Eric Karl Anderson
The Anna & Eric Book Club: Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan & The Good Immigrant
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Check out this range of excellent reading lights from Serious Readers: try.seriousreaders.com/pages/eric
Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Our Evenings – Alan Hollinghurst
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781447208235
Juice – Tim Winton
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035050598
Gliff – Ali Smith
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241665572
Fathers and Fugitives – SJ Naude
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787705432
Fire Exit – Morgan Talty
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781916751040
A Simple Intervention – Yael Inokai
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781908670878
Too Great a Sky – Liliana Corobca
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781911710134
The Thinking About-Gladys Machine – Mario Levrero
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781916751064
Not Waving but Drowning – Stevie Smith
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571391615
Djinns – Fatma Aydemir
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781916806023
The Sequel – Jean Hanff Korelitz
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571391226
The Unfinished Harauld Hughes – Richard Ayoade
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571377893
The American No – Rupert Everett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781408714195
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark – Celia Fremlin
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571391288
The Dead of Winter – Sarah Clegg
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781803511535
The Siege – Ben Macintyre
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241675670
The Rest is History Returns – Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526668646
War of the Worlds – Chris Mould
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571377398
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:50 Our Evenings
1:50 Juice
2:41 Gliff
4:17 Fathers and Fugitives
4:53 Serious Readers AD
6:17 Fire Exit
7:12 A Simple Intervention
7:50 Too Great a Sky
8:24 The Thinking About Gladys Machine
8:50 Not Waving but Drowning
9:15 Djinns
9:42 The Sequel
10:26 The Unfinished Harauld Hughes
11:54 The American No
12:17 Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
12:45 The Dead of Winter
13:34 The Siege
14:28 The Rest is History Returns
15:11 War of the Worlds
15:32 Conclusion
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Holding the Line by Barbara Kingsolver
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571392070
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571376483
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571365463
Playground by Richard Powers
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529154313
The Overstory by Richard Powers
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781784708245
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The British Academy Book Prize: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/british-academy-book-prize-global-cultural-understanding
Book free tickets to watch the October 21 shortlist event online: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/we-are-the-british-academy/british-academy-book-prize-2024-shortlist-event
Book free tickets to watch the October 22 winner announcement online: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-book-prize-winner-announcement-2024
Books discussed & purchase links:
Papyrus by Irene Vallejo (translated by Charlotte Whittle)
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/papyrus-the-no-1-international-bestseller-irene-vallejo/7416625?ean=9781529344004
Smoke and Ashes by Amitav Ghosh
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529349245
Language City by Ross Perlin
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781804710715
Divided by Annabel Sowemimo
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781788169219
The Tame and the Wild by Marcy Norton
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780674737525
Material World by Ed Conway
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780753559178
The Secret Lives of Numbers by Kate Kitagawa & Timothy Revell
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241544112
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:56 The 2024 shortlist
1:38 Prize overview
3:16 Smoke and Ashes
6:07 Language City
7:39 Divided
8:52 The Tame and the Wild
10:19 Material World
11:35 The Secret Lives of Numbers
12:58 Conclusion
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Tilted Axis Press: tiltedaxispress.com/blog/2024/9/19/we-need-your-help-to-continue-publishing-what-matters
Books discussed & purchase links:
The Vegetarian
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781803510057
Human Acts
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781846275975
The White Book
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781846276958
My full reviews of these books:
The Vegetarian
lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/12/24/the-vegetarian-by-han-kang-translated-by-deborah-smith
Human Acts
lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/1/8/human-acts-by-han-kang-translated-by-deborah-smith
The White Book
lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/11/7/the-white-book-by-han-kang-translated-by-deborah-smith
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:31 Nobel Rules
2:04 Possible candidates
10:03 Winner Announcement
12:01 Discussion about the winner
16:17 Conclusion
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
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LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
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Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Katie's intro to The Mystery of Edwin Drood: youtube.com/watch?v=8Qn-e0y25O4
Books discussed & purchase links:
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781528717038
In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781840225525
The Public Image by Muriel Spark
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781844089673
Neighbors by Diane Oliver
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571386086
The World Next Door by Fritz Peters
hirschgiovanni.com/books/the-world-next-door
Love's Work by Gillian Rose
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241645499
Blue Hills Remembered by Rosemary Sutcliff
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781912766802
Queer by William Burroughs
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780141189918
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:14 The Mystery of Edwin Drood
3:08 In a Glass Darkly
4:39 The Public Image
6:02 Neighbors
7:20 The World Next Door
8:30 Love's Work
9:22 Blue Hills Remembered
10:29 Queer
11:55 Conclusion
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
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Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
A Girl Returned by Donatella Di Pietrantonio (translated by Ann Goldstein)
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787702653
Mongrel by Hanako Footman
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781804440438
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781805302117
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241145784
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787331747
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399602556
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571365463
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241618257
Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526659828
Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernieres
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787303997
My full reviews of some of these books:
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
youtube.com/watch?v=CiZuBwRiWTE
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
youtube.com/watch?v=EmkRSvWA0uA
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
