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Kat and Ashley kick off season two with Sally Rooney's Intermezzo. Books mentioned in order of appearance: Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud Orbital by Samantha Harvey All Fours by Miranda July Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Another Country by James Baldwin James by Percival Everett

Katherine and Ashley review Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Books mentioned in order of appearance: God of the Woods by Liz Moore First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt

Kat and Ashley discuss the NYT's Best Books of the Century list and present their own ballots.

Current Reads:

On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan

Instructions for a Heat Wave, Maggie O'Farrell

Banal Nightmare, Halle Butler

The God of the Woods, Liz Moore

Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector

The Best of Everything, Rona Jaffe

The Wren The Wren, Anne Enright

Kat & Ash Ballot Crossover

The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson

The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante

Girl, Woman, Other, Bernadine

Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell

The Five Wounds, Kirsten Quade Valdez

Ashley's Ballot:

Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward

Freshwater, Awaeke Emezi

Go Ahead in the Rain, Hanif Abdurraqib

Atonement, Ian McEwan

In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado

Kat's Ballot

Transit, Rachel Cusk

Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel

The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt

White Teeth, Zadie Smith

The Overstory, Richard Powers

Katherine and Ashley discuss this month's book: Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo Books mentioned in order of appearance: Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Little Rot by Awaeke Emezi The Passion of G.H. by Clarice Lispector

Kat and Ashley discuss their current reads, recap the best of their 2024 reads so far, and discuss Sally Rooney's short fiction piece: "Opening Theory"

Books mentioned in order of appearance:

Master, Slave, Husband, Wife by Ilyon Woo

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Little Rot by Awaeke Emezi

Bookfare's 2024 Reads:

The Bee Sting, Paul Murray

Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan

Redwood Court, DeLana RA Dameron

Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar

Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange

Live by Night, Dennis Lehane

Kat's Five Star Reads:

Prophet Song, Paul Lynch

The Wren, The Wren, Anne Enright

Whale Fall, Elizabeth O'Connor

Ash's Five Star Reads:

Prophet Song, Paul Lynch

How to Say Babylon, Safiya Sinclair

The Bee Sting, Paul Murray

The Vulnerables, Sigred Nunez

July Book: Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

August Book: Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser

In this episode, Kat and Ashley discuss Dennis Lehane's noir thriller, Live By Night. Books mentioned in order of appearance: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewel The Loneliness Files by Athena Dixon The Alternatives by Caoilinn HughesVirgin Suicides by Jeoffrey Eugenedes Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Passing by Nella Larsen Next month's book: Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

Katherine and Ashley discuss their current reads, book news, most anticipated summer releases, and their summer reading plans.

Books mentioned in order:

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton

You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace

The Loneliness Files by Athena Dixon

Love & Salt by Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright

Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor

The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes

Live by Night by Denis Lahane

Little Rot by Awaeke Emezi

Parade by Rachel Cusk

Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

Katherine and Ashley discuss Tommy Orange's highly anticipated sophomore novel: Wandering Stars. Books mentioned in order of appearance: - The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsen - The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters - Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll - Lit by Mary Karr - The Wren, The Wren by Ann Enright Vote for the June book on instagram: @bookfarepod - Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado - March by Geraldine Brooks - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver - Live by Night by Dennis Lehane

Katherine and Ashley recap their Indie Bookstore Day book crawl and discuss their current reads and book news. Then, in celebration of their mothers, they discuss favorite books their mother's read to them as children and their mothers' favorite recommendations.

Books mentioned in order:

Wandering Stars byTommy Orange

Lit by Mary Karr

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

Ashley's Childhood Favorites:

Big Susan

Heidi

Little House on the Prairie

Kat's Childhood Favorites:

The Count of Monte Cristo

Danny Champion of the World

The Phantom Tollbooth

Molly's Favorite Recommendations

Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Ruthie Fear by Maxim Loskutoff

Melinda's Favorite Recommendations

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante

No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay

Katherine and Ashley discuss Kaveh Akbar's highly acclaimed debut novel, Martyr! Books mentioned in order of appearance: The Immortal Life of King Rao by Vauhini Vara Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day The Collected Regrets of Clover by Micki Brammer