Podcast Episode 186: The Best Backlist Books We Read in 2024 with Catherine (@GilmoreGuide)

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In Episode 186, Catherine (@GilmoreGuide) and Sarah share the best backlist books they read in 2024. They discuss their top 5 backlist books from last year, highlight some underrated backlist gems, and review their backlist reading statistics. Devoting an entire episode to backlist reading is now an annual tradition at Sarah’s Bookshelves Live — a team and listener favorite! 

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Announcement

  • 2024’s Best of the Backlist Guide is available now! 25 of the Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Patrons share the best backlist book they read last year in a beautiful PDF guide. To get the guide, you can sign up to be a Superstars patron here. You’ll also get access to a 3 bonus podcast episodes per month and my Rock Your Reading Tracker and our all-new Lite Reading Tracker.

Highlights

  • Sarah and Catherine share their full stats for backlist reading in 2024.
  • Backlist reading quantity was down a bit again last year for Sarah, but backlist reading quality increased.
  • Catherine had a slight decrease in the number of backlist books she read, but backlist reading remained incredibly successful for her.
  • Sarah’s backlist reading included several atypical choices for her, maybe shaping how she approaches 2025.

Our Top 5 Backlist Books We Read in 2024 [6:27]

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Other Books Mentioned

Underrated Backlist Gems [38:56]

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Other Books Mentioned

About Catherine Gilmore

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Catherine started The Gilmore Guide to Books over 10 years ago after wrapping up a career as a corporate librarian. She loves books and reading (surprise!) and currently lives in Seattle, WA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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In two weeks on February 5, Kathleen Schmidt, creator of the Substack newsletter, Publishing Confidential, will be on the podcast for our second annual State of the Industry episode and share her book recommendations!

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  1. Carol wrote:

    Loved the look at the backlist books since I am trying to read books on my bookshelves. I wasn’t expecting to read Starter Villain today, but I got the ebook from Libby to match my hardcover copy. Sounds like a fun one!

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