Ep 2: Our Backlist Picks for 2025

This week we learn more about each other and get into the books on our backlist, including our recommendations for non-fiction and fiction reads. We also take a look at the longlist of the Dublin Literary Award and talk about surprises, omissions and favourites that you might want to add to your own TBR.Recent readsNothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Histories by Diarmuid Hester Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKennaFrom the backlist/longlist Hold Still: A Memoir by Sally Mann The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland AllenKing by Jonathan EigWhen the Clock Broke by John GanzThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz SafonThe Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroMaud Martha by Gwendolyn BrooksDucks by Kate BeatonBoy Parts by Eliza ClarkAudition by Pip AdamTerrace Story by Hilary LeichterStone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’ConnorWild Houses by Colin BarrettFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodes  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.