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Katherine and Ashley discuss their favorite books from 2025. Katherine Current Reads: O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker The Director by Daniel Kehlmann The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits Ashley Current Reads: Happy Hour by Marlow Granados The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt Kat's Top Five: Foster by Claire Keegan A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker Heart the Lover by Lily King Ash's Top Five Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott I Am I Am I Am by Maggie O'Farrell Jillian by Halle Butler The True True Story of Raja The Gullible by Rabih Alameddine Heart the Lover by Lily King

Katherine and Ashley discuss Lily King's latest novel, Heart The Lover (20:46). Katherine Reads: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller Ashley Reads: North Sun: Or the Voyage of Esther the Whaleship by Ethan Rutherford Strange Houses by Uketsu

Katherine and Ashley discuss the film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's, Hamnet. Katherine Reads: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson Ashley Reads: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Palaver by Bryan Washington The Antidote by Karen Russell Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood

Katherine and Ashley discuss the most mentioned bookfare book: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Discussion of the book begins at 18:42. Katherine Reads: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran DesaiWhat Can We Know by Ian McEwenAshley Reads: The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine.CivilWarLand In Bad Decline by George Saunders

Katherine and Ashley discuss Susan Choi's newest novel, Flashlight. Nominated for both the Booker long list and National Book Award long list. Discussion of the book because at 30:18. Katherine Reads: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai Ashley Reads: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders The True True Story of Raja the Gullible

Katherine and Ashley return for Season Three with a roundup of the books they read over the Bookfare break. Katherine Reads: Flashlight by Susan Choi Universality by Natasha Brown Valentino and Sagittarius by Natalia Ginzburg Intimacies by Katie Kitamura Endling by Maria RevaFlesh by David Szalay Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood Ashley Reads: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Original Sin: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward Bliss Montage by Ling Ma The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy I am, I am, I am, by Maggie O'Farrell

Katherine and Ashley discuss Olga Tokarczuk's Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead. Kat Reads: Mobius Book by Catherine Lacey Flashlight by Susan Choi Ash Reads: This Must Be The Place by Maggie O'Farrell The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg LarsenBookfare will be taking a (late) summer break! We will be back with Season 3 in October!

Katherine and Ashley discuss Hal Ebbott's Among Friends. Discussion begins at 22:39. Katherine Reads The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey Ashley Reads The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

Katherine and Ashley discuss Kitamura's latest, Audition (book discussion begins at 12:16). Katherine Reads: The Cafe with No Name by Robert Seethaler Ashley Reads: Hit Girls: Britney, Taylor, Beyonce, and the Women Who Built Pop’s Shiniest Decade by Nora Princiotti. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Katherine and Ashley discuss Rebecca K. Riley's novel, Great and Valdin. Kat reads: Evenings and Weekends by Oisan McKenna Ash reads: Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone

Katherine and Ashley discuss Fundamentally, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Kat reads: Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Bette HOwland The Yellow Sofa by Eca de Queiros Ash reads: Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Next Book: Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly

Katherine and Ashley discuss Evie Wyld's The Echoes. Katherine Reads: Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee The Women by Kristin Hannah Fundamentally by Nussaibah YounisAshley Reads: You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrique Happy All The Time by Laurie Colwin Bookfare's Next Four Reads: Fundamentally by Nussaibah YounisAudition by Katie Kitamura Perspectives by Laurent Binet Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly

Katherine and Ashley discuss Aria Aber's debut novel, Good Girl (book discussion begins at 15:19). Katherine Reads The Watchmen by Alan Moore The Unwedding by Ally Condie Ashley Reads Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

Katherine and Ashley discuss Ali Smith's new dystopian novel, Gliff. Ash's reads: The Siren's Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors Kat's reads: A Bolt from the Blue by Jeremy Cooper Inside Out by Demi Moore Unwedding by Ally Condie

Katherine and Ashley discuss Oprah's Book Club Book: Dream State by Eric Puchner (discussion begins at 24 minutes) Katherine's Current Reads: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Bette Howland A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney Virtue by Hermione Hoby Inside Out by Demi Moore Ashley's Current Reads: State of Paradise by Laura Van Der Berg You Didn't Hear This From Me by Kelsey McKinney

Katherine and Ashley discuss how to break a reading slump and their feelings on Reader As Personal Brand. Kat reads: Regeneration by Pat Barker The Heart in Darkness by Kevin Barry My Dog Tulip by JR Ackerley Ash reads: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Private Rites by Julia Armfield

Katherine and Ashley discuss their top books of 2024. Ash Reads: Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner Hum by Helen Philips Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna Foster by Claire Keegan Invisible Woman by Katia Lief Kat Reads Before and After Getting Your Puppy by Dr. Ian Dunbar O Pioneers by Willa Cather Lazarus Man by Richard Price Exciting Upcoming Releases Gliff by Ali Smith Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld Civilizations by Laurent Binet Original Sin by Eve Ewing You Didn't Hear This From Me by Kelsey McKinney Best of 2024: Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo Prophet Song by Paul Lynch Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez How To Say Babylon by Safia Sinclair The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe North Woods by Daniel Mason Passing By Nella Larson Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Katherine and Ashley discuss Emily Bronte's classic novel, Wuthering Heights. Kat's Reads: James by  Percival Everett O Pioneer by Willa Cather Ash's Reads: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol Hum by Helen Phillips

Katherine and Ashley discuss bookfare's 2024 gift guide, current reads, and book news. Kat is reading: All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Wild Houses by Colin Barrett Ash is reading: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Gift Guide on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookfarepod?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Katherine and Ashley discuss Catherine Airey's debut novel, Confessions (book discussion begins at 16:19). Kat's current reads: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten Ash's current reads: Private Rites by Julia Armfield State of Paradise by Laura Van Den Berg