# 8.8 The Year in Books Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/withywindle-4037488/8-8-the-year-in-books Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/withywindle-4037488/8-8-the-year-in-books.md Podcast: [Withywindle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/withywindle-4037488) Published: 2025-01-10T11:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://withywindle.substack.com/p/88-the-year-in-books Audio file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/154504489/c992e647d63c5f92f7f962b83f269911.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/withywindle-4037488/episodes/8-8-the-year-in-books Duration seconds: 6064 ## Resource And we’re back! On this episode we connect with some past guests to ask them to give us some of their favorite books of the past year. Plus a special international snack time, a brand new (well, pretty old) fable from Japan, and lots of talk about obsolete card games. Enjoy! A special thank you to Read Aloud Revival and Waxwing Books for sponsoring today’s episode. Preorder Beyond Mulberry Glen HERE . And don’t forget, you can head to withywindle.substack.com to become a supporter of the show for only $5. We’ll be posting bonus content for you there. Your help ensures seasons to come. THANK YOU! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit withywindle.substack.com/subscribe ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/withywindle-4037488/episodes/8-8-the-year-in-books/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/withywindle-4037488/8-8-the-year-in-books.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.