{"id":17244,"date":"2024-12-22T19:44:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T00:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?page_id=17244"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:16:07","slug":"the-guest-list-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2024","title":{"rendered":"The Guest List 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We asked the past year&#8217;s podcast-guests for the favorite books they read in 2024 and the books they <em>hope<\/em> to read in 2025 for our special year-end <strong><em>Guest List<\/em><\/strong> episode! Twenty-two guests participated, <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_618_-_The_Guest_List_2024.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">so listen to the show<\/a> to hear about the books they loved this year, and use this page to check out all the books, as well as their past episodes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2197.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-618-the-guest-list-2024\/img_2197\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2197.jpeg?fit=1280%2C622&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,622\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1734885207&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.86&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2197\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2197.jpeg?fit=440%2C214&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2197.jpeg?fit=525%2C255&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17240\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2197.jpeg?resize=525%2C255\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2197.jpeg?resize=620%2C301&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2197.jpeg?resize=440%2C214&amp;ssl=1 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2197.jpeg?resize=768%2C373&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2197.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2197.jpeg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo of my 2024 books (not incl. comics &amp; some e-books) by me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ueHb4-NiaW4?si=oDQ1kM2CHWlD63Fl\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-618-the-guest-list-2024\/id531173075?i=1000681345616\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/4vSf6qxDDF3822jgZEDtOG?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Guests<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-612-roland-allen\" target=\"blank\">Roland Allen<\/a> &#8211; 10:50<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780307279286\" target=\"blank\">Say Nothing<\/a> &#8211; Patrick Radden Keefe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Roland&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780520400658\" target=\"blank\">The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II<\/a> &#8211; Fernand Braudel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-597-shalom-auslander\" target=\"blank\">Shalom Auslander<\/a> &#8211; 30:05<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780262049207\" target=\"blank\">Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World&#8217;s Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation<\/a> &#8211; Greg Epstein<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780674271098\" target=\"blank\">The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity<\/a> &#8211; Eugene McCarraher<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780691210230\" target=\"blank\">Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America&#8217;s Founders<\/a> &#8211; Dennis C. Rasmussen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-595-laura-beers\" target=\"blank\">Laura Beers<\/a> &#8211; 6:05<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781668045145\" target=\"blank\">The Ministry of Time<\/a> &#8211; Kailene Bradley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780063251984\" target=\"blank\">Demon Copperhead<\/a> &#8211; Barbara Kingsolver<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780812976533\" target=\"blank\">Midnight\u2019s Children<\/a> &#8211; Salman Rushdie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-608-sven-birkerts\" target=\"blank\">Sven Birkerts<\/a> &#8211; 24:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780811216982\" target=\"blank\">Bartleby &amp; Co,<\/a> &#8211; Enrique Vila-Matas<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781566897198\" target=\"blank\">Lesser Ruins<\/a> &#8211; Mark Haber<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781529421774\" target=\"blank\">All Souls&#8217; Day<\/a> &#8211; Cees Nooteboom<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780811217279\" target=\"blank\">Fever and Spear<\/a> &#8211; Javier Marias<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-599-mirana-comstock\" target=\"blank\">Mirana Comstock<\/a> &#8211; 32:35<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781438497235\" target=\"blank\">The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years with the Legends Who Lunch<\/a> &#8211; Konrad Bercovici<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-583-leela-corman\" target=\"blank\">Leela Corman<\/a> &#8211; 19:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780385548656\" target=\"blank\">Sonic Life<\/a> &#8211; Thurston Moore<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374109288\" target=\"blank\">Beautyland<\/a> &#8211; Marie-Helene Bertino<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781683969273\" target=\"blank\">My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book 2<\/a> &#8211; Emil Ferris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Leela&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780307275929\" target=\"blank\">No Name In The Street<\/a> &#8211; James Baldwin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781668000205\" target=\"blank\">The Thick And The Lean<\/a> &#8211; Chana Porter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/2033807.No_Wave\" target=\"blank\">No Wave<\/a> &#8211; Marc Masters<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/No-Wave-Post-Punk-Underground-1976-1980\/dp\/0810995433\" target=\"blank\">No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980.