I enjoy getting nosey and seeing what some of my favourite authors have been reading and recommending in 2024. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.
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New Statesman article on Books of the Year 2024: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2024/11/best-books-year-2024
My full reviews of some books mentioned:
Long Island – Colm Toibin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNk-z4bqCxE
There Are Rivers in the Sky - Elif Shafak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HBW7oi4CEw
James – Percival Everett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6CCN6S-fnE
Gliff - Ali Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krY_XAogpNQ
Intermezzo – Sally Rooney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCpp3a22onA
Lublin – Manya Wilkinson: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2024/3/5/lublin-by-marya-wilkinson
Caledonian Road – Andrew O'Hagan: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2024/8/9/caledonian-road-by-andrew-ohagan
The Fraud - Zadie Smith: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2023/7/29/the-fraud-by-zadie-smith
Books discussed & purchase links:
Julian Barnes
Headshot – Rita Bullwinkel
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914198724
Long Island – Colm Toibin
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035029440
Bernardine Evaristo
A Woman Like Me – Diane Abbott
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241536414
A Thousand Threads – Neneh Cherry
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781911717003
William Boyd
The Echoes – Evie Wyld
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781911214403
Drypoint – Jamie McKendrick
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571384518
Elif Shafak
The Use of Photography – Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781804271148
Survival is a Promise – Alexis Pauline Gumbs
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241505717
Nicola Sturgeon
James – Percival Everett
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
Ali Smith
Fratriarchy – Juliet Mitchell
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781032364407
Astraea – Kate Kruimink
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781739570767
Neel Mukherjee
Lublin – Manya Wilkinson
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781913505943
The Burning Earth – Sunil Amrith
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241461983
Melissa Harrison
The Echoes – Evie Wyld
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781911214403
Andrew Marr
Caledonian Road – Andrew O'Hagan
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571381357
James – Percival Everett
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
Dominion – Tom Holland
The Princess Casamassima – Henry James
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9788027330836
Katherine Rundell
Virginia Woolf's diaries
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781783788668
On the Origin of the Species – Darwin
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780099519171
Olivia Laing
Ripcord – Nate Lippens
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781739364960
Three Month Fever – Gary Indiana
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780704381162
Jesse Armstrong
The Fraud - Zadie Smith
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241336991
Intermezzo – Sally Rooney
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571365463
Long Island Compromise – Taffy Brodesser-Akner
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781472273031
Jonathan Coe
Anima – Kapka Kassabova
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787333277
Michael Prodger
Wild Thing – Sue Prideaux
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571365937
Kevin Barry
Barcelona – Mary Costello
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781805301837
Tom Gatti
Spent Light – Lara Pawson
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781739421229
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:21 Julian Barnes
2:54 Bernardine Evaristo
4:00 William Boyd
5:14 Elif Shafak
6:44 Nicola Sturgeon
7:16 Ali Smith
8:40 Neel Mukherjee
10:14 Melissa Harrison
11:07 Andrew Marr
12:16 Katherine Rundell
13:02 Olivia Laing
14:13 Jesse Armstrong
15:35 Jonathan Coe
16:08 Michael Prodger
16:30 Kevin Barry
17:08 Tom Gatti
17:40 Conclusion
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