
Join Joseph and Amanda as they discuss the reads they are most looking forward to this Spring, plus a few more updates from prize season. We also introduce a new segment – DNF corner, where we talk about the books we couldn’t wait to put down. Bookish NewsWomen’s Prize for Non-Fiction shortlistInternational Booker Prize shortlistRecent ReadsThe Director by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross BenjaminTyll by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross BenjaminThe Discomfort of Evening by Lucas RijneveldThe Winner by Teddy WayneCompanion Piece by Ali Smith Joan Is Okay by Weike WangTop Ten Reads for SpringYesteryear by Caro Claire BurkeLand by Maggie O’FarrellHamnet by Maggie O’FarrellKin by Tayari Jones The Vanishing Half by Britt BennettAmerican Marriage by Tayari JonesSilver Sparrow by Tayari JonesDevotions by Lucy CaldwellOpenings by Lucy CaldwellIf We Cannot Go At The Speed Of Light by Kim Cho-yeop, translated by Anton HurTranscription by Ben LernerLeaving the Atocha Station by Ben LernerMy Year In Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah LevyYou With The Sad Eyes by Christina ApplegateFamesick by Lena Dunham‘Too Much’ by Lena Dunham‘Girls’ by Lena DunhamYour Presence Is A Danger To Your Life by Samar Yazbek, translated by Leri PriceSecond Hand Time by Svetlana AlexivichLondon Falling: Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth by Patrick Radden KeefeEmpire of Pain by Patrick Radden KeefeTell Noone by Patrick Radden Keefe Ghost Stories: A Memoir by Siri HustvedtMother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati RoyOne Aladdin, Two Lamps by Jeanette WintersonDNF Corner My Friends by Frederick BackmanBritt-Marie Was Here by Frederick BackmanWorkhorse by Caroline Palmer Also mentionedCurious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudioFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast and Bluesky @curiousreaderspod.bsky.social for more recommendations in between episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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