This week’s episode is a brief encounter with short contemporary classics and the lilliputian tomes under 200 pages we recommend if you’re looking for something to get you out of a reading slump. We also talk book news, what we’ve been reading recently, and the titles we’re looking forward to picking up in May. 

Recent reads

Ministry Of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Playworld by Adam Ross

Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott

Short classics

Fair Play by Tove Jansson

The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson

Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing 

Ben, In The World by Doris Lessing

We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 

The Tenth Man by Graham Greene

What we’re reading next

Soft Core by Brittany Newell

Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley

The Emperor Of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

Let Me Tell You by Paul Griffiths

Let Me Go On by Paul Griffiths

Also mentioned 

@LadiesLitSquad

Disney+ Dying for Sex

Dolly Alderton and Netflix’s Adaptation of Pride & Prejudice

Can You Ever Forgive Me 

Dune

A Complete Unknown

Wellness by Nathan Hill

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Follow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodes

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