Literary FOMO and Reading Books We Missed Last Year

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In Episode 189 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah explore the ups and downs of literary FOMO—what genres and books make us feel the most pressure to read, how we navigate the ever-evolving bookish community, and the books we finally picked up after missing them last year.

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Death of the Author | Nnedi Okorafor (T)

Three Lives of Cate Kay | Kate Fagan

All Systems Red | Martha Wells (H)

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Station Eleven | Emily St. John Mandel

Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Song of Achilles | Madeline Miller

2024 Releases

Martyr! | Kaveh Akbar (T)

Piglet | Lottie Hazell (H)

Middle of the Night | Riley Sager (T)

The Only One Left | Riley Sager

Sandwich | Catherine Newman (H)

Behind the Stacks - 2024 Runner Ups with Tina from TBR, etc.

Shelf Addition:

What Kind of Paradise | Janelle Brown (T)

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil | V. E. Schwab (H)

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