Curious Readers
Episodes
Ep 25: Top 10 Books of 2025 (& Our Biggest Disappointments)
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Amanda and Joseph for an end-of-year bibliofest as they talk about their top 10 books of the year, plus they dish the dirt on the titles that sad...
Ep 24: Graphic Novels That Break The Mould
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Amanda and Joseph as they get graphic – about the best graphic novels they’ve read and the ones they are keen to add to their TBRs. Along the...
Ep 23: Heart The Lover by Lily King (Deep Dive)
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Amanda and Joseph for another deep dive, this time into Heart the Lover, Lily King’s tale of first loves and lost opportunities. Plus, as alway...
Ep 22: Booker Prize Shortlist - Hot Takes, Out-Takes & Mistakes
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Amanda and Joseph on this week’s episode as they discuss the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist and talk in depth about what worked and what didn’t ...
Ep 21: Reading for Spooky Season
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Creeps, chills, and carefully crafted dread - join Joseph and Amanda for this week’s episode as they recommend a stack of mood-heavy reads for spook...
Ep 20: Banned Books & Literary Censorship
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for Banned Books Week (5-11 October), Joseph and Amanda talk about literary censorship and recommend the samizdat titles they think are w...
Ep 19: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid & National Book Awards Longlists
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode Joseph and Amanda launch into Atmosphere with an in-depth discussion of the queer-coded astronaut love story by Taylor Jenkins R...
Ep 18: Starting Out In Speculative Fiction & Sci-Fi
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode Joseph and Amanda step into the world of sci-fi and speculative fiction and chart a course through some of their favourite ficti...
Ep 17: How To DNF Like A Pro
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, we respond to our listeners with all our deepest, darkest DNF secrets: why we do it, when we do it, and how we feel when it ...
Ep 16: Books About Art & the Booker Prize Longlist
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s bumper episode we cover the Booker Prize longlist before exploring some of our favourite fiction and non-fiction about art. We ask wh...
Ep 15: The Women by Kristin Hannah (Deep Dive)
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Book NewsThe Hugo AwardsGalle Literary Festival, 22-25 January 2026Edinburgh International Book Festival, 9-24 August 2025 Current readsFree Play...
Ep 14: Memoirs We Can't Stop Recommending
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this week as we delve into our favourite memoirs and recommend some bizarre stories of fame, feuds, cults, and figure skating. Of course, we a...
Ep 13: Queer Lit Picks for Pride (& All Year Round)
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who says queer lit is just for June? In our latest episode we talk about some queer titles and authors that we'd recommend reading all year round. Plu...
Ep 12: Sun, Sea and Page-Turners - Our Best Beach Reads
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is about the perennial conundrum that faces every reader at this time of year - what to read at the beach? We talk about which g...
Ep 11: Audition by Katie Kitamura (Deep Dive) & more prize winners
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is one of deep dives, this time into Audition by Katie Kitamura, an ambiguous and destablising read that packs a lot into very f...
Ep 10: Korean Reads We Recommend
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is all about our favourite reads by Korean and Korean-American authors, including books about sulky giant octopuses, sinkhole to...
Ep 9: Big Book Fear
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a BIG one. Or at least, one in which we talk about big things, namely big books and why – or why not – we find them intim...
Ep 8: Short Contemporary Classics
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a brief encounter with short contemporary classics and the lilliputian tomes under 200 pages we recommend if you’re looking...
Ep 7: Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte (Deep Dive) & April releases
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode we dive deep into Rejection – not the emotion – the novel in stories by Tony Tulathimutte. We also discuss things we’ve...
Ep 6: Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist 2025 - predictions, omissions & hot(ish) takes
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode we catch up on what we’ve been reading, share our thoughts on the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, and talk about some...
Ep 5: Our Favourite New York/London Novels
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join either side of the Atlantic as we dive into our favourite London/New York novels. It’s an episode full of stiff upper lips, demonic possessions...
Ep 4: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Deep Dive) & March releases
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we deep dive into Liz Moore’s viral woodland thriller The God of the Woods - and we have opinions. We also talk about the new releases we...
Ep 3: Reading As an Act of Resistance
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we have a chat about why reading is an act of resistance and delve into the books we turn to during a crisis–whether climactic, sociologi...
Ep 2: Our Backlist Picks for 2025
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Ep 1: Our First Episode
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for our very first episode in which we quiz each other on how we read, talk all things holiday reading and deliver some great recommendations ...
Trailer
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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