Anna and Annie discuss the 2025 Booker Prize Longlist.

We have many comfort reading recommendations! Here are some of the books discussed:

DEAD GIRL GONE by Gareth and Louise Ward

THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB series and WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman

IN SPITE OF YOU by Patrick Lenton

CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED by Jessica Stanley

THE WEDDING FORECAST by Nina Kenwood

FINE WEATHER, JEEVES by P. G. Wodehouse

DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL LADY by E. M. Delafield

LESS by Andrew Sean Greer

THE UNCOMMON READER by Alan Bennett

THE NEVERMOOR SERIES by Jessica Townsend

PIPPI LONGSTOCKING by Astrid Lindgren

FINN FAMILY MOOMINTROLL by Tove Jansson

THE SUMMER BOOK by Tove Jansson translated by Thomas Teal

RAINCLOWD PALACE by Phillipa Rice

TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout

TASTE – MY LIFE THROUGH FOOD by Stanley Tucci

Coming up: our Booker Longlist reading updates.

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Anna and Geoff discuss PERFECTION by Vincent Latronico translated by Sophie Hughes.

PERFECTION is a short novel about Tom and Anna, digital nomads living in Berlin. A re-telling of the cult classic 1960s novel The Things by Georges Perec, it examines a couple who have built a stylish life but find themselves disilusioned. Perfection was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker International Prize. Slight spoiler alert as we discuss the ending.

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Anna and Geoff discuss THE DIRECTOR by best-selling author of MEASURING THE WORLD and TYLL Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjamin.

THE DIRECTOR tells the story of cinema director G. W. Pabst, who in the 1930s fled Nazi Germany for Hollywood and then returned to make films for the German Reich. This novel explores Pabst’s moral dilemma and the place of art in a dictatorship. Described as ‘his best novel yet’ (The Guardian) and ‘nothing short of brilliant’ (Wall Street Journal), it mixes comedy, tragedy and horror in Kehlmann’s ironic style.

Coming up: PERFECTION by Vincnezo Latronico translated by Sophie Hughes.

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