youtube.com/watch?v=rPTLD6Qc86g
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
youtube.com/watch?v=bCpp3a22onA
Blessings, Hard by a Great Forest & Light Over Liskeard
youtube.com/watch?v=NK_JfYlySpk
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:42 Bookish events
4:52 A Girl Returned
8:02 Mongrel
11:30 The Heart in Winter
14:34 Mr Loverman
17:31 Creation Lake
20:18 Shy Creatures
22:00 Intermezzo
24:39 Blessings
26:10 Hard by a Great Forest
27:55 Light Over Liskeard
29:34 Conclusion
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t
LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
My video about the longlist: youtube.com/watch?v=kEO6FRyyUCU
Books discussed & purchase links:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241409480
James by Percival Everett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035026067
All Fours by Miranda July
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781838853440
Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349018225
My full reviews of some of these books:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
youtube.com/watch?v=XPwu3keS-UI
James – Percival Everett
youtube.com/watch?v=m6CCN6S-fnE
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
youtube.com/watch?v=3gpSnm9VpM4
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
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LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571365463
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
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Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
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LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399602556
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
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LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Check out this range of excellent reading lights from Serious Readers: try.seriousreaders.com/pages/eric
Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Heart Be At Peace – Donal Ryan
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780857525239
Erotic Vagrancy – Roger Lewis
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780857381729
Shy Creatures – Claire Chambers
tidd.ly/3XDkWkp
The Fertile Earth – Ruthvika Rao
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780861546541
The Mighty Red – Louise Erdrich
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781472159519
Intermezzo – Sally Rooney
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571365463
Half Swimmer – Katja Oskamp
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781916806009
A Scarab Where the Heart Should Be – Marieke Bigg
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781915368614
If Only – Vigdis Hjorth
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781839768880
Medusa of the Roses – Navid Sinaki
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781800816374
Mama Day – Gloria Naylor
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349016153
Lord of the Flies graphic novel – William Golding
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571374250
A Sunny Place for Shady People – Mariana Enriquez
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781803511238
A Kid from Marlboro Road – Edward Burns
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781644214077
Dendrites – Kallia Papadaki
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781642861365
Bone Black – Bell Hooks
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349704968
My Roman Year – Andre Aciman
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571385171
Citizen Poet – Eavan Boland
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781800171701
Wild Thing – Sue Prideaux
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571365937
We Solve Murders – Richard Osman
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241608364
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:26 Heart Be At Peace
2:31 Erotic Vagrancy
3:23 Shy Creatures
4:30 The Fertile Earth
5:48 Serious Readers AD
7:14 The Mighty Red
8:21 Intermezzo
9:12 Half Swimmer
9:58 A Scarab Where the Heart Should Be
10:59 If Only
12:01 Medusa of the Roses
12:42 Mama Day
13:26 Lord of the Flies graphic novel
14:16 A Sunny Place for Shady People
15:09 A Kid from Marlboro Road
15:48 Dendrites
16:22 Bone Black
16:50 My Roman Year
17:12 Citizen Poet
17:45 Wild Thing
18:46 We Solve Murders
19:36 Conclusion
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
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Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787331747
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
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Tiktok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Our London Lives – Christine Dwyer Hickey
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781805461326
Familiaris – David Wroblewski
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349147086
The Watermark by Sam Mills
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781783789658
Collected Works – Lydia Sandgren (translated by Agnes Broome)
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781782278009
Erotic Vagrancy - Roger Lewis
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780857381743
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t
LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241145784
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241984994
Revolutionary Acts by Jason Okundaye
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571372218
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t
LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Boy with a Black Rooster by Stefanie Vor Schulte
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781911648772
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781786893895
Rosarita by Anita Desai
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035044436
Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson
Swift River by Essie Chambers
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349703862
All the World Besides by Garrard Conley
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781804710845
Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781784709150
The Third Love by Hiromi Kawakami
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781783788873
Haunted Tales by Adam MacQueen
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781800754454
Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399817486
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:33 Boy with a Black Rooster
2:19 The Garden of Evening Mists
3:20 Rosarita
4:02 Anyone's Ghost
4:52 Swift River
5:39 All the World Besides
6:48 Shadowplay
7:59 The Third Love
8:50 Haunted Tales
9:51 Barrowbeck
11:10 Conclusion
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t
LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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More about this year's Booker Prize: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024
Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
My video reaction to the 2024 Booker longlist: youtube.com/watch?v=0wyJx5_eDyk
My shortlist predictions: youtube.com/watch?v=zhOBM5YbNEs
Winner announced: November 12
Books discussed & purchase links:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241409480
James by Percival Everett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349127057
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334342
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914198724
Held by Anne Michaels
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526659118
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787304550
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241652305
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399724340
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780224099851
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787331747
Playground by Richard Powers
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529154313
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334991
My full reviews of some of these books:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