<\/a> &#8211; Thurston Moore\/Byron Coley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781501387500\" target=\"blank\">Einst\u00fcrzende Neubauten&#8217;s Kollaps<\/a> &#8211; Melle Jan Kromhout and Jan Nieuwenhuis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780805243550\" target=\"blank\">The Diaries of Franz Kafka<\/a> &#8211; Franz Kafka (tr. Ross Benjamin)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781632921857\" target=\"blank\">Collected Stories<\/a> &#8211; Isaac Bashevis Singer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-603-nicholas-delbanco\" target=\"blank\">Nicholas Delbanco<\/a> &#8211; 17:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374600303\" target=\"blank\">The Bee Sting<\/a> &#8211; Paul Murray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nicholas&#8217; 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780679767879\" target=\"blank\">The Man Without Qualities<\/a> &#8211; Robert Musil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-604-benjamin-dreyer\" target=\"blank\">Benjamin Dreyer<\/a> &#8211; 28:50<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My hefty stack of old DC comic books from the early-mid 1960s, revisiting the adventures of, mostly, Superman (and Superboy), Lois Lane, Lana Lang, and the Legion of Super-Heroes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Benjamin&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780307948472\" target=\"blank\">Interior Chinatown<\/a> &#8211; Charles Yu<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_White_Hotel\" target=\"blank\">The White Hotel<\/a> &#8211; DM Thomas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-611-eric-drooker\" target=\"blank\">Eric Drooker<\/a> &#8211; 26:05<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781683968825\" target=\"blank\">Monica<\/a> &#8211; Daniel Clowes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780394720241\" target=\"blank\">The Power Broker<\/a> &#8211; Robert Caro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Eric&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780394740676\" target=\"blank\">Orientalism<\/a> &#8211; Edward Said<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9798875000904\" target=\"blank\">War on Gaza<\/a> &#8211; Joe Sacco<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-588-randy-fertel\" target=\"blank\">Randy Fertel<\/a> &#8211; 31:55<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781324095101\" target=\"blank\">The Brothers Karamazov<\/a> &#8211; Fyodor Dostoevsky<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593190265\" target=\"blank\">All Fours<\/a> &#8211; Miranda July<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Randy&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780375702242\" target=\"blank\">The Idiot<\/a> &#8211; Fyodor Dostoevsky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-572-sammy-harkham\" target=\"blank\">Sammy Harkham<\/a> &#8211; 2:25<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780345803702\" target=\"blank\">My Last Sigh<\/a> &#8211; Luis Bu\u00f1uel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781598535136\" target=\"blank\">Complete works of Jane Bowles<\/a> &#8211; Jane Bowles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780679767923\" target=\"blank\">Independent People<\/a> &#8211; Haldor Laxness<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374208196\" target=\"blank\">The Men&#8217;s Club<\/a> &#8211; Leonard Michaels<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780872860025\" target=\"blank\">A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard<\/a> &#8211; Paul Bowles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781954525344\" target=\"blank\">West With the Night<\/a> &#8211; Beryl Markham<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781683963554\" target=\"blank\">Hate #1-#30<\/a> &#8211; Peter Bagge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Sammy&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781590174463\" target=\"blank\">Reveille in Washington: 1860-1865<\/a> &#8211; Margaret Leech<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781472518385\" target=\"blank\">Hamlet<\/a> &#8211; Shakespeare<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781590174524\" target=\"blank\">The Judges of the Secret Court: A Novel about John Wilkes Booth<\/a> &#8211; David Stacton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781590176238\" target=\"blank\">Frederick the Great<\/a> &#8211; Nancy Mitford<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780811232227\" target=\"blank\">The Obscene Bird of Night<\/a> &#8211; Jos\u00e9 Donoso<\/li>\n<li>various western paperbacks, a handful of artist biographies recommended by Dash Shaw, another of the Oxford History of America volumes, + &#8220;dip in with the regulars I read multiple books of every year: Charles Willeford, Jack Vance, Charles Portis, and Jonathan Ames.