Episode 84: Our Most Anticipated Releases from the Last Half of 2024

This week we look ahead to the second half of 2024 and each share the five forthcoming books we’re most excited about . . . along with a few honorable mentions, of course.

Which upcoming books are you most looking forward to?

Summer Book Club

The book for the Mookse and the Gripes Summer Book Club 2024 is William Trevor’s The Story of Lucy Gault. You can start reading it whenever you want to! We have lined up a guest to join us to discuss the book in Episode 86, coming out on August 8. That’s really soon!

Shownotes

Books

The Warden, by Anthony Trollope

Pedro Páramo, by Juan Rulfo, translated by Douglas J. Weatherford

The Heart in Winter, by Kevin Barry

Nightboat to Tangier, by Kevin Barry

Beatlebone, by Kevin Barry

The City of Bohane, by Kevin Barry

James, by Percival Everett

Clear, by Carys Davies

Canoes, by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore

There Are Rivers in the Sky, by Elif Shafak

The Island of Missing Trees, by Elif Shafak

Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr

The B*****d of Istanbul, by Elif Shafak

Marshland, by Otohiko Kaga, translated by Albert Novick

The Mighty Red, by Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich

The Round House, by Louise Erdrich

The Sentence, by Louise Erdrich

Plague of Doves, by Louise Erdrich

LaRose, by Louise Erdrich

Shadow Tag, by Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich

The Painted Drum, by Louise Erdrich

Herscht 07769, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet

Satantago, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes

The Melancholy of Resistance, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes

War & War, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes

Seiobo There Below, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet

The World Goes On, by László Krasznahorkai, translated byGeorge Szirtes, Ottilie Mulzet and John Batki

Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming, by László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet

Colored Television, by Danzy Senna

New People, by Danzy Senna

Symptomatic, by Danzy Senna

Caucasia, by Danzy Senna

Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young

Seeing Further, by Esther Kinsky, translated by Caroline Schmidt

Rombo, by Esther Kinsky, translated by Caroline Schmidt

Grove, by Esther Kinsky, translated by Caroline Schmidt

River, by Esther Kinsky, translated by Iain Galbraith

Sister Deborah, by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Mark Polizzotti

The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann, translated by John E. Woods

The Books of Jacob, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft

Flights, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Waiting for the Fear, by Oguz Atay, translated by Ralph Hubbell

The Pornographer, by John McGahern

Command Performance, by Jean Echenoz, translated by Mark Polizzotti

The Stone Door, by Leonora Carrington

The Uncollected Stories of Mavis Gallant

Sun City, by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal

We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman

The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman

The Plains, by Federico Falco, translated by Jennifer Croft

A Perfect Cemetery, by Federico Falco, translated by Jennifer Croft

Children of the Ghetto: Star of the Sea, by Elias Khoury, translated by Humphrey Davies

Fog at Noon, by Tomás González, translated by Andrea Rosenberg

The Suicides, by Antonio Di Benedetto, translated by Esther Allen

The Besieged City, by Clarice Lispector, translated by Johnny Lorenz

The Voyage Home, by Pat Barker

A Philosophy of Translation, by Damion Searls

The City and Its Uncertain Walls, by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel

Tell Me Everything, by Elizabeth Strout

Every Arc Bends Its Radius, by Sergio de la Pava

A Naked Singularity, by Sergio de la Pava

Question 7, by Richard Flanagan

Is Mother Dead, by Vigdis Hjorth, translate...