youtube.com/watch?v=XPwu3keS-UI
James – Percival Everett
youtube.com/watch?v=m6CCN6S-fnE
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
youtube.com/watch?v=XXEEUi1T5dU
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
youtube.com/watch?v=xZALfdI3lJ8
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
youtube.com/watch?v=WSIjQV2rAYg
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
youtube.com/watch?v=WO1eXxrorGQ
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
youtube.com/watch?v=H9dhH21blgg
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
youtube.com/watch?v=pv0KgXiO93s
Held by Anne Michaels
youtube.com/watch?v=6xuHK8_fvp0
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:43 shortlist reveal
5:52 discussing each novel listed
24:52 conclusion
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t
LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787331747
My Friends by Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241409480
James by Percival Everett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035026067
All Fours by Miranda July
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781838853440
Yr Dead by Sam Sax
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914198861
Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349018225
The Most by Jessica Anthony
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529928877
Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
My full reviews of some of these books:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
youtube.com/watch?v=XPwu3keS-UI
James – Percival Everett
youtube.com/watch?v=m6CCN6S-fnE
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
youtube.com/watch?v=3gpSnm9VpM4
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:08 Creation Lake
2:47 My Friends
4:30 James
5:41 Martyr
6:57 All Fours
7:40 Yr Dead
8:04 Ghostroots
8:46 The Most
9:40 Catalina
10:42 Rejection
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t
LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize: wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/awards/intro
Winner announced: Thursday 19th September
My overview of the 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize shortlist: youtube.com/watch?v=BqVUSyqv954
Discussing 3 Gripping Historical Novels: youtube.com/watch?v=qTdgPbj7hIw
Books discussed & purchase links:
Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526659828
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241618257
Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernieres
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787303997
Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529177435
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780857529268
Saltblood by Francesca de Tores
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526661333
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:21 Hard by a Great Forest
5:26 Blessings
7:36 Light Over Liskeard
10:58 My ranking and winner prediction
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More about this year's Booker Prize: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024
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My video reaction to the 2024 Booker longlist: youtube.com/watch?v=0wyJx5_eDyk
Shortlist announced: September 16
Winner announced: November 12
Books discussed & purchase links:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241409480
James by Percival Everett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349127057
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334342
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914198724
Held by Anne Michaels
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526659118
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787304550
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241652305
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399724340
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780224099851
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787331747
Playground by Richard Powers
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529154313
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334991
My full reviews of some of these books:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
youtube.com/watch?v=XPwu3keS-UI
James – Percival Everett
youtube.com/watch?v=m6CCN6S-fnE
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
youtube.com/watch?v=XXEEUi1T5dU
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
youtube.com/watch?v=xZALfdI3lJ8
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
youtube.com/watch?v=WSIjQV2rAYg
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
youtube.com/watch?v=WO1eXxrorGQ
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
youtube.com/watch?v=H9dhH21blgg
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
youtube.com/watch?v=pv0KgXiO93s
Held by Anne Michaels
youtube.com/watch?v=6xuHK8_fvp0
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Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399724340
Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780099479413
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Books discussed & purchase links:
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241634356
Night by Edna O'Brien
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571270293
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780224099851
Held by Anne Michaels
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526659118
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241652305
The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571386499
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241435014
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780857529268
Saltblood by Francesca de Tores
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526661333
My full reviews of some of these books:
Held by Anne Michaels
youtube.com/watch?v=6xuHK8_fvp0
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
youtube.com/watch?v=WO1eXxrorGQ
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
youtube.com/watch?v=3HBW7oi4CEw
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Irish trip
2:16 Tell Me Everything
7:56 Night
10:30 Wild Houses
12:56 Held
15:00 The Safekeep
16:27 The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh
17:39 There Are Rivers in the Sky
19:37 The Curse of Pietro Houdini
21:43 Saltblood
23:50 Conclusion
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My review of North Woods & baking iced apple buns: youtube.com/watch?v=6OUngX1wMqs
Books discussed & purchase links:
North Woods – Daniel Mason
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399809306
Caesaria – Hanna Nordenhok
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781738459414
Close Encounters of the Fungi Kind – Richard Fortey
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008639686
The Golden Road – William Dalrymple
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781408864418
What I Know About You – Eric Chacour
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781913547851
Meadowlands Dawn – Jo Beall
epoquepress.com/jo-beall
The Volcano Daughters – Gina Maria Balibrera
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780861545384
A Man with No Title – Xavier Le Clerc
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780863569821
Enduring Wisdom – Queen Elizabeth II
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780281090372
The Land in Winter – Andrew Miller
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529354270
Model Home – Rivers Solomon
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529901696
Creation Lake – Rachel Kushner
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787331747
Entitlement – Rumaan Alam
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526674180
The Drowned – John Banville
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571370818
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:25 North Woods goodies
3:36 Caesaria
4:52 Close Encounters of the Fungi Kind
6:06 door bell
6:10 The Golden Road
7:29 What I Know About You
8:24 Meadowlands Dawn
9:05 The Volcano Daughters
9:56 A Man with No Title
10:58 Enduring Wisdom
11:53 The Land in Winter
