Episode · The Book Review · 2024-12-13
Books mentioned on Our Book Critics On Their Year in Reading
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Intermezzo
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney is a contemporary novel examining grief, complex sibling relationships, and romantic entanglements following the death of a father.
Discussed“one of the books that you were big on this year I I don't know that you called it out in your piece but I did want to briefly touch on it was intermetzo by Sally Rooney as you recall”
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All Fours
All Fours by Miranda July is a provocative and darkly humorous novel that follows a middle-aged woman who embarks on an unexpected personal and sexual odyssey during what was supposed to be a simple cross-country road trip.
Discussed“I read all fours by Miranda July and I think I think it was a rental a car rental agency”
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You Dreamed of Empires
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue, translated by Natasha Wimmer, is a brilliant and unconventional novel offering a stunningly original reimagining of the Spanish conquest of Mexico as a glorified heist executed by a group of fortunate thugs.
Recommended“Dwight you did write early on about another one of our top 10 books of the year and I think it was your piece that really put it on a a ton of our Radars which was you dreamed of Empires which was a book by Alvaro enri that we all just love so much”
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Christopher Isherwood Inside Out
Discussed“Brad G is the perfect person to write this biography”
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My Beloved Monster
Discussed“and Pressly before he died Caleb Carr published a memoir a Meir about his a Meir which I got into the my fi my proudest accomplishment this year is that neologism is now in The Archives of the New York Times”
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Rejection
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte is a sharp, contemporary collection of short stories that delves deeply into modern isolation, internet subcultures, and the psychological weight of rejection.
Discussed“so we'll go from my beloved monster Caleb Carr's Memoir about his cat to a book about different kinds of monsters which is rejection a book by Tony Tuli amoodi”
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Private Citizens
Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte is a contemporary satirical novel that follows the messy, interconnected lives of several young San Franciscans navigating technology, ambition, and existential dread in the Bay Area.
Recommended“Jen actually first turned me on to his work because I had not read his first novel remind me the title private citizens private citizens and I've since read it and it's terrific”
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Beautyland
Discussed“are you going to say Beautyland I want to ask you about Beauty Land”
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Free and Equal
Discussed“I don't know if I'd call them disagreements but at least Lively discussions about the book itself was free and equal a Manifesto for a just Society by Daniel Chandler”
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The Grapes of Wrath - An Opera in 3 Acts
Discussed“Ricky Ian Gordon the composer also came out from behind some kind of veil to write his Memoir seeing through a Chronicle of sex drugs and Opera”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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