Liv, Rach and Laura get together to wrap up the year and have SO much to chat about that the episode has to be split into two!

In this episode (Part 1) we talk about the books of the year, our favourites, our customers' favourites, and our top recommendations for Christmas. This is PACKED full of books! Check out the HUGE list of books we mention:

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Axeman's Carnival and Pet by Catherine Chidgey

The Girl from London by Olivia Spooner

Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts by Josie Shapiro

The Deck by Fiona Farrell

The Bone Tree by Airana Ngarewa

The Last Days of Joy by Anne Tiernan

Home before Night by JP Pomare

Adventures with Emilie by Victoria Bruce

Bookshop Dogs by Ruth Shaw

Kawai by Monty Soutar

Laughing in the Dark by Barbara Else

PS Come to Italy by Nicky Pellegrino

Golden Days by Caroline Barron

Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes

Tom Lake by Anne Patchett

Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton

Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Darling by India Knight

Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club Series

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Water by John Boyne

North Woods by Daniel Mason

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by AF Steadman

Crookhaven by JJ Arcanjo

Hedgewich by Skye McKenna

The Observologist by Giselle Clarkson

At The Bach by Joy Cowley

Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker

Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

PHEW!!