13:02 Model Home
14:07 Creation Lake
14:46 Entitlement
15:55 The Drowned
16:58 Conclusion
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There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241435014
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Ros' review of this novel: youtube.com/watch?v=fT734IzWf2A
The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571386499
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
The Biggest Books Year-By-Year on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=D569ZcfKe74
My Beginner's Guide to Reading Joyce Carol Oates from 8 years ago: youtube.com/watch?v=f0OoLH29atw&t=47s
My interview with Richard Powers: youtube.com/watch?v=VdFU1nNCqwE
Books discussed & purchase links:
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781350372528
A Book of American Martyrs by Joyce Carol Oates
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008221713
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781846689604
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529007671
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781913097172
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529115253
Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781999368432
Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781805333197
My Friends by Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241409480
My full reviews of these books:
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/7/18/solar-bones-by-mike-mccormack
A Book of American Martyrs by Joyce Carol Oates
lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/2/28/a-book-of-american-martyrs-by-joyce-carol-oates
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/8/24/washington-black-by-esi-edugyan
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/11/18/paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-by-andrea-lawlor
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/5/21/minor-detail-by-adania-shibli-translated-by-elisabeth-jaquette
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
youtube.com/watch?v=mdB49ngIT7Q
Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro
lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/2/16/elena-knows-by-claudia-pineiro-translated-by-frances-riddle
Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu
youtube.com/watch?v=vfIVQUaQk4c
My Friends by Hisham Matar
youtube.com/watch?v=XPwu3keS-UI
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:41 2016
3:43 2017
6:10 2018
9:21 2019
11:03 2020
12:29 2021
14:36 2022
16:13 2023
18:32 2024
20:07 Conclusion
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Held by Anne Michaels
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526659118
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A Booker Prize interview with the author about her influences: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/yael-van-der-wouden-interview-the-safekeep
'On (Not) Reading Anne Frank' by Yael Van Der Wouden: thesunmagazine.org/articles/21863-on-not-reading-anne-frank
The SafeKeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241652305
Chapters:
0:00 The SafeKeep overview
6:46 Plot Spoilers
12:51 Conclusion
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Books discussed and purchase links:
The Bee Sting - Paul Murray
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241984406
The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529152906
Northwoods - Daniel Mason
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399809306
My Friends - Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241409480
James – Percival Everett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
Caledonian Road – Andrew O'Hagan
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571381357
And Then She Fell – Alicia Elliott
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781838959418
Butcher – Joyce Carol Oates
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008694876
The Waves – Virginia Woolf
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781784870843
A Passage to India – EM Forster
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241540428
The Safekeep – Yael Van Der Wouden
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241652305
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
4:00 The Bee Sting
4:46 The Vaster Wilds
6:01 Northwoods
7:02 My Friends
8:11 James
9:17 Caledonian Road
10:25 And Then She Fell
12:09 Butcher
13:25 The Waves
14:52 A Passage to India
16:03 The Safekeep
17:01 Conclusion
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Check out this range of excellent reading lights from Serious Readers: try.seriousreaders.com/pages/eric
Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Time of the Flies – Claudia Pineiro
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781913867867
Mammoth – Eva Baltasar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781916751002
Mina's Matchbox – Yoko Ogawa
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787302761
The Watermark – Sam Mills
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781783789658
The Voyage Home – Pat Barker
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241568248
Familiaris – David Wroblewski
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349147086
The Unicorn Woman – Gayl Jones
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349016917
Delicious Foods – James Hannaham
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787705258
The Lion's Den – Iris Mwanza
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781838859923
The Garden – Clare Beams
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781805462347
Liars – Sarah Manguso
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529062762
Mary and the Rabbit Dream – Noemi Kiss-Deaki
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781913111533
A Little Trickerie – Rosanna Pike
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241646069
Yr Dead – Sam Sax
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914198861
The Book of Disappearance – Ibtisam Azem
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781916751026
An Angel at my Table – Janet Frame
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349018546
The Flitting – Ben Masters
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781783789719
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:04 Time of the Flies
2:12 Mammoth
3:15 Mina's Matchbox
4:14 The Watermark
5:33 Serious Readers AD
7:34 The Voyage Home
8:44 Familiaris
9:24 The Unicorn Woman
10:16 Delicious Foods
11:15 The Lion's Den
11:56 The Garden
12:54 Liars
13:36 Mary and the Rabbit Dream
14:23 A Little Trickerie
15:10 Yr Dead
15:43 The Book of Disappearance
16:38 An Angel at my Table
17:33 The Flitting
18:53 Conclusion
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The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize: wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/awards/intro
My video discussing the 2024 shortlist: youtube.com/watch?v=BqVUSyqv954
Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Saltblood by Francesca de Tores
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526661333
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780857529268
Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529177435
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:13 Saltblood
8:20 The Curse of Pietro Houdini
14:07 Our Hideous Progeny
16:37 Conclusion
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Get in touch
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LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
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Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
James by Percival Everett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraquib
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241697153
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here by Jonathan Blitzer
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529039313
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349018744
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914198724
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008663797
Beautiful Days by Zach Williams
