<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;As 2024 comes to a close, we’re excited to celebrate with our best books of the year episode! We share our top 10 lists, and listen to voicemails about your favorite books of the year. See ya in 2025! &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Olivia&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9781668006504"&gt;Sharkheart by Emily Habeck&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593654767"&gt;Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780525540687"&gt;Long Bright River by Liz Moore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593418918"&gt;The God of the Woods by Liz Moore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780385550611"&gt;The Husbands by Holly Gramazio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593801307"&gt;Good Material by Dolly Alderton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780316573290"&gt;Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9781250289841"&gt;Piglet by Lottie Hazell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593723760"&gt;Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9781250899576"&gt;The Wedding People by Alison Espach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593535707"&gt;The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Becca Pt 1&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9781250899576"&gt;The Wedding People by Allison Espach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780063356580"&gt;Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593438213"&gt;One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593492918"&gt;First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780316353892"&gt;I'll Have What She's Having: How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy by Erin Carlson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9781683694014"&gt;Such A Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593138533"&gt;Stolen Focus by Johann Hari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593190265"&gt;All Fours by Miranda July&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780385550611"&gt;The Husbands by Holly Gramazio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780765387578"&gt;The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Listeners&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593489277"&gt;The Life Impossible by Matt Haig&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593598856"&gt;The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593499269"&gt;The Hundred Loves of Juliet by Evelyn Sky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780063337312"&gt;The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9781250289360"&gt;Bye Baby by Carola Lovering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593473917"&gt;Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9781668079270"&gt;Any Trope but You by Victoria Levine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9781250236807"&gt;Family Family by Laurie Frankel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780525564232"&gt;The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9781668017722"&gt;The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780812996302"&gt;The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9781538742570"&gt;The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780307279286"&gt;Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780316540629"&gt;The Naturals by Jennifer Lynne Barnes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593655757"&gt;I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNichol&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593474167"&gt;The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593595718"&gt;Ready or Not by Cara Bastone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9781959030331"&gt;How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Obsessions&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;B: &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3VSkBJB"&gt;Amazon Tissue Box Cover &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;O: &lt;a href= "https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/coin-flip/umc.cmc.2nmknji13kpwmbmt4ydxh95in"&gt; Shrinking S2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;January’s Book Club Pick - &lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/86846/9780593138533"&gt;Stolen Focus by Johann Hari&lt;/a&gt; (have thoughts about this book you want to share? 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Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter

Best Books of 2024

DEC 11, 202463 MIN
Bad On Paper

Best Books of 2024

DEC 11, 202463 MIN

Description

As 2024 comes to a close, we’re excited to celebrate with our best books of the year episode! We share our top 10 lists, and listen to voicemails about your favorite books of the year. See ya in 2025! 

 

Olivia

Sharkheart by Emily Habeck

Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra 

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker

Piglet by Lottie Hazell

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue 

 

Becca Pt 1

The Wedding People by Allison Espach

Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

I'll Have What She's Having: How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy by Erin Carlson

Such A Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter

Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

All Fours by Miranda July

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

 

Listeners

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

The Hundred Loves of Juliet by Evelyn Sky

The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

Bye Baby by Carola Lovering

Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell

Any Trope but You by Victoria Levine

Family Family by Laurie Frankel

The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl

The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynne Barnes

I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNichol

The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza

Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica

 

Obsessions

B: Amazon Tissue Box Cover 

O: Shrinking S2

 

January’s Book Club Pick - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

 

Sponsors

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This is Small Business - Listen to This is Small Business: Behind the Buy wherever you get your podcasts.

 

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