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It's our 100th episode! Chris, Sarah, and Jen get together to chat about what they've recently been reading, and discuss Yaa Gyasi's debut novel, Homegoing. They have also all read her second novel, Transcendent Kingdom, so they also discuss how those two books compare. No spoilers for either book!


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Books mentioned

• Almost all of Otessa Moshfegh's books 
• The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzberg
• All of Colson Whitehead's books
• The Trail Running Guidebook by Hanny Allston
• Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
• Vladimir by Julie May Jonas 

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Chris and Jenny chat upcoming book to movie/tv adaptations in today's episode as well as the usual current and recent reads. Join our Patreon for an extended version of the episode (all Oppenheimer chat).

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Books mentioned

• Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
• Study for Obedience  by Sarah Bernstein
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle  by Shirley Jackson
• The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
• The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
• Fairy Tale by Stephen King
• Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
• American Prometheus by Kai Bird and ‎Martin J. Sherwin
• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
• The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
• Wicked! by Gregory Maguire
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
• Dune  by Frank Herbert
• Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
• Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabriella Zevin
• Buriel Rites by Hannah Kent
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Circe by Madeleine Miller

Other stuff mentioned

• Vulture article - Helen DeWitt’s The Last Samurai Is the Best Book of the Century (for Now)
• Literary Disco Podcast
• Jury Duty (tv series)
• Mississippi Burning (film)

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Sarah and Chris discuss this year's Booker Longlist and their progress with it at this early stage. They also discuss what they've been reading recently and what they've read in the past year fantasy-wise. 

PS: Unbelievably, what Sarah was saying was true - in 1977, the chair of judges, Philip Larkin, threatened to jump out of a window if Paul Scott’s Staying On didn’t win the Booker!

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(Some of the) Books mentioned

• Booker Prize longlist (longlist here)
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• Victory City by Salmon Rushdie
• The Luminaries and Birnham Wood by Eleanor Catton
• Snap by Belinda Bauer 
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James 
• Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
• The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
• Kushiel's Dart and Cassiel's Servant by  Jacqueline Carey 
• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
• The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
• The Raven Cycle series and the Dreamers trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater 
• Realm of the Elderlings series by Robin Hobb 
• The World of Riverside trilogy by Ellen Kushner 
• The Betrayals and The Binding by Bridget Collins
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 
• The Reindeer People by Megan Lindholm [aka Robin Hobb] 
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Suzanna Clarke 
• The King's Peace  by Jo Walton

Other stuff mentioned

• Lauren's video on cleaning with Sweepy (Cleaning and Tidying my Flat Using a Cleaning App | Lauren and the Book)
• Podside Picnic podcast

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Shawn is back on the pod today to chat short stories with Sarah and Jenny. We each chose a short story and chat through them through. Like three mini book clubs. All available to read online for free. We also share our recent and current reads.

Pilgrims by Julie Orringer

The Swim Team by Miranda July

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omalas by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Books mentioned

• Fight Night by Miriam Toews
• Women Talking by Miriam Toews
• All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
• And Then He Sang A Lullaby  by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
• Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren
• The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
• The Monsters of Templeton  by Lauren Groff
• Penance by Eliza Clark
• Pew  by Catherine Lacey
• The Spare Room  by Helen Garner
• Bodies of Light  by Jennifer Down

Other stuff mentioned

• Hannah May on Youtube
• The Swim Team by Amber Crosby

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We are rounding off this series of episodes today with a bang: Jenny and Sarah read Chris' favourite books! They discuss Wicked by Gregory Maguire and Self-Portrait with Boy by Rachel Lyon.


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Books mentioned

• Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn
• Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
• I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
• How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
• Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer 
• Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C Ford 
• Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham 
• Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
• Wicked by Gregory Maguire 
• Self-Portrait With Boy by Rachel Lyon 
• Black Butterflies by Priscillla Morris 

Other stuff mentioned

The Blarney Stone in Ireland
Film Jen was thinking of was Can You Ever Forgive Me 

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Always our most popular episode of the year, our mid-year favourite books! Jenny, Chris and Sarah get together to share their top reads of the year so far.

Books mentioned

• Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
• Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens
• The Perfect Golden Circle by Ben Myers
• Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
• Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
• The Prestige by Christopher Priest
• The Night Circus  by Erin Morgenstern
• Happening  by Annie Ernaux
• The North Water by Ian McGuire
• Moby Dick  by Herman Melville
• Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

Bookshops mentioned

• Foyles, Tottenham Court Road
• Word on the Water
• Forbidden Planet
• Gay's the Word
• Daunt Books, Marylebone
• The Book Hive, Norwich

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• You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post.  You can now try our bonus tier FREE for 7 days. 
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Alice is back, so we're going classic Bookcast Club with a chatty catch up episode. Alice and Jenny chat marathons, engagements, 'A Little Life' play, what we've been reading, TBRs, and books for cleansing the palette. Enjoy!

Books mentioned

• The No Show by Beth O'Leary
• The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
• The Flat Share by Beth O'Leary
• Dear Dolly by Dolly Alderton
• Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
• Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Wild Card by Judy Murray
• Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
• Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
• Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
• Life, Almost by Jennie Agg
• Hard Pushed by Leah Hazard
• Womb by Leah Hazard
• Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
• The Guest by Emma Cline

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It's Women's Prize for Fiction day! But who was our winner? Chris and Jenny discuss the six shortlised books, share their predictions and their own personal winner.

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We welcome back Belle to the podcast today! She and Sarah get together to discuss the Stella shortlist in all of its glory.

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Stuff mentioned

• Bookcast Club episode on the Stella Prize [#88 All the Longlists: Stella Prize, Women's Prize, and the Carol Shields Prize with Shawn the Book Maniac]
• Women's Prize for Fiction 
• Stella Prize 

Books mentioned 

How to support The Bookcast Club

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We welcome the delightful Lauren from Lauren and the Books to the podcast today. She and Sarah chat about what they're currently reading, and chat about a different type of book: cookbooks! High-quality, vegetarian-friendly cookbooks can be hard to find, so they talk through some of the ones that they have returned to again and again, their all-time favourites, and some that they've loved in the past. We hope you enjoy the episode, and as always, if there is something you'd like us to discuss, please let us know!


Want more Lauren? 
Booktube channel | Instagram [@laurenandthebooks] 


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Stuff mentioned

• Bookcast Club episode on Pod [#90 Book Club: Pod by Laline Paull]
• Women's Prize for Fiction 
• Stella Prize 

Books mentioned 

• The Bees by Lalline Paul 
• Pod by Lalline Paul 
• Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh 
• big beautiful female theory by Eloise Grills
• Big Bones by Laura Dockrill
• I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel 
• The Happy Pear cookbooks
• Jamie's Great Britain by Jamie Oliver
• Veganomicon by Isa Chandra & Terry Hope Romero 
• I Can Cook Vegan by Isa Chandra 
• Vegan 100 by Gaz Oakley
• The Green Roasting Tin by Rukmini Iyer
• East by Meera Sodha
• Nistisima by Georgina Hayden
• Bliss on Toast by Prue Lieth

How to support The Bookcast Club

• Support the podcast on Patreon
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• Rate us on Spotify
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