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241644706
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035026067
Memory Piece by Lisa Ko
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349704319
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399726344
When the Clock Broke by John Ganz
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780374605445
Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781800751033
The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241437339
Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781805221654
My full reviews of some of these books:
James by Percival Everett
youtube.com/watch?v=m6CCN6S-fnE
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
youtube.com/watch?v=H9dhH21blgg
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
youtube.com/watch?v=3gpSnm9VpM4
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
youtube.com/watch?v=Fyc72kNajZg
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:48 James
3:41 There's Always This Year
5:12 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
6:16 Reading Genesis
7:13 Headshot
9:03 The God of the Woods
10:00 Beautiful Days
10:37 Martyr
12:01 Memory Piece
12:52 The Ministry of Time
14:11 When the Clock Broke
15:09 Of Boys and Men
16:17 The Wide Wide Sea
17:05 Help Wanted
18:04 Conclusion
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Books discussed & purchase links:
Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008694876
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035003792
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529115727
Harvest by Jim Crace
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780330445672
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781783785698
Vista Chinesa by Tatiana Salem Levy
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914484223
Bolla by Pajtim Statovci
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571361342
The Parcel by Anosh Irani
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781911344452
My full reviews of some of these books:
Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates
lonesomereader.com/blog/2024/7/25/butcher-by-joyce-carol-oates
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh
youtube.com/watch?v=i7pYsBngfl8
Harvest by Jim Crace
lonesomereader.com/blog/2013/10/2/harvest-by-jim-crace
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/8/13/earthlings-by-sayaka-murata-translated-by-ginny-tapley-takemori
Vista Chinesa by Tatiana Salem Levy
lonesomereader.com/blog/2023/1/18/vista-chinesa-by-tatiana-salem-levy-translated-by-alison-entrekin
Bolla by Pajtim Statovci
lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/6/7/bolla-by-pajtim-statovci-translated-by-david-hackston
The Parcel by Anosh Irani
lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/10/16/the-parcel-by-anosh-irani
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:30 Butcher
7:04 The Road
9:28 Lapvona
11:36 Harvest
13:03 Earthlings
15:00 Vista Chinesa
18:05 Bolla
20:47 The Parcel
23:20 Conclusion
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Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Check out this range of excellent reading lights from Serious Readers: try.seriousreaders.com/pages/eric
Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Orbital
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334342
Piranesi
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526622433
Ladder of Years
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780099479413
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008542160
The Warden
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780199665440
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Teaching a Stone to Talk
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781782118855
Inside a Pearl
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781408837764
The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates
Night Walks: a bedside companion edited by Joyce Carol Oates
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:25 Orbital
2:22 Piranesi
3:30 Ladder of Years
5:39 Serious Lights AD
7:18 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
8:06 The Warden
10:25 Mythology
11:48 Teaching a Stone to Talk
12:36 Inside a Pearl
13:48 The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates
15:32 Night Walks
16:42 Conclusion
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Books discussed & purchase links:
A Backward Glance by Edith Wharton
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781715713881
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241634356
The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571386499
Clean by Alia Trabucco Zeran (translated by Sophie Hughes)
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008607937
Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571381357
Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529177435
The Diaries of Mr Lucas by Hugo Greenhalgh
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781838958121
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914198724
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334991
My full reviews of some of these books:
Clean by Alia Trabucco Zeran
lonesomereader.com/blog/2024/8/3/clean-by-alia-trabucco-zeran-translated-by-sophie-hughes
The Diaries of Mr Lucas by Hugo Greenhalgh
youtube.com/watch?v=VmY_0YVJA-A
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
youtube.com/watch?v=H9dhH21blgg
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
youtube.com/watch?v=pv0KgXiO93s
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:09 A Backward Glance
3:00 The Fitzgerald Prize
4:58 Tell Me Everything
8:09 The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh
11:04 Clean
15:02 Caledonian Road
21:40 Our Hideous Progeny
24:03 The Diaries of Mr Lucas
27:10 Headshot
29:49 Enlightenment
31:58 Conclusion
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Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
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Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334991
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
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Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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More about this year's Booker Prize: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024
Join in the Booker Prize 2024 Reading Challenge: thebookerprizes.com/reading-challenge
Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Shortlist announced: September 16
Winner announced: November 12
Books discussed & purchase links:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241409480
James – Percival Everett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349127057
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334342
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914198724
Held by Anne Michaels
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526659118
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787304550
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241652305
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399724340
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780224099851
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787331747
Playground by Richard Powers
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529154313
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334991
My full reviews of some of these books:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
youtube.com/watch?v=XPwu3keS-UI
James – Percival Everett
youtube.com/watch?v=m6CCN6S-fnE
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
youtube.com/watch?v=XXEEUi1T5dU
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
youtube.com/watch?v=xZALfdI3lJ8
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
youtube.com/watch?v=H9dhH21blgg
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:50 Longlist overview
6:04 My Friends
8:20 James
10:55 This Strange Eventful History
12:27 Orbital
14:35 Headshot
16:51 Held
18:19 Wandering Stars
19:57 The Safekeep
21:16 Stone Yard Devotional
22:30 Wild Houses
23:44 Creation Lake
24:50 Playground
26:06 Enlightenment
27:37 Conclusion
