It has been another fantastic year for books: Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You, Megan Nolan’s Acts of Desperation, Catherine Ryan Howard’s 56 Days, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout, Louise Nealon’s Snowflake, Fíona Scarlett’s Boys Don’t Cry, the list goes on and on. In this episode Róisín is joined by our book clubbers Niamh Towey, Ann Ingle and Bernice Harrison to share their favourite reads of the year (some old, some new) and the books they’ll be gifting this Christmas. Books mentioned:56 Days - Catherine Ryan HowardActs of Desperation - Megan NolanApples Never Fall - Liane MoriartyAre You Somebody - Nuala O’FaolainBright Burning Things - Lisa HardingComrades - Rosita BolandDaisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins ReidDid Ye Hear Mammy Died? - Seamus O’ReillyEmpire of Pain - Patrick Radden KeefeHow to Kill Your Family - Bella Mackie Iron Annie - Luke CassidyMagpie - Elizabeth DayNell - Nell McCaffertyNora - Nuala O’ConnorOh William! - Elizabeth StroutOpenhearted - Ann IngleThe End of the World is a Culture de Sac - Louise KennedyThe Opposite of Butterfly Hunting - Evanna LynchReal Estate - Deborah LevySlug - Hollie McNishSmall Things Like These, Claire KeeganSnowflake - Louise NealonState of Terror - Hillary Clinton and Louise PennyWe Don’t Know Ourselves - Fintan O’Toole Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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