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Jun 23
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Our Top 10 Books of the Year So Far

ANNA BAILLIE-KARAS, ANNIE WATERS AND AMANDA HAYES
About this episode

Anna and Annie discuss our 10 best books of 2025 so far.

Books mentioned:

A LITTLE TRICKERIE by Rosanna Pike

THE NAMES by Florence Knapp

THE HUSBANDS by Holly Gramazio

DREAM COUNT by Chimananda Ngoze Adiche

SMALL RAIN by Garth Greenwell

STINKBUG by Sinéad Stubbins

PATRIOT by Alexei Navalny translated by Arch Tait and Stephen Dalziel

I MAKE ENVY ON YOUR DISCO by Eric Schnall

MY FRIENDS by Hisham Matar

NESTING by Roisin O’Donnell

EUROTRASH by Christian Kracht translated by Daniel Bowles

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Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

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