In this episode: Kate and Laura are catching up on their pre-Booker season reading.

Did You Are Here by David Nicholls make Laura want to lace up her walking boots? How did Kate get on with A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm, a page-turning account that explores a side of the city that tourists never see. We're also reporting back on book club reads Mouthing by Orla Mackey and The Pretender by Jo Harkin. Mix in the enjoyment of Curtis Sittenfeld's latest collection of short stories, and the all-too relevant classic Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and that's our Autumn bookshelf.

Books mentioned

You Are Here and One Day by David Nicholls

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Your Life and Other Stories and Exhalations by Ted Chiang

The Left-Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Mouthing by Orla Mackey

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Every One Still Here by Liadan ní Chuinn

The Pretender by Jo Harkin

The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller

Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovitz

You Don't Have To Live Like This by Benjamin Markovitz

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Autumn bookshelf, with Kate & Laura • Episode #180

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