agree with the whistler, tana french, strange girls, & i just finished i who have never known men and whew. all great ones! a few of these i need to read & prioritize. also recently felt that way about phoebe berman’s gonna lose it - read that in a day. it was fun!
Whistler and Heart The Lover are two of my favorites of this year as well. How sad is it that when we finish a book it feels like the end of a relationship too sometimes. I’m starting to be pro re-reading books I love rather than always finding a new one because it’s just so amazing to jump back into a story and characters I already know are fantastic! Love your list here!
this is so accurate — i was heartbroken to finish both heart the lover and whistler! there have been times i’ve reread almost as much as i’ve read for the first time for this reason. thank you!
I Who Have Never Known Men! I just read it for the first time this month and could not put it down. An incredible book and one I know I’ll reread. Currently reading Girl’s Girl :)
The interesting thing about French's Dublin Murders series is that each book takes a secondary character from the previous book and makes them the protagonist. Each book can be read as a standalone, but reading the books in order is extra-satisfying due the added layer of backward-forward continuity.
I have a book podcast and we just posted our review of Whistler! we are in total agreement and didn't want it to end. also totally agree re: anything Patrick Radden Keefe. And I gave Sonia & Sonny to so many people for christmas and kept assuring them -- you won't even realize it was 700 pages!! Like being in a movie theater. I also feel that way about Claire Lombardos novels. You're just *in* her world.
I just read All Them Dogs off the booker long list and was completelyyyyyyy consumed by it - I read it in 24 hrs in three long gulps. Highly recommend for anyone after a thriller/neo-noir!!
There is nothing better than finding a book that makes you forget everything else you were supposed to be doing.
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"Book Tok has made very few points, but this is definitely one of them."
I laughed out loud for a solid minute, and then again while making tea a short while later, and yet again while posting this.
Thank you.
i’m so honored
Currently reading The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. I think it's almost certainly going to be my book of the year. Just wonderful.
this is how i felt too! happy reading :)
Seeing your post talking about girl's girl, I started listening to the audiobook and so far i've been having fun. Thank you!
i’m so glad!!
agree with the whistler, tana french, strange girls, & i just finished i who have never known men and whew. all great ones! a few of these i need to read & prioritize. also recently felt that way about phoebe berman’s gonna lose it - read that in a day. it was fun!
phoebe berman was fun!! taste twins as always
i so needed this list rn (in a monthlong slump). can't wait to read Famous Men!!
i think you would love famous men! fingers crossed it’s a slump killer too!!
Whistler and Heart The Lover are two of my favorites of this year as well. How sad is it that when we finish a book it feels like the end of a relationship too sometimes. I’m starting to be pro re-reading books I love rather than always finding a new one because it’s just so amazing to jump back into a story and characters I already know are fantastic! Love your list here!
this is so accurate — i was heartbroken to finish both heart the lover and whistler! there have been times i’ve reread almost as much as i’ve read for the first time for this reason. thank you!
Yes, I felt the same way about In the Woods (I wanted someone to smack some sense into the protagonist) and loved The Likeness!!
I could not put down The Everlasting and, before that, Starling House, both by Alix E. Harrow
if i could drop into the dublin squad i’d have some things to say!!! ooh sounds like i need to try some harrow
So many good ones on my TBR. Adding them all !
yay!!! i hope you find a new favorite!
I Who Have Never Known Men! I just read it for the first time this month and could not put it down. An incredible book and one I know I’ll reread. Currently reading Girl’s Girl :)
so incredible, it blew me away! i hope you love girl’s girl :)
Bookmarking a lot of these to add my TBR. I keep seeing Girl’s Girl so maybe that’s my next read 👀
i enjoyed it so much
None in common I'm afraid but I want to read that Jacqueline Harpman very hard right now
highlyyy recommend
The cover of girl's girl is so gorgeous 😭 I HAVE to read it soon
the contents somehow live up to the cover!!
great list! i loved heart the lover. i have the likeness on my tbr, do you think it's mandatory that i read in the woods first?
thank you! they can definitely be read as standalones, but if you have any intention of reading in the woods i’d recommend doing so first!
The interesting thing about French's Dublin Murders series is that each book takes a secondary character from the previous book and makes them the protagonist. Each book can be read as a standalone, but reading the books in order is extra-satisfying due the added layer of backward-forward continuity.
I have a book podcast and we just posted our review of Whistler! we are in total agreement and didn't want it to end. also totally agree re: anything Patrick Radden Keefe. And I gave Sonia & Sonny to so many people for christmas and kept assuring them -- you won't even realize it was 700 pages!! Like being in a movie theater. I also feel that way about Claire Lombardos novels. You're just *in* her world.
I just read All Them Dogs off the booker long list and was completelyyyyyyy consumed by it - I read it in 24 hrs in three long gulps. Highly recommend for anyone after a thriller/neo-noir!!