This week, we have a chat about why reading is an act of resistance and delve into the books we turn to during a crisis–whether climactic, sociological or existential. We also discuss our favourite reads for a complete escape.

Recent reads

Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers 

The Long View by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

Reading for resistance

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburō Ōe

The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

For a crisis

Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie

On Freedom by Maggie Nelson 

Eating Animals byJonathan Safran Foer

Surrender by Joanna Pocock

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

Empireland and Empireworld by Sathnam Sanghera

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshanna Zubenoff

To escape

The Moomins and The Summer Book by Tove Janson

You Are Here by David Nicholls

Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny

Also mentioned in this episode:

NYRB Classics Challenge

Indigenous Reading Circle

The Galle Literary Festival

Faversham Literary Festival

Margate Bookie

The Margate Bookshop

Brick Lane Bookshop

Birchbark Books & Native Arts

Harbour Books (@harbourbooks)

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

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