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-613-frances-jetter\" target=\"blank\">Frances Jetter<\/a> &#8211; 27:50<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantagraphics.com\/products\/stranger-than-life\" target=\"blank\">Stranger Than Life: Cartoons and Comics 1970-2013<\/a> &#8211; MK Brown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-616-ken-krimstein\" target=\"blank\">Ken Krimstein<\/a> &#8211; 13:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780199554942\" target=\"blank\">The Sea Wolf<\/a> &#8211; Jack London<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/22847950-the-bat-king\" target=\"blank\">The Bat King<\/a> &#8211; James Hilton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781556525773\" target=\"blank\">Flicker<\/a> &#8211; Theodore Roszak<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781941250600\" target=\"blank\">Evil Eyes Sea<\/a> &#8211; Ozge Samanci<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781324092827\" target=\"blank\">The Werewolf At Dusk and Other Stories<\/a> &#8211; David Small<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blueberry-Four-Ghost-Tribe-Moebius\/dp\/0871355809\" target=\"blank\">Blueberry Vol. 4<\/a> &#8211; Moebius<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blueberry-5-End-Trail\/dp\/0871355817\" target=\"blank\">Blueberry Vol. 5<\/a> &#8211; Moebius<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781524884949\" target=\"blank\">The Mysteries<\/a> &#8211; Bill Watterson and John Kascht<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ken&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780385550369\" target=\"blank\">James<\/a> &#8211; Percival Everett<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780375714511\" target=\"blank\">Japanese Tales<\/a> &#8211; Royall Tyler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781400079988\" target=\"blank\">War &amp; Peace<\/a> &#8211; Tolstoy (tr. Pevear &amp; Volokhonsky)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-590-jim-moske\" target=\"blank\">Jim Moske<\/a> &#8211; 24:50<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781771963077\" target=\"blank\">Ducks, Newburyport<\/a> &#8211; Lucy Ellmann<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jim&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781945492754\" target=\"blank\">Septology<\/a> &#8211; Jon Fosse<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374522872\" target=\"blank\">Coming Into the Country<\/a> &#8211; John McPhee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-594-robert-pranzatelli\" target=\"blank\">Robert Pranzatelli<\/a> &#8211; 7:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780300278194\" target=\"blank\">Ballerina<\/a> &#8211; Patrick Modiano<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781506713434\" target=\"blank\">Doctor Moebius and Mister Gir<\/a> &#8211; Numa Sadoul<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781400096916\" target=\"blank\">&#8220;The Thanksgiving Visitor&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; Truman Capote<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Robert&#8217;s centenary Capote essay is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loa.org\/news-and-views\/truman-capote-at-100-a-chameleon-poet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-601-jess-ruliffson\" target=\"blank\">Jess Ruliffson<\/a> &#8211; 22:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681373874\" target=\"blank\">The Corner that Held Them<\/a> &#8211; Sylvia Townsend Warner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781593765828\" target=\"blank\">Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury<\/a> &#8211; Sigrid Nunez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jess&#8217; 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780441172719\" target=\"blank\">Dune<\/a> &#8211; Frank Herbert<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780441478125\" target=\"blank\">The Left Hand of Darkness<\/a> &#8211; Ursula K. LeGuin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780802163707\" target=\"blank\">Shred Sisters<\/a> &#8211; Betsy Lerner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-606-dmitry-samarov\" target=\"blank\">Dmitry Samarov<\/a> &#8211; 4:05<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781567928280\" target=\"blank\">Life &#8211; A User&#8217;s Manual<\/a> &#8211; George Perec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dmitry&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780142437247\" target=\"blank\">Moby Dick<\/a> &#8211; Herman Melville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-602-dash-shaw\" target=\"blank\">Dash Shaw<\/a> &#8211; 9:40<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780811226936\" target=\"blank\">Book of Disquiet<\/a> &#8211; Fernando Pessoa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dash&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781770467804\" target=\"blank\">He Rolled Me Up Like a Grilled Squid<\/a> &#8211; Yoshiharu Tsuge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-580-david-small\" target=\"blank\">David Small<\/a> &#8211; 12:25<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\thttps:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780684852225\t\" target=\"blank\"> Close Range: Wyoming Stories <\/a> &#8211; Annie Proulx<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-617-benjamin-swett\" target=\"blank\">Benjamin Swett<\/a> &#8211; 35:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781400095209\" target=\"blank\">Half of a Yellow Sun<\/a> &#8211; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780375724374\" target=\"blank\">Anil\u2019s Ghost<\/a> &#8211; Michael Ondaatje<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Benjamin&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781774640449\" target=\"blank\">The Magic Mountain<\/a> &#8211; Thomas