Use the Chapters to navigate this episode! It's the end of 2024, Derek and BFL look back on their year of books and art. Derek drops some opinions about Colleen Hoover and Murakami that will offend most people in the world. BFL talks about a hormone-induced nervous breakdown and (surprisingly) passes a Turing test.

Thank you for your support this year! link

Works mentioned

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Passing by Nella Larsen

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

American Psycho and Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

The Southern Reach Trilogy (Area X) by Jeff VanderMeer

The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh

Galveston and other short stories by Nick Pizzolatto

Sense and Sensibility, screenplay and diaries by Emma Thompson

The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis

The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Community (TV series) created by Dan Harmon

The Hobbit by Peter Jackson

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

National Treasure starring Nicholas Cage

The City & the City by China Miéville

Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada

The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich

Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

The Nice Guys directed by Shane Black

I, Robot starring Will Smith

In Bruges directed by Martin McDonagh

00:00 Intro

01:51 Blooper reel of radio play

08:05 How many books?

10:20 Surprise favourite books

14:45 Disappointing books

22:26 Books you wish you have written

30:03 Books that most inspired you

35:28 Books that broke you

38:49 Trends you hate

41:00 Stories that comforted you

44:23 Beginner-friendly books

49:53 Favourite author

53:58 Least favourite author

57:00 DNFs

01:01:22 Fave LP episode

01:03:17 Least favourite books

01:08:19 Favourite books!

01:14:42 Books that made us cry

01:18:42 What to read before end of year

01:19:54 Conclusion

01:23:21 Bloopers