Episode 509 || Best Books of the Year with Hunter Mclendon
This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter (@shelfbyshelf) discuss their top 10 favorite books of 2024. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search “Episode 509”) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Annie's Midyear Favorites: 1. James by Percival Everett2. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar3. Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner4. Even After Everything by Stephanie Duncan Smith5. Real Americans by Rachel Khong6. Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo7. Sandwich by Catherine Newman8. Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel9. Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan10. Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley Hunter's Midyear Favorites: 1. James by Percival Everett2. All Fours by Miranda July3. We Were The Universe by Kimberly King Parsons4. In Tongues by Thomas Grattan5. Colored Television by Danzy Senna6. State of Paradise by Laura Van der Berg7. Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel8. Ways and Means by Daniel Lefferts9. Henry Henry by Allen Bratton 10. Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg Annie's Favorite Books of 2024 1. James by Percival Everett2. Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout3. Even After Everything by Stephanie Duncan Smith4. The Barn by Wright Thompson5. The Wedding People by Alison Espach6. Clear by Carys Davies7. Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel8. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar9. Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe10. Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley Hunter's Favorite Books of 2024 1. James by Percival Everett2. All Fours by Miranda July3. We Were The Universe by Kimberly King Parsons4. Small Rain by Garth Greenwell5. Colored Television by Danzy Senna6. Rejection by Tommy Tulathimutte7. Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez8. Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel9. In Tongues by Thomas Grattan 10. Orbital by Samantha Harvey / Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com. A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. This week, Annie is reading Playworld by Adam Ross. Hunter is reading The Antidote by Karen Russell. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Jennifer Bannerton, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Susan Hulings, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, and Amanda Whigham.
