This week, I discuss the International Booker Prize shortlist and recommend books including Defenestrate, Unlikely Animals and other great books!

Books recommended:

Defenestrate Renee Branum

Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

Hello Molly! By Molly Shannon

Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

International Booker Shortlist Books:

A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, translated from Norwegian by Damion Searls

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami, translated from Japanese by Samuel Bett and David Boyd

Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro, translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle

Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell

The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from Polish by Jennifer Croft

Other Things Discussed:

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