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Julia looks back on 2024

Dec 25, 202445 minSeason 6Ep. 19
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In the final episode of 2024 Julia sits down with her good friend Josephine Linden to discuss their favourite books of the year, and look ahead to the new releases they can’t wait to read in 2025.


Thank you to all our listeners for joining us again this season, the whole A Podcast of One’s Own team hopes you’ve enjoyed the interviews and book club episodes as much as we have!


Show notes:


Books discussed by Julia and Josephine during this episode include: 


The Enigma of Room 662 by Joel Dicker

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker

The Precipice by Robert Harris 

The Good War of Consul Reeves by Peter Rose

A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel

Old Filth Trilogy by Jane Gardam

A Place of Safety by Hilary Mantel

The six books on the Booker Prize Shortlist can be found here: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024

Wifedom by Anna Funder

The Fraud by Zadie Smith

On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything by Nate Silver

When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut

Naku Dharuk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy by Clare Wright


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