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NEW RELEASES: Piglet by Lottie Hazell & The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez (Spoiler Free)


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This week Sapphire and Joseph deep dive into two new brilliant fiction releases: debut novel Piglet by British writer Lottie Hazell and The Vulnerables, the ninth novel from American writer Sigrid Nunez. 


Also this week Sapphire read Jillian by Halle Butler and Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth. Joseph read Minor Detail by Adania Shibli and The Coming Bad Days by Sarah Bernstein. 


This week’s listener recommendation request comes from Saniya who really enjoyed Elif Batuman’s Either/Or and is looking for more great campus novels. Joseph recommends The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood and White Noise by Don DeLillo. Sapphire recommends My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, and The Nix by Nathan Hill. 


Also mentioned in this episode:


The Writer’s Prize 2024 Shortlist


The Boy and the Heron by Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli) 


Boy Swallows Universe 


How Do You Live? By Genzaburo Yoshino


The New Me by Halle Butler


The Friend by Sigrid Nunez


See the Novel Thoughts bookshop page for all books mentioned in this episode.

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