Our Favorite Books We Read in 2022, Part I

Books 10 - 6

It’s time to reflect and celebrate a year of reading! While Paul and I started this podcast in the spring of 2021, 2022 is our first full year of regular recording and sharing The Mookse and the Gripes, and it’s been a wonderful experience for us.

So, with what we hope will be a long-time annual tradition, we unveil unveil the first half of their lists of top reads of the year. And to add to the holiday cheer, some friends and familiar faces (voices?) gather to share their favorites, as well.

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Upcoming Episodes

• December 29 — Episode 44: Best of 2022, Part 2

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Upcoming Author Focus Episode

As a reminder, our next author focus episode will be about Scholastique Mukasonga; however, we have decided to stray slightly from our regular schedule. This will not be episode 45 or even 46. We anticipate it being episode 47, so we all still have more time to get to know Mukasonga’s work!

Do you have an author you’d suggest we focus on in the future? Please let us know!

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Shownotes

• Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry

• The Orphanage, by Serhiy Zhadan, translated by Riley Costigan-Humes and Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler

• The Promise, by Damon Galgult

• Disgrace, by J.M Coetzee

• In a Strange Room, by Damon Galgut

• Drifts, by Kate Zambreno

• Trieste, by Dasa Drndic, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac

• Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi

• The Colony, by Audrey Magee

• The Deceptions, by Jill Bialosky

• The Makioka Sisters, by Junichiro Tanizaki, translated by Edward Seidensticker

• In a German Pension, by Katherine Mansfield

• Bliss and Other Stories, by Katherine Mansfield

• Cold Enough for Snow, by Jessica Au

• The Famous Magician, by César Aira, translated by Chris Andrews

• Fulgentius, by César Aira, translated by Chris Andrews

• Zone, by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell

• Compass, by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell

• Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants, by Mathias Énard, translated by Charlotte Mandell

• My Phantoms, by Gwendoline Riley

• First Love, by Gwendoline Riley

• Solenoid, by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter

• Shutter, by Romona Emerson

• Ulysses, by James Joyce

• White Noise, by Don DeLillo

• Cursed Bunny, by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur

• Woman Running in the Mountains, by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt

• Territory of Light, by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Geraldine Harcourt

• The Birds, by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Michael Barnes and Torbjørn Støverud

• Bram Presser: “Shine Bright, Fierce Star: On the Loss of Daša Drndić (1946-2018)”

• Leaf by Leaf on The Birds

• W.A.S.T.E. Mailing List on Solenoid

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