Mann<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-596-maurice-vellekoop\" target=\"blank\">Maurice Vellekoop<\/a> &#8211; 34:35<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374611491\" target=\"blank\">Followed By The Lark<\/a> &#8211; Helen Humphreys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Maurice&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781328515759\" target=\"blank\">Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner<\/a> &#8211; Natalie Dykstra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-587-dw-young\" target=\"blank\">DW Young<\/a> &#8211; 18:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781451651683\" target=\"blank\">The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich<\/a> &#8211; William L. Shirer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tours_of_the_Black_Clock\" target=\"blank\">Tours of the Black Clock<\/a> &#8211; Steve Erickson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Gil Roth &#8211; 36:45<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780300273533\" target=\"blank\">Facing Down The Furies: Suicide, The Ancient Greeks, and Me<\/a> &#8211; Edith Hall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780735213265\" target=\"blank\">FEH: A Memoir<\/a> &#8211; Shalom Auslander<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781683968702\" target=\"blank\">A Doorway to Joe: The Art of Joe Coleman<\/a> &#8211; Joe Coleman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681378244\" target=\"blank\">Mysticism<\/a> &#8211; Simon Critchley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593297582\" target=\"blank\">The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing<\/a> &#8211; Adam Moss<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781643263366\" target=\"blank\">A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places<\/a> &#8211; Christopher Brown<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781771966283\" target=\"blank\">The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper<\/a> &#8211; Roland Allen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681378633\" target=\"blank\">The Picture Not Taken: On Life And Photography<\/a> &#8211; Benjamin Swett<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780307908735\" target=\"blank\">I&#8217;m So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir<\/a> &#8211; Maurice Vellekoop<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stonechurchpress.com\/product\/aint-it-fun-peter-laughner-aaron-lange\/\" target=\"blank\">Ain&#8217;t It Fun: Peter Laughner &amp; Proto-Punk In The Secret City<\/a> &#8211; Aaron Lange<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780805243444\" target=\"blank\">Victory Parade<\/a> &#8211; Leela Corman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781683969167\" target=\"blank\">Stan Mack&#8217;s Real Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995<\/a> &#8211; Stan Mack<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780062698261\" target=\"blank\">Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring<\/a> &#8211; Brad Gooch<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374534141\" target=\"blank\">My Struggle<\/a> &#8211; Karl Ove Knausgaard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780674018242\" target=\"blank\">The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading Edition<\/a> &#8211; Emily Dickinson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593243954\" target=\"blank\">In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss<\/a> &#8211; Amy Bloom<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781324005568\" target=\"blank\">One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival<\/a> &#8211; Donald Antrim<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781613743416\" target=\"blank\">Roadside Picnic<\/a> &#8211; Arkady and Boris Strugatsky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Gil&#8217;s 2025 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780143105510\" target=\"blank\">The Snow Leopard<\/a> &#8211; Peter Matthiessen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374616595\" target=\"blank\">Absolution<\/a> &#8211; Jeff VanderMeer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593730249\" target=\"blank\">Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder<\/a> &#8211; Salman Rushdie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780679767879\" target=\"blank\">The Man Without Qualities<\/a> &#8211; Robert Musil<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681375557\" target=\"blank\">Anniversaries<\/a> &#8211; Uwe Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked the past year&#8217;s podcast-guests for the favorite books they read in 2024 and the books they hope to read in 2025 for our special year-end Guest List episode! Twenty-two guests participated, so listen to the show to hear about the books they loved this year, and use this page to check out all &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2024\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Guest List 2024&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17240,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17244","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4C7K-4u8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14917,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list","url_meta":{"origin":17244,"position":0},"title":"The Guest List","author":"Gil","date":"December 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"At the end of each year, I ask that year's podcast-guests to answer two questions: What was the favorite book you read this year? 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