Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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It's everyone's favorite time of year! In this episode, Andy and I will be breaking down our top 10 favorite books that we read all year. We both had so many great books to choose from, that it was difficult to decide, but we hope you enjoy the discussion!

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Books mentioned in this episode

The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
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Insurrecto by Gina Apostal
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Too Much of Life Clarice Lispector
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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781455563920


Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171981

Human Acts by Han Kang
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781101906743

The Case of Cem by Vera Mutafchieva
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9789533514376

Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson
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The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781841959283

Marshland by Otohiko Kaga
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781628974041

The Anarchist Who Shared my Name by Pablo Martin Sanchez
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781941920718

Solenoid Mircea Cartarescu
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Blinding by Mircea Cartarescu
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Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316066525

The instructions by Adam Levin
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781952119736

The Mezzanine by Nicholas Baker
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802144904

Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
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Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143112563

Passing by Nella Larsen
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780142437278

Quicksand by Nella Larsen
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The Dying Grass by William T. Vollman
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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781567924077

The Garden by Aiden Scott
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9798334787322

Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590173244

Omensetter’s Luck by William H. Gass
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bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141180106

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