Wahoo! We're back with Season 2 of Booklover Banter. In our first episode of 2025 the team discuss the newly released Ockham Longlist, what they've been reading over the summer and what they are looking forward to in the year to come. You'll want a notebook and pen (or notes on your phone) handy because we talk about A LOT of great books.
Books mentioned in this podcast:
The Mires by Tina Makereti
Delirious by Damien Wilkins
The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey
Unreel by Diana Wichtel
Feijoa by Kate Evans
In the Half Light of a Dying Day by CK Stead
Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud by Lee Murray
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nesting by Roisin O'Donnell
The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Postcard by Anne Berest
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Pool by Hannah Tunnicliffe
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
The Secrets of Maiden Cove by Erin Palmisano
Sorrow Spring by Olivia Isaac Henry
One Dark Night by Hannah Richell
When the Deep Dark Bush Swallows You Whole by Geoff Parkes
Dog Man series by Dave Pilkey
Inkbound by Philippa Leathley
Ghostlines by Katya Balen
Crookhaven series by J J Arcanjo
Skandar series by A F Steadman
Novacene by James Lovelock
How to Feed the World by Vaclav Smil
The Serviceberry by Robyn Wall Kimmerer
The Abundant Garden by Niva and Yotam Kay
LifeStyled: Your Guide to a More Organised and Intentional Life by Shira Gill
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Katabasis by RF Kuang
Twist by Colum McCann
38 Londre St by Philippe Sands