Listen "Books, Baby! 2024 Unwrapped: The Year in Reads"
Episode Synopsis
Start your 2025 with a literary bang! In this special year-in-review episode, Ian, Bev, and Alounwrap the books that defined 2024. Released just in time to kick off the new year, we’re diving into the stories that made us laugh, cry, and rethink the world around us.
From dazzling debuts to thought-provoking works by queer authors, women, and minorities, the team reflects on their favourite reads, surprise hits, and unforgettable podcast moments.
Books Discussed in This Episode:
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
The Season by Helen Garner
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
Less than zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
The work by Bri Lee
Mushrooms at the end of the world by Anna Tsing
A language of limbs by Dylin Hardcastle
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbenk
Private rites by Julia Armfield
Wrong answers only by Tobias Madden
What I'd rather not talk about by Jente Posthuma
The In-between by Christos Tsiolkas
Liliana's invencible summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
Thank you for making 2024 another unforgettable chapter of Books, Baby! And for kicking off the new year with us!
Connect with us via email ([email protected]) and on Instagram!
Books, Baby! - @booksbabypod
Hosts:
Ian - @bookish_ian
Bev - @booksgonewilde
Alo - @books.swallows.universe
From dazzling debuts to thought-provoking works by queer authors, women, and minorities, the team reflects on their favourite reads, surprise hits, and unforgettable podcast moments.
Books Discussed in This Episode:
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
The Season by Helen Garner
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
Less than zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
The work by Bri Lee
Mushrooms at the end of the world by Anna Tsing
A language of limbs by Dylin Hardcastle
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbenk
Private rites by Julia Armfield
Wrong answers only by Tobias Madden
What I'd rather not talk about by Jente Posthuma
The In-between by Christos Tsiolkas
Liliana's invencible summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
Thank you for making 2024 another unforgettable chapter of Books, Baby! And for kicking off the new year with us!
Connect with us via email ([email protected]) and on Instagram!
Books, Baby! - @booksbabypod
Hosts:
Ian - @bookish_ian
Bev - @booksgonewilde
Alo - @books.swallows.universe
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