Favourite Reads of 2023

This episode we're discussing our Favourite Reads of 2023! We talk about our favourite fiction and non-fiction books we read this year! Plus: Our favourite comics, video games, documentaries, podcasts, and more! You can download the podcast directly , find it on Libsyn , or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Favourite Fiction For the podcast Anna The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao ( Episode 172 - Domestic Thrillers ) Jam Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones ( Episode 184 - Horror ) Matthew Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus, vol. 3 by Eiji Otsuka and by Housui Yamazaki ( Episode 184 - Horror ) The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023 edited by Lisa Unger and Steph Cha ( Episode 186 - Suspense Fiction ) Meghan The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw ( Episode 176 - Fantasy ) Not for the podcast Jam Heaven's Design Team by Hebi-Zou, Tsuta Suzuki, & Tarako Naked mole rats do not die of old age Owls' ears are at asymmetrical heights Tarsiers have two tongues Accidental Elephant (YouTube) Matthew Ammonite by Nicola Griffith Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (Wikipedia) Meghan What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher Anna Daisy and the Duke by Elizabeth Cole (The Wallflowers of Wildwood) Favourite Non-Fiction For the podcast Matthew Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara ( Episode 174 - Economics ) Meghan Goldenrod: Poems by Maggie Smith ( Episode 182 - Lyric Poetry ) Anna They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers by Sarah Scoles ( Episode 178 - Aliens, Extraterrestrials, and UFOs ) Jam Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson ( Episode 170 - Gender Theory & Gender Studies ) Not for the podcast Meghan Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser Anna Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic – and what we can do about it by Jennifer Breheny Wallace Jam The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption by Shannon Gibney (also discussed in Episode 181 ) Matthew Thirty-One Nil: On the Road With Football's Outsiders: A World Cup Odyssey by James Montague Other Favourite Things of 2023 Anna If Books Could Kill The Meme Stock Cult (patron episode) & two parter on Nudge Folding Ideas - This is Financial Advice (YouTube) Two Point Hospital / Campus Oxygen Not Included Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art Jam Nimona (film) Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki Matthew Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Nier: Automata (Wikipedia) Meghan Ten Candles Le Plonguer - Stéphane Larue Runner-Ups Jam Games The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Wikipedia) Baldur's Gate 3 (Wikipedia) Redactle Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore ( Episode 176 - Fantasy ) Boy Island by Leo Fox (comic released via 133 installments on Instagram; link is installment #1) Changing my name (legal procedure) Best Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe (cookies) Moon (celestial body) Matthew Comics Box of Light, vol. 1 by Seiko Erisawa Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition, vol. 1 by Nagabe Incredible Doom, vol. 1 by Matthew Bogart and Jesse Holden Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni Steeple, vols. 1-3 by John Allison, Sarah Stern, and Jim Campbell Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? by Matt Fraction and Steve Leiber Books Boss Fight: Jagged Alliance 2 by Darius Kazemi Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams by Alfred Lubrano Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Dr. Kit Heyam The Caped Crusader: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge Games Hitman: World o

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