Book Talk, etc. Podcast 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by tbretc

International Reads
Read a book that's set outside of your home country. Listen to episode 74 of the Book Talk, etc. podcast for inspiration.
All books added
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson

400 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

The Family Upstairs

The Family Upstairs #1

Lisa Jewell

340 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious fast-paced
August Blue by Deborah Levy

August Blue

Deborah Levy

198 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

13 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood

The Marlow Murder Club

The Marlow Murder Club #1

Robert Thorogood

9 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

Strange Sally Diamond

Liz Nugent

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar

The Museum of Failures

Thrity Umrigar

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard

The Trap

Catherine Ryan Howard

263 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Solito by Javier Zamora

Solito

Javier Zamora

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional sad tense medium-paced