Books, Baby! 2024 Unwrapped: The Year in Reads

Start your 2025 with a literary bang! In this special year-in-review episode, Ian, Bev, and Alounwrap the books that defined 2024. Released just in time to kick off the new year, we’re diving into the stories that made us laugh, cry, and rethink the world around us.

From dazzling debuts to thought-provoking works by queer authors, women, and minorities, the team reflects on their favourite reads, surprise hits, and unforgettable podcast moments.

Books Discussed in This Episode:

• Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
• The Season by Helen Garner
• Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
• Less than zero by Bret Easton Ellis
• Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
• Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
• The work by Bri Lee
• Mushrooms at the end of the world by Anna Tsing
• A language of limbs by Dylin Hardcastle
• Kairos by Jenny Erpenbenk
• Private rites by Julia Armfield
• Wrong answers only by Tobias Madden
• What I'd rather not talk about by Jente Posthuma
• The In-between by Christos Tsiolkas
• Liliana's invencible summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
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Thank you for making 2024 another unforgettable chapter of Books, Baby! And for kicking off the new year with us!

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