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.
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Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte (Deep Dive) & April releases
On this week’s episode we dive deep into Rejection – not the emotion – the novel in stories by Tony Tulathimutte. We also discuss things we’ve read and want to read in April and revisit the Women’s Prize nominations now that they have been shortlisted.Our deep dive Rejection by Tony TulathimuttePrivate Citizens by Tony TulathimutteRecent readsThe Iliad by Homer and translated by Emily WilsonThe Odyssey by HomerHype Machine: Inside the Cult of Crypto by Joshua OliverI Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline HarpmanGreen Dot by Madeline Gray Women’s prize shortlist Good Girl by Aria AberAll Fours by Miranda JulyThe Persians by Sanam MahloudjiTell Me Everything by Elizabeth StroutThe Safekeep by Yael Van Der WoudenFundamentally by Nussaibah Younis What we’re looking forward to in April Twist by Column McCannTilt by Emma PatteeThe Colony by Annika NorlinAudition by Katie KitamuraNotes to John by Joan Didion Also mentioned The Coach and Horses Pub Quiz, WhitstableThe Book Lovers’ Pub QuizThe BookClub Review PodcastAdolescence on NetflixLet the Great World Spin by Column McCannApeirogon by Column McCannIntimacies by Katie KitamuraBlue Nights by Joan Didion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this week’s episode we catch up on what we’ve been reading, share our thoughts on the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, and talk about some of the April releases we’re looking forward to picking up soon. Recent readsCarnality by Lina Wolf, tr. by Frank PerryHurricane Season by Fernanda MelchorThe Sleepwalkers by Scarlett Thomas The Women’s Prize for Fiction LonglistGood Girl by Aria AberThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleySomewhere Else by Jenni DaichesAmma by Saraid de SilvaCrooked Seeds by Karen JenningsAll Fours by Miranda JulyThe Dream Hotel by Laila LalamiThe Persians by Sanam MahloudjiDream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNesting by Roisín O'DonnellA Little Trickerie by Rosanna PikeBirding by Rose RuaneThe Artist by Lucy SteedsTell Me Everything by Elizabeth StroutThe Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenFundamentally by Nussaibah YounisOur ContendersColored Television by Danzy SennaOrbital by Samantha Harvey There Are Rivers In The Sky by Elif ShafakGliff by Ali Smith The Echoes by Evie WyldeIt Lasts Forever And Then It’s Over by Anne de MarckenExcited to Read in AprilRoom on the Sea by Andre AcimanGirl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie GilbertOpen, Heaven by Seán HewittAlso mentionedThe Stella PrizeThe Carol Shields Prize for FictionFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Our Favourite New York/London Novels
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 readsUniversality by Natasha BrownHunchback by Saou Ichikawa (translated by Polly Barton)Stories of Place:///zinc.level.blindfold edited by Niamh McAnallyOur Favourite NY-LON NovelsLong Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-AknerThe Lonely Londoners by Sam SelvonThe Vulnerables by Sigird NunezLook At Me by Anita BrooknerBig Swiss by Jen BeaginThere Are More Things by Yara Rodrigues FowlerNY-LON Books We're Excited to Read in 2025Confessions by Catherine AireyWake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay MacCleod ChapmanLorne by Susan MorrisonCursed Under London by Gabby Hutchinson CrouchAn Opinionated Guide to Literary London by John CleggAlso mentionedThe Strand BookstoreBooks Are MagicCodexThe London LibraryHousmans BookshopJohn Sandoe BooksJudd Books Daunt BooksFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Deep Dive) & March releases
This week, we deep dive into Liz Moore’s viral woodland thriller The God of the Woods - and we have opinions. We also talk about the new releases we’re looking forward to reading in March. Recent readsThe Future by Catherine Leroux (translated by Susan Ouriou)Rejection by Tony TulathimutteYou Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (translated by Natasha Wimmer)March 2025 releasesThe Horse by Willy Vlautin Show Don’t Tell and Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld Universality by Natasha BrownFollow 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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