Looking to fit even more books into your life? We think audiobooks are a great solution. This week we chat about reading in different formats and settings and hen and how we both read audiobooks. We also share some of our favorite audio experiences, books, and authors!
Summer Book Club
The book for the Mookse and the Gripes Summer Book Club 2024 has been chosen! It was pretty darn close!
The episode discussing The Story of Lucy Gault will be Episode 86, coming out on August 8.
Shownotes
Books
The Children of Dynmouth, by William Trevor
Fools of Fortune, by William Trevor
Felicia’s Journey, by William Trevor
The Story of Lucy Gault, by William Trevor
The Rings of Saturn, by W.G. Sebald, translated by Michael Hulse
Not a River, by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott
The Wind that Lays Waste, by Selva Almada, translated by Chris Andrews
Brickmasters, by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott
It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over, by Anne de Marcken
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett
The Patron Saint of Liars, by Ann Patchett
State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett
A Handful of Dust, by Evelyn Waugh
The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett
Run, by Ann Patchett
Taft, by Ann Patchett
The Magician’s Assistant, by Ann Patchett
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath, by Heather Clark
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling
The Trees, by Percival Everett
A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan
The Rings of Saturn, by W.G. Sebald, translated by Michael Hulse
Ulysses, by James Joyce
Wolf in White Van, by John Darnielle
The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot
Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, by David Grann
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, by David Grann
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, by Erik Larson
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, by Erik Larson
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Dead Zone, by Stephen King
Pet Sematary, by Stephen King
The Shining, by Stephen King
The Stand, by Stephen King
Fairy Tale, by Stephen King
You Like It Darker, by Stephen King
Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson
Jesus’ Son, by Denis Johnson
Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson
Lockwood & Co., by Jonathan Stroud
The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
The Round House, by Louise Erdrich
Middlemarch, by George Eliot
Fourth of July Creek, by Smith Henderson
The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan
The Stormlight Archive, by Brandon Sanderson
Foster, by Claire Keegan
Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Burial Rites, by Hannah Kent
Day, by Michael Cunningham
Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
“My Purple-Scented Novel,” by Ian McEwan
“Axis,” by Alice Munro
George and Lizzie, by Nancy Pearl
Links
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Episode 81: Audiobooks