Episode 187 - Favourite Reads of 2023

12/19/23 • 70 min

Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast

This episode we’re discussing our Favourite Reads of 2023! We talk about our favourite fiction and non-fiction books we read this year! Plus: Our favourite comics, video games, documentaries, podcasts, and more!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Favourite Fiction

For the podcast
- Anna
  - The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao (Episode 172 - Domestic Thrillers)
- Jam
  - Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones (Episode 184 - Horror)
- Matthew
  - Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus, vol. 3 by Eiji Otsuka and by Housui Yamazaki (Episode 184 - Horror)
  - The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023 edited by Lisa Unger and Steph Cha (Episode 186 - Suspense Fiction)
- Meghan
  - The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (Episode 176 - Fantasy)
Not for the podcast
- Jam
  - Heaven’s Design Team by Hebi-Zou, Tsuta Suzuki, & Tarako
- Matthew
  - Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
    - Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (Wikipedia)
- Meghan
  - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
- Anna
  - Daisy and the Duke by Elizabeth Cole (The Wallflowers of Wildwood)

Favourite Non-Fiction

For the podcast
- Matthew
  - Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara (Episode 174 - Economics)
- Meghan
  - Goldenrod: Poems by Maggie Smith (Episode 182 - Lyric Poetry)
- Anna
  - They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers by Sarah Scoles (Episode 178 - Aliens, Extraterrestrials, and UFOs)
- Jam
  - Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson (Episode 170 - Gender Theory & Gender Studies)
Not for the podcast
- Meghan
  - Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Favourite Fiction

For the podcast
- Anna
  - The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao (Episode 172 - Domestic Thrillers)
- Jam
  - Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones (Episode 184 - Horror)
- Matthew
  - Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus, vol. 3 by Eiji Otsuka and by Housui Yamazaki (Episode 184 - Horror)
  - The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023 edited by Lisa Unger and Steph Cha (Episode 186 - Suspense Fiction)
- Meghan
  - The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (Episode 176 - Fantasy)
Not for the podcast
- Jam
  - Heaven’s Design Team by Hebi-Zou, Tsuta Suzuki, & Tarako
- Matthew
  - Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
    - Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (Wikipedia)
- Meghan
  - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
- Anna
  - Daisy and the Duke by Elizabeth Cole (The Wallflowers of Wildwood)

Favourite Non-Fiction

For the podcast
- Matthew
  - Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara (Episode 174 - Economics)
- Meghan
  - Goldenrod: Poems by Maggie Smith (Episode 182 - Lyric Poetry)
- Anna
  - They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers by Sarah Scoles (Episode 178 - Aliens, Extraterrestrials, and UFOs)
- Jam
  - Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson (Episode 170 - Gender Theory & Gender Studies)
Not for the podcast
- Meghan
  - Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser

Previous Episode

Episode 186 - Suspense Fiction

This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Suspense! We talk about crime, mysteries, horror, and even suspense!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to...)

Ascension by Nicholas Binge
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023 edited by Lisa Unger and Steph Cha
Malice by Keigo Higashino
Dead Woman Walking by Sharon J. Bolton
Alice in Borderland by Haro Aso (Wikipedia)
Night Fever by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Reckless by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson

Read But Not Mentioned

Find Me by Anne Fraser
Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
The Midnight Line: Jack Reacher #22 by Lee Child
The Phantom Scientist by Robin Cousin, translated by Edward Gauvin
Wyrd, vol. 1 by Curt Pires and Antonio Fuso
Colorless, vol 1 by Kent
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry by Mary Higgins Clark

Other Media We Mentioned

Scalped by Jason Aaron, R.M. Guera, and others
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft (Wikipedia)
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube by Blair Braverman
Small Game by Blair Braverman

Links, Articles, and Things

Hark! Podcast
Category:Fiction about death games (Wikipedia)
- What Matthew described as “escape room fiction”
Final girl (Wikipedia)

20 Suspense Novels by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.