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Joumana Khatib’s book recommendations in 2024

33 books · 12 episodes · Joumana Khatib’s most recommended books, all years →

Every episode from 2024, newest first

The 10 Best Books of 2024

The Book Review · 2024-12-03

The Coin by Yasmin Zaher · recommended · at 34:54

Stanley Tucci on His Year in Eating and a Look at the National Book Awards

The Book Review · 2024-10-11

My Friends by Hisham Matar · discussed · at 3:20

Book Club: 'The Hypocrite,' by Jo Hamya

The Book Review · 2024-09-27

Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood · discussed · at 20:40
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday · recommended · at 37:01
Life with Picasso by Françoise Gilot · recommended · at 37:23

The Fall Books We're Looking Forward To

The Book Review · 2024-09-20

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney · recommended · at 2:03
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman · discussed · at 14:11
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman · recommended · at 14:31
V13 by Emmanuel Carrère · recommended · at 18:48
Colored Television by Danzy Senna · recommended · at 26:18
Health and Safety by Emily Witt · recommended · at 26:48

Book Club: 'My Brilliant Friend,' by Elena Ferrante

The Book Review · 2024-08-23

Innocents and others by Dana Spiotta · recommended · at 42:23

What We're Reading This Summer

The Book Review · 2024-08-09

Talk by Linda Rosenkrantz · recommended · at 1:54
Transactions in a foreign currency by Deborah Eisenberg · discussed · at 9:37
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday · discussed · at 20:21
Out by Natsuo Kirino · discussed · at 22:00
The Neapolitan Novels : My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante · recommended · at 29:02

What We're Reading

The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Deacon King Kong by James McBride · recommended · at 11:39
The color of water by James McBride · discussed · at 11:47

Book Club: 'Headshot,' by Rita Bullwinkel

The Book Review · 2024-06-28

Mythologies by Roland Barthes · recommended · at 30:58

10 Books to Check Out This Summer

The Book Review · 2024-06-14

Pearl by Sian Hughes · recommended · at 13:49
An Honest Woman by Charlotte Shane · recommended · at 24:24

Let's Talk About Percival Everett's 'James'

The Book Review · 2024-05-31

James by Percival L. Everett · recommended · at 9:45
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James · recommended · at 42:16
A Passage to India by E. M. Forster · recommended · at 42:19
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen · discussed · at 42:45
MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE by Herman Melville · recommended · at 43:08

Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Erasure,’ by Percival Everett

The Book Review · 2024-03-08

Erasure by Percival Everett · discussed · at 11:54
My Pathology by Lisa Tuttle · discussed · at 20:22
Lightning Rods by Helen de Witt · recommended · at 37:46
The Sellout by Paul Beatty · recommended · at 42:22

Our Early 2024 Book Preview

The Book Review · 2024-01-19

Erasure by Percival Everett · discussed · at 5:01
The Trees by Percival L. Everett · recommended · at 5:55
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar · recommended · at 8:00
Splinters by Leslie Jamison · recommended · at 19:20

Other mentions in 2024 (4: passing, ad reads, own books)