Join Amanda and Joseph for their annual (slightly unhinged) Booker Prize shortlist review, along with their latest book news and an update on what they plan to read next.
Bookish News
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
East of Eden adaptation (Netflix) by Zoe Kazan @zoe.kazan
The Nobel Prize for Literature
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson
The Kirkus Prize
Kin by Tayari Jones @tayari
The Booker shortlist review
The Booker Prize shortlist
The End of Everything by M. John Harrison @m_john_harrison
The Disappearers by Marlon James @marlonjameswriter
Black Bag by Luke Kennard @lukekekennnard
May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry @poorsasquatch
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout @liztroutauthor
John of John by Douglas Stuart @douglas_stuart
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Flashlight by Susan Choi
Audition by Katie Kitamura @_katiekitamura
The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis
Wimmy Road Boyz by Sufiyaan Salam @sufiyaansalam
My New Face by Amina Cain @amina_memory
Curious Readers is mixed by the incredibly talented James Whiting @fishislandstudio
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