The Book Club: Christmas gift recommendations

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 The Women’s Podcast 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 about time travel. Whether it’s a gift for family, friends or even for yourself, we hope there’s something for everyone here.

• 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: Letters to the Gay Byrne Show by Suzy Byrne
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
• Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger
• For a full description of each book, listen back to this episode in the player above or wherever you get your podcasts.