Prodigious readers Kate De Goldi and Elizabeth Knox are in to share their favourite books.
We hear their top five books of all time; a selection of new titles, old obsessions, and their recommended must-read series.
Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors and an Arts Foundation Laureate. Elizabeth Knox is the author of thirteen novels including The Vintner’s Luck, and The Absolute Book.
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Kate De Goldi:
Top Five
I am homeless if this is not my home by Lorrie Moore
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Signs of Life by Amy Head
Dandelions by Thea Lenarduzzi
Time's Echo by Jeremy Eichler
Reserve List
Family Terrorists by Antonya Nelson
The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll by Jean Nathan
The Stirrings by Catherine Taylor
Absolution by Alice McDermott
The Enchanted Hour by Megan Cox Gurdon
Bonus podcast recommendation: Between the Covers
Elizabeth Knox:
Top Five
The Child of Time by Josephine Tey
Eve's Hollywood by Eve Babitz
Lioness by Emily Perkins
Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Wren The Wren by Anne Enright
Reserve list
Five Decembers by James Kestrel
Pet Catherine by Chidgey
Scholomance Trilogy by Naomi Novik
Audition by Pip Adam
Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer
