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The Top 60 from the Best Books of 2024 List of Lists

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2024, Adam Higginbotham, Adelle Waldman, Alan Hollinghurst, Alexei Navalny, Alison Espach, Alvaro Enrigue, Bianca Bosker, book list, Carys Davies, Claire Messud, Coco Mellors, Colin Barrett, Colm Toibin, Danzy Senna, David Nicholls, Dolly Alderton, Elizabeth Strout, Emily Henry, Ferdia Lennon, Garth Greenwell, Hanif Abdurraqib, Haruki Murakami, Hisham Matar, Holly Gramazio, Jennifer Croft, Jo Hamya, Kaliane Bradley, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Kaveh Akbar, Kelly Link, Kiley Reid, Kristin Hannah, Leigh Bardugo, Lev Grossman, Liane Moriarty, Lisa Ko, Liz Moore, Louise Erdrich, Miranda July, Olga Tokarczuk, Percival Everett, Rachel Khong, Rachel Kushner, Rebecca K Reilly, Richard Powers, Rita Bullwinkel, Rufi Thorpe, Rumaan Alam, Sally Rooney, Salman Rushdie, Sarah Perry, Sloane Crosley, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Tommy Orange, Tony Tulathimutte, Vinson Cunningham, Xochitl Gonzalez, Yael Van Der Wouden, Yasmin Zaher, Yoko Ogawa, Zoë Schlanger December 16, 2024

Presenting the 2024 Commonly-Agreed-by-the-People-Who-Publish-Best-of-2024-Book-Lists-Before-December-31 top 60 books.

(This is my annual community service to book-bloggers – a list of the books that appear most frequently on the 55 lists that I listed on Best Books of 2024 – A List of Lists – enjoy!). Continue reading →

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Six Degrees of Separation – from Kairos to Bad Behaviour

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Amy Brown, Elena Ferrante, Jenny Erpenbeck, Kiley Reid, Liz Moore, Rebecca Starford, Six Degrees of Separation July 6, 2024

It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. Continue reading →

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I’m waiting for… 2024 edition

Posted by Kate W in Fiction, Non-fiction and tagged with 2024, Adele Dumont, Alina Grabowski, Amor Towles, Amy Brown, Bri Lee, Cal Newport, Caoilinn Hughes, Carolyn Kuebler, Charles Duhigg, Colm Toibin, David Nicholls, Douglas Preston, Emma Darragh, Emmeline Clein, Gail Jones, Genevieve Kingston, Gyan Yankovich, Hari Kunzru, Helen Oyeyemi, James Bradley, Jen Silverman, Jenny Ackland, Kiley Reid, Leslie Jamison, Lottie Hazell, Margaret Atwood, Miranda Darling, Miranda July, Porochista Khakpour, Rowan Beaird, Ruth Reichl, Salman Rushdie, Sloane Crosley, Susan Lieu, Xochitl Gonzalez January 1, 2024

Proving that I don’t actually care about my never-really-shrinking-TBR-list is this list of new releases that are on my radar for 2024. Continue reading →

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My Latest Listens

Posted by Kate W in Fiction, Non-fiction and tagged with 2022, American, audiobook, book review, British, fiction, grief-lit, Julian Barnes, Kiley Reid, memoir, nonfiction, review, Sarah Hughes November 18, 2022

Holding Tight, Letting Go by Sarah Hughes Continue reading →

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Sample Saturday – decisions, death, and a babysitter

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Candice Carty-Williams, grief-lit, Karolina Waclawiak, Kiley Reid, Sample Saturday February 13, 2021

Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading →

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The Top 50 from the Best Books of 2020 List of Lists

Posted by Kate W in Fiction, Non-fiction, Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2020, Akwaeke Emezi, Alyssa Cole, Anna Wiener, Ayad Akhtar, Barack Obama, book list, Brandon Taylor, Brian Washington, Brit Bennett, C Pam Zhang, Cathy Hong, Charles Yu, Claudia Rankine, Curtis Sittenfeld, Danielle Evans, Douglas Stuart, Elena Ferrante, Emily Gould, Emily Mandel, Fernanda Melchor, Frances Cha, Garth Greenwell, Hilary Mantel, Isabel Allende, Isabel Wilkerson, James McBride, Jenny Offill, Jess Walter, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Kate Russell, Kawai Strong Washburn, Kiley Reid, Lily King, Liz Moore, Lydia Millet, Maggie O'Farrell, Marilynne Robinson, Megha Majumdar, Mikki Kendall, N. K. Jemisin, Natasha Trethewey, Peace Adzo Medie, Raven Leilani, Robert Kolker, Rumaan Alam, Samantha Irby, Sigrid Nunez, Silvia Moreno-garcia, Susanna Clarke, V.E. Schwab, Yaa Gyasi December 18, 2020

Presenting the 2020 Commonly-Agreed-by-the-People-Who-Publish-Best-of-2020-Book-Lists-Before-December-31 top 50 books. Continue reading →

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