This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter (@shelfbyshelf) discuss their top five favorite books of 2022!
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Annie's Top Five:
The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
Hunter's Top Five:
The Crane Wife by CJ...
This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter (@shelfbyshelf) discuss their top five favorite books of 2022!
To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website:
Annie's Top Five:
The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
Hunter's Top Five:
The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
Trust by Hernan Diaz
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell
Other favorites:
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela
Paul by Daisy Lafarge
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh
Clean Air by Sarah Blake
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This week, Annie is reading Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston. Hunter is reading A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux.
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