2024 mid-year review

An overview of the books of the year so far, what’s coming up for the rest of the year, and the 'to be read' book pile of regret as Kate and Cassie confess all with bookseller Jon Page and literary interviewer and editor of The Monthly Michael Williams. BOOKS MENTIONED BY CASSIE Percival Everett, James Ceridwen Dovey, Only the Astronauts Iain Ryan, The Strip Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time Francis Spufford, Cahokia Jazz Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything Robbie Arnott, works Tim Winton, Juice BOOKS MENTIONED BY JON PAGE Sarah J. Maas, Court of Thorns series Rebecca Yarros, The Empyrean series Téa Obreht, The Morningside Murray Middleton, No Church in the Wild Garry Disher, works Jane Harper, The Dry Chris Hammer, works Christian White, works Hayley Scrivenor, works Michael Robotham, works Peter Temple, works Barbara Kingsolver, works Haruki Murakami, works Nagi, Recipe Tin Eats cookbooks Jock Serong, Cherrywood Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything Tim Winton, Juice Cormac McCarthy, The Road Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time BOOKS MENTIONED BY KATE Francis Spufford, Cahokia Jazz Rodney Hall, Vortex Dylin Hardcastle, A Language of Limbs Fiona McFarlane, Highway 13 Catherine McKinnon, To Sing of War Andrew O'Hagan, Caledonian Road Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium Louise Erdrich, The Mighty Red James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store BOOKS MENTIONED BY MICHAEL WILLIAMS Melissa Lucashenko, Edenglassie Tony Birch, Women and Children Kate Grenville, Dolly Maunder Jonathan Lethem, Brooklyn Crime Novel Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers Nam Le, 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem Richard Osman, We Solve Murders series Sally Rooney, Intermezzo Helen Garner, The Season Melanie Cheng, The Burrow An overview of the books of the year so far, what’s coming up for the rest of the year, and the 'to be read' book pile of regret as Kate and Cassie confess all with bookseller Jon Page and literary interviewer and editor of The Monthly Michael Williams. BOOKS MENTIONED BY CASSIE Percival Everett, James Ceridwen Dovey, Only the Astronauts Iain Ryan, The Strip Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time Francis Spufford, Cahokia Jazz Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything Robbie Arnott, Dusk Tim Winton, Juice BOOKS MENTIONED BY JON PAGE Sarah J. Maas, Court of Thorns series Rebecca Yarros, The Empyrean series Jonathan Lethem, Brooklyn Crime Novel Téa Obreht, The Morningside Murray Middleton, No Church in the Wild Garry Disher, works Jane Harper, The Dry Chris Hammer, works Christian White, works Hayley Scrivenor, works Michael Robotham, works Peter Temple, works Barbara Kingsolver, works Haruki Murakami, works Nagi Maehashi, Recipe Tin Eats series Jock Serong, Cherrywood Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything Tim Winton, Juice Cormac McCarthy, The Road Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time BOOKS MENTIONED BY KATE Francis Spufford, Cahokia Jazz Dylin Hardcastle, A Language of Limbs Fiona McFarlane, Highway 13 Catherine McKinnon, To Sing of War Andrew O'Hagan, Caledonian Road Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium Louise Erdrich, The Mighty Red James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store BOOKS MENTIONED BY MICHAEL WILLIAMS Melissa Lucashenko, Edenglassie Tony Birch, Women and Children Kate Grenville, Restless Dolly Maunder Jonathan Lethem, Brooklyn Crime Novel Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers Nam Le, 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem Richard Osman, We Solve Murders series Sally Rooney, Intermezzo Helen Garner, The Season Melanie Cheng, The Burrow CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans + Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans + Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Beth Stewart + Emrys Cronin Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown