We're back! ...and with some brand spanking new recommendations of the best, most memorable books we devoured all last year. What reads lived up to the hype? What let us down? Plus, what surprised us the most! Listen to us agree (and disagree!) in one of our fave eps each year.

BOOK RECS
Jacinta’s -
Book I expected to like and didn’t: The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novel by Nita Prose
Book I expected to like and loved: Funny Story by Emily Henry
Book I didn’t expect to like and loved: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Jacinta’s top 10:

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

Parade by Rachel Cusk

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger

Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha

All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley



Emma’s -
Book I expected to like and didn’t: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Book I expected to like and loved: Prima Facie by Suzie Miller
Book I didn’t expect to like and loved: Things Will Calm Down Soon by Zoe Foster-Blake

Emma’s top 10:

Prima Facie by Suzie Miller

Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan

The Work by Bri Lee

The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis

What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

Let us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Runt by Craig Silvey

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