Corene, Emma, Sadie, and Virginia share their top five books of 2024, and their honourable mentions. Political intrigue, burnout, dragons, mermaids, murder, bookstores, skateboarding, memoirs, assassins, mollusks, poetry... we have got them all.

Listeners, what are your favourite books of the year?

This is the episode where Corene and Virginia read books by translators who are also authors, but what is the real reason behind this episode's choice of topic, other than the fact that they both love and respect translators so, so much?

Books mentioned on this episode: Toward Eternity by Anton Hur and Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato.

Romancing another human being is clearly not satifisying enough so we're going to take to the next level today. Books mentioned in this episode:

• The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
• Immortal Cowboy by Alexis Morgan
• I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming
• Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard

Talking cats. Disappearing cats. Prescription cats. Non-existent cats? Today's episode contains all kinds of cats, and all kinds of opinions about cats. Books mentioned on this episode:

• If Cats Disappear From the World by Genki Kawamura, translated by Eric Selland
• We'll Prescribe You a by Syou Ishida, translated by E. Madison Shimoda
• What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Alison Watts,
• The Cat Who Caught a Killer by LT Shearer

Emma, Liz, and Virginia talk artificial intelligence and robots on this week's episode. Books mentioned: The Singularity by Dino Buzzati, translated by Anne Milano Appel, Carole and Tuesday by Morito Yamataka, and Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle.

Today's episode is all about books that give us the Fall vibes. As per usual, our three librarians have slightly different takes on the season. What kinds of books do you like to read during the Fall season? Books mentioned on this episode: The Dagger and the Flame by Catherine Doyle, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa, translated by Eric Ozawa, and The Avian Hourglass by Lindsey Drager.

Corene, Emma, Sadie, and Virginia are bringing you some CanCon today for the upcoming "I Read Canadian Day" (November 6, 2024). They also talk about the first Canadian books they remember reading. Books mentioned on this episode: Bad Medicine by Christopher Twin, All You Can Kill by Pasha Malla, The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan, and Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks.

It's the Emma and Corene show today. Find out what book they chose to read together. Warning: this episode contains some strong opinions, especially about cinnamon buns.