The Book Snug Podcast
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The Book Snug Podcast
S2, Chapter 4: Favorite Books of 2023
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Stephany Yoder and Julia Dagen
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Season 2
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Episode 4
It's time for one of our favorite shows of the year! In this episode we're gushing about our very best books of 2023.
Julia’s Books:
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
- The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
- Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
- Ready Player One by Ernest Kline
- The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
- Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
- The Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Stephany’s Books:
- Hidden Christmas written and narrated by Timothy Keller
- How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis
- The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith
- The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
- Pony by R. J. Palacio, narrated by Ian M. Hawkins
- Sweep by Jonathan Auxier, narrated by Sarah Coombs
- The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, narrated by Hugh Grant
- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett, narrated by Ell Potter and Michael Dodds
- Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing, narrated by Simon Prebble
- Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortland
- Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett, narrated by Mark Bramhall and Kirby Heyborne
- Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett
- Troy written and narrated by Stephen Fry
Also mentioned:
- My Reading Life book journal
- S2, Chapter 3: The Superlatives of 2023
- Chapter 21: 3 Peas in a Pod (The Secret History by Donna Tartt with Paige Haldeman)
- Chapter 9: 3 Peas in a Pod (The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell with Jo Hart)
- Inception movie (2010)
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Intro/Outro music: Summer Fling by L-Ray Music