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Beyond the Shelves: A Podcast from the Des Moines Public Library

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Jes and Sarah are discussing the best of 2024 in the last Beyond the Shelves episode of the year! They go through some of books mentioned on several best of lists, and then give their own top 3 books of the year.

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What they're reading
- The Vegetarian, by Han Kang
- Make the Season Bright, by Ashley Herring Blake
- Clean, by Alia Trabucco Zerán
- A Fire Endless, by Rebecca Ross
- The Love of My Afterlife, by Kristy Greenwood
On the Best Of Lists and other mentioned books
- James, by Percival Everett
- All Fours, by Miranda July
- Martyr!, By Kaveh Akbar
- Creation Lake, by Rachel Kushner
- Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney
- Colored Television, by Danzy Senna
- Shred Sisters, by Betsy Lerner
- The Husbands, by Holly Gramazio
- The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore
- Margo's Got Money Troubles, by Rupi Kaur
- The Ministry of Time, by Kaline Bradley
- The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo
- Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV, by Emily Nussbaum
- Grief is for People, by Sloane Crosley
- Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling, by Jason De León
- There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, by Hanif Abdurraqib
- The Women, by Kristin Hannah
- Funny Story, by Emily Henry
Jes' Top 10
- Beautyland, by Helene Marie Bertino
- The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore
- Headshot, by Rita Bullwinkl
- Bury Your Gays, by Chuck Tingle
- Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, by Kathleen Hanna
- Rainbow Black, by Maggie Thrash
- In Universes, by Emet North
- The Bog Wife, by Kay Chronister
- There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, by Hanif Abdurraqib
- Perfume and Pain, by Anna Dorn
Sarah's Top 10
- Pandora's Jar, by Natalie Haynes
- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, by Sangu Mandanna
- You Should Be So Lucky, by Cat Sebastian
- Where the Lost Wander, by Amy Harmon
- A River Enchanted, by Rebecca Ross
- The City of Brass, by S.A. Chakraborty
- Barons, by Austin Frerick
- This is How You Lose the Time War, by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar
- Check and Mate, by Ali Hazelwood
- The Book That Wouldn't Burn, by Mark Lawrence

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