Episode 81: Audiobooks
The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast
Outro
The hosts close the episode, thank listeners, direct them to show notes and subscription options, and sign off.
Looking to fit even more books into your life? We think audiobooks are a great solution. This week we chat about reading in different formats and settings and hen and how we both read audiobooks. We also share some of our favorite audio experiences, books, and authors!
Summer Book Club
The book for the Mookse and the Gripes Summer Book Club 2024 has been chosen! It was pretty darn close!
The episode discussing The Story of Lucy Gault will be Episode 86, coming out on August 8.
Shownotes
Books
* The Children of Dynmouth, by William Trevor
* Fools of Fortune, by William Trevor
* Felicia’s Journey, by William Trevor
* The Story of Lucy Gault, by William Trevor
* The Rings of Saturn, by W.G. Sebald, translated by Michael Hulse
* Not a River, by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott
* The Wind that Lays Waste, by Selva Almada, translated by Chris Andrews
* Brickmasters, by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott
* It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over, by Anne de Marcken
* Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett
* Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
* Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett
* The Patron Saint of Liars, by Ann Patchett
* State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett
* A Handful of Dust, by Evelyn Waugh
* The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett
* Run, by Ann Patchett
* Taft, by Ann Patchett
* The Magician’s Assistant, by Ann Patchett
* Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath, by Heather Clark
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling
* The Trees, by Percival Everett
* A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan
* The Rings of Saturn, by W.G. Sebald, translated by Michael Hulse
* Ulysses, by James Joyce
* Wolf in White Van, by John Darnielle
* The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot
* Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders
* The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, by David Grann
* The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, by David Grann
* The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, by Erik Larson
* Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, by Erik Larson
* The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, by Elizabeth Kolbert
* The Dead Zone, by Stephen King
* Pet Sematary, by Stephen King
* The Shining, by Stephen King
* The Stand, by Stephen King
* Fairy Tale, by Stephen King
* You Like It Darker, by Stephen King
* Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson
* Jesus’ Son, by Denis Johnson
* Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson
* Lockwood & Co., by Jonathan Stroud
* The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
* The Round House, by Louise Erdrich
* Middlemarch, by George Eliot
* Fourth of July Creek, by Smith Henderson
* The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan
* The Stormlight Archive, by Brandon Sanderson
* Foster, by Claire Keegan
* Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
* Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
* Burial Rites, by Hannah Kent
* Day, by Michael Cunningham
* Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
* “My Purple-Scented Novel,” by Ian McEwan
* “Axis,” by Alice Munro
* George and Lizzie, by Nancy Pearl
Links
* The New Yorker Fiction Podcast
* Episode 1: Bucket List Books
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