Six Memoirs to Read Now
02/21/24 • 39 min
Join us this week as we give our empathy muscles a workout and chat about six of the best contemporary memoirs we’ve read recently.
Saph recommends This Is Not A Pity Memoir by Abbi Morgan, Taking Sides: A Memoir About Love, War, and Changing the World by Sherine Tadros, and The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen. Joseph recommends Stay True by Hua Hsu, In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, and Also A Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me by Ada Calhoun.
Also this week, Joseph read The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine and Saph read The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
This week’s listener recommendation request comes from Sara who loved The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré and is looking for similar books. Joseph recommends Half A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Saph recommends The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka.
Also mentioned in this episode:
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
War Stories by Jeremy Bowen
Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen
Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day
Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends by Marisa G Franco
See the Novel Thoughts bookshop page for all books mentioned in this episode.
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Join us this week as we give our empathy muscles a workout and chat about six of the best contemporary memoirs we’ve read recently.
Saph recommends This Is Not A Pity Memoir by Abbi Morgan, Taking Sides: A Memoir About Love, War, and Changing the World by Sherine Tadros, and The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen. Joseph recommends Stay True by Hua Hsu, In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, and Also A Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me by Ada Calhoun.
Also this week, Joseph read The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine and Saph read The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
This week’s listener recommendation request comes from Sara who loved The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré and is looking for similar books. Joseph recommends Half A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Saph recommends The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka.
Also mentioned in this episode:
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
War Stories by Jeremy Bowen
Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen
Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day
Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends by Marisa G Franco
See the Novel Thoughts bookshop page for all books mentioned in this episode.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Author Spotlight - Rebecca Makkai
Ahoy! Join us for our first ever author spotlight in which we dive into the award-winning novels of American author Rebecca Makkai. Makkai’s work tackles subjects as diverse as the trauma of the 1980’s AIDS crisis and the enduring legacy of the #MeToo movement, to the secrets and scandals of a mysterious artists’ colony and the modern-day politics of conversion therapy.
Also this week Joseph read The End We Start From by Megan Hunter and Saph read Society of Snow by Pablo Vierci. The Novel Thoughts team also talk about Charlie Kaufman’s forthcoming adaptation of Yoko Ogawa’s The Memory Police.
This week’s listener recommendation request comes from Kelly who likes a good crime novel and is looking for recommendation for her next five-star read. Joseph recommends The It Girl by Ruth Ware and Saph recommends Night Boat To Tangier by Kevin Barry.
Also mentioned in this episode:
The Harpy by Megan Hunter
Stillicide by Cynan Jones
They by Kay Dick
To The Friend Who Did Not Save My Life by Hervé Guibert
The Farewell Symphony by Edmund White
See the Novel Thoughts bookshop page for all books mentioned in this episode.
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Next Episode
Our Top Picks For March
Join us this week as we chat about a glut of great new fiction and non-fiction releases for March, plus we reveal our top picks from the new Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction long list.
March 2024 New Releases
The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft
Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
Clear by Carys Davies
Who Owns the Moon? by A.C. Grayling
The Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape by Alexandra Harris
Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Long List - Our Picks
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in the Philippines by Lisa Evangelista
Intervals by Marianne Brooker
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
How To Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder
This week’s listener recommendation request comes from Mike who normally enjoys cosy crime, but is looking for something a bit more heartfelt. Joseph recommends Things Can Only Get Better by David M. Barnett, and Saph recommends Skippy Dies by Paul Murray and just about anything by Fredrik Backman.
Also mentioned in this episode:
Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew Green
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
Eileen: The Making of George Orwell by Sylvia Topp
Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles
A Good Read Podcast (BBC Radio 4)
See the Novel Thoughts bookshop page for all books mentioned in this episode.
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