If you’re looking for a new book to curl up with over the festive period or to give as a Christmas gift, The Irish Times Women’s Podcast is here to help.
We’ve gathered our book clubbers Niamh Towey, Bernice Harrison, Róisín and Ann Ingle in studio to share their favourite reads of 2024.
Their recommendations include a comedy-crime novel, a “surprisingly good” western and a book for the people in our lives who are impossible to buy for. Whether it’s a gift for family, friends or even for yourself, we hope there’s something for everyone here.
The Women’s Podcast Best Reads of 2024:
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Ann Ingle
- What a Way to Go by Bella Mackie
- James by Percival Everett
- A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell
- The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
- The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
Niamh Towey
- Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
- Kala by Colin Walsh
- Whatever Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan
Bernice Harrison
- The Drowned by John Banville
- All Fours by Miranda July
- The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
Roisin Ingle
- Don’t Look Back in Ongar by Paul Howard
- Tell Me Everything by Liz Strout
- Knife by Salman Rushdie
- Time of The Child by Niall Williams
Also on the wish list:
- Our London Lives by Christine Dywer Hickey
- Heart Be at Peace By Donal Ryan
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