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
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Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
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LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
In Search of Lost Books by Giorgio van Straten
tidd.ly/3Sm6udB
The Diaries of Mr Lucas by Hugo Greenhalgh
tidd.ly/3WAiTNw
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
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LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914198724
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781784870843
On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates
My full review of The Waves by Virginia Woolf
youtube.com/watch?v=FyzYvqltJKk
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t
LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Check out this range of excellent reading lights from Serious Readers: try.seriousreaders.com/pages/eric
Until the end of August Serious Readers are also running a competition where you can win a free reading light (UK only): try.seriousreaders.com/summer-2024-competition
Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
All the World Beside – Garrard Conley
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781804710845
The Second Coming – Garth Risk Hallberg
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781803511078
Clean – Alia Trabucco Zeran
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008607937
Atlantis – Jacint Verdaguer
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781913744250
Heroines – Kate Zambreno
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781472159458
The Light Room – Kate Zambreno
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781472158949
The Pages of the Sea – Anne Hawk
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781739570729
Strange Relations – Ralf Webb
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399713214
Granta 168: Significant Other
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781909889668
Women and Children First – Alina Grabowski
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781911648819
Anyone's Ghost – August Thompson
Lush Lives – J Vanessa Lyon
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781804710661
Gloria – Victor Heringer
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781908670854
Cross – Austin Duffy
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781803510835
A Poisoner's Tale – Cathryn Kemp
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787637092
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:55 All the World Beside
2:12 The Second Coming
3:31 Clean
4:30 Serious Readers AD
5:57 Atlantis
6:43 Kate Zambreno
8:10 The Pages of the Sea
8:43 Strange Relations
9:12 Granta magazine
9:50 Women and Children First
10:25 Anyone's Ghost
10:50 Lush Lives
11:18 Gloria
11:47 Cross
12:15 A Poisoner's Tale
12:55 Conclusion
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
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LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
The NY Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century according to critics:
youtube.com/watch?v=bXxG6HxuF14
Readers pick The NYTimes 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list: https://archive.is/Wk8aM
My full reviews of some of these books:
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/10/14/a-little-life-by-hanya-yanagihara
Reacting to the stage production of A Little Life
youtube.com/watch?v=yr-ZMzvetv0
James by Percival Everett
youtube.com/watch?v=m6CCN6S-fnE
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
youtube.com/watch?v=Rqf2XM3P9Sc
The Overstory by Richard Powers
lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/10/2/the-overstory-by-richard-powers
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/2/28/wolf-hall-by-hilary-mantel
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/1/15/homegoing-by-yaa-gyasi
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/4/27/hamnet-by-maggie-ofarrell
Normal People by Sally Rooney
lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/9/16/normal-people-by-sally-rooney
Circe by Madeline Miller
lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/8/3/circe-by-madeline-miller
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/11/10/the-underground-railroad-by-colson-whitehead
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/8/2/the-nickel-boys-by-colson-whitehead
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/3/2/lincoln-in-the-bardo-by-george-saunders
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/12/22/sing-unburied-sing-by-jesmyn-ward
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
youtube.com/watch?v=-8BpvWg2bAs
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/11/29/caste-by-isabel-wilkerson
North Woods by Daniel Mason
youtube.com/watch?v=6OUngX1wMqs
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
lonesomereader.com/blog/2013/10/29/the-goldfinch-by-donna-tartt
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/10/6/the-dutch-house-by-ann-patchett
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
youtube.com/watch?v=EBhI09bnhMI
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/1/5/piranesi-by-susanna-clarke
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/8/8/girl-woman-other-by-bernadine-evaristo
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
youtube.com/watch?v=j0RG8046mzI
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
lonesomereader.com/blog/2014/12/5/station-eleven-by-emily-st-john-mandel
Trust by Hernan Diaz
lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/12/14/trust-by-hernan-diaz
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/9/26/my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation-by-ottessa-moshfegh
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/8/9/shuggie-bain-by-douglas-stuart
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/1/12/in-the-dream-house-by-carmen-maria-machado
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/3/12/drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead-by-olga-tokarczuk-translated-by-antonia-lloyd-jones
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/11/2/demon-copperhead-by-barbara-kingsolver
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/6/10/the-vanishing-half-by-brit-bennett
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/8/18/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-by-gabrielle-zevin
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
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Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
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LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035026067
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399726344
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241617649
Mongrel by Hanako Footman
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781804440438
Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529154191
The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780857529695
My full reviews:
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar
youtube.com/watch?v=3gpSnm9VpM4
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
youtube.com/watch?v=Fyc72kNajZg
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t
LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize: wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/awards/intro
Winner announced: Thursday 19th September
Join in the Reader's Vote (voting closes on 31st July): wilburnisosmithfoundation.submittable.com/gallery/c57f5601-1635-4261-a610-a1d830c69cd8
Instagram: @adventurewritingprize
X: @Wilbur_Niso_Fdn
YouTube: @Wilbur_Niso_Fdn
Facebook: @WNSmithFoundation
Books discussed & purchase links:
Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529177435
Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernieres
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787303997
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241618257
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780857529268
Saltblood by Francesca de Tores
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526661333
Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526659828
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:38 The shortlisted novels
8:57 Conclusion
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t
LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
The NYTimes 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html
Some of my additions:
The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/1/20/the-love-songs-of-web-du-bois-by-honore-fanonne-jeffers
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
youtube.com/watch?v=r60BV_UNoUM
The Parcel by Anosh Irani
lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/10/16/the-parcel-by-anosh-irani
My full reviews of some of these books:
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/2/28/wolf-hall-by-hilary-mantel
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/11/10/the-underground-railroad-by-colson-whitehead
Outline by Rachel Cusk
lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/3/18/outline-by-rachel-cusk
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/10/26/the-sellout-by-paul-beatty-1
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/3/2/lincoln-in-the-bardo-by-george-saunders
The Overstory by Richard Powers
lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/10/2/the-overstory-by-richard-powers
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/12/22/sing-unburied-sing-by-jesmyn-ward
The Years by Annie Ernaux (translated by Alison L Strayer)
lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/4/12/the-years-by-annie-ernaux-translated-by-alison-l-strayer
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
lonesomereader.com/blog/2014/7/30/h-is-for-hawk-by-helen-macdonald
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
youtube.com/watch?v=-8BpvWg2bAs
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/8/4/a-brief-history-of-seven-killings-by-marlon-james
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/12/5/the-argonauts-by-maggie-nelson
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
lonesomereader.com/blog/2013/10/29/the-goldfinch-by-donna-tartt
The Vegetarian by Han Kang (translated by Deborah Smith)
lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/12/24/the-vegetarian-by-han-kang-translated-by-deborah-smith
Trust by Hernan Diaz
lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/12/14/trust-by-hernan-diaz
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/11/2/demon-copperhead-by-barbara-kingsolver
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/2/7/the-friend-by-sigrid-nunez
Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen (translated by Tiina Nunnally)
lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/9/22/childhood-by-tove-ditlevsen-translated-by-tiina-nunnally
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/10/11/exit-west-by-mohsin-hamid
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/8/18/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-by-gabrielle-zevin
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/3/15/an-american-marriage-by-tayari-jones
The Other Name by Jon Fosse (translated by Damion Searls)
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/3/26/the-other-name-septology-i-ii-by-jon-fosse-translated-by-damion-searls
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (translated by Sophie Hughes)
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/2/17/hurricane-season-by-fernanda-melchor-translated-by-sophie-hughes
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut (translated by Adrian Nathan West)
lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/5/31/when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world-by-benamin-labatut
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/4/11/detransition-baby-by-torrey-peters
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/3/5/bring-up-the-bodies-by-hilary-mantel
How to Be Both by Ali Smith
lonesomereader.com/blog/2014/8/20/how-to-be-both-by-ali-smith-interview-with-myself
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
6:09 The 100 Best Books list
33:05 Three books I would add
34:48 Conclusion
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
Instagram: instagram.com/lonesomereader
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/hfkkhus
Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/h8uus5t
LetterBoxd: letterboxd.com/lonesomereader
TikTok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Booker 2024 Eligibility dates: Oct 1, 2023-Sept 30, 2024
Longlist announced: July 30
Books discussed & purchase links:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241409480
James – Percival Everett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
Long Island by Colm Toibin
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035029440
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349127057
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035026067
Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008694876
Praiseworthy – Alexis Wright
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781913505929
The Lost Long Songs of Boysie Singh – Ingrid Persaud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571386499
Caledonian Road – Andrew O'Hagan
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571381357
Choice by Neel Mukherjee
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781805460497
Real Americans – Rachel Khong
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529153705
There Are Rivers in the Sky – Elif Shafak
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241435014
Our London Lives – Christine Dwyer Hickey
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781805461326
My full reviews of some of these books:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
youtube.com/watch?v=XPwu3keS-UI
James – Percival Everett
youtube.com/watch?v=m6CCN6S-fnE
Long Island by Colm Toibin
youtube.com/watch?v=MNk-z4bqCxE
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
youtube.com/watch?v=xZALfdI3lJ8
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
youtube.com/watch?v=3gpSnm9VpM4
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Get in touch
Book Blog: http://lonesomereader.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lonesomereader
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Books discussed & purchase links:
I Will Crash – Rebecca Watson
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571356744
Napalm in the Heart – Pol Guasch
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571375257
Swift River – Essie Chambers
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349703862
Rosarita – Anita Desai
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035044436
The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571135394
The Maniac – Benjamin Labatut
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781782279822
Little Joe – edited by Sam Ashby
goodpress.co.uk/products/little-joe-a-book-about-queers-and-cinema-mostly-edited-by-sam-ashby
The Heart in Winter – Kevin Barry
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781805302117
Ghost Chilli – Nikkitha Bakshani
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349727509
A Good Deliverance – Toby Clemens
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571348305
The God of the Woods – Liz Moore
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008663797
The Paris Muse – Louisa Treger
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526639295
Little Rot – Akwaeke Emezi
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571382804
Teddy – Emily Dunlay
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008669713
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:59 I Will Crash
2:44 Napalm in the Heart
4:00 Swift River
4:45 Rosarita
5:48 Serious Readers Ad
7:43 The Unbearable Lightness of Being
8:17 The Maniac
9:06 Little Joe
9:59 The Heart in Winter
10:34 Ghost Chilli
11:08 A Good Deliverance
11:49 The God of the Woods
12:36 The Paris Muse
13:32 Little Rot
14:12 Teddy
15:14 Conclusion
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Bookstagrammers
Chris: instagram.com/christophermetts
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Booktubers Jon & Sierra: youtube.com/@andtheywerereaders
The Questions:
