re looking forward to picking up in May. Recent readsMinistry Of Time by Kaliane BradleyPlayworld by Adam RossEx-Wife by Ursula ParrottShort classicsFair Play by Tove JanssonThe True Deceiver by Tove JanssonLucy by Jamaica KincaidSuch A Fun Age by Kiley ReidThe Fifth Child by Doris Lessing Ben, In The World by Doris LessingWe Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver The Tenth Man by Graham GreeneWhat we’re reading nextSoft Core by Brittany NewellDeep Cuts by Holly BrickleyThe Emperor Of Gladness by Ocean VuongLet Me Tell You by Paul GriffithsLet Me Go On by Paul GriffithsAlso mentioned @LadiesLitSquadDisney+ Dying for SexDolly Alderton and Netflix’s Adaptation of Pride & PrejudiceCan You Ever Forgive Me DuneA Complete UnknownWellness by Nathan HillLong Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-AknerFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A bi-weekly bookchat podcast by Joseph Dance and Amanda Moulson, two time-poor curious readers with eclectic TBRs. Every two weeks we meet to talk all things books and deliver some recommendations for new, classic, and contemporary titles you might want to read next. We cover everything from backlist to frontlist, prize winners to debuts, and we are generally spoiler free. Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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