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)

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Illustration: rooftops of Paris.