Perry and David nominate their best reads in the year so far and then go on to discuss their recent reading, ranging from children’s books to a strange novel by a Japanese author.
- Locus Awards (03:25)
- Arthur C. Clarke Award (01:37)
- Other Awards (01:03)
- David’s top 5 books of the year so far (02:51)
- Clarissa Harlowe by Samuel Richardson (00:56)
- The Women in Black by Madeleine St John (00:10)
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (00:13)
- Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (00:08)
- Lavengro / Romany Rye by George Borrow (00:25)
- Perry’s top 5 books of the year so far (04:11)
- Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin (01:24)
- Dune by Frank Herbert (00:54)
- The Yield by Tara Jane Winch (00:11)
- First Love by Ivan Turgenev (00:51)
- The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (00:17)
- Emails and Tweets of Comment (01:57)
- Why You Should Read Children’s Books by Katherine Rundell (04:32)
- The Scarecrow and His Servant by Philip Pullman (06:08)
- The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (07:15)
- Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell (07:08)
- The Labyrinth by Amanda Lowrey (06:26)
- Lavengro, Romany Rye by George Borrow (06:08)
- Interlibrary Loan by Gene Wolfe (05:46)
- Windup (01:11)
Locus Award Winners 2021
- Network Effect by Martha Wells (00:07)
- The City We Became by N. K. Jemison (00:15)
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (00:10)
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (00:07)
- Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (00:14)
- The Book of Dragons, edited by Jonathan Strahan (00:07)
- The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu (00:28)
Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist
- The Infinite by Patience Agbabi (00:04)
- The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimene (00:03)
- Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang (00:04)
- Edge of Heaven by R.B. Kelly (00:03)
- Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (00:04)
- The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (00:58)
Illustration: rooftops of Paris.
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