Join Matt and Dave as they look back at the best of their year in reading during 2024, each with a list of ten(ish) books they found compelling and noteworthy.
Dave's top 10:
Dayspring by Anthony Oliveira Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Prophet Song by Paul Lynch The Bee Sting by Paul Murray Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem Coexistence by Billy-Rae Belcourt What Remains of Elsie Jane by Chelsea Wakelyn Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park Assembly by Natasha Brown
Matt's top 10:
SUNDAY by Olivier Schrauwen
Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham
The Horse by Willy Vlautin
Caged by Brandon Lamson
The Book of Losman by KE Semmel
Avid Reader by Robert Gottlieb
You'll Like it Here by Ashton Politanoff
A Primer for Forgetting by Lewis Hyde
The Notebook by Roland Allen
Al rio / To the River by Zoe Leonard
Stay tuned for the Patreon bonus episode in two weeks that covers all other things we liked this year in pop-culture.
As always, this episode comes with a playlist of our favorite songs of 2024:
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/concavity-show-best-of-2024/pl.u-pMylAeRi4KoErM
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fVLMtsQSVBCLQUbDxhUFM?si=FaHzQsz8ThCZLMtAWO81tg
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