1. How many books have you read so far this year?
2. What's your favourite book so far this year?
3. What's the most disappointing book you've read this year?
4. What genre have you read most this year?
5. Name a new favourite author that you've discovered this year?
6. What's the most surprisingly good book you've read so far this year?
7. What are your most anticipated 2024 releases?
8. What's your next big priority for your reading?
9. What's been your bookish highlight of the year so far?
10. What's a book you started reading this year and still need to complete?
11. Who do you tag?
Books discussed & purchase links:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241409480
James by Percival Everett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349727790
Not a River by Selva Almada
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781913867454
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241994337
White Nights by Urszula Honek
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781916913004
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571365463
The Watermark by Sam Mills
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781783789658
Entitlement by Rumaan Alam
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526674180
Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399810241
The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780143137214
Joyce Carol Oates: Letters to a Biographer edited by Greg Johnson
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781636141169
Goodnight Tokyo by Aisuhiro Yoshida
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787705128
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Women's Prize 2024 Ceremony vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=wusNOaNG0Ds
Jennifer's booktube channel: youtube.com/@InsertLiteraryPunHere
Books discussed & purchase links:
Dead Animals by Phoebe Stuckes
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399728133
Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKeena
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008604172
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035026067
Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008694876
Two Hours by Alba Arikha
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781999798147
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349127057
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334342
Bad Habit by Alana S Portero (translated by Mara Faye Letham)
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008663292
Giant by Mollie Ray
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571374199
My full reviews of some of these books:
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
youtube.com/watch?v=3gpSnm9VpM4
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
youtube.com/watch?v=xZALfdI3lJ8
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Books discussed & purchase links:
Northwoods by Daniel Mason
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399809283
Lublin by Manya Wilkinson
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781913505943
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781526664273
River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780715655399
My Friends by Hisham Matar
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241409480
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241994337
Enter Ghost – Isabella Hammad
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529919998
Bad Habit by Alana S Portero (translated by Mara Faye Letham)
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008663292
James – Percival Everett
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035031238
Not a River by Selva Almada (translated by Annie McDermott)
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781913867454
My full reviews of some of these books:
Northwoods by Daniel Mason
Lublin by Manya Wilkinson
lonesomereader.com/blog/2024/3/5/lublin-by-marya-wilkinson
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
youtube.com/watch?v=EBhI09bnhMI
River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
lonesomereader.com/blog/2024/2/28/river-east-river-west-by-aube-rey-lescure
My Friends by Hisham Matar
youtube.com/watch?v=XPwu3keS-UI
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
youtube.com/watch?v=I0pILGxmjXo
James – Percival Everett
youtube.com/watch?v=m6CCN6S-fnE
Not a River by Selva Almada (translated by Annie McDermott)
youtube.com/watch?v=SDZtopF-oFY
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:18 Northwoods
3:06 Lublin
4:39 Tom Lake
7:09 River East River West
8:20 My Friends
11:01 A Flat Place
13:23 Enter Ghost
15:13 Bad Habit
16:54 James
19:25 Not a River
20:40 Conclusion
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Orbital by Samantha Harvey
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334342
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Tiktok: tiktok.com/@lonesomereader
Email: lonesomereader@gmail.com
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Check out this range of excellent reading lights from Serious Readers: try.seriousreaders.com/pages/eric
Join my bookclub: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub
Books discussed & purchase links:
A Leopard-Skin Hat – Anne Serre
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781915267245
Boy with a Black Rooster – Stefanie Vor Schulte
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781911648772
Asa - Natsuko Imamura
The Unreliable Nature Writer – Claire Carroll
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781739830182
Cairn – Kathleen Jamie
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781914502002
Private Rites – Julia Armfield
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780008608033
Night Walks edited by Joyce Carol Oates
Things Don't Break on Their Own – Sarah Easter Collins
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241640630
Straight Acting – Will Tosh
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529390476
Mapmatics – Paulina Rowinska
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781035007042
Like It Matters – Lee Klein
saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/like_it_matters
Winston Hewlett's Impotence – PJ Blumenthal
saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/winston_hewletts_impotence
This is Fine - Poorna Bell
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529901214
The Balad of Jacquotte Delahaye – Briony Cameron
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780349439686
Death in the Air – Ram Muralii
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781805460008
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wasteland – Sarah Brooks
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781399607537
Lies and Weddings – Kevin Kwan
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781529152845
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:39 A Leopard Skin Hat
1:25 Boy with a Black Rooster
2:03 Asa
2:38 The Unreliable Nature Writer
3:01 Cairn
3:47 Private Rites
4:34 Serious Readers Ad
6:12 Things Don't Break on Their Own
6:46 Straight Acting
7:16 Mapmatics
7:44 Like It Matters
8:24 Winston Hewlett's Impotence
9:02 This is Fine
9:48 The Balad of Jacquotte Delahaye
10:22 Death in the Air
11:01 The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wasteland
11:34 Lies and Weddings
12:32 Conclusion
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Get in touch
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