If you’re looking for a last minute gift idea, you can never go wrong with a good book. So that’s why we’ve gathered our book clubbers, Niamh Towey, Bernice Harrison, Róisín and Ann Ingle in studio to share their favourite reads of 2023. Their recommendations include a collection of feminist essays, an unforgettable memoir and a best-selling novel on time travel. Whether it's a gift for family, friends or even for yourself, we hope there's something for everyone here.

Here's the list of books mentioned in this episode:

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Before the Coffee gets Cold by Toshikaz Kawaguch

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

Past Lying by Val McDermid

An Eye on Ireland: A Journey Through Social Change by Justine McCarthy

Poor by Katriona O’Sullivan

So Late in the Day, Foster and Small Things Like These, all three by Claire Keegan.

All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

Dear Gay by Suzy Byrne

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger

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