Booksellers Julie Danskin and Alice Tarbuck share what they’re currently reading and recommending, discuss this month’s book group book American War by Omar el Akkad and dig into 2018’s varied Man Booker longlist. Grab a pen as you’re going to need to write down some recommendations! Also, we learn why Alice should never be left alone in a car…
Let us know what you’re reading in the comments below or on our Facebook group!
NB: Sorry about the background noise in this episode, we recorded in a different place with lots of road noise! We’ll make sure it’s cool and crisp next time…
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Books & Authors Mentioned
What we’re reading and recommending…
- Owl Sense by Miriam Darlington (Alice)
- Otter Country by Miriam Darlington (Julie)
- The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark (Julie)
- The Abbess of Crewe by Muriel Spark (Julie)
- The Hothouse by the East River by Muriel Spark (Julie)
- There There by Tommy Orange (Julie)
- Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss (Alice)
- The History of Art by E.H. Gombrich (Alice)
- Emerald by Ruth Padel
Book Group…
- American War by Omar el Akkad
- The James Tait Black Award
- The End We Start From by Megan Hunter
- The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- The Maddadam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- Utopia by Thomas More
- “An The Irish Airman Foresees His Death” by W.B. Yeats
- My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh (book group book for September)
The Man Booker Longlist 2018…
- The Longlist
- Milkman by Anna Burns
- Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
- In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
- Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
- The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
- The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
- Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
- The Overstory by Richard Powers
- The Long Take by Robin Robertson
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
- From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan
- Past nominees & winners mentioned
- Julian Barnes
- Ian McEwan
- The Sea by John Banville
- A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
- The Sellout by Paul Beatty
- Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
- The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
- The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
- Other books mentioned
- Crudo by Olivia Laing
- Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney
- Room by Emma Donoghue
- Lullaby by Leila Slimani
- The Concrete Garden by Ian McEwen
- The First True Lie by Marina Mander