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Best Books of 2023

December 18, 2023 • Jennifer Caloyeras

Today, on episode #115, my father and screenwriter Ron Clark and I talk movies and I recommend my favorite reads from 2024.

Books recommended:

Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Death Valley by Melissa Brodeur

Guest Author Recommendations by Betsy Marro, author of Casualties.
Betsy recommends Make It Stop by Jim Ruland

Other Books Discussed:

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Find Betsy oon her Substack, Spark.
Link to Elizabeth Marro's book, Casualties.
Visit me on Substack.
Find me on Instagram.

Movies Discussed:
The Holdovers
Oppenheimer
Flowers of the Killer Moon
Monster

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